TIMSON: The History of Theatre

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History of Theatre (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Carole Boyd, reader
Derek Jacobi, reader
John McAndrew, reader
Caroline Faber, narrator
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Prologue - 5:17
2. The Greek Drama - 3:53
3. Greek Tragedy - 3:50
4. Greek Theatres - 3:19
5. Oedipus: 'Torment, Torment...' - 2:36
6. Greek Acting - 3:51
7. Greek Comedy - 4:10
8. Kinesias: It's O, so long since you and I have known The rites of love! - won't you come back, my ow - 3:02
9. Roman Theatre - 2:48
10. The Medieval Theatre: Its Origins - 1:48
11. '1st. Voice: While the third lesson is being chanted let 4 brethren vest themselves...' - 2:15
12. Growth And Development Of Mystery Plays - 6:01
13. 'The effect associated with Heaven and Hell were veritably prodigious' Description Of Stage Machiner - 3:09
14. 'God: Ego sum Alpha et Omega, vita, via, Veritas, primus en nouissimus.' - 4:27
15. Development Of Miracle And Morality Plays - 3:20
16. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte - 12:43
17. The Elizabethan Theatre - 4:31
18. The Structure Of A Playhouse - Description Of Burbage's Acting By Richard Flecknoe - 1:56
19. '...Think when we talk of horses that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth - 2:16
20. An Attack On The Theatre By John Stockwood 1587 - 0:22
21. Christopher Marlowe And His Contemporaries - 1:32
22. Tamburlaine: 'Forsake thy King, and do but join with me, And we will triumph over all the world' - 1:00

History of Theatre (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Carole Boyd, reader
Derek Jacobi, reader
John McAndrew, reader
Caroline Faber, narrator
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Faustus: 'The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The devil will come, and Faustus m - 3:31
2. William Shakespeare (1546-1616) And His Plays - 5:52
3. Excerpts From Shakespeare's Plays: As You Like It - Romeo & Juliet - Henry V - Henry IV pt. 1 - A Mi - 5:19
4. The Jacobean Theatre (1603-1642) - 2:24
5. Duchess: 'Now what you please, What death? Bosola: Strangling: here are your executioners.' - 1:45
6. Development Of The Private Theatre - Description Of A Private Audience By John Marstoni (1601) - 0:59
7. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) - 0:49
8. Ursula: Hang 'em, rotten, roguy cheaters, I hope to see 'em plagued one day (poxed they are already, - 3:09
9. Spanish Theatre In The Renaissance - 4:24
10. Sigismund: 'The rich man dreams his riches, dreams his cares; - 1:30
11. The French Theatre In The Seventeenth Century - 4:32
12. Phedre: 'There love will always live. Even as I speak, ah cruel, deadly thought! They flout the fury - 2:16
13. The Structure Of French Theatres - 1:03
14. Moliere (1622-1673) (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) - 4:25
15. Mr Jordan: ...And now I must tell you a secret. I'm in love with a lady of quality and I want you to - 2:48
16. Elmire: What? is there no avoiding your pursuit. Will you not give me time to breathe? - 4:12
17. The English Restoration Theatre (1660-1700) - 9:52
18. Thomas Jordan's Prologue to The Moor Of Venice (1660) - 1:26
19. The Development Of Restoration Comedy - 1:56
20. Harriet: 'I was informed you used to laugh at love, and not make it.' - 1:22
21. Lord Foppington: ...my life, madam, is a perpetual stream of pleasure, that glides thro' such a vari - 1:23
22. Mrs. Pinchwife: 'Dear Sweet Mr. Horner' ...So...' - 1:27
23. From A Short View Of The Immorality And Profaneness Of The English Stage. - 1:59
24. Millamant: Positively, Mirabell, I'll lie a-bed in a morning as long as I please. Mirabell: Then I'l - 3:23
25. From The Diary Of Samuel Pepys (1667) - 0:47
26. European Theatre In The Eighteenth Century - 4:50

