Essential Theatre

Name: Essential Theatre
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ISBN: 9780495090373

ISBN-10: 0495090379

ISBN-13: 9780495090373

Edition: 9th 2008

Authors: Oscar G. Brockett, Robert J. Ball

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This text is a welcome and helpful resource whether you are a major looking forward to a career in the theatre, or a nonmajor interested in an overview to help you better appreciate theatre as an audience member. Written by highly respected theatre historians, THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE has established a reputation as one of the most comprehensive, authoritative surveys of the theatre in colleges nationwide. Its vibrant treatment of theatre practice?past and present?range from the origins of theatre to postmodernism and performance art. Chapter after chapter, this book will encourage you and get you excited about becoming an active theatergoer, while providing the insight and understanding that…

Book details

List price: $221.95
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English




Foundations



The Nature of Theatre



Performance, Audience, and Critic



The Play



Varieties of Theatrical Experience



Festival Theatre: Greek, Roman, and Medieval Theatre Experiences



Creating a Professional Theatre: Elizabethan England, Italian Commedia dell'Arte, and Seventeenth-Century France



From Romanticism to Realism



The Modernist Temperament: 1885?1940



Reevaluation, Decentralization, and Subsidization



Contemporary Theatre and Its Diversity



Asian and African Theatre



Theatrical Production



Theatrical Space and Production Design



Playwriting and Dramaturgy



Directing and Producing



Acting



Scenic Design



Costume Design and Makeup



Lighting and Sound Design


Glossary


Bibliography


Index