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Acting Re(Considered): A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Worlds of Performance)

Acting Re(Considered): A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Worlds of Performance)


P. Zarrilli



About the Author Phillip B. Zarrilli is internationally known for training actors in psychophysical process through Asian...
Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)

Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)


Laurence Senelick



Review ...a most welcome addition to the small number of English references work on Russian theater. (Arba ) Senelick's w...
Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writing: The Impossible Act (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writing: The Impossible Act (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)


Wendy Arons



Review "This book is a magnificent contribution to the discussion of gender performance back in the day of its literary a...
Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record (Broadway Yearbook)

Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record (Broadway Yearbook)


Steven Suskin



About the Author A theatrical producer and manager for over 20 years, Suskin writes a bi-weekly column for Playbill Onlin...
Performance, Ethics and Spectatorship in a Global Age (Studies in International Performance)

Performance, Ethics and Spectatorship in a Global Age (Studies in International Performance)


Helena Grehan



Review 'With this book, Helena Grehan makes a dynamic contribution to a new generation of scholarship that is driven by a...
Performance in Bali (Theatres of the World)

Performance in Bali (Theatres of the World)


I. Nyoman Sedana, Leon Rubin



About the Author Professor Leon Rubin is Director of East 15 Acting School, University of Essex. Dr I Nyoman Sedana is a ...
Theatre of Empire: Frontier Performances in America, 1760-1860 (Empires in Perspective, 13)

Theatre of Empire: Frontier Performances in America, 1760-1860 (Empires in Perspective, 13)


Douglas S. Harvey



Review '... this study suggests new ways to combine familiar histories that have often been kept separate, and Harvey's w...
Make: Technology on Your Time, Vol. 1

Make: Technology on Your Time, Vol. 1


Mark Frauenfelder Ed., Mark Frauenfelder



About the Author Mark Frauenfelder is a writer and illustrator living in Los Angeles, and the editor of MAKE. He is the cof...
Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House--1911 to 1980

Ronnie and Nancy: Their Path to the White House--1911 to 1980


Bob Colacello



From Publishers Weekly This joint biography by Vanity Fair contributor Colacello (Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up) open...
Bach's Changing World:: Voices in the Community (Eastman Studies in Music) (Eastman Studies in Music)

Bach's Changing World:: Voices in the Community (Eastman Studies in Music) (Eastman Studies in Music)


Carol K. Baron



Review By situating Bach firmly amid the popular debates and issues of a particular place and time, this volume brings us...
Television: Technology and Cultural Form 2nd Edition

Television: Technology and Cultural Form 2nd Edition


Ederyn Williams



Review 'Television: Technology and Cultural Form is a powerful and original book which marked the beginning of a new br...
Street Theatre and Other Outdoor Performance

Street Theatre and Other Outdoor Performance


Bim Mason



Street Theatre and Other Outdoor Performance...
How Video Game Designers Use Math (Math in the Real World)

How Video Game Designers Use Math (Math in the Real World)


Jill Egan



How Video Game Designers Use Math (Math in the Real World)...
La Boheme (Opera Classics Library Series)

La Boheme (Opera Classics Library Series)


Burton D. Fisher



From Library Journal These small-format volumes devoted to individual operas are the first in a projected 200-volume ser...
Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East

Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East


Sherifa Zuhur



About the Author Sherifa Zuhur is a historian affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley and the ...
Murder Among Friends : Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy

Murder Among Friends : Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy


Elizabeth S. Belfiore



Review "Belfiore's examination of individual plays is careful and frequently enlightening....Notes, a full bibliography, ...
The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook

The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook


Brad Schiller



Review "For all those who want to be the guy behind the moving light console this book is a great first step on the road....
Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own (Gender and Performance)

Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own (Gender and Performance)


Lizbeth Goodman



Review Goodman's book is full of great quotes, is useful as a factual resource, and above all show us many ways to make, ...
The Play of Forms: Nature, Culture and Liturgy

The Play of Forms: Nature, Culture and Liturgy


Dom H. Van Der Laan



The Play of Forms: Nature, Culture and Liturgy...
Hot Thespian Action!: Ten Premier Plays from Walterdale Playhouse (Au Press)

Hot Thespian Action!: Ten Premier Plays from Walterdale Playhouse (Au Press)


Robin C. Whittaker



Hot Thespian Action!: Ten Premier Plays from Walterdale Playhouse (Au Press)...
Bonfire of Roadmaps (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)

Bonfire of Roadmaps (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)


Joe Ely



Review "In Bonfire, I can't help but think of the Beat writers--Corso, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and mostly, of course, Keroua...
Acting in Musical Theatre

Acting in Musical Theatre


Joe Deer, Rocco Dal Vera



Review 'Though I attended a highly respected drama department for six years (two degrees), there was never a single course ...
Performing Processes: Creating Live Performance

Performing Processes: Creating Live Performance


Roberta Mock



Performing Processes: Creating Live Performance...
Murder by Accident: Medieval Theater, Modern Media, Critical Intentions

Murder by Accident: Medieval Theater, Modern Media, Critical Intentions


Jody Enders



Review “Jody Enders’ Murder by Accident offers an extraordinary amalgam of historical work and contemporary...
Crowning the Nice Girl: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in Hawai'i's Cherry Blossom Festical

Crowning the Nice Girl: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in Hawai'i's Cherry Blossom Festical


Christine Reiko Yano



About the Author Christine R. Yano is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. ...
Law and the Humanities: An Introduction

Law and the Humanities: An Introduction


Austin Sarat, Cathrine O. Frank, Matthew Anderson



Book Description This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars, working in the United States and abroad, fr...
Performance on the Edge: Transformations of Culture

Performance on the Edge: Transformations of Culture


Johannes H. Birringer



Review " A book which finally displaces the most compelling issues about identity and culture in the contemporary world f...
Legislative Theatre: Using Performance to Make Politics

Legislative Theatre: Using Performance to Make Politics


Augusto Boal



From Library Journal Boal is a Brazilian activist who has devoted his career to effecting social change through theater. ...
A Companion to Renaissance Drama (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

A Companion to Renaissance Drama (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)


Arthur F. Kinney



Review "This collection contains a wealth of information about the vast and rich domain of Renaissance drama. Always live...
The Michael Chekhov Handbook: For the Actor

The Michael Chekhov Handbook: For the Actor


Lenard Petit



The Michael Chekhov Handbook: For the Actor...