World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

This final volume is an annotated world bibliography identifying and supplying full bibliographic documentation on significant theatre materials published world-wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout all six volumes.
This inter-cultural and non-colonial world map of theatrical activity provides an articulation of the theatrical and performative world-wide which is free of value judgements. The period covered is essentially the second half of the 20th century but much of the material dates much further back allowing the contemporary theatre researcher to draw on related materials, giving deeper insight into the period under examination. The emphasis is on nations and their theatres. The volume provides an annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world-wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.;Key features include: more than 5000 bibliographic entries; general sources and thematic sources; further reading from all five volumes; thousands of additional sources which could not fit into the individual volumes; and a cumulative index which provides guidance for users of the complete set, allowing readers to track themes throughout the volumes.
Key headings include: international studies; national studies; geographical regions; cultural and linguistic groupings; gender, style, theory and criticism; gender studi