Table of Contents

Part 1 What Is Theatre?; Chapter 1 The Power of the Theatre; Chapter 2 Plays; Chapter 3 Theatres; Chapter 4 Audiences; Chapter 5 Actors and Acting; Chapter 6 Stage Design; Chapter 7 Production; Chapter 8 Thinking about Theatre; Chapter 9 Suggestions for Further Reading; Part 2 Theatre Making; Chapter 10 Dramatists and Plays; Chapter 11 Actors and Performances; Chapter 12 Directors and Production; Chapter 13 Scenography; Chapter 14 Administrators and Administrators; Chapter 15 The Public;

Promotional Information

Focus is on the best professional practice and the most helpful learning processes.
Throughout the book, suggestions are given for students' essays and topics for class discussions.
Theatre history is not summarized, but used to illuminate certain practice.

About the Author

John Russell Brown