Theatre Studies

Theatre Studies is one of the broadest and most encompassing terms whereby scholars tend to refer to the study of the theory, history and practice of drama, theatre and theatrical performances in relation to their literary, physical, psycho-biological, sociological, and historical contexts and . An interdisciplinary field, it encompasses such matters as the philosophy, aesthetics and of late semiotics of performance.

It is often found also in the combinations Drama and Theatre Studies or Theatre and Performance Studies. Other, slightly more arcane, terms found on occasion include "theatrology", "dramatics", etc.

A large number of South African training institutions have adopted the term to refer to the academic/theoretical courses in drama, theatre and performance.

The Afrikaans versions of this the