Theater Experience, book only

by WILSON E

• ISBN13: 9780072317282
• ISBN10: 0072317280
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: MCGRAW HILL PUBL CO

Summary

The ideal theater appreciation text for courses focusing on theater elements, "The Theater Experience" encourages students to be active theater-goers as they learn about the fundamentals of a production. By addressing the importance of the audience, Wilson brings the art of performance to life for students who may have little experience with the medium. .

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(14)
Part 1 The Audience
The Audience: Its Role and Imagination	15	(22)
Background and Expectations of the Audience	37	(22)
The Critic and the Audience	59	(16)
Part 2 The Performers and the Director
Acting: Offstage and in the Past	75	(16)
Stage Acting Today	91	(26)
The Director and the Producer	117	(32)
Part 3 The Play: Types of Theater
The Text: Subject, Purpose, and Perspective	149	(14)
Tragedy and Other Serious Drama	163	(18)
Comedy and Tragicomedy	181	(22)
Musical Theater	203	(16)
Theater of Diversity	219	(26)
Part 4 The Playwright: Dramatic Structure and Dramatic Characters
Conventions of Dramatic Structure	245	(16)
Dramatic Structure: Climactic, Episodic, and Other Forms	261	(24)
Dramatic Characters	285	(20)
Part 5 The Designers: Environment, Visual Elements, and Sound
Stage Spaces	305	(24)
Scenery	329	(30)
Stage Costumes	359	(22)
Lighting and Sound	381	(57)
Epilogue: Integrating the Elements and Predicting the Future	401	(8)
Appendices
A Technical Terms	409	(7)
B Major Theatrical Forms and Movements	416	(7)
C Historical Outline	423	(15)
Notes	438	(1)
Select Bibliography	439	(3)
Index	442