
Product Description
The ideal theater appreciation text for courses focusing on theater elements, The Theater Experience encourages students to be active theater-goers as they learn about the fundamentals of a production. By addressing the importance of the audience, Wilson brings the art of performance to life for students who may have little experience with the medium. …. More >>


February 23rd, 2010 at 8:06 am
I ordered the 10th edition of this book, and when it arrived, I received the 6th edition that did not correlate with anything I was doing in class! Although the book is expensive, if you can struggle to get the money, go ahead to your local bookstore and purchase a new and current edition – amazon sellers are getting worse with each day!
Rating: 1 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 am
very well kept, except for the edges of the front page. I am, however, very satisfied. It serves its purpose perfectly!
Rating: 4 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:38 am
I purchased this text for a theatre appreciation course, and found it invaluable. Information is presented at the college level (unlike many textbooks), and the illustrations and photographs are outstanding. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I read this text for my theater appreciation class. As a theater major that already knows most of the basics, it was boring at times for me personally, but it is a good source to get information on theater.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I bought this book for an intro to Theater class that requires the 11th edition. I figured I’d give saving some money a shot, then went through the chapters and compared the chapter titles with the chapter titles in the syllabus after classes started. Wouldn’t you know it, they ended up being the same chapters with occasional renaming, but back one. For example, chapter four in the eleventh edition is the same as chapter three in this one. (Chapter 5, aka chapter 4 in the 10th edition, has a different title: “Stage Spaces” became “Theater Spaces.”) Otherwise, from what I can tell, they’re practically similar.
How did this happen, you ask? The introductory chapter in the tenth edition doesn’t have a chapter number, and in the eleventh edition, it got one.
Rating: 5 / 5