A concise history of Polish theater from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries

Titel: A concise history of Polish theater from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries / Kazimierz Braun
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Veröffentlicht: Lewiston ˜[u.a.]œ : Mellen, 2003
Umfang: XXVIII, 474 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies in theatre arts ; 21
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ISBN: 0773467912
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X
Lokale Klassifikation: 32 15 K ; 32 15 M ; 32 10 E
  • List of Illustrations
  • p. iii
  • List of Timelines and Tables
  • p. xiii
  • Preliminary Remarks
  • p. xv
  • The Map of Poland With Its Shifting Borders
  • p. xvii
  • The Map of Poland: A Commentary
  • p. xix
  • Acknowledgements
  • p. xxiii
  • Preface
  • p. xxv
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • Chapter 1.
  • Theater in Independent Poland (11th-18th Centuries)
  • Theater in the Middle Ages (Circa 11th-14th Centuries)
  • p. 7
  • Renaissance Theater (Circa 15th-16th Centuries)
  • p. 15
  • Baroque Theater (Circa 1650-1750)
  • p. 27
  • Enlightenment Theater (Circa 1740-1765)
  • p. 33
  • The Creation of The National Theater (1765-1779)
  • p. 39
  • Wojciech Boguslawski--"The Father of the National Theater"
  • p. 48
  • Chapter 2.
  • Theater in Poland Under Foreign Rule (1795-1918)
  • Creation of the National Stages (End of the 18th Century--1830)
  • p. 55
  • Dichotomy of Polish Theater Life (Circa 1830-1893)
  • p. 75
  • The Nineteenth Century--The Century of the Actor
  • p. 92
  • The Great Reform of Theater and Its Polish Share (1893-1918)
  • p. 116
  • Stanislaw Wyspianski--Founder of Modern Polish Theater
  • p. 124
  • Chapter 3.
  • Theater of the Second Republic (1918-1939)
  • General Characteristic of the Inter-war Era (1918-1939)
  • p. 139
  • Reforms of Acting
  • p. 154
  • Reforms of Directing
  • p. 172
  • Reforms of Theater Space
  • p. 185
  • Chapter 4.
  • Theater at the Time of the National Catastrophes (1939-1956)
  • Theater During The Second World War (1939-1945)
  • p. 195
  • Theater Under Stalinism (1945-1956)
  • p. 220
  • "Socrealism" in Theater
  • p. 249
  • Chapter 5.
  • Theater in the Country of "Real Socialism" (1956-1980)
  • "Theatrical October"
  • p. 259
  • Out Little Stabilization
  • p. 275
  • The Second Reform of Theater
  • p. 312
  • Dissident Theater
  • p. 327
  • Chapter 6.
  • The Twenty Years of Storm (1980-2000)
  • Solidarity: Theater of Hope
  • p. 339
  • Martial Law: Theater of Anger
  • p. 347
  • Communism As Usual: Theater As Usual (Second Half of the 1980s)
  • p. 368
  • The Third Republic: New Freedoms--New Challenges in the 1990s
  • p. 377
  • Selective Summary: Polish Theater
  • National Institution
  • p. 405
  • Artistic Styles
  • p. 407
  • Audiences
  • p. 411
  • The International Context
  • p. 414
  • Polish Theater and Poland's History
  • p. 417
  • In Brief
  • p. 418
  • Afterword
  • p. 421
  • Bibliography
  • p. 423
  • Index of Names
  • p. 445
  • Index of Plays
  • p. 461