Download or read book The Necessity of Theater written by Paul Woodruff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is unique and essential about theatre? What separates it from other arts? Do we need 'theatre' in some fundamental way? This text analyzes the unique power of theatre by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practised together in harmony by watchers and the watched.