Moving performance : British stage and screen, 1890s-1920s /
Fitzsimmons, Linda,1949-
Street, Sarah.
Trowbridge : Flicks Books,
2000.
Identifies performance as a central focus point in the relationship between theatrical modes and the emergence of cinematic forms in British theatre and film.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taking it forward: theatricality and British cinema style in the 1920s / Christine Gledhill -- Darwin, Duchenne, Delsarte / Amy Sargeant -- "Sir J. and Lady Forbes-Robertson left for America on Saturday": marketing the 1913 Hamlet for stage and screen / Emma Smith -- A scene--King John--now playing at Her Majesty's theatre / Luke McKernan -- The influence of the English music-hall on early screen acting / Frank Scheide -- "The cinematograph still reigns supreme at the Skating Palace": the first decades of film in Scotland / Adrienne Scullion -- "Come in please, come out pleased": the development of British fairground Bioscope presentation and performance / Mervyn Heard -- William Haggar: film pioneer, actor and showman / Dave Berry -- True crime? Charles Peace and the British crime film, 1895-1905 / Andrew Clay -- Films at home: putting domestic audiences in the picture / Uma Dinsmore -- Women and early British film: finding a screen of her own / Katherine Newey.
Identifies performance as a central focus point in the relationship between theatrical modes and the emergence of cinematic forms in British theatre and film.
Theater
Theater
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures