The Enjoyment of Theatre'sbalanced coverage of performance and history provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to theatre for both majors and non-majors. This book covers the full span of theatre's 2,500-year history as well as performance/production topics such as playwriting, acting, directing, and the theatre industry.

Preface	p. xi
Locating Theatre, Experiencing Plays: Theory and Criticism	p. 1
Theatre: Performance and Art	p. 2
Theatre as Performance	p. 3
Theatre as Art	p. 7
Theatre as Performing Art	p. 11
Taking Stock	p. 16
Key Terms	p. 17
Theatre: Cultural Expression, Business, and the Role of Audience	p. 18
The Nature of Theatre Audiences	p. 20
Theatre as Cultural Expression: The Role of the Audience	p. 24
Theatre as Business: The Role of the Audience	p. 28
Key Terms	p. 33
How to Read a Play	p. 34
Preliminary Work	p. 36
Play Analysis Using the Parts of the Play	p. 39
Organizing a Response	p. 49
Key Terms	p. 51
How to See a Play	p. 52
Preliminary Work	p. 56
Performance Analysis	p. 58
Organizing a Response	p. 69
Key Terms	p. 71
Mediators and Gatekeepers	p. 72
Theorists	p. 73
Critics	p. 76
Reviewers	p. 77
Dramaturgs	p. 78
Specialists in Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing	p. 79
Agents	p. 80
Key Terms	p. 83
Today's Theatre and Its Makers: Theatre Practice	p. 85
Making Theatre Today: The Context	p. 86
Theatre Spaces	p. 87
Producing Situations in the United States	p. 90
Theatre Funding	p. 101
Key Terms	p. 103
Playwrights	p. 104
The Nature of Playwrights and Playwriting	p. 105
Being a Playwright	p. 106
Training Playwrights	p. 112
From Page to Stage: Professional Issues	p. 113
What Is Good Playwriting?	p. 124
Key Terms	p. 124
Actors	p. 125
The Nature of Acting	p. 126
Training Actors	p. 131
Audition, Rehearsal, and Performance	p. 144
The Personality of the Actor	p. 147
What Is Good Acting?	p. 149
Key Terms	p. 149
Directors	p. 150
The Nature of Directing	p. 151
The Director at Work	p. 157
Training Directors	p. 181
What Is Good Directing?	p. 182
Key Terms	p. 183
Designers and Technicians	p. 184
The Nature of Design	p. 186
Designers at Work	p. 189
Training Designers	p. 200
What Is Good Design?	p. 202
Key Terms	p. 203
Theatre of Other Times and Places: Theatre History	p. 205
Theatre: Present and Past	p. 205
The Sweep of Theatre History	p. 206
Facade Stages (534 B.C.E.-C. 550 C.E.)
The Theatre of Greece	p. 211
Theories of the Origins of Theatre	p. 212
Traits of Greek Theatre	p. 216
Plays and Playwrights	p. 219
Theatre Buildings and Practices	p. 225
The End of Athens' Golden Age	p. 229
Indian Theatre	p. 234
Key Terms	p. 236
The Theatre of Rome	p. 237
Roman Festivals and Theatre	p. 239
Roman Drama	p. 239
Theatre Buildings, Scenery, Costumes, and Masks	p. 241
Audiences	p. 242
The Empire and the End of Roman Drama	p. 243
The Breakup of the Empire	p. 248
The Byzantine Empire: Its Rise and Fall	p. 248
Key Terms	p. 251
Emblem, Environment, and Simultaneity (c. 950-c. 1550)
Theatre in the Middle Ages	p. 253
Early Medieval Drama and Theatre	p. 255
Medieval Culture and Theatre, c. 1200-c. 1550	p. 258
The End of Medieval Religious Theatre: The Transformation of Medieval Secular Theatre	p. 268
Theatres in the East	p. 269
Key Terms	p. 272
The Golden Ages of England and Spain	p. 273
The Renaissance in the North: The Age of Shakespeare	p. 276
The Closing of English Theatres	p. 285
The Spanish Golden Age	p. 286
Theatres in the East	p. 287
Key Terms	p. 289
Illusionism (c. 1550-1960)
The Italian Renaissance	p. 291
Theatre in Italy	p. 292
Theatres in the East	p. 302
Key Terms	p. 304
The Triumph and Decline of Neoclassicism	p. 305
French Theatre from Its Beginnings through Its Golden Age	p. 306
English Restoration Theatre and Beyond (1660-c. 1750)	p. 315
Theatres in the East	p. 321
Key Terms	p. 326
Successful Failure: Theatre and Reform, 1750-1960s	p. 327
Romanticism, 1750-1850	p. 330
Realism, 1850-1950	p. 337
Realism and Naturalism	p. 339
Avant-Gardism, 1890-1960	p. 347
Avant-Garde Theatres and Movements	p. 355
Key Terms	p. 360
Commercialism	p. 362
What Is Commercialism?	p. 363
Drama in the Commercial Theatre	p. 365
Theatres and Production Practices	p. 381
The Decline of Commercial Theatre	p. 386
Responses to Commercial Theatre	p. 388
The Theatres of Colonialism	p. 391
Theatre in the East	p. 393
Key Terms	p. 396
Theatre for a New Millennium	p. 397
Postmodernism	p. 399
The Theatre, 1960-2000s	p. 400
Global Theatre	p. 413
Key Terms	p. 419
Glossary	p. 420
Index	p. 439
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