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Operetta

A Theatrical History

By: Richard Traubner

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Operetta

A Theatrical History

By: Richard Traubner

Operetta: A Theatrical History" is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the people and productions that made operetta a worldwide phenomenon. Beginning in mid-19th century Europe, the book covers all of the key developments in the form, including the landmark works by Strauss and his followers, Gilbert & Sullivan, Franz Lehar, Rudolf Friml, Victor Herbert, and many more. The book perfectly captures the champagne-and-ballroom atmosphere of the greatest works in the genre. It will appeal to all fans of musical theatre history.

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Routledge

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1135887829

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9781135887827

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus

Written in the Cosmos

By: Richard Rader

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Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus

Written in the Cosmos

By: Richard Rader

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus revivifies the complex question of fate and freedom in the tragedies of the famous Greek playwright. Starting with Sartre’s insights about radical existential freedom, this book shows that Aeschylus is concerned with the ethical ramifications of surrendering our lives to fatalism (gods, curses, inherited guilt) and thoroughly interrogates the plays for their complex insights into theology and human motivation. But can we reconcile the radical freedom of existentialism and the seemingly fatal world of tragedy, where gods and curses and necessities wreak havoc on individual autonomy? If forces beyond our control or comprehension are influencing our lives, what happens to choice? How are we to conceive of ethics in a world studiously indifferent to our choices? In this book, author Ric Rader demonstrates that few understood the importance of these questions better than the tragedians, whose literature dealt with a central theological concern: What is a god? And how does god affect, impinge upon, or even enable human freedom? Perhaps more importantly: If god is dead, is everything possible, or nothing? Tragedy holds the preeminent position with regard to these questions, and Aeschylus, our earliest surviving tragedian, is the best witness to these complex theological issues.

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257

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Routledge

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1317633873

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9781317633877

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

By: Richard Sheridan

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The School for Scandal and Other Plays

By: Richard Sheridan

The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of his age. In The Rivals, Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish - wooing her under another name, while her aunt, the verbally inept Mrs Malaprop, wishes her to marry the real Captain. School for Scandal continues the theme of imposture when Sir Oliver tests his nephews by appearing to them in disguise, and learns that reputation and the approval of society are of little value. And The Critic, featuring the pompous Puff and the arrogant Sneer, is a mocking depiction of the theatre, playwrights and, of course, critics.

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Penguin UK

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0141913282

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9780141913285

The Rivals

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The Rivals

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A preface to a play seems generally to be considered as a kind of closet-prologue, in which—if his piece has been successful—the author solicits that indulgence from the reader which he had before experienced from the audience: but as the scope and immediate object of a play is to please a mixed assembly in representation (whose judgment in the theatre at least is decisive,) its degree of reputation is usually as determined as public, before it can be prepared for the cooler tribunal of the study. Thus any farther solicitude on the part of the writer becomes unnecessary at least, if not an intrusion: and if the piece has been condemned in the performance, I fear an address to the closet, like an appeal to posterity, is constantly regarded as the procrastination of a suit, from a consciousness of the weakness of the cause. From these considerations, the following comedy would certainly have been submitted to the reader, without any farther introduction than what it had in the representation, but that its success has probably been founded on a circumstance which the author is informed has not before attended a theatrical trial, and which consequently ought not to pass unnoticed.

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Publio Kiadó Kft.

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9633971519

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9789633971512

Early Holistic Scoring of Writing

A Theory, a History, a Reflection

By: Richard Haswell,Norbert Elliot

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Early Holistic Scoring of Writing

A Theory, a History, a Reflection

By: Richard Haswell,Norbert Elliot

What is the most fair and efficient way to assess the writing performance of students? Although the question gained importance during the US educational accountability movement of the 1980s and 1990s, the issue had preoccupied international language experts and evaluators long before. One answer to the question, the assessment method known as holistic scoring, is central to understanding writing in academic settings. Early Holistic Scoring of Writing addresses the history of holistic essay assessment in the United Kingdom and the United States from the mid-1930s to the mid-1980s—and newly conceptualizes holistic scoring by philosophically and reflectively reinterpreting the genre’s origin, development, and significance. The book chronicles holistic scoring from its initial origin in the United Kingdom to the beginning of its heyday in the United States. Chapters cover little-known history, from the holistic scoring of school certificate examination essays written by Blitz evacuee children in Devon during WWII to teacher adaptations of holistic scoring in California schools during the 1970s. Chapters detail the complications, challenges, and successes of holistic scoring from British high-stakes admissions examinations to foundational pedagogical research by Bay Area Writing Project scholars. The book concludes with lessons learned, providing a guide for continued efforts to assess student writing through evidence models. Exploring the possibility of actionable history, Early Holistic Scoring of Writing reconceptualizes writing assessment. Here is a new history that retells the origins of our present body of knowledge in writing studies.

