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The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is based on the celebrated Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, and covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, regions and traditions; it has a particularly strong focus on biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. New entries cover the people and companies who have come into prominence since the publication of the Encyclopedia. The Companion includes all the most popular and accessible information from the Encyclopedia, concentrating primarily on the personalities involved in producing threatre, as well as overviews of the genres within which they work. It has 2,400 entries presented in a far more compact and portable format. The timeline of historical and cultural events in the world of theatre and performance has been significantly updated, along with the extensive bibliography, and an appendix of useful weblinks has been added, which is supported and accessible through a companion website. The Companion provides an informative and accessible package aimed at both the theatre-going public as at specialists and professionals in the field.
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance is an unparalleled resource, providing comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date information about theatre and performance internationally, through history and in the present in an accessible format. Available in print and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf, the 4,300 entries total well over a million words and are complemented by over 100 illustrations. Coverage ranges from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. The Encyclopedia pays special attention to non-Western styles through articles on theatre and performance throughout the many countries and traditions of Asia and Africa, often written by practitioners or critics from those areas. Dance, opera, performance art, radio, film, and television are covered at length. The Encyclopedia also embraces para-theatrical, non-drammatic, and popular performance, including ritual, carnivals, parades, the circus, and public executions. Biographical entries cover the lives and work of major figures from the past and present: actors, playwrights, directors, designers, and critics. Innovative entries on cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context. A particular feature of the Encyclopedia is the series of entries on concepts, theories, and critical approaches to theatre and performance, from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres, and from detailed discussion of movements such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism to discussions of semiotics and post-colonial studies. While remaining thoroughly accessible in language and approach, the Encyclopedia takes advantage of the theoretical and historiographical developments in the field, using signed entries by the best scholars and writers available.
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'...the first book of this kind on Indian Theatre...[T]here are few books on Indian theatre but none so authentic, so comprehensive and in this format [which is] simple therefore extremely useful...' -- Rajinder Nath, eminent theatre director and founder editor of Theatre India, journal of the National School of Drama 'This encyclopedic volume is the first of its kind in any language, covering all of Indian theatre. It is lavishly illustrated as well, with some rare and historic photographs selected from archival collections.' -- Shyamanand Jalan, Ex-Vice Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi 'A signal contribution to Indian theatre studies. This reference work is marked by its comprehensive scope and accuracy of detail. The volume presents a wealth of new information for both students and researchers.' -- Kathryn Hansen, Specialist on Parsi threatre and Nautanki, and Professor of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin '...an important project.' -- Roshan Alkazi, art historian and Director, Art Heritage, Delhi "Ananda Lal is one of India's leading critics and scholars of performance.' -- Richard Schechner, expert on Indian culture and Professor of Performance Studies, New York University The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre is the first reference work embracing both rural and urban modes of Indian theatre spanning its entire history of over 2000 years. This accessible and comprehensive volume consists of 750 entries encompassing forms and personalities across India geographically and historically, in twenty-two languages, according to their contribution to the tradition. Splendidly illustrated, it includes around 270 black and white illustrations that complement the entries written by specialists and luminaries of the Indian theatre scene. In keeping with the highest standards of international reference publishing, the eidtor has compiled and edited this material from 63 contributors. The threatre defined here spans not just co n ventional proscenium drama, and devotional and secular rural performing genres, but also musical forms such as Kirtan, dance threatre such as Kathakali, and oral narrative such as Katha Kalakshepam, all of which contain theatre's most fundamental element: acting. The Companion has three broad types of entries: the general, offering a conceptual analysis of a wide canvas on topics such as Cinema, Dance, Martial Arts, Mime, Music, Puppetry, Ritual, an d Theory . The se cond consists of longer overviews according to linguistic regions, for example Punjabi theatre or Marathi threatre. The third category mainly covers brief, factual entries about important individuals, groups, organizations, and movements. The Companion is meant for a general readership across the world, along with all those involved in the field of theatre, as well as researchers and students, for whom detailed bibliographies have been included. Contributors: Param Abichandani Pratibha Agrawal Nissar Alla na C Annamalai Sucharita Apte Lokendra Arambam V Arasu Devajit Bandyopadhyay Hasmukh Baradi Ramdas Bhatkal Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee Dinkar J Bhojak Zarin Chaudhuri Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry Hemant Kumar Das Sisir Kumar Das Birendranath Datta Sudhanva Deshpande Maneesha Dixit Kalyani Ghose Tejwant Singh Gill Shanta Gokhale Sameera Iyengar Kirti Jain Nemichandra Jain Ramdeo Jha Akshara K V Dr Kamlesh Anuradha Kapur Sunil Kothari P Narayana Kurup Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty Swapan Majumdar Javed Malick Kamalakar Nadkarni Arun Naik Rajeev Naik Basavaraj S Naikar V Pamda Goverdhan Panchal Maya Pandit Jiwan Pani K Ayyappa Paniker Kavalam Narayana Panikkar Anand B Patil Dhirendra Nath Pattanaik K S Narayana Pillai Kironmoy Raha Indra Bahadur Rai Ashish Rajadhyaksha Mukta Rajadhyaksha Purna Chandra Rao Makhanlal Saraf Pabitra Sarkar M Nagabhushana Sarma Shafi Shauq Shubhada Shelke Ranbir Sinh Venkat Swaminathan O L Nagabhushana Swamy Kamalesh Datta Tripathi Ashoke Viswanathan.
