Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & PerformanceCASE Reference PN2035 .O94 2003
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003
Covers theater and performance from ancient Greece to the latest developments around the globe. Also covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. Entries range from short definitions of terms to lengthy considerations of genres and movements, such as feminism and psychoanalytic criticism. Entries on cities and regions place performance in its local social and political context.