The History of World Theater <subTitle>From the Beginnings to the Baroque</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Berthold, Margot</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1922-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Continuum Publishing</publisher> <dateIssued>1972</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>511tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this survey of the development of the world of theater up to the Baroque period, Margaret Berthold discusses such phenomena as the demon dance of a masked shaman, the ""tragedie classique"" of Corneille and Racine, the Egyptian Osiris festival ceremonies, and Italian ""commedia dell'arte"" improvizations. She looks at theater in Islamic civilizations, Indonesia, India, China, Japan, Greece and Rome, in the Byzantine Empire and Europe of the Middle Ages. Berthold looks at comedy, tragedy, mime, religious and secular drama, kabuki, noh, puppet theater, court ballet, opera, masques, pantomime, the amphitheatre, and song-play.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Margot Berthold</note> <subject> <topic>Theater- History</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">792.09</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B542-M33</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0826411665</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15561/25.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15561/25.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071508.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>