The Theatre: An Introduction, Second Edition

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of Second Edition. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. Quarto book very clean, some corners gently bumped, light wear to extremities. Sewn binding is tight with a slight wobble. Front endpaper has been removed. Frontis (2): "The Actor" by Pablo Picasso, full page and full colour and miniature by Joseph Etienne Blerzy showing acrobatic performances and a theatre of the type used at the French fairs during the 18th century, in full colour. Illustrated title pages, two-page format. Pages very clean and completely frre from any markings, last few pages wavy near the top edge. A detailed and thorough exploration of Theatre: Theatre as an Art Form, The Audience and the Critic, Dramatic Structure; The Theatre of the Past: Ancient Greece, Roman Theater and Drama, Medieval Theatre, Spain and Elizabethan England, The Italian Renaissance, French Classicism, The Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century Theatre, Oriental Drama; The Modern Theatre: Realism and Naturalism, Revolts Against Realism: Symbolism, Expressionism, and Epic Theatre; the Theatre since World War II; The Theatre Arts in America Today. 596 pages with bibliography and index. 8.25 x 10 inches. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1969.