{"product_id":"the-english-stage-a-history-of-drama-and-performance-paperback-9780521556361","title":"The English Stage; A History of Drama and Performance (Paperback) 9780521556361","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe English Stage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Drama and Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis wide-ranging study follows the history of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn L. Styan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556361, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 July 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e452 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...very informative....provides extremely helpful accounts of the various nonverbal aspects of dramatic performance in the early modern theater.\"   Studies in English Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetime's study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Medieval drama, secular and religious\u003cbr\u003e 2. The early morality play\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Tudor interlude\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Elizabethan theatre\u003cbr\u003e 5. Marlowe's stagecraft\u003cbr\u003e 6. Shakespeare's practice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ben Jonson's comic stagecraft\u003cbr\u003e 8. The court masque\u003cbr\u003e 9. Jacobean experiment: exploring the form\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Restoration stage\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Georgian theatre\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Victorian theatre\u003cbr\u003e 13. Bernard Shaw and his stage practice\u003cbr\u003e 14. Twentieth-century developments and variations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003736477976,"sku":"9780521556361","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556361i_1ebb8e19-bbd4-4c41-aaad-a866d3f31c84.jpg?v=1691369601","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-english-stage-a-history-of-drama-and-performance-paperback-9780521556361","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}