Challenge of World Theatre History

Steve Tillis is the author of Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet (1992) and Rethinking Folk Drama (1999), as well as articles on world theatre history published in Theatre History Studies, New Theatre Quarterly, Theatre Survey, Theatre Topics, TDR: The Drama Review, and Asian Theatre Journal. He currently teaches at Saint Mary’s College of California, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Chapter 1: The Case Against World Theatre History.- 3. Chapter 2. The Fallacies of the Standard Western Approach.- 4. Chapter 3. Theatrical Events and Theatre Forms.- 5. Chapter 4. The Geography of World Theatre History.- 6. Chapter 5. The Long View of World Theatre History.- 7. Chapter 6. Continuity and Change in World Theatre History.- 8. Chapter 7. The Periodicity of World Theatre History.