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| Theatre Histories: An Introduction | 
 enlarge | Authors: Phillip B. Zarrilli, Bruce Mcconachie, Gary Jay Williams, Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 308616
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0415227283
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.09
EAN: 9780415227285
ASIN: 0415227283
Publication Date: April 19, 2006
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'A work that more than any other currently available suggests the range and richness of theatre and performance history study today.' - Marvin Carlson, City University of New York
'This book will significantly change theatre education' - Janelle Reinelt, University of California, Irvine
Theatre Histories: An Introduction is a bold and innovative way of looking both at the way we understand performance and the ways in which history is written. Its chapters offer clearly written overviews of theatre and drama in many world cultures and periods. These and its unique in-depth case studies demonstrate the methods used by today's theatre historians. .
Using a new narrative strategy that challenges the standard format of one-volume theatre history texts, the authors help the reader think critically about performance in all its global diversity. Theatre Histories explores aesthetic and interpretive approaches from many cultures, continents and time periods. The authors explore contemporary Japanese theatre, kabuki and kathakali with as much range and depth as Shakespeare, vaudeville and realism.
Theatre Histories: An Introduction is organized to provide:
? an understanding of how key shifts in human communication shaped developments in the history of theatre and performance throughout the world
? an introduction to the methodologies employed by today's theatre historians
? in-depth case studies demonstrating "history at work"
? a truly global perspective on drama, theatre, and performance
Keeping performance, drama, and culture at centre stage, Theatre Histories: An Introduction is compatible with standard play anthologies and offers many pedagogical resources including a website with additional references, discussion questions, and links to related sites at www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415227283
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A student's review November 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
An amazing theatre textbook. It covered a wide range and was set up chronologically rather than by culture, which made more sense to me than any other theatre history text I've used. It also covered cultures and types of theatre that I had never heard of before, rather than focusing on Western cultures. The writing style was approachable and held my interest easily. There were many photos, drawings, and diagrams, which all served to augment the reading.
I highly recommend it. Especially because it is an entertaining textbook while still being vastly informative.
REALLY GOOD WORLD THEATRE TEXT September 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this book for Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (grad). While it is required reading for the semester, this text is different than all the other synchronic histories out there, and takes the diachronic viewpoint of theatrical performance that occurred in various parts of the world in particular times.
This book is easy to understand and DOESN'T BORE YOU WITH FACTS; indeed, this is not what this book is intended for. It's to open the reader's eyes to the marginalized facets of performance so often neglected in theatrical texts.
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