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Title: Incomplete & Poorly Edited
Review: I'm required to use this text for the theatre history sequence I teach at a state university. I frequently have to refer to Brockett to fill in the missing historical information. On many occasions I've found information in the text that is simply not well-researched and out-of-line with even the most conservative theatre scholarship. Wilson & Goldfarb also need a decent editor. There is considerable repetition of information, and the structure of the text leaves much to be desired. In an attempt to make theatre history non-threatening, the book only succeeds in being inconsistently informative. Had I been required to buy this text as an undergraduate, I would have sold it as soon as possible. I still have my Brocket text from the 1990s--and it's still a useful reference...
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