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Preface. PART I: FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Nature of Theatre. 2. The Audience and Criticism. 3. The Play. PART II: VARIETIES OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. 4. Festival Theatre: Greek, Roman, and Medieval Theatre Experiences. 5. Creating a Professional Theatre: Elizabethan England, Italian Commedia dell'Arte, and Seventeenth-Century France. 6. Theatre in the 1800s. 7. Modernism in the Twentieth Century: 1900���1960. 8. Decentralization and Subsidization: New Directions. 9. Contemporary Theatre and Its Diversity. 10. Musical Theatre. 11. Asian and African Theatre. PART III: THEATRICAL PRODUCTION. 12. Theatrical Space and Production Design. 13. Playwriting and Dramaturgy. 14. Directing and Producing. 15. Acting. 16. Scene Design. 17. Costume Design and Makeup. 18. Lighting and Sound Design. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

The Essential Theatre

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      Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
      Published 1 January 2016
      ISBN-13 9781305411074
      978-1305411074
      ISBN-10 1305411072
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      Table of Contents
      Preface. PART I: FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Nature of Theatre. 2. The Audience and Criticism. 3. The Play. PART II: VARIETIES OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. 4. Festival Theatre: Greek, Roman, and Medieval Theatre Experiences. 5. Creating a Professional Theatre: Elizabethan England, Italian Commedia dell'Arte, and Seventeenth-Century France. 6. Theatre in the 1800s. 7. Modernism in the Twentieth Century: 1900���1960. 8. Decentralization and Subsidization: New Directions. 9. Contemporary Theatre and Its Diversity. 10. Musical Theatre. 11. Asian and African Theatre. PART III: THEATRICAL PRODUCTION. 12. Theatrical Space and Production Design. 13. Playwriting and Dramaturgy. 14. Directing and Producing. 15. Acting. 16. Scene Design. 17. Costume Design and Makeup. 18. Lighting and Sound Design. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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