Theatre Lives
By: Leslie Atkins Durham, Sally H. Shedd
Contributors: Shedd, Sally H.
Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dubuque, IA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780757563959; 9780757562228
Subjects: Playwriting; Acting; Theater
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-346) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Ritual and theatre; title: 2. Classical theatre and the first western playwrights and critics; title: 3. The tools of the playwright: dramatic elements, structures, and characters; title: 4. Genres; title: 5. Attending the theatre; title: 6. Performance space; title: 7. The rise of the professional actor; title: 8. The craft of the actor; title: 9. The vision of the designer; title: 10. Shifts in theatrical design; title: 11. The rise of the director; title: 12. The work of the director; title: 13. Postmodernism: contemporary playwriting, solo performance, and mediated art; title: 14. The theatre profession in the postmodern age.