Theatre in Your Life

Boxes in each chapter, highlight ways that both staged events and spontaneous theatre can play important roles in everyday life. These features encourage students to discover aspects of theatre in their daily experiences and to hone their understanding of related elements of production.

Courses using THEATRE IN YOUR LIFE fulfill both the national and global multicultural literacy requirements needed for degree completion at most colleges, due to considerable attention given to both theatre of U.S. minority cultures and global coverage of multiple Asian and African theatres. This will often allow students to satisfy these graduation requirements by enrolling in a single Humanities course.

Theatre in Media boxes use familiar examples from popular entertainment to deepen students’ understanding by comparing and contrasting aspects of live theatre with film and other media. Examples include the contrasting challenges faced by screenwriters and playwrights and the changes a musical undergoes to be adapted as a film.

The text fully integrates coverage of history and global diversity, explaining the origins and evolution of modern theatre and tracing the relationships among different cultures and genres during each historical period. Nearly every chapter features opportunities to compare theatre traditions throughout the country and around the globe.