World Theatre: The Basics by E. J. Westlake

By E. J. Westlake

World Theatre: The Basics provides a well-rounded advent to non-Western theatre, exploring the heritage and present perform of theatrical traditions in Asia, Africa, the center East, Oceania, the Caribbean, and the non-English-speaking cultures of the Americas. that includes a variety of case reviews and examples from each one area, it is helping the reader to appreciate the foremost concerns surrounding global theatre scholarship and international, postcolonial, and transnational functionality practices.


An crucial learn for somebody looking to examine extra approximately international theatre, World Theatre: The Basics presents a transparent, obtainable roadmap for coming near near non-Western theatre.

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