Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession and the role of the actor - in fact all aspects of live entertainment. From satire and burlesque to melodrama and pantomime, this is a major history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day. Shifting its focus constantly between those who played and those who watched, between officially approved performance and the popular theatre of the people, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre will be invaluable to anyone interested in theatre, whether student, teacher, performer or spectator.
- ISBN13 9780521794305
- Publish Date 21 September 2000
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 14 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 416
- Language English