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theatre
Table of Contents
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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Teatro Farnese
Teatro Farnese, Parma, Italy.
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Taormina, Sicily: theatre
Ancient Greek theatre, rebuilt in Roman times, in Taormina, Sicily, Italy.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (
A Britannica Publishing Partner
)
Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi: Teatro Olimpico
Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy; designed by Andrea Palladio and completed by Vincenzo...
© travelview/Fotolia
interior of the Swan Theatre
Copy of Johannes de Witt's sketch of the interior of the Swan Theatre, by Aernoudt...
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
La Scala
Teatro alla Scala (La Scala).
© walencienne/iStock.com
Italian-manner stage
Stage designed by Inigo Jones in the Italian manner for a production of
Florimène
,...
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by permission of the trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement
Charles Kean as King Lear
Charles Kean as Lear in
King Lear
.
© Archive Photos
box set for a scene from
Ours
Box set for a scene from
Ours
by Thomas William Robertson, performed at...
Courtesy of the
Illustrated London News;
photograph, John Freeman & Co.
Tiger Rose
David Belasco's realistic setting for the New York production of
Tiger Rose
,...
Courtesy of the Theatre Collection, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Amman, Jordan: Roman amphitheatre
Dwellings rising behind the Roman amphitheatre, Amman, Jordan.
Ara Guler, Istanbul
Roman theatre in France
Roman theatre, Orange, France.
Victor Englebert
Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily
Ruins of a Greek theatre, Taormina, Sicily.
V. Dia—SCALA from Art Resource/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
English toy theatre
An English toy theatre, 1850; in Pollock's Toy Museum, London.
Courtesy of Pollock's Toy Museum, London; photograph, A.C. Cooper Ltd.
Interactives
Interactive: A Tour of the Rebuilt Globe Theatre
Take a 3D tour of the Globe Theatre.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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