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What is Theatre? - An Introduction and Exploration (Hardcover)
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What is Theatre? - An Introduction and Exploration (Hardcover)
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This major introductory textbook is from one of the leading
educators working in theatre today. What Is Theatre? will make its
reader a better playgoer, responding more fully to performance,
with a keener appreciation of all the resources of theatre-acting,
design, direction, organization, theatre buildings, and audiences.
By focusing on the best professional practice and the most helpful
learning processes, Dr. Brown shows how to read a play-text and to
see and hear its potential for performance. Throughout this book,
suggestions are given for student essays and class discussions, to
help both instructor and reader to clarify their thoughts on all
aspects of theatre-going. While the main focus is on present-day
theatre in North America, history is used to illuminate current
practice. Theatres in Europe and Asia also feature in the
discussion. A view is given of all contributors to performance,
with special emphasis placed on actors and the plays they perform.
This textbook is not tied to a few specific play-texts, but
designed to be effective regardless of which play a student sees or
reads. In Part Two, leading practitioners of different generations
and cultural backgrounds describe their own work, providing a
variety of perspectives on the contemporary theatre. All this is
supplemented by nearly 100 black and white and color illustrations
from productions, working drawings, and plans. This new text
engages its readers in the realities of the theatre; it is
up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with practical advice for
understanding how theatre works and how plays come alive in
performance. John Russell Brown is professor of Theatre at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has taught at a variety of
colleges including New York and Stanford Universities. For 15 years
he was an associate director of the National Theatre in London, and
he has directed plays in many other theatres including Cincinnati
Playhouse.
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