{{Short description|Field of study}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Dramatics|The Dramatics}} '''Theatre studies''' (sometimes referred to as '''theatrology''' or '''dramatics''') is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also encompasses the study of theatrical aesthetics and semiotics. A late-20th-century development in the area has been the ethnographic theory of theatre.
==List of theatrologists== [[File:Delsarte.jpg|thumb|upright|French theatrologist François Delsarte]] Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, those who have been described as theatrologists can vary widely in terms of the primary focus of their activities.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Helbo |first=André |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55R9XVomHWIC&dq=Theatrology&pg=PA37 |title=Theory of Performing Arts |date=1987-01-01 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-2409-5 |language=en}}</ref> *Emil František Burian{{spaced ndash}}writer, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright and director<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FgUcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Theatrologist%22 ''Jazz Forum''] (1974). International Jazz Federation, p. 19</ref> *Jovan Ćirilov{{spaced ndash}}philosopher, dramaturge, and writer *François Delsarte{{spaced ndash}}teacher of acting and singing<ref>Horton, Andrew (1993). [https://books.google.com/books?id=AYjOtWygMt0C&dq=%22Theatrologist%22&pg=PA67 ''Inside Soviet Film Satire: Laughter with a lash'']. Cambridge University Press, p. 67. {{ISBN|0-521-43016-X}}</ref> *Joseph Gregor{{spaced ndash}}theatre historian and opera librettist *John Heilpern{{spaced ndash}}theatre critic and essayist<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8MxZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Theatrologist%22 ''Polish art studies'', Volume 3] (1982). Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, p. 333. {{ISBN|83-04-00936-6}}</ref> *Antoine Vitez{{spaced ndash}}actor, director, and poet<ref>Whitton, David (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=OszWLOBfTK4C&dq=%22Theatrologist%22&pg=PA170 ''Molière, Don Juan'']. Cambridge University Press, p. 170. {{ISBN|0-521-47867-7}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Theatre}} *Dramatic theory *Theatre criticism *Theatre practitioner *Theatre semiotics
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==External links== ;Library research guides * {{citation |url= https://guides.library.emerson.edu/theatre |title= Theatre |work= Research Guides |publisher= Emerson College Library |location= US }} * {{citation |url= https://guides.nyu.edu/Theatre |title= Theatre & Performance Studies |work= Research Guides |publisher= New York University Libraries |location= US }}
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