Sally Harrison-Pepper, Miami University
"'A collection of this type has been needed for a long time.' -."

Nick Kaye, University of Manchester
"'Clearly an important collection of essays it will provide an excellent resource for levels II and III specialist courses.' -."

Book Description
The Performance Studies Reader is a lively and much-needed anthology of critical writings on the burgeoning discipline of performance studies. It provides an overview of the full range of performance theory for undergraduates at all levels, and beginning graduate students in performance studies, theatre, performing arts and cultural studies. The collection is designed as a companion to Richard Schechner's popular Performance Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 2002), but is also ideal as a stand-alone text.

About the Author
Henry Bial received his Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University and his B.A. in Folklore and Mythology from Harvard University. He has worked in close consultation with Richard Schechner to assist in the development and preparation of Performance Studies: An Introduction . Bial has also served as Conference Planner for the Performance Studies Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), and has presented his scholarship in the field of Performance Studies at conferences around the world. He is the editor (with Carol Martin) of Brecht Sourcebook (Routledge 2000). Bial has taught theatre history and performance theory at New York University and The New School, and he is currently Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of New Mexico.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The emergent field of performance studies has for some time required a major collection of key writings. The Performance Studies Reader successfully fulfils this need and provides a magnificent selection of the most engaging, illuminating work ever written on performance.

Designed primarily as a companion volume to the definitive 2002 textbook Performance Studies: An Introduction (by Richard Schechner), this exciting new anthology expands upon the key issues and ideas introduced in the textbook, offering further comment and analysis and allowing for a broader experience of study. The material is helpfully organized into eight sections, each corresponding to the eight sections of the textbook, and is fully cross-referenced, enabling quick and easy navigation.