Theatre Studies books

While not wishing to ignore the influence of Shakespeare, this collection of essays explores other historical drama...  Read More >>

This book explores the changing representation on the early modern stage of the built environment of London. It...  Read More >>

Eleven authors analyse recent dance practices in the theatre, in club culture and on film, addressing dance in interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Eighteenth-century drama is often dismissed as homogenous, aesthetically uninteresting, or politically complacent....  Read More >>

This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within...  Read More >>

This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to...  Read More >>

The 'in-yer-face' plays of the mid-1990s announced a new generation shaped by Thatcherism and defined by antipathy...  Read More >>

War is always defined in relation to something else: peace, society, civilisation, friendship or love. What is the...  Read More >>

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Since the early '90s, cross-gender casting in performance of Shakespeare's plays has become an increasingly common...  Read More >>

Contains ten essays in Shakespearean performance scholarship. This title cover such areas as the Globe playhouse,...  Read More >>

The first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of Priestley’s enormous contribution to twentieth century...  Read More >>

The goal of Worldly Stage is to show how the theater acquired the figurative power to animate diverse aspects of...  Read More >>

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Building on earlier works on the African video film movement this book discusses: The Dynamics of Finance in the...  Read More >>

Offers an understanding of race in America through an analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century....  Read More >>

Improbably located in the heart of the Jewish ghetto on the Lower East side of Manhattan, the """"Neighborhood Playhouse""""...  Read More >>

Hester Santlow was one of the contributers to the development of dance on the London stage. This work examines Santlow's...  Read More >>

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In The Citizen Audience, Richard Butsch explores the cultural and political history of audiences in the United States...  Read More >>

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In The Citizen Audience, Richard Butsch explores the cultural and political history of audiences in the United States...  Read More >>

Stanislavski's 'system' has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English...  Read More >>

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More Theatre III: Stage to Screen to Television, Since 2001 lists any productions that have graced the theatrical...  Read More >>