Theatre Studies books

A contemporary study of New York's Public Theater, told through the eyes of its artists and practitioners working...  Read More >>

Sixteen West End and Broadway creatives discuss auditioning for Musical Theatre and how to get the part.  Read More >>

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Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the...  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities.  Read More >>

This Element focuses on the career of Henry Harris, a leading member of the Duke's Company between 1661 and 1682,...  Read More >>

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?HOW best...  Read More >>

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?HOW best...  Read More >>

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Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>

Uncovers a haunting yet vital record of bodies commodified, archived, and performed Currencies of Cruelty is a...  Read More >>

Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997...  Read More >>

This edited collection explores the transformative impact of theatre on personal and societal well-being in contemporary...  Read More >>

From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway's iconic grunge rock show...  Read More >>

The first collected play anthology from Irish dramatist Colin Murphy which tells the 100 year history of Ireland...  Read More >>

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging handbook examines how critical discourses on gender intersect with key debates in the field of...  Read More >>

Uncovers a haunting yet vital record of bodies commodified, archived, and performed Currencies of Cruelty is a...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating historically accurate 19th-century garments, gowns, and silhouettes...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

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At the crossroads of theater, art, and psychology, Lev Vygotsky's compelling theory of aesthetics helped shape the...  Read More >>

Exploring the role of amateur theatre associations in 19th-century Germany, this study demonstrates how their practices...  Read More >>