The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance

First Edition

Edited by Dennis Kennedy

704 pages | None | 234x156mm

978-0-19-957419-3 | Hardback | 26 August 2010

Also available as: Paperback

Price: £25.00

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Over 2,400 up-to-date entries, covering primarily actors, playwrights, directors, styles and movements, companies and organizations
Appendix of weblinks to useful online resources, kept updated via a companion webpage
Updated timeline of significant historical and cultural events and those in the world of theatre and performance
Extensive bibliography that provides useful further reading divided into numerous categories, including Theoretical and General Works, Europe 1700-1900, and Principal Journals

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is based on the celebrated Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, and covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, regions and traditions; it has a particularly strong focus on biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. New entries cover the people and companies who have come into prominence since the publication of the Encyclopedia.

The Companion includes all the most popular and accessible information from the Encyclopedia, concentrating primarily on the personalities involved in producing threatre, as well as overviews of the genres within which they work. It has 2,400 entries presented in a far more compact and portable format. The timeline of historical and cultural events in the world of theatre and performance has been significantly updated, along with the extensive bibliography, and an appendix of useful weblinks has been added, which is supported and accessible through a companion website.

The Companion provides an informative and accessible package aimed at both the theatre-going public as at specialists and professionals in the field.

Readership: The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is a first-class resource for academics and students in theatre and performance, and in literature, languages, and other related disciplines; it will also be invaluable for theatre professionals and a handy reference for theatre-goers and enthusiasts.

The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.

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