Theatre Studies: The Basics

The Basics

by Robert Leach

This is an essential read for anyone setting out to study the thrilling world of theatre for the first time. Introducing you to all the aspects of drama, theatre and performance you will be studying in your course, from the theoretical to the practical, Theatre The Basics will take you through such topics Drawing on a wide range of examples, from Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus to Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s controversial Behzti , and including chapter summaries and pointers to further reading, Theatre The Basics has all you need to get your studies off to a flying start.

Genres: Theatre, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 29, 2008

About the author

Dr. Robert Leach is a poet and a theatre practitioner. He has published six collections of poetry, as well as pamphlets and chapbooks. He has also published more than a dozen books of theatre history and theatre theory, including the two volume History of British Theatre and Performance, published by Routledge.

He is a former chair of Borders Writers Forum and currently chair of Melrose Literary Society.

Reviews

[Illiterate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thematic chapters: performance, genres, staging, etc. Most contain historical accounts of their theme.

[daydreamer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for university. It was okay. I wish it had more specific examples from plays to help us get a better abstract idea of all the technical information.

[Nguyễn Phát · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quá đã. Đọc tiếp cuốn sân khấu thế giới coi sao.

[Chris Omaweng · Rating 4 out of 5]

It doesn't surprise me that this is a set text for some people on theatre/drama courses. An interesting read (and I'm someone not reading it for academic purposes) with plenty of detail. Broad as well as deep - and not too long!

[Marie Allin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though it took me a long time to finish this wonderful book, I highly recommend this one to anybody who is remotely interested in theater. Ot helped me to clarify a lot of moments concerning this topic

[Abhidev H M · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the world's a stage.....

[Luise Woehlke · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted a straightforward intro to theater and this reads more like continental philosophy of theater

[Amber Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeah, so this is one of my textbooks. But I can't do other than delve into it with gusto. It's intriguing. The beginning's like a very cursory intro to the philosophical metaphysics of theatre. <3<3<3

[Belle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good introduction to theatre studies, with a basic overview of everything, and recommended sources for further study. Highly recommended!

[Aslı]

It is a good referance in a way that looking theater from a sociologic perspective.