The Classic Theatre Six Spanish Plays

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classic Theatre: Six Spanish plays written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six French plays: Corneille--The Cid; Moliere--The Misanthrope; Racine--Phaedra; Lesage--Turcaret; Marivaux--The False Confessions; Beaumarchais--Figaro's Marriage.

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385093859
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classic Theatre written by Eric Bentley and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The classical view, said Gilbert Murray, is "the view of a man whose training and tastes lead him to regard literature as one, and the great Greek and Roman writers as central forces in it." Now, though justice may have been done to Greek and Roman drama itself, many of us have only the haziest notion how the tradition continued. In performance it is possible that there was an unbroken tradition from ancient days to the commedia dell'arte in the sixteenth century. The commedia in turn laid the basis for modern comedy. Yet the dramas enacted by the Italian comedians remain unknown because they survived only in unreadable scenarios. For the present volume Leon Katz has made a conjectural reconstruction of the complete dialogue of one such scenario. While the players maintained the classical tradition before a popular audience, the writers revived Roman comedy for a courtly audience. Machiavelli's Mandrake is the crowning achievement of the revival. There was no Chinese wall between the popular and courtly traditions. Such a writer as Beolco belongs to both, and later the mingling of elements will be a matter of controversy. The greatest of the feuds was between Goldoni and Gozzi in the eighteenth century. The paradox is that, in retrospect, Gozzi, who championed the commedia, seems the more "literary" and "academic," while Goldoni, the supposed reformer, if not abolisher, of the commedia, can plausibly be presented by modern scholars as its restorer... The question: What is Theatre? arises at this point, and the best purpose this collection can serve is to make the reader ask such elemental questions. As in the engravings of Callot, we find in these texts the essence of dramatic art." --

Author : Eric Bentley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Classic Theatre: Six Italian plays written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classic Theatre: Six Spanish plays written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six French plays: Corneille--The Cid; Moliere--The Misanthrope; Racine--Phaedra; Lesage--Turcaret; Marivaux--The False Confessions; Beaumarchais--Figaro's Marriage.

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780385094276
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book The Classic Theatre: Six Italian plays written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric Bentley
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ISBN 13 : 9780385098724
Total Pages : 524 pages
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Download or read book The Classic Theatre: Six French plays written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six French plays: Corneille--The Cid; Moliere--The Misanthrope; Racine--Phaedra; Lesage--Turcaret; Marivaux--The False Confessions; Beaumarchais--Figaro's Marriage.

Author : Eric Bentley
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557830067
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Is a Dream and Other Spanish Classics written by Eric Bentley and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Translations of four great Spanish dramas: Calderon de la Barca Life Is a Dream ; Miguel de Cervantes Siege of Numantia ; Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna ; Tirso de Molina The Trickster of Seville .

Author : Harley Erdman
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1855662922
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remaking the Comedia written by Harley Erdman and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading Golden Age theatre experts examine the ways that comedias have been adapted and reinvented, offering a broad performance history of the genre for scholars and practicioners alike. This volume brings together twenty-six essays from the world's leading scholars and practitioners of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Examining the startlingly wide variety of ways that Spanish comedias have been adapted, re-envisioned, and reinvented, the book makes the case that adaptation is a crucial lens for understanding the performance history of the genre. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from the early stage history of the comedia through numerous modern and contemporary case studies, as well as the transformation of the comedia into other dramatic genres, such as films, musicals, puppetry, and opera. The essays themselves are brief and accessible to non-specialists. This book will appeal not only to Golden Age scholars and students but also to theater practitioners, as well as to anyone interested in the theory and practice of adaptation. Harley Erdman is Professor of Theaterat the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Susan Paun de García is Professor of Spanish at Denison University. Contributors: Sergio Adillo Rufo, Karen Berman, Robert E. Bayliss, Laurence Boswell, Bruce R.Burningham, Amaya Curieses Irarte, Rick Davis, Harley Erdman, Susan L. Fischer, Charles Victor Ganelin, Francisco García Vicente, Alejandro González Puche, Valerie Hegstrom, Kathleen Jeffs, David Johnston, Gina Kaufmann, Catherine Larson, Donald R. Larson, Barbara Mujica, Susan Paun de García, Felipe B. Pedraza Jiménez, Veronika Ryjik, Jonathan Thacker, Laura L. Vidler, Duncan Wheeler, Amy Williamsen, Jason Yancey

Author : Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030974235
Total Pages : 353 pages
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Download or read book Bernard Shaw and the Spanish-Speaking World written by Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores, through a multidisciplinary approach, the immense influence exerted by Bernard Shaw on the Spanish-speaking world on both sides of the Atlantic. This collection of essays encompasses the reception and dissemination of his ideas; the translation of his works into Spanish; the performance history of his plays in Spain and Latin America; and Shaw’s influence on many key figures of literature in Spanish. It begins by delving into Shaw’s knowledge of Spanish literature and gauging his acquaintance with the Spanish cultural milieu throughout his tenure as an art, music, and theatre critic. His early exposure to Spanish-speaking culture later made the return trip in the form of profuse critical reception and theatrical success in countries like Spain, Argentina, Mexico, and Uruguay. This allows for a more detailed investigation into the unmistakable mark that Bernard Shaw left in the oeuvre of leading Spanish-speaking authors like Ramiro de Maeztu, Jorge Luis Borges or Nemesio Canales. This volume also assesses the translations of Shaw’s works into Spanish—while also providing a detailed publication history of these translations.

Author : Teofilo F Ruiz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317888898
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spanish Society, 1400-1600 written by Teofilo F Ruiz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Society depicts a complex and fascinating country in transition from the late Middle Ages to modernity. It describes every part of society from the gluttonous nobility to their starving peasants. Through anecdotes, a lively style and portraits of figures such as St Teresa of Avila and Torquemada, the book reflects the character and humour with which the common Spaniard endured an often-wretched lot. Beginning with a description of the geography, political life, and culture of Spain from 1400 to 1600, the unfolding narrative charts the country's shifts from one age to the next. It unveils patterns of everyday life from the court to the brothel, from the 'haves' of the aristocracy and clergy to the 'have nots' of the peasantry and the urban poor. Historical records illuminate details of Spanish society such as the transition from medieval festivities to the highly-scripted spectacles of the early modern period, the reasons for violence and popular resistance and the patterns of daily living: eating, dressing, religious beliefs and concepts of honour and sexuality. This compelling account includes historical examples and literary extracts, which allow the reader direct access to the period. From the street theatre of village carnivals to the oppressive Spanish Inquisition, it gives an abiding sense of Spain in the making and renders vivid the colours of a passionate history.