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Theatre Histories: An Introduction Is A Bold And Innovative Way Of Looking At The Ways We Understand Performance And The Ways In Which History Is Written. Its Chapters Offer Clearly Written Overviews Of Theatre And Drama In Many World Cultures And Periods. These And Its Unique, In-depth Case Studies Demonstrate The Methods Used By Today's Theatre Historians. Using A New Narrative Strategy That Challenges The Standard Format Of One-volume Theatre History Texts, The Authors Help The Reader Think Critically About Performance In All Its Global Diversity. Theatre Histories Explores Aesthetic And Interpretive Approaches From Many Cultures, Continents And Time Periods. The Authors Explore Contemporary Japanese Theatre, Kabuki, And Kathakali With As Much Range And Depth As Shakespeare, Vaudeville, And Realism.--jacket. Oral, Ritual, And Shamanic Performance -- Religious And Civic Festivals: Early Drama And Theatre In Context -- Imperial Theatre: Pleasure, Power, And Aesthetics -- Theatre And The State, 1600-1900 -- Theatres For Knowledge Through Feeling, 1700-1900 -- Theatre, Nation, And Empire, 1750-1900 -- Theatres Of Popular Entertainment, 1850-1970 -- Theatre Of The Avant-garde And The

Author

Zarrilli, Phillip B., McConachie, Bruce, Williams, Gary Jay, Fisher Sorgenfrei, Carol

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415227278

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, History

Updated

2026-03-24