the ESSENTIAL THEATRE

• Softcover book by Oscar G. Brockett
• Over 390 pages
• Third Edition
• Copyright © 1984 by CBS College Publishing
• Copyright © 1980, 1976 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Contents include:

" Preface

PART ONE Basic Concepts
1. The Nature of Theatre
2. The Script: Dramatic Structure, Form, and Style

PART TWO The Development of the Theatre
3. The Nature of Ancient Greece and Rome
4. Medieval Theatre and Drama
5. Elizabethan England
6. From the Renaissance to Neoclassicism in Italy and France
7. The Eighteenth Century
8. The Nineteenth Century
9. The Beginnings of the Modern Theatre
10. From 1920 to 1960
11. The Theatre since 1960

PART THREE The Theatre Arts Today
12. The Playwright and the Producer
13. Theatrical Space and Production Design
14. The Director
15. The Actor
16. Scene Design
17. Costume and Makeup
18. Lighting, Sound, and Multimedia
19. Performance, Audience, and Critic

APPENDIX Opportunities to Work in the Theatre
Bibliography
Index "

This book is in pretty good condition with moderate wear to the cover, including some edgewear and a few light creases.
The first page is ripped out. It may have been a blank page, because the title page and copyright information is still there.
Some of the corners on some pages are bent or folded.
There is a seal on the last page which reads "Library of WMF William Fischer".
I am not sure if this was placed by the previous owner or was part of the book.

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