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A Book About the Theater
作者：Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929
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章节目录
共 158 题- BIOGRAPHIES
- ESSAYS AND CRITICISMS
- LE BALLET DE LA REINE
- Published October, 1916
- TO AUGUSTUS THOMAS
- MY DEAR AUGUSTUS:
- CONTENTS
- PAGE
- I. THE SHOW BUSINESS 1
- II. THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STAGE 17
- III. A MORAL FROM A TOY THEATER 37
- IV. WHY FIVE ACTS? 55
- V. DRAMATIC COLLABORATION 77
- VII. WOMEN DRAMATISTS 111
- VIII. THE EVOLUTION OF SCENE-PAINTING 127
- IX. THE BOOK OF THE OPERA 153
- X. THE POETRY OF THE DANCE 169
- XI. THE PRINCIPLES OF PANTOMIME 185
- XII. THE IDEAL OF THE ACROBAT 201
- XIII. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NEGRO-MINSTRELSY 217
- XIV. THE UTILITY OF THE VARIETY-SHOW 235
- XV. THE METHOD OF MODERN MAGIC 251
- XVI. THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF PUNCH AND JUDY 271
- XVII. THE PUPPET-PLAY, PAST AND PRESENT 287
- XIX. THE PROBLEM OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM 319
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Le ballet de la reine _Frontispiece_
- FACING PAGE
- Upper half of Plate No. 1, the 'Miller and His Men' 40
- Plate No. 7, the 'Miller and His Men' 48
- Lower half of Plate No. 5, the 'Miller and His Men' 52
- The Roman Theater at Orange 134
- The multiple set of the French medieval stage 134
- The set of the Italian comedy of masks 134
- A landscape set 146
- A set for the opera of 'Robert le Diable' 146
- The set of the last act of the 'Garden of Allah' 148
- A set for 'Medea' 148
- The set of 'OEdipe-Roi' (at the Theatre Francais) 150
- The set of the 'Return of Peter Grimm' 150
- Scenes from Punch and Judy 274
- Scenes from Punch and Judy (continued) 276
- Roman puppets. Greek and Roman puppets. Puppet of Java 290
- A Sicilian marionette show 292
- Puppets in Burma 296
- The puppet play of Master Peter (Italian) 296
- A Neapolitan Punchinella 300
- Shadow Picture. The Sphinx I: Pharaoh passing in triumph 312
- Shadow Picture. The Sphinx III: Roman warriors in Egypt 316
- Shadow Picture. The Sphinx IV: The British troops to-day 318
- THE SHOW BUSINESS
- THE SHOW BUSINESS
- II
- III
- IV
- II
- THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STAGE
- THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STAGE
- II
- III
- IV
- III
- A MORAL FROM A TOY THEATER
- A MORAL FROM A TOY THEATER
- II
- III
- IV
- AN EARLY STAGE
- IV
- WHY FIVE ACTS?
- WHY FIVE ACTS?
- II
- III
- IV
- DRAMATIC COLLABORATION
- DRAMATIC COLLABORATION
- II
- III
- VI
- II
- III
- IV
- VII
- WOMEN DRAMATISTS
- WOMEN DRAMATISTS
- II
- III
- IV
- VIII
- THE EVOLUTION OF SCENE-PAINTING
- THE EVOLUTION OF SCENE-PAINTING
- II
- III
- IV
- VI
- IX
- THE BOOK OF THE OPERA
- THE BOOK OF THE OPERA
- II
- III
- IV
- THE POETRY OF THE DANCE
- THE POETRY OF THE DANCE
- II
- III
- IV
- XI
- THE PRINCIPLES OF PANTOMIME
- THE PRINCIPLES OF PANTOMIME
- II
- III
- IV
- XII
- THE IDEAL OF THE ACROBAT
- THE IDEAL OF THE ACROBAT
- II
- III
- IV
- XIII
- THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NEGRO-MINSTRELSY
- II
- III
- IV
- XIV
- THE UTILITY OF THE VARIETY-SHOW
- THE UTILITY OF THE VARIETY-SHOW
- II
- III
- XV
- THE METHOD OF MODERN MAGIC
- THE METHOD OF MODERN MAGIC
- II
- III
- IV
- XVI
- THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF PUNCH AND JUDY
- II
- III
- IV
- XVII
- THE PUPPET-PLAY, PAST AND PRESENT
- THE PUPPET-PLAY, PAST AND PRESENT
- II
- III
- IV
- XVIII
- SHADOW-PANTOMIME WITH ALL THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
- SHADOW-PANTOMIME WITH ALL THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
- II
- III
- XIX
- THE PROBLEM OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
- THE PROBLEM OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM
- II
- III
- IV
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
- End of Project Gutenberg's A Book About the Theater, by Brander Matthews