The theater experience / Edwin Wilson.

Contents


Part 1. The audience
1. The audience: its role and imagination
2. Background and expectations of the audience
3. The critic and the audience
4. Stage spaces

Part 2. The performers and the director
5. Acting: offstage and in the past
6. Stage acting today
7. The director and the producer

Part 3. The play wright: Creating the play
8. Creating the world of the play
9. Dramatic forms: Climatic, Episodic and others
10 Dramatic characters
11. Tragedy and other serious drama
12. Comedy and tragicomedy

Part 4. The designers
13. Scenery
14. Stage costumes
15. Lighting and sound

Part 5. The theatre landscape today
16. Contemporary American theatre
17. Musical theatre
18. Contemporary world theatre
Appendices

Includes bibliographical references and index.