A History of the Theatre
- ISBN-10
- 0714823228
- ISBN-13
- 9780714823225
- Category
- Theater
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Oxford : Phaidon
- Author
- Glynne William Gladstone Wickham
Description
Covers 3,000 years of theatre history (including opera, ballet, cinema and spectacle, compares and contrasts Eastern and Western drama and examines and explains the actor's place in society. An invaluable sourcebook for ideas with 230 illustrations carefully selected).
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