Thomson, Peter 1938-

The Cambridge companion to Brecht by Peter Thomson( Book )

48 editions published between 1993 and 2012 in English and Polish and held by 1,551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This companion offers 19 essays and reference material covering the whole of Brecht's theatre work

Shakespeare's theatre by Peter Thomson( Book )

40 editions published between 1982 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Reviews of the First Edition .̀.valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three individual plays Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Macbeth as performed by the company. Peter Thomson writes in a crisp, sharp, enlivening style.' TLS '.̀.the best analysis yet of Elizabethan acting practices, excavated form the texts themselves rather than reconstructed on basis of one monolithic theory, and an essay on Hamlet that is a model of Critical intelligence and theatrical invention.' Yearbook of English Studies S̀ynthesizes the important facts and summarizes projects with a vigorous prose style, and expertly applies his experience in both practical drama and academic teaching to his discussion.' Review of English Studies

Shakespeare's professional career by Peter Thomson( Book )

34 editions published between 1992 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare was a supremely successful accommodator. The story of his career as actor and playwright, which this book tells, shows the accommodation of his remarkable talents to the circumstances of his time: the social, political and professional life of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. It describes the development of this talent into genius. It also describes a background of theatrical rivalry, opportunism, service to noble patrons, and the sometimes involuntary involvement in political intrigue. The book begins with Stratford-upon-Avon and investigates Shakespeare's likely link with the Earls of Derby, who were probably his first theatrical patrons. It goes on to detail the theatrical conditions that prevailed when Shakespeare first embarked on his profession. Year by year Peter Thomson recreates Shakespeare's writing career, showing how the plays mirror their times. The story reveals the precarious nature of theatrical survival, the constant threat posed by the withdrawal of noble or royal patronage, the spread of disease, the anxieties of war and the uncertain climate. Peter Thomson's concern throughout is with the concrete details of the profession, setting out playhouse practices from the viewpoint of playwright, actor and audience. His discussion of the London playhouses incorporates the new evidence provided by the recent Rose and Globe excavations. The narrative is succinct but entertaining, enabling the non-expert to pick a clear path through contemporary political struggles and intrigues, the structure of Elizabethan patronage, the formation and disbanding of theatre companies and the fate of their buildings. There are numerous illustrations. Some will be familiar to students of Shakespeare, but are reproduced here in the context of his professional development; others have been gleaned from museums, libraries and great houses to illustrate the wider social context of Elizabethan and Jacobean England

Essays on nineteenth century British theatre: the proceedings of a symposium, sponsored by the Manchester University Department of Drama by Kenneth Richards( Book )

19 editions published between 1971 and 2016 in English and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

<P>Originally published in 1971. Nineteenth-century theatre in England has been greatly neglected, although serious study would reveal that the roots of much modern drama are to be found in the experiments and extravagancies of the nineteenth-century stage. The essays collected here cover a range of topics within the world of Victorian theatre, from particular actors to particular theatres; from farce to Byron's tragedies, plus a separate section about Shakespearean productions.</P>

Essays on the eighteenth-century English stage: the proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Manchester University Department of Drama by Kenneth Richards( Book )

19 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 759 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brecht by Jan Needle( Book )

14 editions published between 1980 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Cambridge history of British theatre( Book )

9 editions published between 2004 and 2015 in English and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Volume One of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part One treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part Two focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part Three on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life

Plays by Dion Boucicault( Book )

9 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in English and held by 603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brecht : Mother Courage and her children by Peter Thomson( Book )

10 editions published between 1997 and 2004 in English and held by 571 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Studie naar de bronnen van Mutter Courage, Brechts eigen productie in 1949 en de opvoeringen daarna. Het slothoofdstuk plaatst het stuk in het licht van de oorlogen in het voormalige Joegoslavië en Oeganda

The Cambridge introduction to English theatre, 1660-1900 by Peter Thomson( Book )

10 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This introduction to English theatre, enriched throughout by illustrative quotations and carefully selected visual images, guides the reader through the turbulent history of the stage from the restoration of Charles II to the death of Queen Victoria