This account of the history of theatre draws on the latest scholarly research to describe and celebrate theatre's greatest achievements over 4500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international multicultural theatre in the late 20th century. Written by a team of distinguished authors and illustrated throughout, this should be a valuable source of reference for students, teachers, theatre professionals, and the theatre-goer alike.

 

This book is aimed at the following children: secondary school , university .

There are 590 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Oxford University Press .

John Russell Brown is Professor of Theatre at the University of Michigan and was for fifteen years Associate of the National Theatre in London.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction. PART ONE: THE FIRST THEATRES. Greek Theatre. Theatre in Roman and Christian Europe. Beginnings of Theatre in Africa and the Americas. PART TWO: THEATRE IN EUROPE FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO 1700. Italian Renaissance Theatre. Spanish Renaissance Theatre. English Renaissance and Restoration Theatre. French Renaissance and Neo-Classical Theatre. PART THREE: EUROPEAN AND WESTERN THEATRES FROM 1700. Eighteenth-Century Theatre. Nineteenth-Century Theatre. Modern Theatre: 1890-1920. Theatre after Two World Wars. PART FOUR: WORLD THEATRE. Oriental Theatres - South Asian Theatres, East Asian Theatres, South-East Asian Theatres. Theatre since 1970. Chronology. Further Reading. Acknowledgements. Illustrations Sources. Index