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by Glynne Wickham (Author). This is a text book for a book club in preparation for the opening of the new Dallas Performing Arts Center which when opened this year will complete the Dallas Arts District which has been in the works since the early part of 1980. I look forward to many useful tidbits that this book will offer me this year and for years to come.

Glynne Wickham was, until his retirement, Professor of Drama at the University of Bristol, a post he held with distinction for more than twenty years.

A History Of The Theatre book. A History of the Theater (Performing Arts). 0521437334 (ISBN13: 9780521437332). In this masterly survey, Glynne Wickham outlines the development. In this masterly survey, Glynne Wickham outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3,000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals to the 1990s-an ideal introduction to the subject for all lovers of the theatre.

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This is a text book for a book club in preparation for the opening of the new Dallas Performing Arts Center which when opened this year will complete the Dallas Arts District which has been in the works since the early part of 1980

This is a text book for a book club in preparation for the opening of the new Dallas Performing Arts Center which when opened this year will complete the Dallas Arts District which has been in the works since the early part of 1980.

Author : GLYNNE WICKHAM. A History of the Theatre is the ideal introduction to the subject for all lovers of the theatre, and an authoritative textbook for students

Author : GLYNNE WICKHAM. In this masterly survey, Glynne Wickham outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3,000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals all the way to the very end of the twentieth century. A History of the Theatre is the ideal introduction to the subject for all lovers of the theatre, and an authoritative textbook for students. Users who liked this book, also liked. History of World Theater: From the Beginnings to the Baroque (English). The Theatre: A Concise History (World of Art). The Handbook of Stage Lighting (English).

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Performance Art" meant that it was live, and it was art, not theater. Since the beginning of the 1980s, Performance Art has increasingly incorporated technological media into pieces - mainly because we have acquired exponential amounts of new technology

Performance Art" meant that it was live, and it was art, not theater. Performance Art also meant that it was art that could not be bought, sold or traded as a commodity. Actually, the latter sentence is of major importance. Since the beginning of the 1980s, Performance Art has increasingly incorporated technological media into pieces - mainly because we have acquired exponential amounts of new technology. Recently, in fact, an 80's pop musician made the news for Performance Art pieces which use a Microsoft® PowerPoint presentation as the crux of the performance.

Professor Wickham surveys the foundations on which this dramatic art was built: the architecture, costumes and .

Professor Wickham surveys the foundations on which this dramatic art was built: the architecture, costumes and ceremonial of the imperial court at Byzantium, the liturgies of countires in the Eastern and Western Empires and the triumph of the Roman rite and the Romanesque style in Western art. Within this context Professor Wickham describes three major influences upon the drama: religion, recreation and commerce.

The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity.