Marvin Carlson
Author of Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present
About the Author
Marvin Carlson is Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theater and Comparative Literature, City University of New York.
Works by Marvin Carlson
Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present (1984) 114 copies, 1 review
The Haunted Stage: The Theatre as Memory Machine (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (2001) 38 copies
Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, The: Performance Traditions of the Maghreb (2011) 5 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1935-09-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present by Marvin Carlson
Dr. Carlson does the remarkable by condensing the dominant Western theatre ideals and theories into a series of chapters. Major names and works are cited along with the theories. While a work of this sort cannot go into great detail, this book is a must have for anyone interested in theatre history and theory.
This comprehensively revised, illustrated edition discusses recent performance work and takes into consideration changes that have taken place since the book's original publication in 1996. Marvin Carlson guides the reader through the contested definition of performance as a theatrical activity and the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists, and cultural theorists.
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- Works
- 32
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 397
- Popularity
- #61,077
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 66
- Languages
- 6