Table of Contents

John Russell Brown: Introduction
The First Theatres1: Oliver Taplin: The First Theatres
2: David Wiles: Theatre in Roman and Christian Europe
3: Leslie du S. Read: Beginnings of Theatre in Africa and the Americas
Theatre in Europe from the Renaissance to 17004: Louise George Clubb: Italian Renaissance Theatre
5: Victor Dixon: Spanish Renaissance Theatre and Neo-Classical Theatre
6: Peter Thomson: English Renaissance and Restoration Theatre
7: William D. Howarth: French Renaissance and Neo-Classical Theatre
European and Western Theatres from 17008: Peter Holland and Michael Patterson: Eighteenth-Century Theatre
9: Michael R. Booth: Nineteenth-Century Theatre
10: Martin Esslin: Modern Theatre 1890-1920
11: Christopher Innes: Theatre After Two World Wars
World Theatre12: Oriental Theatres
Farley Richmond: South Asian Theatres
Colin MacKerras: East Asian Theatres
Leon Rubin: South-East Asian Theatres
13: John Russell Brown: Theatre since 1970
Chronology
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

John Russell Brown was Professor of Theature at the University of Michigan, and for fifteen years was Associate of the National Theatre in London. He has writen and edited several books and editions of plays by Shakespeare, and has directed plays for professional and student companies.

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`tellingly charts the impact not just of exceptional individuals but of social and economic factors and technological change on theatre. A spread of deftly selected illustrations informatively and handsomely embellishes the text.'
TLS

`tellingly charts the impact not just of exceptional individuals but of social and economic factors and technological change on theatre. A spread of deftly selected illustrations informatively and handsomely embellishes the text.' TLS