Description |
4 audio discs (approximately 4 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
The modern scholar : great professors teaching you! |
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Modern scholar.
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"8 lectures"--Container. |
Performer |
Lecturer: Megan Lewis, University of Massachusetts Amherst. |
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Compact disc. |
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Recording originally produced by Crescite Group, LLC, p2013. |
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In container (17 cm.). |
Summary |
Human beings have been performing since the dawn of history. While the ancient Greeks formalized the endeavor, theater has been an essential aspect of most civilizations. This course explores the history of theater, from its earliest incarnations to the modern day. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Tragedy, comedy, and community : the ancient origins of drama I ; lecture 2. Comedy, bread, and spectacles : the ancient origins of drama II -- disc 2. lecture 3. Myths, morality, and mayhem : medieval, Noh, and Kathakali ; lecture 4. Physical theaters : Commedia dell'arte, kabuki, and bunraku -- disc 3. lecture 5. The golden age of Spanish drama ; lecture 6. Elizabethan and Jacobean theater -- disc 4. lecture 7. Restoration theater ; lecture 8. Theater's shifting purpose : French neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism. |
Subject |
Theater -- History.
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Theater. (OCoLC)fst01149217
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Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Audiobooks.
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Added Author |
Recorded Books, LLC.
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Crescite Group, LLC.
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ISBN |
9781470366940 |
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1470366940 |
Music No. |
UC0120 Recorded Books |
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