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Title:
Theatre : a very short introduction / Marvin Carlson.
Author:
Carlson, Marvin, 1935- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Call Number:
PN2101 .C37 2014
Abstract:
Encompassing puppetry, mime, street theatre, farce, and melodrama, theatre is an enduring and varied popular art form. From its historical roots in Ancient Greece and Rome, through Medieval Japan and Europe, as well as America and beyond, Marvin Carlson considers how theatre and its different forms have evolved and been experienced, interpreted, and enjoyed over the centuries and up to the present day. This Very Short Introduction also looks at the roles that theatre artists play - from the actor and director to the designer and the theatre owner, and asks what theatre has meant, and still means, to audiences around the world. -- from cover.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199669820
Series:
Very short introductions ; 402

Very short introductions ; 402.
Physical Description:
131 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
What is theatre? -- Religion and theatre -- Theatre and drama -- Theatre and performance -- The makers of theatre.
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