What Is Theatre? an Introduction and Exploration
- List Price: $86.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publish date: 01/01/1997
-- Throughout the book, suggestions are given for students' essays and topics for class discussions
-- Theatre history is not summarized, but used to illuminate certain practice
This major introductory textbook is from one of the leading educators working in theatre today. What Is Theatre? will make its reader a better playgoer, responding more fully to performance, with a keener appreciation of all the resources of theatre-acting, design, direction, organization, theatre buildings, and audiences. By focusing on the best professional practice and the most helpful learning processes, Dr. Brown shows how to read a play-text and to see and hear its potential for performance. Throughout this book, suggestions are given for student essays and class discussions, to help both instructor and reader to clarify their thoughts on all aspects of theatre-going.
