Marvin Albert Carlson (born September 15, 1935) is an American theatrologist, currently the Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor at the

Graduate Center of the City University of New York The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University ...

, and also previously the Walker-Ames Professor at

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. A largely collected author, his work covers mainly the

history of theatre The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form and entertainment, and ' ...

in Europe from the 18th to the 20th century.Archived version

Selected works

*''Performance: A Critical Introduction.'' Routledge, 1980
''The Haunted Stage: The Theatre as Memory Machine.''
University of Michigan Press, 2003
''Speaking in Tongues: Languages at Play in the Theatre.''
University of Michigan Press, 2009
''Shattering Hamlet's Mirror: Theatre and Reality.''
University of Michigan Press, 2016 *''Ten Thousand Nights: Highlights from 50 Years of Theatre-Going.'' University of Michigan Press, 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Marvin 1935 births Living people Theatrologists Historians of theatre CUNY Graduate Center faculty Cornell University alumni