A Cultural History of TheatreThis comprehensive, multicultural text presents the history of theater within a framework of cultural and social ideas. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sources for Further Study | 9 |
Arts Ideas | 17 |
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| Title | A Cultural History of Theatre |
| Authors | Jack Clair Watson, Grant Fletcher McKernie |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Longman, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 19, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0801306183, 9780801306181 |
| Length | 528 pages |
| Subjects | › Performing Arts / General |
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