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Speaking in Tongues: Languages at Play in the Theatre

Speaking in Tongues: Languages at Play in the Theatre


Marvin Carlson



Review "Few scholars could have attempted such an ambitious project. The book is the product of extensive theatregoing an...
Original Monologs That Showcase Your Talent

Original Monologs That Showcase Your Talent


Dwight Watson



About the Author Dwight Watson, a professor of theater at Wabash College, has directed more than sixty productions. His p...
Travelling players in Shakespeare's England

Travelling players in Shakespeare's England


Siobhan Keenan



Review 'This is an excellent exploration of the touring performances of the professional companies, focusing on the speci...
Players, playwrights, playhouses: investigating performance, 1660-1800

Players, playwrights, playhouses: investigating performance, 1660-1800


Peter Holland, Art Gallery, Henry E. Huntington Library, Michael Cordner



Review '...a wealth of up to date research and information on 150 years of theatre history.' - Word Matters (The Journal ...
Het Nederlandse toneelbestel van 1945 tot 1995

Het Nederlandse toneelbestel van 1945 tot 1995


Hans Van Maanen



Language Notes Text: Dutch ...
Danjuro's Girls: Women on the Kabuki Stage (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Danjuro's Girls: Women on the Kabuki Stage (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)


Loren Edelson



Review "Anyone interested in kabuki or the history of women in theatre would find this work of great value and interest. ...
The Cambridge History of American Theatre (Volume 1)

The Cambridge History of American Theatre (Volume 1)


Christopher Bigsby, Don B. Wilmeth



Review "Editors Wilmeth (Brown Univ.) and Bigsby (Univ. of East Anglia, UK) and other top scholars weave a tapestry of pe...
Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)


Peter P. Reed



Review "Well-researched and discerning...Rogue Performances represents the best of scholarship in early American theatre....
Theatre in Co-Communities: Articulating Power

Theatre in Co-Communities: Articulating Power




About the Author DR SHULMITH LEV-ALADGEM is Associate Professor in the Theatre Department at Tel-Aviv University, Israel....
Shakespeare's visual regime: tragedy, psychoanalysis, and the gaze

Shakespeare's visual regime: tragedy, psychoanalysis, and the gaze


Philip Armstrong



About the Author Philip Armstrong is Lecturer, Department of English, University of Canterbury. ...
John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre

John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre


Jeffrey Richards, Katherine Newey



Review "This is an exhaustive treatment of a subject most students of Victorian culture probably know little about...Reco...
Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage (Studies in International Performance)

Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage (Studies in International Performance)


Carol Martin



Review '...a timely, intriguing book.' - Whatsonstage.com 'Real. Realistic. Realism. Attempts to clearly delineate each h...
Sensualities Textualities and Technologies: Writings of the Body in 21st Century Performance

Sensualities Textualities and Technologies: Writings of the Body in 21st Century Performance


Josephine Machon, Susan Broadhurst



About the Author SUSAN BROADHURST is Reader in Drama and Technology and Head of Drama at Brunel University, UK.  ...
Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture: Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)

Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture: Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)


Jill Stevenson



Review “This very poised first book represents an important new departure in the study of early drama. Judiciously dr...
The Theater and Its Double

The Theater and Its Double


Antonin Artaud



A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of An...
Voice and Speech in the Theatre (6th Edition)

Voice and Speech in the Theatre (6th Edition)


J. Clifford Turner, Jane Boston



Review 'A practical handbook to help the actor develop a clear and powerful voice... This is a classic text regarded as e...
Staging race: black performers in turn of the century America

Staging race: black performers in turn of the century America


Karen Sotiropoulos



Review Karen Sotiropoulos tells the riveting story of a group of black intellectuals who challenged social Darwinism, imp...
The Studio Business Book

The Studio Business Book


Jim Mandell, Mitch Gallagher



The Studio Business Book...
The ballad of Baby Doe: ''I shall walk beside my love''

The ballad of Baby Doe: ''I shall walk beside my love''


Duane A. Smith, John Moriarty



About the Author John Moriarty is the artistic director, emeritus, Central City Opera House Association. He conducted "Th...
The Drama of Fallen France: Reading LA Comedie Sans Tickets

The Drama of Fallen France: Reading LA Comedie Sans Tickets


Kenneth Krauss



From the Back Cover The Drama of Fallen France examines various dramatic works written and/or produced in Paris during th...
Dame Joan Hammond: Love and Music

Dame Joan Hammond: Love and Music


Sara Hardy



About the Author Sara Hardy is also the author of The Unusual Life of Edna Walling. ...
Confessions of a Showman: My Life in the Circus

Confessions of a Showman: My Life in the Circus


Gerry Cottle, Helen Batten



Confessions of a Showman: My Life in the Circus...
Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance

Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance




Review "Aronson-Lehavi boldly opens up the issue of a conscious aesthetic of medieval performance. Her innovative reading o...
Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Shakespeare and His Contemporaries


Jonathan Hart



Review “Shakespeare and His Contemporaries embraces a gamut of dramatists, not only Marlowe, Greene, and Jonson...
Imagining Shakespeare: A History of Texts and Visions

Imagining Shakespeare: A History of Texts and Visions


Stephen Orgel



Review "This book would repay, with dividends, its careful study...highly recommended..."-Larry Schwartz, Library Journal...
Shakespeare's culture in modern performance

Shakespeare's culture in modern performance


Maria Jones



About the Author Maria Jones is a Senior Lecturer in English, University of Wolverhampton. ...
Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making

Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making


Austin J. Freeley, David L. Steinberg



Review "I prefer this book due to its depth on important issues, yet overall the text keeps most discussions simple and s...
Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery

Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery


Roberta Barker



Early Modern Tragedy, Gender and Performance, 1984-2000: The Destined Livery...
Papageno: Emanuel Schikaneder: Man of the Theater in Mozart's Time

Papageno: Emanuel Schikaneder: Man of the Theater in Mozart's Time


Kurt Honolka



Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) ...
Stuart Women Playwrights, 1613-1713 (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama)

Stuart Women Playwrights, 1613-1713 (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama)




About the Author Pilar Cuder-Dominguez is Senior Lecturer in British and English-Canadian Literature at the University of...