How is social action related to aesthetics, and anthropology to theatre? What is the meaning of such concepts as "work," "play, "liminal," and "flow"? In this highly influential book, Turner elaborates on ritual and theatre, persona and individual, role-playing and performing, taking examples from American, European, and African societies for a greater understanding of culture ...(展开全部)

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, and others—shattered dramatic conventions and...(展开全部)

Known as the "bible" of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy’s History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40 th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind, including worldwide coverage, more than 530 pho...(展开全部)

In Theatre , W. Somerset Maugham–the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa –introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is one of the greatest actresses England–so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting. It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers...(展开全部)

In Theatre , W. Somerset Maugham–the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa –introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is one of the greatest actresses England–so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting. It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers...(展开全部)

弗•伊•涅米罗维奇－丹钦科（1858—1943），生于格鲁吉亚奥祖尔盖蒂，苏联戏剧导演、剧作家、戏剧教育家、评论家。早年从事剧本和小说创作，1898年与斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基共同创建莫斯科艺术剧院，此后联合执导了契诃夫的《海鸥》《万尼亚舅舅》《三姊妹》《樱桃园》和高尔基的《底层》等名剧。1928年以后成为剧院的主要负责人，先后将托尔斯泰的小说《复活》《安娜•卡列尼娜》搬上舞台，并重排了《三姊妹》。1936年获“苏联人民艺术家”称号。 译者简介： 焦菊隐（1905—1975），生于天津，原名焦承志，戏剧导演、戏剧理论家、翻译家，北京人民艺术剧院的创建人之一。1928年毕业于燕京大学，1938年获巴黎大学文学博士学位。1952年被任命为北京人民艺术剧院第一副院长兼总导演，开创了北京人艺演剧学派。导演代表作有《龙须沟》《虎符》《茶馆》《关汉卿》《蔡文姬》等，译著...(展开全部)

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何藩語錄：…【大家記著非萬不要拋棄舊底片。因為它們可能是一個寶藏來的。因為今天你在底片上看不到的東西，十年後因為成長了，人生哲學改變後你可能對同一影像有新的看法。所以我覺得正方形的菲林格式對我的創作非常有用、大家一定要保留所有的底片。】 （原英文訪問，Bobby Lee翻譯）