Edexcel Advanced Drama and Theatre Studies Textbook

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Edexcel Advanced Drama & Theatre Studies has been written specifically to meet the needs of students following the Edexcel Drama & Theatre Studies Advanced specification, and provides thorough, structured and up-to-date coverage of the subject content. The textbook:
- gives students an appreciation of the rapidly changing world of theatre
- provides a scholarly and theoretical basis for the subject
- places emphasis on interpretation and performance, and encourages students to form their own opinions on the purpose of theatre
- analyses the political and social contexts of plays and playwrights
- includes detailed examples from set texts
- investigates the role of the playwright, actor, theatre company and director
- contains sample examination-style questions

The author combines knowledge of current classroom practice with extensive academic and examination experience in drama and theatre studies. This book is an invaluable companion to students and teachers of drama and theatre studies at AS and A2.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Section A The craft of the playwright
• Chapter 1 Understanding social context
• Chapter 2 Understanding political context
• Chapter 3 Understanding historical context
• Chapter 4 Understanding cultural context
• Chapter 5 Using language to bring the play to life
• Chapter 6 The language of Berkoff's Metamorphosis
• Chapter 7 The structure of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
• Chapter 8 Characterisation in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
• Section B Shaping the play
• Chapter 9 Konstantin Stanislavski
• Chapter 10 Applying Stanislavski's principles: An Inspector Calls
• Chapter 11 Bertolt Brecht
• Chapter 12 Applying Brecht's principles: Macbeth by Shakespeare
• Chapter 13 Antonin Artaud
• Chapter 14 Applying Artaud's principles: Woyzeck
• Chapter 15 Modern directors
• Chapter 16 Devising
• Section C The world of the audience
• Chapter 17 Ancient Greek and Roman theatre
• Chapter 18 British theatre: Elizabethan and Restoration
• Chapter 19 British theatre: melodrama and music hall
• Chapter 20 Responding to the play
• Bibliography and references
• Index