Product Description

First published in 1968, History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history. The eighth edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre a classic for over thirty years, including over 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar Brockett, one of the most widely respected theatre historians in the field. Franklin J. Hildy contributes his scholarship and experience throughout the text and, in particular, to a discussion of English Theatre/Shakespeare (Ch. 6).

The authors have scrutinized each chapter closely to sharpen, update, and reinterpret information. Revised to include and address new revisionist scholarship, the eighth edition continues to provide the most thorough and accurate assessment of the history of theatre available.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1127308 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 708 pages

Customer Reviews

Fab
I originally bought this book because it was on my booklist at uni and I felt that I ought to buy one general reference book, so having bought it it actually spent a long time sat on my book shelf completely unused! However, in a moment of boredemn one day I picked it up and started to flick through it and found that I was absolutely engrossed!
Brockett covers all aspects of theatre from all ages. He concentrates mostly on European and American drama, which for me as a drama student is great because those are the areas that we are most likely to cover, but there are also charters covering different theatre styes from different continents!
Each chapter is spilt up into subsections, which is especially useful if you are looking for a specific piece of information and at the end of each chapter there is a half page summary about what the chapter contains and how this relates to theatre history as a whole, great if you've been told to research a subject and don't have time to read a whole chapter!
Finally, theatre teachers and lecturers love Brockett, so if you put this in your bibliography and quote it on a regualr basis then your lecturer will probably love you forever!