A Guide to Theatre and Dance: Theatre History

A chronicle of productions between 1869 and 1969, show by show, including plot, players, and important statistics.

By providing details of productions in chronological order, this set provides a comprehensive picture of this popular art form. Though it focuses on 1850 to 2002, selected significant productions from 1750 to 1850 are also included.

Covers theatrical productions through centuries of change, organized thematically and comparatively.

References to books and articles which contain criticism of plays by prominent European playwrights. Clear format; arranged by author with subheadings for titles of plays.

Contains exhaustive documentary evidence about the companies, players, plays, playwrights, and productions in London from the accession of James I to the closing of the theatres in 1642.

Covers the Elizabethan court and its spectacles, the role of companies in London, and detailed histories of companies and theatres as well as information on surviving plays. Though the scholarship is dated, the material still has value.