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A book about the theater
- Title
- A book about the theater / by Brander Matthews.
- Author
- Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
- Publication
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1916.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | D-16 3122 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
| Text | Request in advance | MWE (Matthews, B. Book about the theater) | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- xii, 334 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill (some col.), facsim., ports.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Contents
- The show business -- The limitations of the stage -- A moral from a toy theater -- Why five acts? -- Dramatic collaboration -- The dramatization of novels and the novelization of plays -- Women dramatists -- The evolution of scene-painting -- The book of the opera -- The poetry of the dance -- The principles of pantomime -- The ideal of the acrobat -- The decline and fall of the negro-minstrelsy -- The utility of the variety-show -- The method of modern magic -- The lamentable tragedy of Punch and Judy -- The puppet-play, past and present -- Shadow-pantomime, with all the modern improvements -- The problem of dramatic criticism.
- Call Number
- D-16 3122
- LCCN
- 16021742
- OCLC
- 921231
- Author
- Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929.
- Title
- A book about the theater / by Brander Matthews.
- Imprint
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1916.
- Research Call Number
- D-16 3122MWE (Matthews, B. Book about the theater)