This first volume in this series includes over half a million words on theatre since World War II in 47 European nations including the nations that reemerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
The 47 comparative national essays are subdivided into sections on:
* History - an overview of the major social and theatrical events which shaped each country's unique theatrical activities decade-by-decade since World War II
* Structure of the National Theatre Community - theatrical demographics and an analysis of the varying types of subsidized and non-subsidized activities across the country
* Artistic Profile - the major companies, playwrights, directors and performance styles are identified and analyzed
* Specialty Sections - such as Music and Dance Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Puppet Theatre, Theatre Space and Architecture, Training, Criticism, Scholarship and Publishing
* Further Reading - a selected bibliography identifies the major works, both within the national language and in other major world languages
* Regional Bibliography looking at theatre across the region and at the region from other parts of the world, completes each volume
* Comprehensive index - this volume and all succeeding volumes have their own indexes
This first volume in this series includes over half a million words on theatre since World War II in 47 European nations including the nations that reemerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
The 47 comparative national essays are subdivided into sections on:
* History - an overview of the major social and theatrical events which shaped each country's unique theatrical activities decade-by-decade since World War II
* Structure of the National Theatre Community - theatrical demographics and an analysis of the varying types of subsidized and non-subsidized activities across the country
* Artistic Profile - the major companies, playwrights, directors and performance styles are identified and analyzed
* Specialty Sections - such as Music and Dance Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Puppet Theatre, Theatre Space and Architecture, Training, Criticism, Scholarship and Publishing
* Further Reading - a selected bibliography identifies the major works, both within the national language and in other major world languages
* Regional Bibliography looking at theatre across the region and at the region from other parts of the world, completes each volume
* Comprehensive index - this volume and all succeeding volumes have their own indexes
An Introduction: Of Nations and their TheatresDon RubinThe New Frontier: An Introduction to Theatre in Europe Since World War IIPéter Nagy and Philippe RouyerMusic TheatreHorst SeegerDance TheatreSelma Jeanne CohenTheatre for Young AudiencesWolfgang WöhlertPuppet TheatreHenryk JurkowskiAlbaniaArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosn ia-HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicCzechoslovakia (Historical Overview)DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreece HungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourg (Overview)MacedoniaMaltaMoldova (Overview)NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSerb ia-MontenegroSlovak RepublicSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomUSSR (Historical Overview)Yugoslavia (Historical Overview)Further Reading: EuropeInternational Reference: Selected BibliographyWriters and National Editorial CommitteesIndex
Don Rubin, Peter Nagy, Phillippe Rouyer
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'There is no current work of this magnitude ... The Encyclopedia
will be an invaluable source of information to theatre researchers
and to scholars in other disciplines as well.' - Dorothy L.
Swerdlove, New York Public Library
'It should ... be purchased straight away as a ready reckoner of
contemporary stage practice by every festival and theatre that has
international dealings. Meanwhile any student or theatre-goer
looking either for a starting point for exploration or to put
foreign theatre in its context instead of just another novelty item
in a festival programme should at the very least urge their local
library to get hold of a copy.' - Theatre Scotland
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