The English Stage(English, Paperback, Styan John L.)

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The English Stage(English, Paperback, Styan John L.) is written by Styan John L. and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521556368 (ISBN 10) and 9780521556361 (ISBN 13).

The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetime's study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.