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University Press of Colorado

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1607329123

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9781607329121

Tales Accursed

A Folk Horror Anthology

By: Richard Wells

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Tales Accursed

A Folk Horror Anthology

By: Richard Wells

Tales Accursed is the second collection of classic supernatural stories selected by the artist Richard Wells. Each of the sixteen tales is accompanied by one of Richard’s striking lino-print illustrations. This anthology contains work from both the established masters of folk horror, and some more surprising contributors: from Shirley Jackson and M. R. James to E. F. Benson and William Croft Dickinson. Tales Accursed will raise the hairs on your neck and keep you alert to the slightest rustle in the trees: through the chill splendour of moonlit nights come apparitions through the orchard; sea-witches perch on the sharp fangs of rocks as they weave their spells; fir-woods lie unnaturally still with no birdsong, no breeze, nor any undergrowth; and hooded creatures crouch on grey secluded beaches. This book combines ancient horrors from the wilderness with sinister shadows of the landscape to remind us of the settings of our ancestors. Tales Accursed is a gloriously creepy collection of chilling folk horror tales that is both thrilling and unnerving.

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363

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Unbound Publishing

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1789651743

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9781789651744

Screenwriting in The Land of Oz

The Wizard on Writing, Living, and Making It In Hollywood

By: Richard Krevolin

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Screenwriting in The Land of Oz

The Wizard on Writing, Living, and Making It In Hollywood

By: Richard Krevolin

Set your sights on a screenwriting career—and you know you're not in Kansas anymore. With some 100,000 original screenplays vying to be among the 7,000 few made into movies every year, craft is key and competition is fierce. Enter the Wizard: Award-winning screenwriter and playwright and acclaimed writing instructor Richard Krevolin, who shows you the way to turn your good ideas into great stories, and your great stories into compelling scripts. With the writer's gift for storytelling and the professor's gift for teaching, Krevolin gives you the brains, heart, and courage you need to make it in the Emerald City of Hollywood—one yellow brick at a time.

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Adams Media

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144050640X

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9781440506406

An American Theatre

The Story of Westport Country Playhouse, 1931-2005

By: Richard Somerset-Ward,Joanne Woodward,Paul Newman

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An American Theatre

The Story of Westport Country Playhouse, 1931-2005

By: Richard Somerset-Ward,Joanne Woodward,Paul Newman

This fascinating book traces the entire story of Westport Country Playhouse from its beginnings in the midst of the Depression to its 75th-anniversary renovations and rejuvenation. Filled with colorful characters, it is a story that will appeal to everyone who has ever been enchanted by live theatre.

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Yale University Press

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0300106483

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9780300106480

The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe

By: Richard B. Sheridan,George Colman the Elder

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The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe

By: Richard B. Sheridan,George Colman the Elder

The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe revolve around young women who wish the world would conform to novelistic convention. Unlike most eighteenth-century heroines keen on novel reading, however, Lydia Languish and Polly Honeycombe are neither deluded nor in any real danger. Rather, they inhabit a world in which everyone is engaged in some sort of quixotic performance; the more appealing characters are just willing to admit it. Both farcical and wise, these plays teasingly celebrate the perennial appeal of fiction, while never letting us forget how much it relies upon the everyday rituals of performance. The introduction to this Broadview edition explores the interrelations between print and performance in the eighteenth century, including a detailed and well-illustrated account of what it was like to go to the theater. Appendices include material on the original casts, the often dubious reputation of novel reading and circulating libraries, Sheridan’s high-profile elopement with Elizabeth Linley (which made him a celebrity before he ever staged a word), and the narrative possibilities conjured up by setting The Rivals in the resort city of Bath.

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Broadview Press

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1460400291

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9781460400296

Delphi Complete Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Illustrated)

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Delphi Complete Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Illustrated)

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Delphi Classics

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1786560836

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9781786560834

Ireland under the Stuarts

Volume 1

By: Richard Bagwell

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Ireland under the Stuarts

Volume 1

By: Richard Bagwell

Reproduction of the original: Ireland under the Stuarts by Richard Bagwell

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3752404523

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9783752404524

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The School for Scandal and Other Plays

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Offers five plays that feature witty banter, farcical situations, and flamboyant characters, including "The School for Scandal," in which the rumor mill goes into overdrive after a man marries a woman who may be involved in an extramarital affair.

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Oxford University Press

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0199540098

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9780199540099

Book's by Richard Coward

Operetta

Operetta

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus

Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

The Rivals

The Rivals

Early Holistic Scoring of Writing

Early Holistic Scoring of Writing

Tales Accursed

Tales Accursed

Screenwriting in The Land of Oz

Screenwriting in The Land of Oz

An American Theatre

An American Theatre

The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe

The Rivals and Polly Honeycombe

Delphi Complete Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Illustrated)

Ireland under the Stuarts

Ireland under the Stuarts

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

The School for Scandal and Other Plays

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