ABSTRACT
This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Each national article is divided into twelve sections - History, Structure of the National Theatre Community, Artistic profile, Music Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Puppet Theatre, Design, Theatre, Space and Architecture, Training, Criticism, Scholarship and Publishing and Further Reading - allowing the reader to use the book as a source for both area and subject studies.
A new preface and further reading sections by the Series Editor brings the Encyclopedia bang up-to-date making it invaluable to anyone interested in European theatre, as well as students and scholars of performance studies, history, anthropology and cultural studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |31 pages
Europe
entry |8 pages
An Introduction
entry |7 pages
The New Frontier
entry |3 pages
Music Theatre
entry |3 pages
Dance Theatre
entry |4 pages
Theatre for Young Audiences
entry |5 pages
Puppet Theatre
letter |924 pages
The Nations and Their Theatres
entry |10 pages
Albania
entry |9 pages
Armenia
entry |26 pages
Austria
entry |14 pages
Azerbaijan
entry |13 pages
Belarus
entry |36 pages
Belgium
entry |12 pages
Bosnia-Herzegovina
entry |14 pages
Bulgaria
entry |1 pages
Byelorussia
entry |1 pages
Commonwealth of Independent States
entry |15 pages
Croatia
entry |11 pages
Cyprus
entry |21 pages
Czech Republic
entry |2 pages
Czechoslovakia
entry |17 pages
Denmark
entry |1 pages
England
entry |13 pages
Estonia
entry |1 pages
Federal Republic of Germany
entry |1 pages
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
entry |23 pages
Finland
entry |52 pages
France
entry |15 pages
Georgia
entry |1 pages
German Democratic Republic
entry |61 pages
Germany
entry |1 pages
Great Britain
entry |26 pages
Greece
entry |1 pages
Greenland
entry |24 pages
Hungary
entry |16 pages
Iceland
entry |29 pages
Ireland
entry |25 pages
Israel
entry |23 pages
Italy
entry |1 pages
Kazakhstan
entry |1 pages
Kirghizia
entry |12 pages
Latvia
entry |12 pages
Lithuania
entry |2 pages
Luxembourg
entry |11 pages
Macedonia
entry |11 pages
Malta
entry |1 pages
Moldavia
entry |3 pages
Moldova
entry |20 pages
Netherlands
entry |1 pages
Northern Ireland
entry |18 pages
Norway
entry |35 pages
Poland
entry |13 pages
Portugal
entry |22 pages
Romania
entry |35 pages
Russia
entry |1 pages
Scotland
entry |16 pages
Serbia-Montenegro
entry |12 pages
Slovak Republic
entry |15 pages
Slovenia
entry |1 pages
Soviet Union
entry |23 pages
Spain
entry |23 pages
Sweden
entry |24 pages
Switzerland
entry |1 pages
Tadjikistan
entry |18 pages
Turkey
entry |1 pages
Turkmenistan
entry |20 pages
Ukraine
entry |45 pages
United Kingdom
entry |12 pages
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
entry |1 pages
Uzbekistan
entry |1 pages
Wales
entry |9 pages
Yugoslavia