World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe: 01 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415251575 ISBN 13: 9780415251570

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Each national article is divided into twelve sections - History, Structure of the National Theatre Community, Artistic profile, Music Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Puppet Theatre, Design, Theatre, Space and Architecture, Training, Criticism, Scholarship and Publishing and Further Reading - allowing the reader to use the book as a source for both area and subject studies.
A new preface and further reading sections by the Series Editor brings the Encyclopedia bang up-to-date making it invaluable to anyone interested in European theatre, as well as students and scholars of performance studies, history, anthropology and cultural studies.

About this title

Review:

'There is no current work of this magnitude ... The Encyclopedia will be an invaluable source of information to theatre researchers and to scholars in other disciplines as well.' - Dorothy L. Swerdlove, New York Public Library

'It should ... be purchased straight away as a ready reckoner of contemporary stage practice by every festival and theatre that has international dealings. Meanwhile any student or theatre-goer looking either for a starting point for exploration or to put foreign theatre in its context instead of just another novelty item in a festival programme should at the very least urge their local library to get hold of a copy.' - Theatre Scotland

About the Author:

Don Rubin is Professor in the Department of Theatre at the University of York, Ontario.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415251575
• ISBN 13: 9780415251570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1072
• Editor: Nagy Peter, Rouyer Phillippe, Rubin Don