'A work that more than any other currently available suggests the range and richness of theatre and performance history study today.' – Marvin Carlson, City University of New York, USA 'This book will significantly change theatre education.' – Janelle Reinelt, University of California, Irvine, USA 'Globally ambitious in its scope, innovative in design, and open-ended in its challenge to the received histories, this new grand narrative will engage scholars and students at every level, whatever their particular interests in past performance.' – Jacky Bratton, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'Finally we have a book that conceives theatre history in world terms and breaks down the Euro-American boundaries that have marginalised the theatres of other cultures for so long.' – Brian Singleton, The University of Dublin, Trinity College This new edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers overviews of theatre and drama in many world cultures and periods together with case studies demonstrating the methods and interpretive approaches used by today's theatre historians.  Completely revised and renewed in colour, enhancements and new material include:    a full-colour text design with added timelines to each opening section a wealth of new colour illustrations to help convey the vitality of performances described new case studies on African, Asian and Western subjects a new chapter on modernism, and updated and expanded chapters and part introductions fuller definitions of terms and concepts throughout in a new glossary a re-designed support website offering links to new audio-visual resources, expanded bibliographies, approaches to teaching theatre and performance history, discussion questions relating to case studies and an online glossary  

Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Zarrilli, Phillip B.

McConachie, Bruce

Williams, Gary Jay

Fisher Sorgenfrei, Carol

Humor & Entertainment

Routledge

'A work that more than any other currently available suggests the range and richness of theatre and performance history study today.' – Marvin Carlson, City University of New York, USA 'This book will significantly change theatre education.' – Janelle Reinelt, University of California, Irvine, USA 'Globally ambitious in its scope, innovative in design, and open-ended in its challenge to the received histories, this new grand narrative will engage scholars and students at every level, whatever their particular interests in past performance.' – Jacky Bratton, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'Finally we have a book that conceives theatre history in world terms and breaks down the Euro-American boundaries that have marginalised the theatres of other cultures for so long.' – Brian Singleton, The University of Dublin, Trinity College This new edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers overviews of theatre and drama in many world cultures and periods together with case studies demonstrating the methods and interpretive approaches used by today's theatre historians. Completely revised and renewed in colour, enhancements and new material include: <ul>
<li>a full-colour text design with added timelines to each opening section</li> <li>a wealth of new colour illustrations to help convey the vitality of performances described</li> <li>new case studies on African, Asian and Western subjects</li> <li>a new chapter on modernism, and updated and expanded chapters and part introductions</li> <li>fuller definitions of terms and concepts throughout in a new glossary</li> <li>a re-designed support website offering links to new audio-visual resources, expanded bibliographies, approaches to teaching theatre and performance history, discussion questions relating to case studies and an online glossary</li>
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This new edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers overviews of theatre and drama in many world cultures and periods together with case studies demonstrating the methods and interpretive approaches used by today's theatre historians. Completely revised and renewed in color, enhancements and new material include: <ul>
<li>a full-color text design with added timelines to each opening section</li> <li>a wealth of new color illustrations to help convey the vitality of performances described</li> <li>new case studies on African, Asian, and Western subjects</li> <li>a new chapter on modernism, and updated and expanded chapters and part introductions</li> <li>fuller definitions of terms and concepts throughout in a new glossary </li> <li>a re-designed support website offering links to new audio-visual resources, expanded bibliographies, approaches to teaching theatre and performance history, discussion questions relating to case studies and an online glossary.</li> </ul>

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers a critical overview of global theatre and drama, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods. Bringing together a group of scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds to add fresh perspectives on the history of global theatre, the book illustrates historiographical theories with case studies demonstrating various methods and interpretive approaches. Subtly restructured sections place the chapters within new thematic contexts to offer a clear overview of each period, while a revised chapter structure offers accessibility for students and instructors. Further new features and key updates to this third edition include: <ul>
<li>A dedicated chapter on historiography</li> <li>New, up to date, case studies</li> <li>Enhanced and reworked historical, cultural and political timelines, helping students to place each chapter within the historical context of the section</li> <li>Pronunciation guidance, both in the text and as an online audio guide, to aid the reader in accessing and internalizing unfamiliar terminology </li> <li>A new and updated companion website with further insights, activities and resources to enable students to further their knowledge and understanding of the theatre.</li> </ul>

Arts & Photography

Nellhaus, Tobin

Underiner, Tamara

Performing Arts

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Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Theatre Histories: An Introduction

Theatre Histories: An Introduction