Cassell companion to theatre by Jonathan LawCall Number: CHIFLEY PN2035.B74 1997
This companion includes biographies of writers, performers and directors; plot summaries of major plays; definitions of theatre jargo; articles on the development of the theatre; accounts of major plays; stories of historic, occasionally disastrous, first performances; descriptions of famous theatre buildings; and, articles capturing the atmosphere of theatre life - superstitions, legends, and folklore.