Mask and Scene
An Introduction to a World View of Theatre
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Hardback
227 pages
978-0-8108-2234-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the most important theatrical conventions and explains how they have been used. Through a history of world theatre and its conventions_occasion, stage space, mask and costume, speech, movement and gesture, the play, scenery, and music_Diana Devlin reveals how the illusion of theatre has been created in past ages and passed on to modern times. With a new section, 'Further Study,' by William B. Stern.
Reviews / Votes
...direct and informative, free of the scholarly minutiae too often crowding similar writings. A fresh overview of theater history around the world...will also comfortably inform the casually interested reader. CHOICE ...a useful introduction... Classic ImagesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8108-2234-4 (9780810822344)
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Person
Diana Devlin has taught and directed theatre extensively in Britain and in the U.S. Her publications include a biography of her grandfather, Lewis Casson. She has been an administrator of the International Shakespeare Globe Centre, a project to reconstruct Shakespeare's theate near its original site. William B. Stern (M.L.S., Columbia) has done extensive theatrical research, has a major personal collection of material dealing with theatre, and attends as many performances as possible in New York, London, and at regional U.S. theatres.