The Broadview Anthology of Drama, Volume 1: From Antiquity Through the Eighteenth Century - Paperback

by Craig S. Walker (Editor), Jennifer Wise (Editor)

"The expertly written introductions provide excellent orientations to each historical era and individual play. A useful and thoroughly engaging anthology!" -- Jerry Dickey, University of Arizona

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The Broadview Anthology of Drama: Plays from the Western Theatre is a chronological presentation of 43 plays in two volumes, ranging from the ancient theatre world to the present day. Each chapter focuses on a specific period and begins with an insightful introduction sketching the historical and theatrical landscape of that period. Contextualization for each play is provided through a thorough account of the literary and dramatic background of the play along with clear and comprehensive annotation. In addition, the editors have provided a glossary of terms used in the anthology to better equip students with a vocabulary for discussing the world of the stage.

Author Biography

Jennifer Wise is Associate Professor of Theatre History at the University of Victoria and is the author of Dionysus Writes: The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece (Cornell University Press, 1998).

Craig S. Walker is Associate Professor of Drama at Queen's University and is the author of The Buried Astrolabe: Canadian Dramatic Imagination and Western Tradition (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001).