Main entry:

Mullin, Donald C.

Title & Author:

The development of the playhouse : a survey of theatre architecture from the Renaissance to the present / Donald C. Mullin.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1970.

Description:

xvi, 197 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191).
Introduction -- Rome Revisited: the revival of classicism -- Classicism compromised: developments of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries -- The triumph of Albion: English pre-restoration playhouses -- Deus ex machina: the dominance of Italian designs, 1650 to 1750 -- Second stage: English theatres from the restoration to 1830 -- Revels and revolution: theatres of the rococo and classic revival -- Yankee and other doodles: theatres in America, 1716 to 1869 -- Bourgeois barogue: the ornate playhouse from 1850 to 1869 -- New horizons: experiments between the wars -- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow: lessons from the past and their application to modern design -- Appendixes -- Chronological list of theatres and architects -- Alphabetical list of cities with chronological list of theatres in each -- Alphabetical list of architects -- Observations on the nineteenth century stage -- Illustrations of technical apparatus.

ISBN:

0520013913
9780520013919

Subject:

Theater architecture History.
Théâtres Architecture Histoire.
Architecture des théâtres Histoire.
Theater architecture
Theaterbau
England
Großbritannien
Gro€britannien.
Theatre Design Architecture History.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 21932
Call No.: ID:87-B8900
Status: Available