Theatre in Theory is the most complete anthology documenting 20th-century dramatic and performance theory to date, offering a rich variety of perspectives from the century’s most prominent playwrights, directors, scholars, and philosophers.
Includes major theoretical and critical manifestos, hypotheses, and theories from the field
Wide-ranging and broadly constructed, this text has both interdisciplinary and global appeal
Includes a thematic index, section introductions, and supporting commentary
Helps students, teachers, and practitioners to think critically about the nature of theatre
About the Author
David Krasner is Associate Professor of Performing Arts and Head of the Acting Program at Emerson College. He is the coeditor (with Rebecca Schneider) of the University of Michigan Press's Series Theater: Theory/Text/Performance.
Features
Comprises nearly 100 critical essays written by the twentieth century’s most influential playwrights, directors, scholars, and philosophers
Features the writings of Oscar Wilde, Georg Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Gertrude Stein, Zora Neale Hurston, T. S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, George Steiner, Roland Barthes, Raymond Williams, Judith Butler and Herbert Blau, and many others
Considers theatrical aesthetics, dramatic criticism, and performance theory
Offers a thematic index, section introductions and supporting commentary
Helps students, teachers, and practitioners from a multitude of disciplines to think critically about the nature of theatre
