Theatre, the human art - Smiley, Sam 1931- (New York Harper & Row, 1987)
1. The human nature of theater --2. Live audiences --3. Types of theater and drama -- 4. Perception and analysis -- 5. Of plays and playwrights -- 6. Directors in Action -- 7. Actors at work -- 8. The scenic artists -- 9. Musicals alive -- 10. Classical and medieval drama -- 11. The renaissance in Italy, Spain, and France -- 12. Shakespeare and the Renaissance in England -- 13. The rise of National-century spirit -- 15. The modern theater -- 16. twentieth-century originality -- 17. Contemporary Innovations -- 18. Theater environments -- 19. Cinema -- 20. The business of theater -- 21. Theater in society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-415) and index.
Keywords: Theater; Drama