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The Theatre; Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft by Cheney, Sheldon - 1936

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The Theatre; Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft by Cheney, Sheldon - 1936

The Theatre; Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft

by Cheney, Sheldon

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New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Clean, tight 8vo, 558pp, 204 illustrations. Dust jacket has multiple small open and closed tears and chips along the edges and one 3" closed tear to top edge from the spine head. Book is in very nice condition with only minor shelf wear. A fascinating history of theater covering thirty centuries. The makers of plays, from Thespis, father of dialogue, to Eugene O'Neil, Bernard Shaw, and Ibsen. From Roman theater to Renaissance with the first known perspective sets and jewelled costumes, to the theatres of today with suave machinery and sculptured masses. Actors from Vittoria of Renassance Italy, censorship lifts its voice, Pompey erects a boot-leg stage, the church scatters the immoral players, the Puritans quench the licentious drama, the fights between playwrights, actors, producers from Euripides to Inigo Jones from Scqaramuccia to Gordon Craig. Amazing book!

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition fair
  • Edition fourth printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Tudor Publishing Company
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1936
  • Keywords Theater, theatre, acting, actors, stagecraft, drama, Renaissance theatre, Thespis, Thespians, playwrights

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Tudor Pub. Co, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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NY, NY: Tudor Publishing, 1936. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Spine sunned, cover shows light edgewear; interior clean, binding tight; 558 pgs.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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The Theatre

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The Theatre: A History of Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft

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THE THEATRE : Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stage Craft

by Cheney, Sheldon

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Tudor Publishing Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1935. Third Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 558 pages .
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THE THEATRE: THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF DRAMA, ACTING AND STAGECRAFT

THE THEATRE: THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF DRAMA, ACTING AND STAGECRAFT

by Cheney, Sheldon

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New York: Tudor Publishing Company. Good. 1936. Reprint. Hardcover. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, darkened spine, light scuffing to covers else still bright boards and sound binding. W.04; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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THE THEATRE; THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF DRAMA, ACTING AND STAGECRAFT

by Cheney, Sheldon

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New York: Tudor Publishing, 1941. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. (12)558pp. Many plates. Spine lettering dull but a clean sound copy. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years.
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