The Enjoyment of Theatre - Softcover

Kenneth Cameron; Patti P. Gillespie; Jim Hunter; Jim A. Patterson

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ISBN 10: 0205500234 ISBN 13: 9780205500239

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2007

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The Enjoyment of Theatre's balanced coverage of performance and history provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to theatre.

This book covers the full span of theatre's 2,500-year history as well as performance/production topics such as playwriting, acting, directing, and the theatre industry. This seventh edition features major revisions and welcomes two highly respected collaborators from the University of South Carolina to the proven author team of Cameron and Gillespie. Together, they make theatre come alive for all readers by showing them how theatre is, and will continue to be, relevant to their everyday lives.

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The Enjoyment of Theatre, 7/e

Kenneth M. Cameron

Patti P. Gillespie, University of Maryland

Jim Hunter, University of South Carolina

Jim Patterson, University of South Carolina

The Enjoyment of Theatre’s balanced coverage of performance and history provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to theatre for both majors and non-majors.

This text covers the full span of theatre's 2,500-year history as well as playwriting, acting, directing, and the theatre industry. This seventh edition features major revisions and welcomes two highly respected collaborators from the University of South Carolina to the proven author team of Cameron and Gillespie. Together, the authors make theatre come alive for all students by showing them how theatre is relevant to their everyday lives.

New to this edition:

Integrates material on world theatre in a new chapter, “Global Theatre,” to emphasize the importance of theatre around the world.
Features two 16-page color photo essays with new images and a new design that bring theatre to life for students.
Includes over 100 new photos and illustrations throughout the text to reflect the increasingly visual nature of our culture and enhance visual appeal for students.
Focuses even more on major theatrical trends to help students understand the impact of theatre throughout time.
Reflects the changes in media and the Internet relevant to the study of theatre.

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