Theatre has provided many words and meanings which we use--ignorant of their origins--in everyday writing and speech. This is the first book to explore 2,000 theatre terms in depth, in some cases tracing their history over two and a half millenia, in others exploring expressions less than a decade old. Terms are defined, shown in use and cross-referenced in ways which will fascinate theatre- goers, and encourage those actively engaged in the theatre to examine the familiar from new angles.
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Martin Harrison is currently Head of Performing Arts and Theatre Studies at South Trafford College of Further Education.
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theatrical usage, term first attested, nautical connection, nautical origin, lighting term, proscenium arch stage, speciality act, theatre language, straight theatre, prompt side, theatrical use, creative objective, educational drama Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Standard English, Pall Mall Gazette, Drury Lane, Ben Jonson, West End, Inigo Jones, Covent Garden Inventory, Concise Oxford, Lord Chamberlain, Tim Mclnnerny, Midsummer Night's Dream, World War, Harold Pinter, Book of Words, The Spectator, Bertolt Brecht, New York, Twelfth Night, Michael Coveney, Aristotle's Poetics, Theatre Royal, Ancient Greek, Edinburgh Fringe, National Theatre New!
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theatrical usage, term first attested, nautical connection, nautical origin, lighting term, proscenium arch stage, speciality act, theatre language, straight theatre, prompt side, theatrical use, creative objective, educational drama Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Standard English, Pall Mall Gazette, Drury Lane, Ben Jonson, West End, Inigo Jones, Covent Garden Inventory, Concise Oxford, Lord Chamberlain, Tim Mclnnerny, Midsummer Night's Dream, World War, Harold Pinter, Book of Words, The Spectator, Bertolt Brecht, New York, Twelfth Night, Michael Coveney, Aristotle's Poetics, Theatre Royal, Ancient Greek, Edinburgh Fringe, National Theatre New!
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- Kindly Leave the Stage: Story of Variety, 1919-60 by Roger Wilmut in Front Matter, page 177, and Back Matter
- Greek Tragedy in Action by Oliver Taplin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- About Acting (Performance Books) by Peter Barkworth in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Stage Management and Theatre Administration (Schirmer Books Theatre Manuals) by Pauline Menear in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Development of the English Playhouse by Richard Leacroft in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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