The Theatre Experience

by Edwin Wilson

Book Overview

The thirteenth edition of The Theatre Experience is students' ticket to the best seat in the house. From Broadway to makeshift theater spaces around the world, the author demonstrates the active and lively role they play as audience members by engaging them in the collaborative and creative processes behind and in front of the curtain. Wilson introduces students to the roles of the performers, directors, producers and designers, while emphasizing the insights they as audience members bring to any production. The thirteenth edition better accommodates today's teaching schedules, as well as improves accessibility for students by concise insight and up-to-date vibrant production visuals. Students join the creative process with The Theatre Experience , and rehearse for their role as life-long audience members.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073514276
• ISBN13: 9780073514277
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Very useful

very good book it is a keeper on how theater is run even though I used it for a humanities course that I will never have to have again.

Good as the 11th edition from what I can tell.

I bought this book for an intro to Theater class that requires the 11th edition. I figured I'd give saving some money a shot, then went through the chapters and compared the chapter titles with the chapter titles in the syllabus after classes started. Wouldn't you know it, they ended up being the same chapters with occasional renaming, but back one. For example, chapter four in the eleventh edition is the same as chapter three in this one. (Chapter 5, aka chapter 4 in the 10th edition, has a different title: "Stage Spaces" became "Theater Spaces.") Otherwise, from what I can tell, they're practically similar. How did this happen, you ask? The introductory chapter in the tenth edition doesn't have a chapter number, and in the eleventh edition, it got one.

Excellent Text for Theatre Majors

I purchased this text for a theatre appreciation course, and found it invaluable. Information is presented at the college level (unlike many textbooks), and the illustrations and photographs are outstanding. Highly recommended.

not boring

I had to get this book for my theatre appreciation class. it taught me alot that i didnt really think about when i went to see a play....thought provoking.

Loaded with information!

This is a great book that is chock-full of useful information. It doesn't skip a beat by covering all aspects of different writings and the writer. I highly reccommend this book.