Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance

Over 2,400 up-to-date entries, covering actors, playwrights, directors, styles, and movements, companies and organizations
Appendix of web links to useful online resources, updated via a companion webpage
Timeline of significant historical and cultural events alongside those in the world of theatre and performance from c. 3000 BC to the present day
Extensive bibliography that provides useful further reading divided into categories, including Theoretical and General Works, Europe 1700-1900, and Principal Journals

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is based on the celebrated Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. It covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, and traditions from the world of live performance as well as biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers including the prominent people and companies in the industry today. Popular and accessible in its approach, the Companion has 2,400 entries presented in a compact and portable format, and includes a timeline of historical and cultural events in the world of theatre and performance from c.3000 BC to the present day, as well as an extensive bibliography and an appendix of useful web links, which is supported and can be accessed through a companion website.
This Companion provides an informative and accessible point of reference essential for both the theatre-going public and specialists and professionals in the field.

Readership: A first-class resource for academics and students in the fields of theatre and performance and in literature, languages, and other related disciplines, this Companion is invaluable for theatre professionals, and a handy point of reference for theatre-goers and enthusiasts.

Edited by Dennis Kennedy, Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin

Dennis Kennedy is Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus at Trinity College, Dublin. His books include The Spectator and the Spectacle (CUP, 2009), Looking at Shakespeare: a visual history of twentieth-century performance (CUP, 1993, 2nd edn 2001), Foreign Shakespeare (CUP, 1993), Shakespeare in Asia (CUP, 2010), and Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre (CUP, 1985). He is also a professional director and playwright. He has held distinguished visiting professorships at the University of California, the Chinese Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, the National University of Singapore, the Salzburg Seminar, McMaster University, the University of Victoria, and the University of Wisconsin, and was Senior Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Karachi in Pakistan.

Preface and Principles
Editors and Contributors
Note to the Reader
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE A-Z
Timeline
Further Reading
Web resources

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