theater

Discusses the development of dramatic arts in Christian Europe, describing religion, recreation, and commerce as the major influences, and covers the effect of monastic reform on Biblical translation and the use of allegory, the transition from the Gothic theatre to neoclassical play construction and representation, and more.

Explores the traditional genre of dance-drama performance known as Kathakali, discussing its role in South Asian history, growing popularity, form of expression, and other related topics.

Chronicles the history of Japanese theater from the third century B.C. through the late twentieth century; also includes a glossary and an extensive bibliography.

An overview of Chinese theatre that offers an inside view into the experiences of Chinese performance actors and challenges western theatre artists who have used elements of Chinese theatre to enhance their own theatres.

An introduction to ancient Greek theater that explains how the plays were first performed and what they meant in their original social context, discussing key components including the performer, the audience, ritual, gender, and politics.

Presents a biography of sixteenth-century British playwright and poet William Shakespeare and chronicles his many works of drama during the Elizabethan period.

Uses historical fact and the author's own impressions to describe what the Globe Theatre would have been like when Shakespeare's plays were first performed.

Chronicles the history of theatre from antiquity to the present, profiling popular playwrights and their works, actors and actresses, and critics and theorists from all corners of the globe.

Discusses the history of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, including its construction, the plays that were performed there, its financial aspects, and the reconstruction in 1995.

A collection of twenty short scenes from six Shakespeare plays: "Macbeth," "Much Ado About Nothing," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "King Lear," "As You Like It," and "The Taming of the Shrew." Each scene is preceded by a plot synopsis and descriptions of the characters.