Search Results - "World War II"

Nol︠ Coward on (and in) theatre /

Table of Contents: “…Early Stages -- On Writing A Play (1) From Juvenilia To The Vortex -- On My Fellow Playwrights -- On Writing A Play (2)... To World War II -- On Acting... -- ...And Actors -- On Writing a Play (3) (1940-1960) -- The Critics -- Produced by... …”

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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Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora / by Das, Joanna Dee

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Becoming a New Negro -- Chapter 2: Finding a Politics of Diaspora in the Caribbean -- Chapter 3: Aesthetics as Politics -- Chapter 4: Race and Representation During World War II -- Chapter 5: Rehearsal for Revolution at the Dunham School -- Chapter 6: The Unofficial Ambassador of Diaspora -- Chapter 7: Living Diaspora in Haiti and Senegal -- Chapter 8: The Radical Humanist Meets the Black Power Revolution in East St. …”

A town like Alice / by Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960

The Whalebone Theatre / by Quinn, Joanna, 1976-

Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim / by Kapilow, Robert

Table of Contents: “…/ George Gershwin's "Summertime" -- Immigration and the American Voice / Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" -- How the Other Half Lived / Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" -- Love in New York / Richard Rodgers's "I Wish I Were in Love Again" -- The Impact of Recorded Sound / Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" -- America Goes to the Movies / Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" -- World War II and the Integrated Musical / Richard Rodgers's "If I Loved You" -- America Gets a Classical Voice / Leonard Bernstein's "I Can Cook Too" -- Will the Real Annie Oakley Please Stand Up? …”

An artist of the floating world / by Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

Twilight of the Gods : War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 / by Toll, Ian W.

Denim /

Table of Contents: “…Levi's 'XX': birth of the blue jean -- Levi's 'Nevada' -- Levi's 'XX' with Two Horse logo -- Levi's '501' -- Levi's '201' -- Levi's '501' with second back pocket -- Levi's '501' with belt loops -- Lee 'Cowboy pants' -- Lee '101Z' -- 'Lady Levi's' -- Lev's '501' with red tab -- Lee bootcut jean -- Levi's '501' during World War II -- Wrangler '11MWZ' -- Lee Cooper women's zip-flies -- Lee '101' worn in Rebel without a cause -- Lee '101Z' worn in Giant -- Levi's 'Elvis Presley' jeans -- Edwin '359BF' -- Canton by Maruo Clothing -- Big John 'M' series -- Calvin Klein jeans -- Brook Shields in Calvin Klein jeans -- Big John 'RARE' -- GUESS Inc. -- Levi's '501' on the cover of Born in the USA -- GUESS Inc. jeans worn in Back to the Future -- Rifle Jeans acid-wash denim -- Maschino Jeans -- A.P.C. …”

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The Routledge companion to musical theatre /

Table of Contents: “…Cerniglia ; From Ballad Opera to Minstrelsy and Back : Social Class, Race, and Gender on the North American Musical Stage / Kristin Moriah ; From the 1870s through World War I : The Spectre and Spectacle of the Human Body / Maya Cantu ; Boom to Bust : Genre Borders, Color Lines, and Women Stars in the Musical between the World Wars / Todd Decker ; World War II and the Cold War: Reflections and Refractions of Ourselves, Then and Now / Dominic McHugh ; Since the 1980s : The Global Musical Theatre Ecology / Kelsey Blair -- PART III. …”

Dance and the body in Western theatre : 1948 to the present / by Sörgel, Sabine