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• Main Author: Dean, Joan FitzPatrick (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Methuen Drama, 2021.
• Series: Forms of drama
• Subjects: Σκηνική παρέλαση > Ιστορία.; Δράμα > Ιστορία και κριτική

"Focusing on examples from medieval theatre, women's suffrage campaigns, and the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, this is the first book to offer a critical overview of pageant as a dramatic form. By enacting highly selective historical episodes, pageants manipulate audiences' sense of...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. The Middle English Noah Pageants
• 2. Counter-Hegemonic Pageantry: A Pageant of Great Women
• 3. Pageant as Mega-Event: Isles of Wonder.