Theatre: individual actors & directors books

How does the moving, dancing body engage with the materials, textures, atmospheres, and affects of the sites through...  Read More >>

Helps you discover the history, plots and stars of musical theatre and movie musicals. This book covers from origins...  Read More >>

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In 1928, Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir founded the Dublin Gate Theatre. In examining an extensive corpus...  Read More >>

Benjamin, a volume that brings together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways – above...  Read More >>

The definitive account of the work, lineage and legacy of the most important North American stage directors prior...  Read More >>

This book discusses the theatrical history of Talawa, the work of Dr Yvonne Brewster OBE, her contribution to the...  Read More >>

The first biography to be based on Grant's own personal papers, Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend provides...  Read More >>

This a collection of four history plays by the eminent author late Girish Karnad. The volume offers Karnad's readers...  Read More >>

Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation....  Read More >>

The Ritual Theatre of Theodoros Terzopoulos outlines the story of the Athenian based Attis Theatre and the way its...  Read More >>

The first monograph on the work of British choreographer Jonathan Burrows, this book examines his artistic practice...  Read More >>

Drawing upon previously unseen archival material, this book brings to life the story of the Actresses' Franchise...  Read More >>

Since the late 1990s, Rupert Goold has garnered a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting and provocative theatre...  Read More >>

A highly anticipated memoir by Gabriel Byrne, award-winning actor. Walking with Ghosts is an exquisite portrait...  Read More >>

Since the late 1990s, Rupert Goold has garnered a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting and provocative theatre...  Read More >>

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Peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually by the Southeastern Theatre Conference...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary book brings together essays that consider how the body enacts social and cultural rituals...  Read More >>

This book discusses affective practices in performance through the study of four contemporary performers – Keith...  Read More >>

The book also calls for more outcry about sexual health and sexual violence, arguing for theatre-making as a route...  Read More >>

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This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women’s theatre: it looks beyond...  Read More >>

The ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition,...  Read More >>

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