Theatre, Brief ISE

Preface
Introduction


Chapter 1     What Is Theatre?
Chapter 2     What Is a Play?
Chapter 3     The Actor
Chapter 4     The Playwright
Chapter 5     Designers and Technicians
Chapter 6     The Director
Chapter 7     Theatre Traditions
Chapter 8     The Modern Theatre
Chapter 9     Musical Theatre
Chapter 10    Theatre Today
Chapter 11    The Audience


The Ancients
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Theatre of Asia
The Royal Era
The Modern Theatre: Realism
The Modern Theatre: Antirealism




Appendix: Enjoy the Play!
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Theatre immerses its readers in the world of theatre, giving in-depth descriptions of many job functions and various aspects of a play's production from beginning to end. Through the coverage of design, acting and directing, students are given a behind-the-scenes look at professional theatre artists performing their craft. The Photo Essay features include interviews with well-known figures both on and offstage. The authors provide readers with firsthand accounts of what it is like to work in the field. As every culture has developed theatre of some kind, this edition includes plays from non-Western countries in its examples. More examples of women and ethnic minorities is included, with a new profile on Young Jean Lee, the first Asian American woman to have her work staged on Broadway.