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Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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This complete companion to the study of drama, theatre and performance studies is an essential reference point for students undertaking or preparing to undertake a course either at university or at drama school. Designed as a single reference resource, it introduces the main components of the subject, the key theories and thinkers, as well as vital study skills. Written by a highly regarded academic and practitioner with a wealth of expertise and experience in teaching, Mangan takes students from studio to stage, from lecture theatre to workshop, covering practice as well as theory and history.Reliable and comprehensive, this guide is invaluable throughout a degree or course at various levels. It is essential reading for undergraduate students of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at universities, drama schools and conservatoires, as well as AS and A Level students studying Drama and Theatre who are considering studying the subject at degree level.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-05-14
Mått232 x 154 x 22 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Student Companions Series
Antal sidor376
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780230551657

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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.