The Enjoyment of Theatre

All chapters include Links and Thinking About and conclude with Current Issues and Key Terms. I.THEATRE AND ITS AUDIENCE: THEATRE THEORY AND CRITICISM. 1.Theatre: Performing Art. Life and Theatre. Performance and Theatre. Art and Theatre. Theatre as Performing Art. 2.Theatre: Art, Audience, and Society. Social Audience. Social Art. 3.How to Read a Play. Preliminary Work. Play Analysis Using Parts of the Play. Organizing a Response. 4.How to See a Play. Preliminary Work. Performance Analysis. Organizing a Response. II.TODAY'S THEATRE AND ITS MAKERS: THEATRE PRACTICE. 5.Making Theatre Today: The Context. Theatre Spaces. Producing Situations in the United States. Theatre Funding. 6.The Playwright. The Nature of Playwrights and Playwriting. Creating Playwrights. Training Playwrights. From Page to Stage: Professional Issues. What Is Good Playwriting? 7.The Actor. The Nature of Acting. Training Actors. Audition, Rehearsal, Performance. The Personality of the Actor. What Is Good Acting? 8.The Director. The Nature of Directing. The Director at Work. Training Directors. What Is Good Directing? 9.The Design Team: Scenery, Lighting, and Costumes. The Design Team. The Nature of Design. Designers at Work. Training Designers. What Is Good Design? 10.The Mediators. The Theorist. The Critic. The Dramaturg. The Public Relations Specialist. The Reviewer. III.THE THEATRE OF OTHER TIMES AND PLACES: THEATRE HISTORY. The Present and the Past. 11.Facade Stages: Greece and Rome. The Uncertain Origins of Theatre. Shared Features of Greek and Roman Theatre. The Greek Theatre. The Roman Theatre. The Period in the Modern Repertory. 12.Emblem and Simultaneity: Middle Ages and Golden Ages. Theatre in the Middle Ages. Theatre in the Golden Ages of England and Spain. The Period in the Modern Repertory. 13.Illusionistic Theatres I: Neoclassicism and Italianate Staging. Theatre in Italy (1550-1750). Theatre in France (1550-1750). Theatre in England (1660-1750). Theatre in America, c. 1750. The Period in the Modern Repertory. 14.Illusionistic Theatres II: Romanticism, Commercialism, and Realism. Romanticism. Post-Romanticism: Richard Wagner and the Bayreuth Theatre. Commercial Theatres (c. 1850-1900). Realism. Commercial Theatre and Some Alternatives in the United States (1900-1960). The Period in the Modern Repertory. 15.Reactions against Realism: The Avant Garde, 1890s-1960s. Background. Impressionism. Symbolism. Expressionism. Constructivism. Absurdism. Brecht and Artaud. The Avant Garde in the Modern Repertory. 16.Changing World, Eclectic Theatre: 1960s-Y2K. Theatre, 1960s-2000s. The Period in the Modern Repertory. 17.World Theatre. Background. Africa. The Islamic World. The East.