theatre studies
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scientific study of theatrical phenomena from ancient times to the present day
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- Instance of
- academic major
- Subclass of
- humanities
- Field of work
- history of theatre
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- Category:Theatre studies
- Commons category
- Theatre studies
- practiced by
- theatrologist
- is the study of
- theatre
- P8168
- Hans Stubb
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Encyclopedic overview
Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also encompasses the study of theatrical aesthetics and semiotics. A late-20th-century development in the area has been the ethnographic theory of theatre.
List of theatrologists
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