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The Art of Theatre: Then and Now
THE ART OF THEATRE: THEN AND NOW, Second Edition, explores issues of diversity and creativity, presents a full day-in-the-life of theatre, and offers comprehensive coverage of theatre history. The authors make timely and relevant connections between theatre and the familiar world of television and film to help students understand how the living art of theatre relates to and influences today's screen entertainment. For flexibility in the way you teach, THE ART OF THEATRE is available in two versions. THE ART OF THEATRE: THEN AND NOW contains 17 chapters, 7 of which cover theatre history in both Western and non-Western contexts. THE ART OF THEATRE: A CONCISE INTRODUCTION features 12 chapters and a briefer treatment of theatre's key movements.
512 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2006
About the author
William Missouri Downs
42 books6 followersWilliam Missouri Downs is a comedy writer whose work spans theatre, fiction, television, textbooks, and essays.
His novels include Five Minutes from Chaos, a Kafkaesque comedy that takes affectionate aim at theatre departments, philosophy professors, and academic life, and Immaculate Deception, a satire about Christian nationalism. His third novel, Almost Picasso, is scheduled for publication in the summer of 2027.
Downs’s plays have received more than 400 productions around the world. His most popular published works include Women Playing Hamlet, Asking Strangers the Meaning of Life, Mad Gravity, Kosher Lutherans, How to Steal a Picasso, Seagulls in a Cherry Tree, and The Exit Interview.
He is also the author of the textbooks The Art of Theatre, Naked Playwriting, and Screenplay: Writing the Picture. His essays on theatre and the art of living can be found on Substack.
His novels include Five Minutes from Chaos, a Kafkaesque comedy that takes affectionate aim at theatre departments, philosophy professors, and academic life, and Immaculate Deception, a satire about Christian nationalism. His third novel, Almost Picasso, is scheduled for publication in the summer of 2027.
Downs’s plays have received more than 400 productions around the world. His most popular published works include Women Playing Hamlet, Asking Strangers the Meaning of Life, Mad Gravity, Kosher Lutherans, How to Steal a Picasso, Seagulls in a Cherry Tree, and The Exit Interview.
He is also the author of the textbooks The Art of Theatre, Naked Playwriting, and Screenplay: Writing the Picture. His essays on theatre and the art of living can be found on Substack.
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November 7, 2017
Amazing, for a textbook. Concise, full of information that you feel like will stick with you for a long time (instead of disappearing after you close the book), and somehow gracefully blends everything from acting technique, to the more technical aspects of theatre, to its history throughout the world. It also makes you realize that you are part of something bigger. Probably the best theatre textbook I've come across.
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