Theatre Appreciation

ENGLISH, FRENCH, OR ITALIAN THEATRE 16TH-20TH CENTURIES

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Selected Sources http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/theatre/theatresources.htm Western Theatre Timeline - 1400 -1600 renaissance http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/theatre/time/Italy.htm Western Theatre Timeline - 1700 -2000 Europe http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/theatre/time/Europe2000.htm Reference and Reserve Books History of the Theatre 3rd Floor 792.09 B86h (The 2003 and 1999 editions are on Reserve) There is a chapter on Italian Theatre to 1700 which covers most of the time period you are assigned. There is also a chapter on France and Italy to 1800 to cover the rest of the time. Included are section on scene design, theatre architecture, stage machinery and special effects. Covered are Commedia dellArte, intermezzi and opera. Also look at the bibliography for this chapter at the end of the book. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama 1st Floor, Reference 809.2 M14m (Two copies of the 1972 edition are available on the 3rd Floor) Article on Italian Drama sections on sixteenth and seventeenth century drama and eighteenth century drama. You could also look up names of dramatists, types of theater commedia dellarte, etc Oxford Illustrated History of the Theatre 3rd Floor 792.09 O98o This has good illustrations as well as articles. 4 Italian Renaissance Theatre / Louise George Clubb 107 8 Eighteenth-Century Theatre / Peter Holland, Michael Patterson Cambridge Guide to the Theatre 1st Floor, Reference 792.03 C17c Look up short concise articles on people, types of theatre like the commedia dellarte or opera. There is an article on the history of Italian national theatre under Italy with sections on the renaissance, seventeenth century theater and eighteenth century theater.. Library Catalog/MOBIUS Search
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If our copy of a book is checked out, REQUEST a copy from MOBIUS. How to search MOBIUS and REQUEST MOBIUS books: http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/catalog/faq.htm#mobius The Italian theatre. 2 vols NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 792.0945 K34i A history of early eighteenth century drama, 1700-1750, by Allardyce Nicoll. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 822.09 N64ha2 1700-1750 II. Italian operas, oratories and serenatas. III. Repertoire of the French and Italian comedians. Italian drama in Shakespeare's time / Louise George Clubb. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 852.09 C64i Giambattista della Porta, dramatist. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 852.42 C64g The history of the harlequinade. 2 vols NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 792.2 S21h 1968 Stage design / [by] Guido Frette, [translated by Blanche Michelesi Palmer]. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main q 792.25 F88s The birth of modern comedy in Renaissance Italy. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 852.09 R12b Sources of Italian Plays and Biographies of Play Authors The classic theatre. NW Owens 3rd Floor Main 852 B47c v.1 General Books about Italian drama and theater with chapters on Italian drama and theater

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