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)

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 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)

In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou’s latest work on the ‘most complete of the arts,’ the theatrical stage. This book, certain to be of great interest to scholars and theatre practitioners alike, elaborates the theory of the theatre developed by Badiou in works such as Rhapsody for the Theatre and the ‘Theses on Theatre’ and enquires into the status of a theatre that would be ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 勒内·基拉尔（René Girard，1923—2015），法兰西学院院士，法国当代著名哲学家、人类学家，美国斯坦福大学与杜克大学终身教授，因创立摹仿欲望理论而享有国际盛誉。主要著作有《浪漫的谎言与小说的真实》《莎士比亚：欲望之火》《替罪羊》《暴力与神圣》《欲望几何 学》等。 【译者简介】 唐建清，南京大学文学院退休教师，译有奥威尔《一九八四》、毛姆《在中国屏风上》、纳博科夫《独抒己见》、菲茨杰拉德《夜色温柔》、格罗斯曼《我心深处的文法》、冯内古特《2081：冯内古特短篇小说全集》（合译）、格林布拉特《大转向》、沙甘《现代信仰的诞生》等。

铃木忠志（Tadashi Suzuki） 当代世界级戏剧大师，剧坛最具影响力的导演、评论家和思想家之一。他以日本富山县利贺村为根据地创建了铃木利贺剧团（SCOT），一直担任剧团导演，是日本第一个国际性戏剧节“利贺国际戏剧节”发起人，更以独创的铃木演员训练法闻名于世。 早在1970年代初期，铃木忠志就在国际上奠定了前沿戏剧导演的地位，一直以来维持着旺盛的创作力。多年来，受邀到世界各地的戏剧学院和剧团亲自教授铃木方法，其中包括纽约茱莉亚音乐学院、莫斯科艺术剧院。 铃木忠志思考和阐述自己戏剧理念的著述丰富。学术和评论界历来对铃木的戏剧创作和理念十分关注，在剑桥大学出版社出版的“20世纪重要导演/戏剧家”丛书中，铃木忠志是与布莱希特、彼得•布鲁克等欧美戏剧名家共同入选的唯一亚洲戏剧家。 译者，李集庆 （Lee Chee Keng），中央戏剧学院导演系博士，...(展开全部)

With the aim of providing a comprehensive history of Italian drama from its origins to the time of its publication in 2006, this book treats theatre in its widest sense, discussing the impact of all the elements and figures integral to the collaborative process of theatre-making. The impact of designers, actors, directors and impresarios as well as of playwrights is subjected t...(展开全部)