The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
Your essential guide to modern theatrical history
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:14th May '06
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This comprehensive guide offers insights into twentieth-century theatre, featuring contributions from experts and professionals, making it an invaluable resource for theatre enthusiasts.
The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre serves as an essential reference guide for understanding the evolution of English-speaking theatre throughout the twentieth century. This comprehensive work is organized alphabetically and features approximately 2,500 entries contributed by 280 experts from 20 different countries. This diverse group includes not only esteemed academics but also prominent theatre professionals, providing a unique perspective on the subject matter.
Readers will find a wealth of information, including overviews of significant concepts, topics, and issues that have shaped the theatre landscape. The book also surveys various theatre institutions, genres, and countries, offering a global view of the art form. In addition, it presents biographical entries on influential figures in theatre, such as performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers, and composers, thus highlighting the individuals who have made a lasting impact on the stage.
Moreover, the Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre includes insightful articles written by leading professionals, covering essential skills and disciplines like acting, design, directing, lighting, sound, and voice. This resource is invaluable for anyone with an interest in theatre, whether they are students, scholars, or practitioners, and it aims to enhance understanding and appreciation of the art form in its many facets.
"Many contributors are established experts...but there are some superficial treatments as well, particularly by British writers assigned to American topics...The entry on Tony Kushner gets the title of the first part of Angels in America wrong; that on Terrence McNally omits mention of several of his major works; and the survey of lesbian theatre in the U.S. states that the Lesbian-Feminist Theater Collective of Pittsburgh was formed in 1937...Regrettably, there is no survey article on theater libraries or museums...At $195, the hardback edition of this resource, like many of its publisher's products, is considerably overpriced. The paperback, however, offers all types of libraries a generally reliable entry point into the diverse world of twentieth century dramatic and theatrical activity." - Rob Melton, Broadside, Winter 2007
"Topics are covered here that might otherwise prove elusive....A particular highlight is the collection of articles throughout written by practicing theater professionals....Valuable." - Library Journal
"This work differs from other single-volume theater reference works because of the diversity of its contributors....not only entries by scholars but additional boxed entries written by active professional theater insiders....The result is a less academic, more interesting style than the typical reference work....covers a wider geographic terrain than the Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre and is more contemporary. Only in the Continuum volume, for example, are there entries on digital performance and the Internet....Recommended."--Booklist
'...the work's international coverage is broad, it uses contemporary terminology, and it features highlights from performers' perspective (e.g. Performing Shaw by Daniel Massey). Recommended for general readers through professionals'. CHOICE * Blurb from reviewer *
'The book succeeds in making us aware of the multifarious aspects of modern theatre, political and sexual, as well as artistic'. THE STAGE * Blurb from reviewer *
'The text serves as a jumping off point, giving satisfactory information to readers seeking short answers...Topics are covered here that might otherwise prove elusive...A particular highlight is the collection of articles throughout written by practising theatre professionals...Valuable'. LIBRARY JOURNAL * Blurb from reviewer *
"...work of astonishing scholarship and research...no reference library or centre of theatre research dare be without it... a cornucopia of reference into every aspect of theatre from performance to academia...many entries are devoted to important work in amateur theatre." - Amateur Theatre * Blurb from reviewer *
'a less academic, more interesting style than the typical reference work...covers a wider geographic terrain than the 'Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre' and is more comtemporary...only here, for example, are there entries on digital performance and the Internet...Recommended'. -- BOOKLIST * Blurb from reviewer *
ISBN: 9781847140012
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1672g
896 pages