The Italian Theatre - From Its Beginning to the Close of the Seventeeth Century

by Joseph Spencer Kennard

Book Overview

A history of the Italian Theatre should mean more than a study of important Italian plays. It should reflect the successive phases of the Italian social conscience, and through the succeeding centuries of the national evolution, depict the changing life of the Italian people. Such a theatre presumes to photograph life, not omitting its crudities and cruelties. It will also interpret the national character and portray the historical background. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406720925
• ISBN13: 9781406720921
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Schauffler Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"