Mapping Global Theatre Histories

Mark Pizzato teaches theatre history, drama, and film at UNC-Charlotte, USA. His books include Edges of Loss (1998), Theatres of Human Sacrifice (2005), Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain (2006), Inner Theatres of Good and Evil (2011), and Beast-People Onscreen and in Your Brain (2016).

• 1. Theatricality in Deep History and the Human Brain.- 2. From Prehistoric to Ancient Theatricality.- 3. Greco-Roman Beginnings of "Theatre" (as Theatron/Theatrum).- 4. Traditional Forms of Asian Theatre.- 5. Medieval Europe and Premodern Africa, Australia, and the Americas.- 6. Early Modern Developments in Italy and France (1400s-1600s).- 7. Early Modern Mixtures in England, Spain, and the New World (1500s-1600s).- 8. Restoration and Baroque Revolutions (1600s-1700s).- 9. Romanticism, Melodrama, and Minstrelsy (1800s).- 10. Modern Realisms and Anti-Realisms (Late 1800s to Early 1900s).- 11. Mid-Twentieth Century Euro-American Innovations.- 12. Postmodern Theatre in the US (1950s to 2010s).- 13. Postmodern Theatre in Europe (1950s-2010s) .- 14. Global, Postcolonial Theatre.