Text and illustrations on show business in the 19C and 20C; sections on performers such as actors, singers, dancers, circus artistes, music hall acts; production processes such as script, casting, design of sets and costumes, scene painting, costumiers, properties, rehearsals, lighting, dressing and make-up, backstage; programmes and publicity, including playbills, posters, flyposting, tickets and programmes; performance spaces, including wagons, travelling players, private theatres, Georgian and Edwardian theatres, amphitheatres, stadiums, theatre in the round, adaaptable theatre, the Pompidou Centre, travelling theatre, studio theatre and street thatre. Many illustrations.
Item number | 11139 |
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Category | Book |
Type | Theatre |
Dimensions | length 245mm; breadth 188mm; thickness 18mm |
Language | English |
Country of origin | UK |
Related people | James Fowler (editor) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection