David Belasco (eBook)

Naturalism in the American Theatre

Lise-Lone Marker (Autor)

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2015
272 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7026-4 (ISBN)

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A pioneer of stage naturalism, David Belasco has come to be universally recognized as one of the first important directors in the history of the American stage. Lise-Lone Marker's book is a full-length stylistic analysis and re-evaluation of his scenic art.Based on a rich body of primary sources, among which are Belasco's promptbooks and papers, the book synthesizes the aims, methods, and techniques inherent in the naturalistic production style that Belasco developed during the six decades of his career. The elements of that style—the magic reality of his stage settings, his innovations in plastic lighting, his directorial method—are also seen in the context of theatrical developments elsewhere.On the basis of this synthesis. Professor Marker reconstructs and analyzes four of Belasco's most important productions, each representative of a distinct phase of his directorial art. Her explorations uncover much new information about Belasco and the American theatre around the turn of the century.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: Acting • Actor-manager • A Curious Thing (Once Upon a Time) • Adolphe Appia • Army Man (magazine) • Augustin Daly • bathos • Belasco Theatre • Blanche Bates • Career • Cercle Funambulesque • Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds) • dancehall • David Belasco • domestic drama • Dramaturgy • Edwin Booth • emotionalism • Enrico Caruso • evocation • Experimental Theatre • extravaganza • Fagin • Fireplace • For the Boys • Gaston Leroux • George Arliss • George Jean Nathan • Giacomo Puccini • Grand opera • Group Theatre (New York) • Helena Modjeska • henry irving • Illustration • Independent Theatre • Intermission • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) • In Town (musical) • Jo Mielziner • La fanciulla del West • Le Roi s'amuse • Lighting • Madison Square Theatre • Manner (confectionery) • Max Reinhardt • Maxwell Anderson • Melodrama • mercutio • Metropolitan Opera • Mime artist • Misery (novel) • Moscow Art Theatre • Mr. • Mrs. Leslie Carter • Musical Theatre • Music Is • necromancy • New Thought • Norman Bel Geddes • Our American Cousin • Pagliacci • Pantomime • Pasquale Amato • Pepper's Ghost • picturesque • Playwright • Rigoletto • Robert Edmond Jones • Romanticism • Sacha Guitry • scenic design • Shakespeare's Plays • Shylock • Slice of Life • Social Realism • soliloquy • sound effect • stagecraft • Stage Door • Stage Right (Pittsburgh) • Sweet Kitty Bellairs • Tableau vivant • Theatricality • theatrical production • The Balcony • The Easiest Way • The Octoroon • The Poker Game • The Realist • The Various • Thrill Me • Tintoretto • Title role • To Life • torture chamber • uncle tom • uncle vanya • Victorien Sardou • well-made play • William Shakespeare
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7026-7 / 1400870267
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7026-4 / 9781400870264