Description

The Longman Anthology of World Drama and Theater is a fully-integrated text/anthology of drama with a global emphasis for the Introduction to Drama course. Divided into two parts: Part One covers the origins of drama: genres, conventions, styles and descriptions of roles, and Part Two is a six chapter anthology of plays, including plays from around the world with a solid core of western plays. Each chapter in Part Two includes visuals, maps, timelines, biographical and contextual headnotes, and an overview of the history and conventions of each period that help students gain a better understanding of the drama and theater being presented.

Features

International Selections
The strongest selection of international work available in an Introduction to Drama text exposes students to theater from around the world. Students learn that drama is not an exclusively western tradition.

Center Stage Essays
Give students insight into the staging and performance of plays they have just read. These boxed essays, accompanied by photos, engage students with commentary and descriptions of special performances and premieres of well-known plays.

Spotlight Essays
Identify and discuss the wide variety of theatrical conventions and dramatic styles and genres in essays such as: "The Hellenistic Theater," "Making Shakespeare's Language User-Friendly," "Waiting for Godot: The Modern Masterpiece," "Popular Theater in South America," and "South Africa's Market Theater and the Independent Theater Movement."

"The Play in Production" Essays
Essays that recreate original and subsequent important productions. By tying drama to theater, these essays illustrate that plays are written to be performed, that performance styles change, and that there are many ways to stage a play.

FORUM Essays
Essays by critics, theoreticians, and theater artists about key plays. These essays provide a variety of ideas and approaches to theater. Students are encouraged to read good critical commentary and theory by acknowledged experts.

Lavish Maps and Annotated Timelines
Familiarize students with different cultures and periods.

Student as Critic
Gives student guidance and instruction on how to review a performance and how to write critical essays about a play.

Headnotes and Biographies
Give students and instructors insight into the culture and context of the play and the life of the playwright.

Photographs and Illustrations
Since plays are written to be performed, this feature helps students visualize the performance of the play they are reading.