The Enjoyment of Theatre'sbalanced coverage of performance and history provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to theatre. This book covers the full span of theatre's 2,500-year history as well as performance/production topics such as playwriting, acting, directing, and the theatre industry. This seventh edition features major revisions and welcomes two highly respected collaborators from the University of South Carolina to the proven author team of Cameron and Gillespie. Together, they make theatre come alive for all readers by showing them how theatre is, and will continue to be, relevant to their everyday lives.
| ISBN | 0205500234 | | Pages | 432 | | ISBN13 | 9780205500239
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 630 | | Imprint | Allyn & Bacon | | Published in | Old Tappan | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780205375516 | | Publication date | 23 Jul 2007 | | Height (mm) | 232 | | Library of Congress | 2007009452 | | Width (mm) | 191 | | DEWEY | 792 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Preface PART I: Locating Theatre, Experiencing Plays: Theory and Criticism Chapter 1: Theatre: Performance and Art Theatre as Performance Theatre as Art Theatre as Performing Art Taking Stock Key Terms Chapter 2: Theatre: Cultural Expression, Business, and the Role of Audience The Nature of Theatre Audiences Theatre as Cultural Expression: The Role of the Audience Theatre as Business: The Role of the Audience Key Terms Chapter 3: How to Read a Play Preliminary Work Play Analysis Using the Parts of the Play Organizing a Response Key Terms Chapter 4: How to See a Play Preliminary Work Performance Analysis Organizing a Response Key Terms Chapter 5: Mediators and Gatekeepers Theorists Critics Reviewers Dramaturgs Specialists in Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing Agents Key Terms PART II: Today's Theatre and Its Makers: Theatre Practice Chapter 6: Making Theatre Today: The Context Theatre Spaces Producing Situations in the United States Theatre Funding Key Terms Chapter 7: Playwrights The Nature of Playwrights and Playwriting Being a Playwright Training Playwrights From Page to Stage: Professional Issues What Is Good Playwriting? Key Terms Chapter 8: Actors The Nature of Acting Training Actors Audition, Rehearsal, and Performance The Personality of the Actor What Is Good Acting? Key Terms Chapter 9: Directors The Nature of Directing The Director at Work Training Directors What Is Good Directing? Key Terms Chapter 10: Designers and Technicians The Nature of Design Designers at Work Training Designers What Is Good Design? Key Terms PART III: Theatre of Other Times and Places: Theatre History Theatre: Present and Past The Sweep of Theatre History Part IIIa:Facade Stages (534 B.C.E. - c.550 C.E.) Chapter 11: The Theatre of Greece Background Theories of the Origins of Theatre Traits of Greek Theatre Plays and Playwrights Theatre Buildings and Practices The End of Athens' Golden Age Key Terms Chapter 12: The Theatre of Rome Background Roman Festivals and Theatre Roman Drama Theatre Buildings, Scenery, Costumes, and Masks Audiences The Empire and the End of Roman Drama The Breakup of the Empire Key Terms Part IIIb: Emblem, Environment, and Simultaneity (c. 950 - c. 1550) Chapter 13: Theatre in the Middle Ages Background Early Medieval Drama and Theatre Medieval Culture and Theatre, c. 1200--c. 1550 The End of Medieval Religious Theatre: The Transformation of Medieval Secular Theatre Key Terms Chapter 14: The Golden Ages of England and Spain Background The Renaissance in the North: The Age of Shakespeare The Closing of English Theatres The Spanish Golden Age Theatres in the East Key Terms Part IIIc: Illusionism (c. 1550 - 1960) Chapter 15: The Italian Renaissance Theatre in Italy Key Terms Chapter 16: The Triumph and Decline of Neoclassicism French Theatre from Its Beginnings through Its Golden Age English Restoration Theatre and Beyond (1660--c. 1750) Key Terms Chapter 17: Successful Failure: Theatre and Reform, 1750 - 1960's Background First Wave: Romanticism, 1750--1850 Second Wave: Realism, 1850--1950 Realism and Naturalism: Three Important Leaders Third Wave: Avant-Gardism, 1890--1960 Avant-Garde Theatres and Movements Key Terms Chapter 18: The Rise and Triumph of Commercialism: 1750 - 1960's What Is Commercialism? Drama in the Commercial Theatre Theatres and Production Practices The Decline of Commercial Theatre Responses to Commercial Theatre Key Terms Chapter 19: Theatre for a New Millennium Background Postmodernism The Theatre in America, 1960 and Beyond Key Terms Chapter 20: Global Theatre Background The East The Islamic World Africa Key Terms Glossary Index
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