Dictionary of the Theatre

Patrice Pavis is one of france's most brilliant semioticians and A leading expert internationally in theory of theatre. Dictionary of the Theatre is an English translation of Pavis's acclaimed Dictionnaire du theatre, now in its second printing in France.

An encyclopedic dictionary of technical and theoretical terms, the book covers all aspects of a semiotic approach to the theatre. Alphabetical entries range from absurd to word scenery and treat the reader to a vast panoply of theatre and theory. The extended discussions are supported by an array of useful examples drawn from the international repertoire of plays and playwrights, both classic and contemporary.

This dictionary is remarkably well integrated, partly because of its excellent system of cross-referencing, but more importantly because it represents the vision and scholarship of a single, recognized authority. There is no other source like it available and it will be warmly welcomed by the English-language theatre and semiotic worlds.