Publisher's Synopsis
This is an introduction to all aspects of the theatre covering dynamic structure and theory, forms of drama, styles of theatrical production, acting, directing, architecture and audience. The book helps provide the reader with the analytic tools for gaining an insight into the whole imaginative process.;This fourth edition discusses recent theatrical developments, especially on theatricalism and new theatre, with reference to plays and with photographs of productions. It also features many examples from texts and representative plays and production and offers numbers of appropriate diagrams and photographs. There are also suggested reading lists.