{"product_id":"oxford-companion-to-theatre-and-performance-hardcover-2","title":"Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from ancient Greek tragedies to the latest developments around the globe, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Companion \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eto Theatre and Performance provides an all-embracing approach that encompasses drama and musical, opera, dance, radio, and non-dramatic performances including circuses and parades. Based on the celebrated two-volume \u003cem\u003eOxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance\u003c\/em\u003e, this compact, affordable Companion features more than 2,000 up-to-date entries, covering styles and movements, buildings, organizations, and traditions--with a particularly strong focus on biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. Editor Dennis Kennedy has significantly updated the timeline of historical and cultural events in the world of theatre and performance, and he has added an appendix of useful weblinks, which are supported and accessible through a companion website. Finally, the book includes many new entries that cover the people and companies who have come into prominence since the publication of the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor and Fellow of Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was previously Samuel Beckett Professor and Head of the School of Drama. He has also been Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Pittsburgh and Associate Professor of English at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. He has held distinguished visiting professorships at the Salzburg Seminar, McMaster University, the University of Victoria, and the University of Wisconsin, and was Senior Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Karachi in Pakistan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis publications include \u003cem\u003eGranville Barker and the Dream of Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 1985), \u003cem\u003ePlays by Harley Granville Barker (\u003c\/em\u003eCUP, 1987), \u003cem\u003eLooking at Shakespeae: a visual history of twentieth-century performance\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 1993, 2nd edn 2001), \u003cem\u003eForeign Shakespeare \u003c\/em\u003e(CUP, 1993). His own plays have been performed in New York, London and at regional theatres in the US.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710157418803,"sku":"9780199574193","price":106.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Z1VQRVBuU3V2RENVaThrQ2ovYzVpQT09_6dd4a5e5-808f-42d9-a254-249badf58c0a.webp?v=1763485198","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/oxford-companion-to-theatre-and-performance-hardcover-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}