The Oxford Companion to the Theatre - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192115464 ISBN 13: 9780192115461

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Since the third edition of The Oxford Companion to the Theatre appeared in 1967, theatre throughout the world, and especially in European and all English-speaking countries, has undergone a series of changes swifter and more far-reaching than at any other time in its history. While maintaining the primary purpose of preceding editions in providing a solid survey of the development of the theatre from its beginnings in primitive ritual to the present day in all countries that have a continuing theatrical tradition, this new edition offers more information on contemporary writers, directors, players, companies, and theatres, both metropolitan and regional. An extensive system of cross-referencing leads the reader to entries containing related information, and a generous bibliography offers aguidance on further reading. Entries dealing with technical subjects emphasize the historical perspective, throwing light on the remarkable accomplishments of earlier practitioners of theatrical illusion: they are illustrated where necessary with diagrams. Over 200 other illustrations are placed in thematically-arranged groups: functioning independently of the text, they show the changes of vision brought to bear on theatrical production over more than 2000 years.

About this title

About the Author:

About the Editor:
Phyllis Hartnoll, editor of The Oxford Companion to the Theatre since its inception and of The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre is also the author of A Concise History of the Theatre, Who's Who in Shaw, and Who's Who in George Eliot.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0192115464
• ISBN 13: 9780192115461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 934
• Editor: Hartnoll Phyllis