{"product_id":"the-drama-theatre-and-performance-companion-1-bloomsbury-student-companions-series-9780230551657","title":"The Drama Theatre and Performance Companion 1 Bloomsbury Student Companions Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Mangan is Professor and Chair of Drama at Loughborough University, UK. He has taught English and Drama in Universities in the UK and the US, and has held chairs at the University of Wales Aberystwyth and De Montfort University. He is also a playwright and director, and has worked as a literary manager, a dramaturg and an actor. His books include Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: A Critical Study, A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies and Staging Masculinities: Gender, History, Performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-conceived book would be a very useful resource for any Drama student. It is broad in scope and rigorous in detail. The author has a particular skill in drawing out key points from complex texts and presenting them in lucid, accessible and engaging ways.\" - Jackie Smart, Kingston University, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: This book and how to use it  PART I: DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE: THE SUBJECT AND ITS STUDY  1. The Context of the Subject  2. Your Course and what to Expect from it  3. Study Skills for Drama, Theatre and Performance Students  PART II: CORE TOPICS IN DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE  4. Developments and Directions  5. Working Practically 1: Acting  6. Working Practically 2: Devising  7. Working Practically 3: Directing  8. Theatre Histories  9. Analysing Texts  10. Questions of Theory  11. Theatre and Gender  12. Theatre and the World: Globalization, Interculturalism and Postcolonialism  13. The Uses of Drama: Applying Performance  14. Mediating Performance: From the Machine Age to the Digital Age  PART III: KEY CONCEPTS  PART IV: LANDMARKS: KEY PRACTITIONERS, THEORISTS AND PERFORMANCES  PART V: FRAMEWORKS FOR RESEARCH: KEY WRITINGS ON DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE  PART VI: WHAT NEXT?  PART VII: RESOURCES FOR STUDYING DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE  Bibliography  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767166337367,"sku":"9780230551657","price":33.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-drama-theatre-and-performance-companion-1-bloomsbury-student-companions-series-9780230551657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}