Stagecraft Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Chapter

One

In this Chapter

•   Greek Theatre

•   Roman Theatre

•   The Middle Ages

•   Commedia del’Arte

•   The Renaissance

•   Japanese Theatre

•   Chinese Theatre

•   The 20th Century

•   Study Words

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

A Brief History and Introduction

We start this chapter by honoring the history I talked about in the Introduction. I’m sure you either have or will be taking a full class on theatre history, so this first chapter is meant more as a refresher. Think of it as an abridged history, as the full history of theatre ...