The Creative Spirit: An Introduction to Theatre / Edition 6

by Stephanie Arnold

Overview

Focusing on the collaborative process, The Creative Spirit 6e introduces students to theatre through the plays themselves and the playwrights, directors, actors, and designers who combine their talents to create the theatre event. The Creative Spirit provides a rich context for each play included, with a discussion of the playwright's biography and sources, historical and cultural timelines, and a case study of a particular production of the play so that students can experience theatre from the inside. All of the materials for a complete course are presented together in one volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073514260
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	01/06/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephanie Arnold received her B.A. degree in English from Stanford University and then continued her studies at the University of Wisconsin where she received an M.F.A. degree in directing and a Ph.D. in dramatic literature and theory. Before joining the Lewis & Clark College faculty in 1986, she taught at Mills College and the University of California, Riverside.

Stephanie Arnold teaches acting, directing, and dramatic literature including a special topics course in Latino Theatre. The productions she has directed include works by classical and contemporary playwrights as well as musicals and opera. She is currently at work on the fifth edition of her textbook, The Creative Spirit: An Introduction to Theatre, which is published by McGraw-Hill and in use at colleges and universities around the country. She has recently returned from leading the Lewis & Clark College off campus study program to New York City.

Table of Contents

BRIEF CONTENTS
Part 1 The Nature of Theatre
1 The Impulse to Perform: Origins
2 Theatre as a Mirror of Society
Part 2 The Nature of Performance: The Theatre Practitioners
3 The Playwright's Vision
Looking at Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
4 The Art of the Actor
5 The Director
6 The Designers
Part 3 The Nature of Style: Realism and Theatricalism
7 Understanding Style: Realism
8 Expressing a Worldview through Realism
Looking at And the Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi
9 Understanding Style: Theatricalism
10 Expressing a Worldview through Theatricalism
Looking at Angels in America: Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner
11 The Musical Theatre
Part 4 The Nature of Drama: Structure and Genre
12 The Elements of Drama and Dramatic Structure
13 Innovations in Dramatic Structure
Looking at Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegria Hudes
14 Genre
15 The Project
See eSales for Detailed TOC