An Introduction to: the Art of Theatre: A Comprehensive Text--Past, Present, and Future

by Marsh Cassady Ph.D.

Overview

The accompanying teacher's guide to this readable, workable theatre text deals with everything about theatre and the artists who make theatre possible. Styles of drama, staging, production, directing, and acting, along with all backstage functions, are defined in detail. Theatre history and the business of theatre are covered fully for the use of both students and instructors. The book is divided into three sections: Part I - Theatre, Drama, and Place; Part II - The Production; Part III - Theatre History. At the end of each chapter is a summary and questions for in-class discussion.This theatre text has been classroom tested and updated to be fully adaptable to any teaching requirement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566081405
Publisher:	Meriwether Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	03/28/2007
Edition description:	Teachers G
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Marsh Cassadyis the author of more than fifty books including novels, true crime, biography, collections of plays, short stories and haiku, and books on theatre and storytelling. His plays have been widely performed in the United States (including Off-Broadway) and in Mexico. A former actor/director and university professor, he has a Ph.D. in theatre, is a member of Actors Equity Association and the Dramatists Guild, and has worked with more than a hundred productions. In addition, Cassady has taught various creative writing courses at UCSD and elsewhere. A former small press publisher, he also has been editor of three magazines. Since the early 1980s he has conducted all-genre writing workshops in San Diego and in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico, where he has lived since 1997. While teaching at Montclair State in the 70s, he started a playwriting program that included classes, workshops, and individual projects. He has won regional and national awards in the U.S. in playwriting, fiction, nonfiction, and haiku. Cassady writes editorials, a column and occasional articles forThe Baja Times, and his digital art and ceramic sculptures are exhibited in several galleries. He continues to write books in various genres.