THE 2000 - Theatre Survey (Shafer)

an ebook available in the International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance database

"This book introduces the elements of drama and the principles behind the reading and study of plays - classical and modern. It makes a special point of seeing drama as intended for acting and performance, and it therefore emphasizes the role of the spectator at a play and the sort of theatre for which drama was written. The performance approach to the study of plays finally clarifies the different kinds of drama (comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and farce) and identifies its forms (realism, stylization, and symbolism)."

The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance provides an analytical, informative and engaging introduction to important people, companies, events, concepts and practices that have defined the complementary fields of theatre and performance studies. This fully updated second edition contains three easy to use alphabetized sections including over 120 revised entries on topics and people ranging from performance artist Ron Athey, to directors Vsevold Meyerhold and Robert Wilson, megamusicals , postdramatic theatre and documentation."

Contents: 1 Avenues of Communication; 2 Principles of Document Design; 3 Pre-Production; 4 The Prompt Book; 5 Rehearsals; 6 Technical Rehearsals; 7 Performances; 8 Next Steps

Contents: Introduction -- Basic firearms -- Choose your weapons! -- Acquiring props -- Backstage protocol & gun wrangling -- Looking the part -- Staging your shootout -- Shooting your shootout -- Troubleshooting -- Consequences -- Realities of modern combat -- Covering yourself (legal issues)