History of Theatre (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Carole Boyd, reader
Derek Jacobi, reader
John McAndrew, reader
Caroline Faber, narrator
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. German Theatre In The 18th Century - 5:53
2. Elizabeth: Say then, what surety can be offer'd me, Should I magnanimously loose your bonds? - 1:55
3. The English Theatre In The Early Eighteenth Century - 4:33
4. The Development Of English Pantomime - 3:29
5. The Introduction Of The Theatre Licensing Act In England (1737) - 2:12
6. David Garrick (1717-1779) And The English Theatre In The Late Eighteenth Century - 6:41
7. Description Of Garrick As Abel Drugger In The Alchemist - 1:43
8. The Programme Of An Eighteenth Century English Theatre - 1:59
9. An Eighteenth Century Audience - 2:39
10. Sir Anthony: Why, Mrs. Malaprop, in moderation, now, what would you have a woman know? - 2:28
11. Beaumarchais (1732-1799) And The French Theatre In The Late Eighteenth Century - 2:15
12. The Count: With your brains and character you could hope for advancement in the service. Figaro: Bra - 2:05
13. The Development Of The Theatre In America (1800-1860s) - 6:27
14. Romantic Melodrama In Nineteenth Century Europe - 5:37
15. The Development Of Farce - 3:19
16. Henry Irving (1838-1905), And English Theatre In The Late Nineteenth Century - 0:47
17. Description Of Irving In The Bells By Edward Gordon-Craig - 3:48
18. The Biginning Of The Theatre Of Ideas And Realism - 2:19
19. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) - 5:40
20. Helmer: To forsake your home, your husband, and your children! And only think what people will say a - 4:58
21. George Bernard Shaw - 1:29
22. Higgins: Say your alphabet Liza: I know my alphabet. Do you think I know nothing? - 1:49
23. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) - 4:36

History of Theatre (more info)
Composed by: David Timson
Carole Boyd, reader
Derek Jacobi, reader
John McAndrew, reader
Caroline Faber, narrator
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Seagull By Anton Chekhov - 1:51
2. Nina: The horses are waiting for me at the gate. Don't see me off, I'll go by myself... - 2:18
3. Stanislavsky And The Moscow Arts Theatre - 0:39
4. From The Writings Of Stanislavsky - 0:58
5. The Growth Of Ensemble Companies - 2:31
6. Lady Bracknell: ...Now to minor matters. Are your parents living? Jack: I have lost both my parents. - 2:01
7. Theatrical Experiments In The Early Twentieth Century - 5:41
8. The Theatre Of Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) - 2:10
9. The Political Theatre Of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) - 3:09
10. American Theatre In The Early Twentieth Century And Eugene O'Neill - 2:41
11. A Long Day's Journey Into Night (Act IV) - 4:28
12. European Theatre In The 1930s & 1940s; Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1935) - 1:56
13. The London Theatre, And Noel Coward (1899-1973) - 2:34
14. Amanda: We won't talk about ourselves any more, we'll talk about outside things, anything you like, - 1:11
15. Post-War British Theatre And John Osborne (1929-1989) - 2:37
16. Alison: (softly) All I want is a little peace Jimmy: Peace ! God ! She wants peace! - 2:37
17. Theatre Of The Absurd And Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) - 3:26
18. Vladimir: 9sententiously) To every man his little cross (He sighs) and sits on the mound Till he die - 1:37
19. Harold Pinter (1930- ) - 1:50
20. Aston: I...I think it's about time you found somewhere else. I don't think we're hitting it off. Da - 2:29
21. British Theatre In The 1960s And Joe Orton (1933-1967) - 1:54
22. Post-War American Theatre, Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), Arthur Miller (1915- ) And David Mamet (1 - 1:46
23. Willy: '...When I was a boy - eighteen, nineteen - I was already on the road.' - 3:49
24. Blanche: 'When I think of how divine it is going to be to have such a thing as privacy once more - I - 7:04
25. Experimental Theatre In The 1960s And 1970s - 4:43
26. Developments In The Theatre From 1970-1990 - 3:26
27. Epilogue - 4:26

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