A Book About the Theater

A Book About the Theater

Brander Matthews, american writer and educator (1852-1929)


This ebook presents «A Book About the Theater», from Brander Matthews. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- THE SHOW BUSINESS

-04- THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STAGE

-05- A MORAL FROM A TOY THEATER

-06- WHY FIVE ACTS

-07- DRAMATIC COLLABORATION

-08- THE DRAMATIZATION OF NOVELS AND THE NOVELIZATION OF PLAYS

-09- WOMEN DRAMATISTS

-10- THE EVOLUTION OF SCENE-PAINTING

-11- THE BOOK OF THE OPERA

-12- THE POETRY OF THE DANCE

-13- THE PRINCIPLES OF PANTOMIME

-14- THE IDEAL OF THE ACROBAT

-15- THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NEGRO-MINSTRELSY

-16- THE UTILITY OF THE VARIETY SHOW

-17- THE METHOD OF MODERN MAGIC

-18- THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF PUNCH AND JUDY

-19- THE PUPPET PLAY, PAST AND PRESENT

-20- SHADOW PANTOMIME WITH ALL THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

-21- THE PROBLEM OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM