(P/B) A HISTORY OF THE THEATRE

Παρουσίαση

To discuss drama as if it were simply dramatic literature is about as sensible as trying to drive a car with only one cylinder in working order. Drama-and the theatres in which it is presented-embraces actors and actresses, painters and paintings, architects and craftsmen, costumiers and engineers; it also extends to encompass composers and musicians, choreographers and dancers, acrobats and athletes, poets and journalists, and-perhaps the most significant of all its elements-audiences. In short it is a group experience based on interaction. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface and acknowledgments
Prologue
Communities and their gods
God and community
Princes and their servants
Expanding frontiers
The disintegration of style: hyper-realism and anti-realism
Epilogue
Further reading
Index
Credits