Theatre audience reading list

Beckerman, Bernard, Theatrical Presentation, Performer, Audience and Act,London: Routledge, 1990

Bennett, Susan, Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception,
London: Routledge, 1990

Gurr, Andrew, Playgoing in Shakespeare's London, 2nd edn., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996

McGrath, John, A Good Night Out: Popular Theatre: Audience, Class and Form,
London: Eyre Methuen, 1981

Peithman, Steven, and Offen, Neil, eds., The Stage Directions Guide to Getting and Keeping Your Audience, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 1999

Pick, John, The Theatre Industry: Subsidy, Profit and the Search for New Audiences, London: Commedia Publishing Group, 1985

Sauter, Willmar, The Theatrical Event: Dynamics of Performance and Perception, Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2000

Weightman, Gavin, Bright Lights, Big City, London Entertained 1830-1950, London: Collins & Brown Ltd. 1992

Williams, C.J., Theatres and Audiences: A Background to Dramatic Texts,
London: Longman Group Ltd. 1970