The theatre experience / Edwin Wilson.

By: Wilson, Edwin, 1927- [author]
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2009Edition: Eleventh EditionDescription: xxiii, 449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780073382142 (alk. paper); 0073382140 (alk. paper)Uniform titles: Theater experience Subject(s): Theater | Theater -- Stage setting and scenery | Theater -- Production and directionDDC classification: 792 LOC classification: PN1655 | .W57 2009Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
Experiencing today's global, diverse theatre -- The audience. The audience: its role and imagination ; Background and expectations of the audience ; The critic and the audience ; Stage spaces -- The performers and the director. Acting: offstage and in the past ; Stage acting today ; The director and the producer -- Creating the play: the playwright. Creating the world of the play ; Dramatic forms: climatic, episodic, and others ; Dramatic characters ; Tragedy and other serious drama ; Comedy and tragicomedy -- The designers. Scenery ; Stage costumes ; Lighting and sound -- The theatre landscape today. Global theatre ; Musical theatre ; Contemporary American theatre.
Summary: Approaches the study of theatre the way students do: as members of the audience. Colorful photographs from productions around the globe, personal insights from theatre artists, and an easy-to-understand narrative writing style engage students while informing them about the world of theatre.
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Includes bibliographical references (p . 429-431) and index.

Experiencing today's global, diverse theatre --
The audience. The audience: its role and imagination ; Background and expectations of the audience ; The critic and the audience ; Stage spaces --
The performers and the director. Acting: offstage and in the past ; Stage acting today ; The director and the producer --
Creating the play: the playwright. Creating the world of the play ; Dramatic forms: climatic, episodic, and others ; Dramatic characters ; Tragedy and other serious drama ; Comedy and tragicomedy --
The designers. Scenery ; Stage costumes ; Lighting and sound --
The theatre landscape today. Global theatre ; Musical theatre ; Contemporary American theatre.

Approaches the study of theatre the way students do: as members of the audience. Colorful photographs from productions around the globe, personal insights from theatre artists, and an easy-to-understand narrative writing style engage students while informing them about the world of theatre.

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