(eBook PDF) Theatre, Brief 12th Edition by Robert Cohen

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1260057380
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1260057386
• Author: Robert Cohen, Cohen, Donovan Sherman

Theatre immerses its readers in the world of theatre, giving them in-depth descriptions of many job functions and various aspects of a play’s production from beginning to end. Through the coverage of design, acting, and directing, students are given a behind-the-scenes look at professional theatre artists performing their craft. The Photo Essay features that appear in multiple chapters include interviews with well-known figures both onstage and offstage. Conducted personally by the authors, they provide readers with firsthand accounts of what it’s like to work in the field.
Every culture has developed theatre of some kind, and this edition makes a greater effort to include plays from non-Western countries in its examples. There is also greater attention to individual diversity withing the U.S. theatre community. The authors incorporate more examples of women and ethnic minorities in both onstage and backstage roles, including a new profile on Young Jean Lee, the first Asian American woman to have her work staged on Broadway.

Table contents:

Chapter 1 What Is Theatre?

Chapter 2 What Is a Play?

Chapter 3 The Actor

Chapter 4 The Playwright

Chapter 5 Designers and Technicians

Chapter 6 The Director

Chapter 7 Theatre Traditions

Chapter 8 The Modern Theatre

Chapter 9 Musical Theatre

Chapter 10 Theatre Today

Chapter 11 The Audience

The Ancients

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Theatre of Asia

The Royal Era

The Modern Theatre: Realism

The Modern Theatre: Antirealism

Appendix: Enjoy the Play!

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index