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Willmar Sauter - The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries - 9789187235924 - V9789187235924
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The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries

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Description for The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries Paperback. This book provides a vivid picture of the Drottningholm Court Theatre: the architecture, the many different activities which took place here during the Gustavian era, and the use made of the theatre since its rediscovery to explore the nature of Baroque performance. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; AN; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 832.
The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now tells the story of the Drottningholm Court Theatre from 1766 - the year it was built - to today's performances presented during the annual summer festivals. The court theatre was rarely used after Gustav III's death in 1792 until it was rediscovered in 1921. The twentieth-century restoration uncovered the almost perfectly preserved stage machinery, painted flats and backdrops, from which much is learned about the staging practices of Baroque theatre and opera. This book provides a vivid picture of the Drottningholm Court Theatre: the architecture, the many ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
824g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Stockholm, Sweden
ISBN
9789187235924
SKU
V9789187235924
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About Willmar Sauter
Willmar Sauter is Professor of Theatre Studies at Stockholm University. He is a former Dean of Humanities and Head of the Research School of Aesthetics at the university, and a former President of the International Federation for Theatre Research. He has served on the board of the Drottningholm Theatre Foundation. He has written extensively on ... Read more

Reviews for The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries
'[...] this highly enjoyable and beautifully illustrated book' Tinothy De Paepe, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research Vol 30 No 1-2, 2015 This fine book [...] meets the needs of several types of readers. To their credit, Sauter and ... Read more

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