Robert Cohen Release Date: 30 Nov 2007 Format: Paperback / softback Pages: 447 Category: Society & Social Sciences ISBN: 9780073514185 ISBN-10: 0073514187
This lively introduction to theatre offers equal measures of appreciation of theatrical arts, history of performance, and descriptions of the collaborative theatrical crafts. The authors enthusiasm for and knowledge of the current theatre, highlighted by contemporary production shots from around the world, put the students in the front row. The text includes extensive excerpts from seven plays: "Prometheus Bound, Oedipus Tyrannos, The York Cycle, Romeo and Juliet, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Three Sisters," and "Happy Days," as well as shorter excerpts from "The Rover" and "A Doll's House," .