Download or read book The History of World Theater written by Margot Berthold and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1991 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey of the development of the world of theatre up to the Baroque period, Margaret Berthold discusses such phenomena as the demon dance of a masked shaman, the tragedie classique of Corneille and Racine, the Egyptian Osiris festival ceremonies, and Italian commedia dell'arte improvizations. She looks at theatre in Islamic civilizations, Indonesia, India, China, Japan, Greece and Rome, in the Byzantine Empire and Europe of the Middle Ages."