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Author: McGraw-Hill, inc
Publisher: VNR AG
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780070791695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRanging from the earliest drama to the theater of the 1980's this encyclopedia includes coverage of national drama and theater around the world, theater companies, and musical comedy. Arrangement of the 1,300 entries is alphabetically by name or subject with nearly 950 of these devoted to individual playwrights and their works.
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 545
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stanley Hochman
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 501
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Katherine Brisbane
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-05-31
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 1000950131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new paperback edition provides a unique examination of theatre in Asia and the Pacific and is written by leading experts from within the countries covered. Its far-reaching scope and broad interpretation of theatre (to include all types of performance) set it apart from any other similar publication. Entries on 33 Asian countries are featured in this volume, preceded by introductory essays on Asian Theatre, Theatre in the Pacific, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences, Mask Theatre and Puppetry. The volume contains approximately 300,000 words and includes national essays of up to 25,000 words each. The countries include: Afghanistan * Australia * Bangladesh * Bhutan * Brunei * Cambodia * India * Indonesia * Iran * Japan * Kazakhstan *Kirghizia * Laos * Malaysia * Myanmar * Mongolia * Nepal *New Zealand * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * PhilippinesNew Zealand * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * Philippines *Singapore * South Korea * South Pacific * Sri Lanka * Tadjikistan * Thailand * Turkmenistan * Vietnam
Author: Don Rubin (Series Editor)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1134929854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the first internationally published overviews of theatrical activity across the Arab World. Includes 160,000 words and over 125 photographs from 22 different Arab countries from Africa to the Middle East.
Author: Don Rubin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780415260879
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Volume 5 covers Asia/Pacific. Entries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin.
Author: Ousmane Diakhate
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 732
ISBN-13: 1136359567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry. There are also special introductory general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his untimely death in 1995. More up-to-date and more wide-ranging than any other publication, this is undoubtedly a major ground-breaking survey of contemporary African theatre.
Author: Peter Nagy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-03
Total Pages: 1082
ISBN-13: 1136118128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Irving Brown (Consulting Bibliographer)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-11
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1136119000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1978-06-01
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780824720254
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