Plays, Acting and Music: A Book Of Theory
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1903. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 242 Plays, acting, and mu...
Chapters (74)
- [i]PLAYS
- ACTING AND MUSIC
- A BOOK OF THEORY
- ARTHUR SYMONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- PLAYS AND ACTING
- DRAMA
- MUSIC
- INTRODUCTION
- AN APOLOGY FOR PUPPETS
- PLAYS AND ACTING
- NIETZSCHE ON TRAGEDY
- SARAH BERNHARDT
- COQUELIN AND MOLIÈRE: SOME ASPECTS
- RÉJANE
- YVETTE GUILBERT
- I
- II
- SIR HENRY IRVING
- DUSE IN SOME OF HER PARTS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- ANNOTATIONS BY THE WAY
- I. "PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE"
- II. "EVERYMAN"
- III. "FAUST" AT THE LYCEUM
- IV. THE JAPANESE PLAYERS
- V. THE PARIS MUSIC-HALL
- M. CAPUS IN ENGLAND
- A DOUBLE ENIGMA
- DRAMA
- PROFESSIONAL AND UNPROFESSIONAL
- TOLSTOI AND OTHERS
- SOME PROBLEM PLAYS
- I. "THE MARRYING OF ANN LEETE"
- II. "THE LADY FROM THE SEA"
- III. "THE NEW IDOL"
- IV. "MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION"
- "MONNA, VANNA"
- THE QUESTION OF CENSORSHIP.
- A PLAY AND THE PUBLIC
- THE TEST OF THE ACTOR
- THE PRICE OF REALISM
- ON CROSSING STAGE TO RIGHT
- THE SPEAKING OF VERSE
- GREAT ACTING IN ENGLISH
- A THEORY OF THE STAGE
- THE SICILIAN ACTORS
- I
- II
- MUSIC
- ON WRITING ABOUT MUSIC
- TECHNIQUE AND THE ARTIST
- PACHMANN AND THE PIANO
- I
- II
- III
- PADEREWSKI
- A REFLECTION AT A DOLMETSCH CONCERT
- THE DRAMATISATION OF SONG
- THE MEININGEN ORCHESTRA
- MOZART IN THE MIRABELL-GARTEN
- NOTES ON WAGNER AT BAYREUTH
- I. BAYREUTH AND MUNICH
- II. THE LESSON OF PARSIFAL
- III. THE ART OF WAGNER
- CONCLUSION
- A PARADOX ON ART
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