The development of the theatre
Subtitle: a study of theatrical art from the beginnings to the present day
By: by Allardyce Nicoll
Edition: 5th ed. rev.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Theaters; History; Stage-setting and scenery; Geschichte; Theater
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Introductory : theatres of the Orient --; title: The Greek heritage --; title: The Ancient Athenian theatre --; title: The scene-buildings and the stage --; title: The Hellenistic theatre --; title: Graeco-Roman theatres --; title: Machines --; title: Acting and production --; title: The unities and the acts --; title: Masks and costumes --; title: The Roman theatre --; title: The playhouses --; title: Actors, costumes and masks --; title: Performances in the Middle Ages --; title: Relics of the classical tradition --; title: The growth of the Medieval drama --; title: Medieval theatres and the Mise-en-Scene --; title: Machinery, effects, and costumes --; title: Actors and performance --; title: Tournaments, entries and disguising --; title: Renaissance Italy : court theatres and the painted scene --; title: The beginnings --; title: The painted scene --; title: The Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza --; title: Changeable scenery --; title: Renaissance France, England, and Spain --; title: France : relics of the Medieval stage --; title: The Elizabethan stage --; title: The Spanish corrales --; title: The Baroque and it's legacy --; title: The scenic spectacle --; title: Theatres of the Baroque age --; title: The theatre plan --; title: Costume : theatrical and realistic --; title: The theatre during the nineteenth century --; title: Realisms and lights --; title: The "mystic gulf" --; title: Mechanical theatres --; title: Theatres of the twentieth century --; title: Theatrical revolt --; title: The theatre of the thirties --; title: Post-war endeavour --; title: Appendix : the dialogues of Leone Di Somi.