This handbook offers a systematic historical presentation of drama from the perspectives of literary and theater studies. In addition to discussing dramatists, institutions, and contexts (politics, economy, psychology, etc.), it covers post-dramatic and non-European forms of drama (in Japan, China, Africa, South America, and India). It also presents drama's transdisciplinary connections to film, TV series, new media, musical theater, and dance.

Andreas Englhart, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Franziska Schößler, Universität Trier.