Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

Michael Mangan is Professor and Chair of Drama at Loughborough University, UK. He has taught English and Drama in Universities in the UK and the US, and has held chairs at the University of Wales Aberystwyth and De Montfort University. He is also a playwright and director, and has worked as a literary manager, a dramaturg and an actor. His books include Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: A Critical Study, A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies and Staging Masculinities: Gender, History, Performance.

• Introduction: This book and how to use itPART I: DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE: THE SUBJECT AND ITS STUDY1. The Context of the Subject2. Your Course and what to Expect from it3. Study Skills for Drama, Theatre and Performance StudentsPART II: CORE TOPICS IN DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE4. Developments and Directions5. Working Practically 1: Acting6. Working Practically 2: Devising7. Working Practically 3: Directing8. Theatre Histories9. Analysing Texts10. Questions of Theory11. Theatre and Gender12. Theatre and the World: Globalization, Interculturalism and Postcolonialism13. The Uses of Drama: Applying Performance14. Mediating Performance: From the Machine Age to the Digital AgePART III: KEY CONCEPTSPART IV: LANDMARKS: KEY PRACTITIONERS, THEORISTS AND PERFORMANCESPART V: FRAMEWORKS FOR RESEARCH: KEY WRITINGS ON DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCEPART VI: WHAT NEXT?PART VII: RESOURCES FOR STUDYING DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCEBibliographyIndex.

"This well-conceived book would be a very useful resource for any Drama student. It is broad in scope and rigorous in detail. The author has a particular skill in drawing out key points from complex texts and presenting them in lucid, accessible and engaging ways." - Jackie Smart, Kingston University, UK