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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 125944001X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1259440014
• Author: Robert Cohen and Donovan Sherman

Robert Cohen and Donovan Sherman’s Theatre Brief, 11th Edition, continues to provide an insider’s guide to the world of theatre, where students are given a front-row seat. This lively introduction to theatre offers equal measures of appreciation of theatrical arts, history of performance, and descriptions of the collaborative theatrical crafts. Coverage of design, acting, and directing, as well as photo essays, provide a behind-the-scenes look at professional theatre artists performing their craft.

The authors illustrate live theatre through photographs from five continents, most of them showing recent stage productions, bringing to life many exciting theatre companies and productions. Play excerpts and outlines represent a wide range of theatrical achievement. Theatre Brief offers a vast updating of contemporary theatre in America and abroad. Virtually every paragraph synchronizes closely with today’s students throughout the English-speaking world.

Table contents:

Chapter 1     What Is Theatre?
Chapter 2     What Is a Play?
Chapter 3     Acting
Chapter 4     Playwriting
Chapter 5     Design and Technology
Chapter 6     Directing
Chapter 7     Theatre Traditions and Histories
Chapter 8     The Modern Theatre
Chapter 9     Musical Theatre
Chapter 10    Theatre Today