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On Stage: A History of Theatre
By Vera Mowry Roberts
548 pages
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Preface v
- Contents ix
- 1 - The Ever-Present Beginnings 1
- 2 - Drama in Ancient Egypt 15
- 3 - The Golden Age of Greece 21
- 4 - Imitations and Innovations of the Romans 55
- 5 - Theatre in the Middle Ages 78
- 6 - Renaissance Theatre in Italy, France, and Germany 106
- 7 - Shakespeare and the Elizabethans 134
- 8 - Spanish Theatre in the Renaissance 172
- 9 - The Golden Days in France 197
- 10 - The Restoration in England 228
- 11 - Developments in England and America 251
- 12 - Cross-Currents in Continental Theatre 286
- 13 - Oriental Theatre 320
- Title Page iii
- Preface v
- Contents ix
- 1 - The Ever-Present Beginnings 1
- 2 - Drama in Ancient Egypt 15
- 3 - The Golden Age of Greece 21
- 4 - Imitations and Innovations of the Romans 55
- 5 - Theatre in the Middle Ages 78
- 6 - Renaissance Theatre in Italy, France, and Germany 106
- 7 - Shakespeare and the Elizabethans 134
- 8 - Spanish Theatre in the Renaissance 172
- 9 - The Golden Days in France 197
- 10 - The Restoration in England 228
- 11 - Developments in England and America 251
- 12 - Cross-Currents in Continental Theatre 286
- 13 - Oriental Theatre 320
- 14 - European Romanticism 347
- 15 - Commercial Theatre in England and America 378
- 16 - Theatre's Great Revolution 409
- 17 - Theatre Today 440
- 18 - Summing Up 489
- Glossary of Terms 506
- Bibliography 509
- Index 519
- Index 527