The Turkish theatre
By: by Nicholas N. Martinovitch.
Publisher: Theatre Arts, inc.
Published: 1933
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Theater -- Turkey -- History; Turkish drama -- Translations into English; Puppet theater -- Turkey -- History
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: A collection of some notable Turkish plays and a brief discussion of the types of Turkish theatre performance. Common archetypes, performance traditions, technical execution, and other aspects of production are discussed. Color images of traditional shadow puppets are included in the text.
Notes: Bibliography (p. 125)
Table of contents: title: The Turkish theatre: Orta oiunu. Meddah. Karagoz.; title: The plays. Orta oiunu: The sorcery. Meddah: Hamal, the porter: The seven dull-hearing ones: The quest of the bride: A dream of a Turk. Karagoz: A picnic to Ialova: The bloody poplar.; title: Vocabulary.