Dictionary of the theatre
Subtitle: terms, concepts, and analysis
By: Patrice Pavis ; translated by Christine Shantz ; preface by Marvin Carlson.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
Subjects: Theater -- Dictionaries.; Drama -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: This encyclopedic dictionary includes theoretical, technical, and semiotic terms and concepts. Alphabetical entries range from 'absurd' to 'word scenery' and treat the reader to a vast panoply of theatre and theory. The extended discussions are supported by useful examples drawn from the international repertoire of plays and playwrights, both classic and contemporary.

This dictionary is remarkably well integrated, partly because of its excellent system of cross-referencing, but also because it represents the vision and scholarship of a single, recognized authority. There is no other source like it available and it will be warmly welcomed by the English-language theatre world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-469) and index.