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Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.
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本书主要内容包括: 前言, 凡例; 条目分类目录; 正文; 大事年表; 条目汉字笔画索引; 条目内容分析索引. 本书主要内容包括: 前言, 凡例; 条目分类目录; 正文; 大事年表; 条目汉字笔画索引; 条目内容分析索引.

From the Gay Repertoire is the first guide to consider the total sweep of gay plays published in English, not just those that were produced on Broadway and in London's West End. Here one will find, in addition to Off- and Off-Off-Broadway and regional theater offerings, plays from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Puerto Rican, Indian, and Filipino plays written in English as well as translations from other languages are given their due place. As a result fully 70% of the plays included here are appearing for the first time in such a survey. Lovers of the theater will be happy to discover the rich gay repertoire that they have inherited.
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• George Abbott
• John Murray Anderson
• Boris Aronson
• George Balanchine
• Michael Bennett
• Robert Russell Bennett
• Irving Berlin
• Leonard Bernstein
• Marc Blitzstein
• Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
• Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
• Gower Champion
• Carol Channing
• George M. Cohan
• Cy Coleman
• Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• Agnes de Mille
• Alfred Drake
• William and Jean Eckart
• Lehman Engel
• Dorothy Fields
• Harvey Fierstein
• William Finn
• Jules Fisher
• Bob Fosse
• George Gershwin
• Ira Gershwin
• W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
• Edward "Ned" Harrigan and David Braham
• Lorenz Hart
• Moss Hart
• Victor Herbert
• Jerry Herman
• Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
• John Kander and Fred Ebb
• George S. Kaufman
• Jerome Kern
• Michael Kidd
• Michael John LaChiusa
• Nathan Lane
• Jonathan Larson
• Arthur Laurents
• Gertrude Lawrence
• Carolyn Leigh
• Alan Jay Lerner
• Goddard Lieberson
• Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Frank Loesser
• Patti LuPone
• Galt Macdermot
• Cameron Mackintosh
• Hugh Martin
• Mary Martin
• Audra McDonald
• Alan Menken
• Ethel Merman
• David Merrick
• Jo Mielziner
• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Zero Mostel
• Trevor Nunn
• Joseph Papp
• Cole Porter
• Harold Prince
• Tim Rice
• Chita Rivera
• Jerome Robbins
• Richard Rodgers
• Sigmund Romberg
• Stephen Schwartz
• Irene Sharaff
• Hassard Short
• Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
• Oliver Smith
• Stephen Sondheim
• Michael Stewart
• Charles Strouse
• Jule Styne
• Ed Sullivan
• Jeanine Tesori
• Tommy Tune
• Jonathan Tunick
• Joseph Urban
• Gwen Verdon
• Robin Wagner
• Ethel Waters
• Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Kurt Weill
• Bert Williams
• Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

From Show Boat and Oklahoma! to Wicked and Hamilton, the musical is constantly evolving thanks to the contributions of some of theatre's most prominent figures. Never have musicals been more popular than they are today. With live television broadcasts of shows like Rent and Hairspray and films like Mean Girls and Shrek being adapted to the stage, musicals-as well as the creators and artists who bring them to life-are at the forefront of popular culture. In 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre, Andy Propst profiles the individuals who have helped shape this beloved art form. Songwriting greats such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber are some of the familiar names in the book. So, too, are performers such as Nathan Lane, Ethel Merman, Audra McDonald, and Patti LuPone, and directors and choreographers such as Bob Fosse, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, and Tommy Tune. Readers learn not only about these men and women's exceptional lives and achievements, but can peek backstage at such groundbreaking shows as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Company, and A Chorus Line, among others. Period reviews and interviews highlight both the shows and the people who contributed to them. The profiles in 100 Most Important People in Musical Theater provide a terrific history of musical theater, guiding readers from the era of operetta and the ascendancy of the book musical to the emergence of the concept musical and contemporary productions-from The Mikado and The Phantom of the Opera to Fun Home and Hamilton. This book is an invaluable addition to any musical theatre fan's library, and will also appeal to researchers and scholars.
