Theatre: individual actors & directors books

A historical and critical analysis of the post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor, examining the ways they...  Read More >>

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A 1967 obituary in The Times labelled Stephen Joseph ‘the most successful missionary to work in the English theatre...  Read More >>

Margaret D. Bauer reintroduces one of Paul Green's best plays, The House of Connelly, a first play performed by...  Read More >>

When Sergei N. Durylin, a remarkable Russian scholar, published the first biography of the famous black American...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life.  Read More >>

Actor David Weston traces his sixty-two year association with the Bard in this fascinating book, shortlisted for...  Read More >>

Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways...  Read More >>

Examines avant-garde performance as an important political force shaping popular culture in modern China, focusing...  Read More >>

This book, a companion to the author's Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask (Princeton, 1978), provides a detailed...  Read More >>

Examines avant-garde performance as an important political force shaping popular culture in modern China, focusing...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging, multidisciplinary yet accessible exploration of contemporary verbal storytelling in Britain and...  Read More >>

How does proximity between audiences and performers change the nature of live performance? Relating their practice...  Read More >>

How does proximity between audiences and performers change the nature of live performance? Relating their practice...  Read More >>

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An award-winning actor, an activist for civil rights and progressive causes worldwide, and a singer whose voice...  Read More >>

Obituaries of performers and filmmakers, musicians and producers, dancers and composers, writers and others associated...  Read More >>

Described by Samuel Pepys as 'the best actor in the world', Thomas Betterton was the most respected actor and manager...  Read More >>

On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. With more...  Read More >>

Analyses the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theatre in Sicily. Here, epic, farce,...  Read More >>

The true story of one of South Africa's national treasures, Barney Simon.  Read More >>

Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity...  Read More >>

Ellen Terry's correspondence was both exuberant and extensive. Her remaining letters provide a fascinating insight...  Read More >>