Theatre Histories : An Introduction (Paperback, 4 ed)

Part 1? 1. From oral to literate performance? 2. Pleasure, power, and transmission: Scripted and non-scripted theatres? 3. Commemorative Drama and Carnival? Part 2? 4. Secular and Professional Theatre, 1250?1650? 5. Theatre and the print revolution in Europe, 1550?1650? 6. European Absolutisms and Performance, 1600?1770? Part 3? 7. Sentiment, satire, and acting in bourgeois Europe, 1700?1785? 8. Nationalism in the Theatre in Europe and the Americas, 1760?1880? 9. Theatricalizing modern imperialism and Orientalism, 1790?1914? 10. Realism, Early Avant Gardes, Commodity Capitalism and Circuits of Performance? Part 4? 11. Revolutionary times, 1910?1950? 12. The aftermath of the Second World War and theatres of the Cold War: 1940?1970? 13. Art, politics, identity, 1968-2023? 14. Theatres of local roots and global reach, 1970?2023? 15. Theatre in networked culture, 1990?2023