Background
Phyllis Hartnoll was born on September 22, 1906, in London, England.
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This informative book: A Concise History of the Theatre is a joy. Here is an illustrated history of the theatre that not only embraces acting, directing, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, but also includes a survey of the evolution of dramatic literature.
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1983
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“A reliable and detailed document, richly illustrated, of use to students of history and theatre alike.” ―The Times Educational Supplement Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature―here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history, worldwide in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre in the choral hymns sung around the altar of Dionysus to the endless variety of forms that theatre takes in our own day. For this fourth edition, Enoch Brater, Professor of English and Theatre at the University of Michigan, has contributed a revised and extended final chapter on contemporary theatre and updated factual information throughout the book. With its wealth of illustrations and up-to-date reference material, this is an indispensable book for all theatre-goers.
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Phyllis Hartnoll was born on September 22, 1906, in London, England.
After finishing Heathfield School in Ascot, Hartnoll was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and at the Universities of Lyons and Algiers.
From 1929 to 1967, Hartnoll worked as a books editor for the publishers Macmillan. A collection of her poems The maid's song and other poems was published by Macmillan in 1938 and she wrote the introduction to the Gothic novel Zastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley which was republished in a limited edition by The Golden Cockerel Press in 1955. She also taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Jerusalem’s Rehavia Girl’s School, Princeton University, and Yale University. Since 1967, Hartnoll was a freelance poet and writer.
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2012(This informative book: A Concise History of the Theatre i...)
1983As a theatre historian, she was a founder member of the Society for Theatre Research in 1948.