Theatre & Dance: Reference Works

Articles by scholars from fifty countries cover dance-theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance. Cultural and national overviews are accompanied by entries on dance forms, music and costumes, performances, and biographies of dancers and choreographers.

Authoritative information about theatre and performance from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to playhouse performances, covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance.

This exciting theatre companion, edited by a former literary manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company, includes over 2500 entries that range widely over theatre in the last century.