This book aims to answer the needs of instructors who focus on contemporary theatre production and theatre appreciation, yet want to teach them within a solid historical context. Providing an understanding of current practices from an audience's perspective, "Theatre: The Lively Art" presents a recreation of past theatrical eras, enabling readers to better understand today's theatre.
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Edwin Wilson was educated at Vanderbilt, the University of Edinburgh and Yale. At the Yale Drama School he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree as well as the first Doctor of Fine Arts Degree awarded by Yale. He has taught theater at Yale, Vanderbilt, Hunter College, Hofstra, and currently directs the Center for Advanced Study in the Theater Arts at the CUNY Graduate Center. He was the theater critic for the Wall Street Journal for twenty years. He is the author of The Theater Experience and co-author with Alvin Goldfarb of the Anthology of Living Theater and Theater: The Lively Art, 4th edition.
Alvin Goldfarb is President of Western Illinois University. He has twenty-five years of distinguished service as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs as well as Professor of Theatre at Illinois State University. Dr. Goldfarb is a member of the Illinois Arts Council and has won service awards from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education and American College Theatre Festival. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the co-author with Edwin Wilson of the Anthology of Living Theater and Theater: The Lively Art. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Alvin Goldfarb is President of Western Illinois University. He has twenty-five years of distinguished service as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs as well as Professor of Theatre at Illinois State University. Dr. Goldfarb is a member of the Illinois Arts Council and has won service awards from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education and American College Theatre Festival. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the co-author with Edwin Wilson of the Anthology of Living Theater and Theater: The Lively Art. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A General Overview of Western Theatre Tradition,
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As textbooks go this is a light overview of Western Theatre Tradition. It includes a CD ROM with very little additional information. The book fails to go in depth into the historical influences that helped shape world and the theatrical tradition. It does however include landmark events in the theatre world of western europe and how it evolved into what we know today.
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