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From puppets to living players and musical speech to colloquial prose, Asian theatre is a rich world of contrasting expressions. While it has thrived for centuries and embodies the folk traditions of the Asian people, it also reflects contemporary concerns and innovative theatrical practices. At a time when Asia is of tremendous importance to the West, its theatre is a key to understanding its culture as well as the heritage of Asian Americans. This book is a detailed and authoritative survey of traditional and contemporary Asian theatre. The Encyclopedia includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors. In addition, it draws upon the expertise of a distinguished advisory board, including: BL Matthew Isaac Cohen BL Richard A. Frasca BL John K. Gillespie BL Craig Latrell BL Ruru Li BL Colin Mackerras BL Sreenath K. Nair BL And Richard Nichols. Entries cover individuals, regional theatres, dramatic forms and genres, and a wide range of special topics, including: BL Actors and Acting BL Ebrahim Alkazi BL Bangladesh BL Bodabil BL Cambodia BL Censorship BL Costumes BL Dagelan BL Dance in the Theatre BL Rukmani Devi BL Directors and Directing BL Experimental Theatre BL Festival Theatre BL Folk Theatre BL Gigaku BL Hong Kong BL Ichimura Uzaemon BL India BL Indonesia BL Jingju BL Kabuki BL Macao BL Malaysia BL Mongolia BL Music and Musical Instruments BL Nepal BL North Korea BL Politics and Theatre BL Puppet Theatre BL Religion in Theatre BL Zorah Segal BL Singapore BL Tibet BL Vietnam BL Women in Asian Theatre BL And many more. Entries on the most important topics cite works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with an extensivebibliography. Social studies students will appreciate its glimpses of Asian culture, while literature and drama students will value its exploration of the Asian theatrical tradition. FEATURES AND BENEFITS: BL Includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors. BL Covers individuals, genres and forms, regional theatres, and special topics. BL Cites numerous works for further reading. BL Includes extensive cross-references. BL Helps social studies students learn about Asian culture and history. BL Helps literature and drama students learn about the vast Asian theatrical tradition. BL Fosters a respect for cultural diversity.
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From puppets to living players and musical speech to colloquial prose, Asian theatre is a rich world of contrasting expressions. While it has thrived for centuries and embodies the folk traditions of the Asian people, it also reflects contemporary concerns and innovative theatrical practices. At a time when Asia is of tremendous importance in the world, its theatre is a key to understanding its culture as well as the heritage of Asian people in the West. This book is a detailed and authoritative survey of traditional and contemporary Asian theatre. The "Encyclopedia" includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors. Entries cover individuals, regional theatres, dramatic forms and genres, and a wide range of special topics, including: Actors and Acting; Censorship; Costumes; Directors and Directing; Experimental Theatre; Folk Theatre; Music and Musical Instruments; Politics and Theatre; Puppet Theatre; Religion in Theatre; Women in Asian Theatre; and many more. Entries on the most important topics cite works for further reading, and the "Encyclopedia" closes with an extensive bibliography. Social studies students will appreciate its glimpses of Asian culture, while literature and drama students will value its exploration of the Asian theatrical tradition.
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