New Theatre Quarterly 49 (New Theatre Quarterly)
Contributors: Clive Barker (Editor); Simon Trussler (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 21, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780521589024
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Theater - General; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; Theater - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Theater
First sentence: The origins of the tableau vivant can be traced back at least to the pantomimus of ancient Rome, but the form achieved its peak of modern popularity in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when poses plastiques sometimes struck an ambiguous balance between art and pornography.