Theatre: individual actors & directors books

Diverse essays on the life and career of one of the greatest tragic actors of the nineteenth century.  Read More >>

Describes the life and career of the popular American singer and actress.  Read More >>

Examines the historical and political context of acclaimed African American actor Paul Robeson's three portrayals...  Read More >>

In a career spanning more than 60 years, Franco Zeffirelli established himself as the world's most gifted, original,...  Read More >>

Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable...  Read More >>

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"This comprehensive biography of the actress film critic Rex Reed called """"a national treasure"""" draws on Robert...  Read More >>

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is an accessible yet authoritative A-Z with particularly strong...  Read More >>

Mass media images of the male are central to popular culture. This book analyses a genre known as “performance art...  Read More >>

Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, """"The theatre has been my life.""""...  Read More >>

Focuses on the psychology of acting and the phenomenology of creativity. Beginning with the premise that actors...  Read More >>

A great read for students, academics, practitioners, and theater buffs.  Read More >>

Subject Stages argues that the discourses and practices of marital legislation, litigation, and theatrics informed...  Read More >>

An annual publication devoted to all aspects of theatre scholarship and represents a selection of the best research...  Read More >>

Mustafa Kirca explores the dark sides of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy by comparing the playwright’s characters with those...  Read More >>

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Tadeusz Kantor was a key figure in European avant-garde theatre. He was a theoretician, director, innovator and...  Read More >>

Tadeusz Kantor was a key figure in European avant-garde theatre. He was a theoretician, director, innovator and...  Read More >>

Jerzy Grotowski (1933-99) was a Polish stage director, theatrical theorist, and founder and director of the small...  Read More >>

Australians have been both proud and confused about their identity and what kind of country they wanted Australia...  Read More >>

Australians have been both proud and confused about their identity and what kind of country they wanted Australia...  Read More >>

A new encounter with the work of a master of avant-garde theatre Tadeusz Kantor (19151990) was one of the twentieth...  Read More >>

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Laurence Olivier is one of the greatest actors of all time. This biography details his achievements as an actor...  Read More >>