World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

<p>This new paperback edition of the <em>The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe</em> covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Each national article is divided into twelve sections - History Structure of the National Theatre Community Artistic profile Music Theatre Theatre for Young Audiences Puppet Theatre Design Theatre Space and Architecture Training Criticism Scholarship and Publishing and Further Reading - allowing the reader to use the book as a source for both area and subject studies.<br>A new preface and further reading sections by the Series Editor brings the Encyclopedia bang up-to-date making it invaluable to anyone interested in European theatre as well as students and scholars of performance studies history anthropology and cultural studies.</p>