ISBN
978-5-906994-58-5
Age
7+
Pages
92
Rights
sold to China, Greece
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE: The Story of the Theatre
by
Pyotr Vorotyntsev
illustrations:
Alisa Yufa
Humanity has been acting and playing roles from time immemorial. The book explores theatre as an elusive, floating art and outlines the evolving dynamics between the actors, director, costume designer, composer and the public.
How did the relationship between actor and spectator change with time?
This is an illustrated history of theatre from Ancient Greece till the present.
Opera and ballet, puppet shows and street theatre, Noh and kabuki theatre, Shakespeare, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold.
Theatre history and backstage life in one book
From Ancient Greece and Shakespeare to opera, ballet, Asian performance traditions and the experiments of the twentieth century, the book follows the evolution of theatre across centuries. It also shows what happens behind the curtain and introduces the many professionals who turn an empty stage into a performance.
A universal subject with international reach
Theatre belongs to every culture. The book’s broad historical scope and focus on performance, storytelling and creative collaboration make it easy to understand beyond any one national curriculum. It offers international publishers a familiar theme with plenty of discovery for young readers.
Clear positioning across several markets
This fact-checked illustrated title can sit naturally in children’s history, arts and culture, drama education and creative-professions lists. Its subject also gives it strong potential for schools, libraries, theatre studios, cultural institutions and museum or theatre shops.
