Search Results - "1640"

Staging gender in Behn and Centlivre : women's comedy and the theatre / by Copeland, Nancy Eileen, 1952-

Subjects: “…Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 Comedies. 19741…”
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Love in a wood ; The gentleman dancing-master ; The country wife ; The plain dealer / by Wycherley, William, 1640-1716

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The works of Aphra Behn: The plays 1678-1682. by Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

The works of Aphra Behn: The plays 1682-1696 by Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

The works of Aphra Behn: The plays 1671-1677. by Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

Low iron diet : food advice for iron deficiency anemia / by Bassett, Amanda

Subjects: “…Anémie ferriprive. 1640…”

Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States / by Brockett, Oscar G. (Oscar Gross), 1923-2010

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Scenic design in ancient Greek and Roman theatres -- Medieval scenic design -- The Italian Renaissance -- Design in France and the Holy Roman Empire from 1640 to the early eighteenth century -- The influence of Scena per Angolo on eighteenth-century design -- Neoclassicism and romanticism: a rivalry of opposites -- Realism and naturalism -- Modernism -- American new stagecraft, Russian constructivism, epic theatre, and the Bauhaus -- Post/World War II and the late twentieth century -- Epilogue: looking toward the twenty-first century.…”
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The Oxford handbook of dance and theater /

Table of Contents: “…Social somatics and community performance : touching presence in public / Petra Kuppers -- Bodied forth : a cognitive scientific approach to performance analysis / Amy Cook -- Images of love and power : Butoh, Bausch, and Streb / Sondra Horton Fraleigh -- Thoughts on the discursive imagery of Robert Lepage's theater / Darcey Callison -- A slender pivot : empathy, public space, and the choreographic imperative / Patrick Anderson -- Conjuring magic as survival : hip-hop theater and dance / Halifu Osumare -- Notorious Jeffrey Hudson : the 'court wonder' of the Caroline masques (1626-1640) / Thomas Postlewait -- What do women want, my God, what do they want? …”
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