The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiogra... - 9781350034297

The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and HistoriographyAuthor(s): Claire Cochrane, Jo Robinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350034297, 978-1350034297\nSynopsis\nShortlisted for the 2021 TaPRA Edited Collection Prize\n\nThe Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography is an authoritative guide to contemporary debates and practices in this field. The book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theatre history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theatre and performance practices and the development of theatre histories around the world. Central to the book are eighteen specially commissioned essays by established and emerging scholars from a wide range of international contexts, whose discussion of individual case studies is predicated on their understanding and experience of their local landscape of theatre hi.