Author : Margot Berthold
Release : 1991
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The History of World Theater by : Margot Berthold
Download or read book The History of World Theater written by Margot Berthold. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey of the development of the world of theatre up to the Baroque period, Margaret Berthold discusses such phenomena as the demon dance of a masked shaman, the tragedie classique of Corneille and Racine, the Egyptian Osiris festival ceremonies, and Italian commedia dell'arte improvizations. She looks at theatre in Islamic civilizations, Indonesia, India, China, Japan, Greece and Rome, in the Byzantine Empire and Europe of the Middle Ages."