This guide contains a list of general and specialized sources written after 1945 to assist research on American theatre and drama. Chapter 6 is devoted to stage production sources. The history of European theatre traditions is especially well covered. Use the sources in the Background Information section to find more information on the history of theatre traditions. This work is regarded as one of the best one-volume history of world theatre.
Emphasis is given to the European theatre.
Excellent coverage is given to Greek, Roman, and renaissance theatres. Performance practice, architecture, and theatrical conditions are considered for each time period and genre. This is a concise guide to style of a period of time as it relates to the development of western theatre traditions. Each chapter investigates the art and culture, life and cultural ideals, ornament and furniture, costume and accessories, movement, theatre, plays and acting as they apply to a particular style of a time period. All quoted material is from the respective source.