The World of Theatre is the first introduction to theatre book to truly focus on diversity and globalism, integrating coverage of multicultural, international and experimental theatre throughout. Theatre is presented as a global and multicultural form that reflects both traditional and evolving world views. While the American commercial theatre and European forms are central to the text, alternative theatres are placed side by side for comparison and contrast in each chapter, thus avoiding the sense of “otherness” created by devoting separate chapters to diversity and departures from the western tradition.
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The multifaceted, multicultural, international focus of the book is fantastic and a vast, ambitious undertaking. Placing theatre in a broader context, expanding the definition of theatre beyond a narrow western focus, is long overdue. The breadth of the book and wealth of examples from all over the world are astonishing.
Susan Mason, California State University—Los Angeles
This is a highly readable and engaging book. The individual chapter contents nicely cross-reference with each other, and the book never ‘bogs down’ in history. The very breadth of the subject matter remains outstanding, articulate, and engaging.
Richard Hansen, Middle Tennessee State University
The author’s approach is innovative and applaudable, and a welcome addition to the more traditional textbooks in this field that focus primarily on Western theatrical forms with a separate chapter or two on non-Western forms.
Nina LeNoir, Minnesota State University—Mankato
The textbook is worthwhile, and becomes more apparent as the chapters evolve. The author is careful to return to the focus of the text in each chapter, which leads to student awareness and understanding. . .and awakens the potential for creating and meeting the challenges of theatre in an ever changing world.
Marilyn DeSimone, Florida Community College at Jacksonville—Kent Campus
Claudia Orenstein is an assistant professor of theatre at Barnard College. "Festive Revolutions "is her first book.
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