The Curtain Rises: A History of Theater from Its Origins in Greece and Rome Through the English Restoration
By Paula Gaj Sitarz.
Description
Applause. Applause. The curtain rises. The actors and actresses smile and bow to the audience. The scene is a theater...in London's West End, on Broadway, at a local community center, in a cramped schoolroom in South Africa. Plays, players and playgoers can be found everywhere around the world. But it wasn't always so.Mystery surrounds the beginnings of the theater. When primitive man impersonated animals, acting out the hunt, was that theater? As early as 30,000 years ago, people sang and danced in ceremonies to honor their gods; they dressed in animal skins and wore make-up made...
ISBN(s)
0887346855, 9780887346859
