World Encyclopedia Of Contemporary Theatre Vol 1. Europe

Description: This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nation, 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. 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. Table of Contents: An Introduction: Of Nations and their Theatres Don Rubin The New Frontier: An Introduction to Theatre in Europe Since World War II Peter Nagy and Philippe Rouyer Music Theatre Horst Seeger Dance Theatre Selma Jeanne Cohen Theatre for Young Audiences Wolfgang Wohlert Puppet Theatre Henryk Jurkowski Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus LCzech Republic Czechoslovakia (Historical Overview) Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Ge rmany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg (Overview) Macedonia Malta Moldova (Overview) Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romani a Russia Serbia-Montenegro Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey U kraine United Kingdom USSR (Historical Overview) Yugoslavia (Historical Overview) Further Reading: Europe International Reference: Selected Bibliography Writers and National Editorial Committees Index