The language of theatre
By: Martin Harrison.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Theater -- Dictionaries.; Drama -- Dictionaries.
Other titles: Theatre
Description: "Theatre has provided many words and meanings which we use - ignorant of their origins - in everyday writing and speech. This is the first book to explore 2,000 theatre terms in depth, in some cases tracing their history over two and a half millenia, in others exploring expressions less than a decade old.

Terms are defined, shown in use and cross-referenced in ways which will fascinate theatre-goers, help theatre students and encourage those engaged in the theatre to examine the familiar from new angles."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316).