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.