THEA 316 - Theatre Histories, Text & Performances II: Encyclopedias

Considered a key resource since first published in 1968. Covers Western theatre from antiquity to the late 20th century with some coverage of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Includes with over 530 images, illustrations, and maps.

Originally published in 2003 under title: Oxford encyclopedia of theatre & performance (listed below). Covers styles and movements, organizations, regions and traditions with biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers.

Provides information across the broad sweep of Western, Asian, and African theatrical history with biographical, conceptual, theoretical entries.

Charts the emergence, development, and diversity of African American Theatre and Performance--from the nineteenth-century African Grove Theatre to Afrofuturism with chapters from scholars are contributions from theatre makers, including producers, theatre managers, choreographers, directors, designers, and critics.

These volumes reveal how people lived and behaved from ancient times to the present.

6 volume set.