Theatre - 19th Century, Design, Architecture

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Introduction
Origins of theatre space
Developments in ancient Greece
- Visual and spatial aspects
- Acoustics
Developments in ancient Rome
- Stage design
- Vitruvius’ treatise on architecture
- The odeum
Developments in Asia
- India
- China
- Japan
- Bali
The Middle Ages in Europe
- Church theatre
- Staging conventions
- Courtly diversions
Developments of the Renaissance
- The revival of theatre building in Italy
- Developments in staging
- The 16th and 17th centuries in France
- The Elizabethan stage
- Spain’s Golden Age
Baroque theatres and staging
- Court theatres
- Public theatres
  - The opera house
  - The Restoration playhouse
- Influence of technical achievements
- Scenic design
- Developments in France and Spain
- Developments in northern Europe
- Early Russian staging
Developments in the 19th century
- Theatre in France after the Revolution
- German Romanticism and Naturalism
- Russian imperial theatre
- British theatre and stage design
- Theatre and stage design in America
The evolution of modern theatrical production
- The new Naturalism
- Reactions to Naturalism
- The influence of Appia and Craig
- Other developments in the study of movement
- Development of stage equipment
- The influence of Reinhardt
- British innovations
- Influence of the fine arts
- Production aspects of Expressionist theatre
- The influence of Piscator
- Futurism in Italy
- Developments in Russia and the Soviet Union
  - The great directors
  - Russian Futurism—Suprematism
  - The propagandist theatre
  - Political festivals
- Developments in France
- Developments in the United States
- The influence of Brecht
- Theatre building after World War II
- The rise of alternative theatre spaces
- The influence of Grotowski and the Polish Laboratory Theatre

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Under Napoleon, French theatre was little different from that of the 1780s, specializing in Neoclassical drama. Popular drama, as performed by what were known as “boulevard theatres,” introduced melodrama, a form that was to dominate theatre in the 19th century. Melodrama, in turn, by popularizing departures from Neoclassicism and capturing the interest of large audiences, paved the way for Romantic drama. The dramatic debut of Romanticism is dated at 1830, when public pressure forced the Comédie-Française to produce Victor Hugo’s Hernani. After a spirited opening at which Hugo’s Bohemian claque overwhelmed the staid regular theatregoers, Romanticism was victorious and ruled ...(100 of 38183 words)

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