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The Origin of the Theater: An Essay (A Dramabook) [Hardcover]

Benjamin Hunningher (Author)

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Hardcover: 114 pages
Publisher: Praeger (February 24, 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313200076
ISBN-13: 978-0313200076
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,278,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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THOUGH THE problems surrounding the dramatic art of our times are many, one of them seems to have been definitely and permanently solved-the problem of origin. Read the first page

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double mask, secular drama, liturgical drama, religious drama

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Western Europe, Middle Ages, Christian Church, The Med, New York, Gustave Cohen, Gilbert Murray, Robert Stumpfl, British Museum, Karl Young

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This book cites 18 books:

Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison on page 19, page 37, and page 111
The Mediaeval Stage (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by E. K. Chambers on page 2, and page 8
A History of Greek Religion by Martin Persson Nilsson on page 29
Lectures on the Religion of the Semites by William Robertson Smith on page 8
Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Von Schiller on page 32

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10 books cite this book:

The Theatre in the Middle Ages: Western European Stage Conditions, c. 800-1576 by William Tydeman on 5 pages
Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and Function by Robert Weimann in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Bitter Milk: Women and Teaching by Madeleine R. Grumet in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
RC Series Bundle: Performance Theory (Routledge Classics) by Richard Schechner on page 21, and Back Matter
The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama by Eric Csapo in Back Matter

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