{"product_id":"oxford-companion-to-theatre-and-performance-hardcover","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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the celebrated \u003cem\u003eOxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance\u003c\/em\u003e, and covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, regions and traditions; it has a particularly strong focus on biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers. New entries cover the people and companies who have come into prominence since the publication of the Encyclopedia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e includes all the most popular and accessible information from the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e, concentrating primarily on the personalities involved in producing threatre, as well as overviews of the genres within which they work. It has 2,400 entries presented in a far more compact and portable format. The timeline of historical and cultural events in the world of theatre and performance has been significantly updated, along with the extensive bibliography, and an appendix of useful weblinks has been added, which is supported and accessible through a companion website.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e provides an informative and accessible package aimed at both the theatre-going public as at specialists and professionals in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\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":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454557864114,"sku":"9780199574193","price":107.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fIGVg4zND79780199574193.webp?v=1783066377","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/oxford-companion-to-theatre-and-performance-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}