Research Guides: THTR 120: Introduction to Theatre: Genre Paper Resources

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Juan Rana (b. 1593; d. 1672).
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting

Western theatre -- Britannica Academic
Restoration Drama | Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature - Credo Reference
Farquhar, George | Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature - Credo Reference
Drama and Theatre IV: Restoration | Reader's Guide to British History - Credo Reference
Restoration Drama
TheatreHistory.com
The Restoration theater from tennis court to playhouse (video)
An introduction to Restoration comedy
British Library
The Restoration Theater: From Tennis Court to Playhouse
During the English Civil War, London’s theaters were closed by Parliament, and many were destroyed by Cromwell. During the Restoration, new playhouses, built to stage the probing social comedies of the era, were shaped by changes in English drama, politics, and society. We learn how the Parisian tennis court theaters, attended by the court in exile of Charles II, influenced the new London theaters, particularly Christopher Wren’s Theatre Royal. Other Restoration design solutions, some baroque and some neoclassical, were responses to changes in British drama and society. Advanced computer graphics illustrate important theater features throughout the documentary. The program shows how Wren’s work influenced Georgian playhouses and is once again inspiring modern theater design.

Chapter V: Restoration Drama: I. Heroic Plays and Tragedies.
Literary History of England: The Restoration & the Eighteenth Century;
Heroic drama
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature

Neoclassical Theatre
Lecture compiled by Justin Eick - Theatrical Education Group

Episches Theater | Encyclopedia of German Literature - Credo Reference
Epic theatre. | The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting - Credo Reference
Brecht, Bertolt | The Columbia Encyclopedia - Credo Reference
Bertolt Brecht -- Britannica Academic
Bertolt Brecht
A documentary portrait of this bold theatrical innovator and his work. The program shows his roots and the theatrical and social background of his formative years, and analyzes the development of his vision of the theatre—episode in place of Aristotelian plot, the use of nonliterary devices, new techniques in character portrayal, and new aims for the very concept of theatre.

African-American theatre
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
The Federal Theater, Project 891, and the Mercury Theater
In this program, Ellen Adler, owner of the Stella Adler Conservatory, and author William Simon appraise the impact of the drama groups that flourished during the Depression—both those that were privately operated and those that were federally funded—and their lasting contributions to theater. Among the topics discussed are the American Method style of acting, as pioneered by the Group Theatre; the Federal Theater, the Classical Theatre (Project 891), and the Mercury Theater, incubators for some of the most innovative and controversial works ever seen on the American stage; and the theatrical careers of Orson Welles and John Houseman.

Diamonds As Big As the Ritz: The Musical—All You Need Is Love: A History of Popular Music
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This film features how Oscar Hammerstein and Rouben Mamoulian created a new genre in American theatre, the musical. The following artists are featured: Stephen Sondheim; Agnes de Mille; Bob Fosse; Harold Prince; Joseph Papp; Ken Russell; Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers; William Hammerstein.