Title: Drama, its costume & décor.
Authors: Laver, James,
Date: 1951
Publisher: Studio Publications
Physical description: 276 p. illus. 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: P
Contents: I. Towards a theory of the theatre -- II. The theatre of the Greeks and Romans -- III. The medieval stage -- IV. Pageants and triumphs -- V. The Shakespearean and other platform stages -- VI. The pioneers of perspective scenery -- VII. The English court masques -- VIII. The commedia Dell'Arte -- IX. The expansion of the Baroque -- X. The French Ballet de Cour and the stylization of costume -- XI. English decor from Webb to Loutherbourg -- XII. Romanticism and the sense of period -- XIII. Realism and the reactions against realism -- XIV. Eclecticism and the producer: Reinhardt -- XV. Tendencies in the theatre since 1914.
Subject headings (LCSH): Costume.; Theaters--Decoration.; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery