Edwin Wilson,
The City University of New York, Emeritus Alvin Goldfarb,
Western Illinois University
ISBN: 0073514209 Copyright year: 2013
Table of Contents
Part 1 Theatre in Today’s World
1. THEATRE: THE ART FORM
2. THE AUDIENCE—SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS
Part 2 Creating Theatre: The Playwright
3. CREATING THE DRAMATIC SCRIPT
4. THEATRICAL GENRES
Part 3 Creating Theatre: The Production
5. ACTING FOR THE STAGE
6. THE DIRECTOR AND THE PRODUCER
7. THEATRE SPACES
8. THE DESIGNERS: SCENERY AND COSTUMES
9. THE DESIGNERS: LIGHTING AND SOUND
Part 4 Global Theatres: Past and Present
10. EARLY THEATRES: GREEK, ROMAN, AND MEDIEVAL
11. EARLY THEATRE: ASIAN
12. RENAISSANCE THEATRES
13. THEATRES FROM THE RESTORATION THROUGH ROMANTICISM
14. THE MODERN THEATRE EMERGES
15. TODAY'S DIVERSE GLOBAL THEATRE