Theatre Studies books

Magic and conjuring inhabit the boundaries and the borderlands of performance. The conjuror's act of demonstrating...  Read More >>

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the nature, practice and therapeutic effects of reminiscence theatre. Drawing...  Read More >>

Examines crucial issues relating to theatre in the post-9/11 years, analyzing specific plays, various performers,...  Read More >>

This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth...  Read More >>

Celebrates the history of 40 of the finest stage theaters still in operation around the United States. Original...  Read More >>

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From the producers of the acclaimed ""Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars"" comes an inside look at the...  Read More >>

This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth...  Read More >>

The Routledge Guide to Broadway is the second title in our new student reference series. It will introduce the...  Read More >>

<p>Making a Performance traces innovations in devised performance from early theatrical experiments in the twentieth-century...  Read More >>

This book is an exploration and critique of 'playback theatre', a form of improvised theatre in which a company...  Read More >>

Contains accounts of folk theatre shows as well as historical and cultural context. This title looks at folk theatre...  Read More >>

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Neil LaBute is one of the most exciting new talents in theatre and film to have emerged in the 1990s. A playwright,...  Read More >>

If you are interested in how control systems and computer networks are used in all areas of live entertainment,...  Read More >>

Features Lecoq's philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different...  Read More >>

The art, practice, and technique of scene painting is an essential part of theatre design. A scenic artist is responsible...  Read More >>

Basic. This is the key word in Scenic Design and Lighting Tecniques: A Basic Guide for Theatre, written by two seasoned...  Read More >>

Ariane Mnouchkine is one of the most important directors of her generation and one of the only women ever to have...  Read More >>

The Sound of Music was the last--and most successful--collaboration of two giants of the musical theater, Richard...  Read More >>

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Provides descriptions of the culture of folk theatre, and outlines its importance for practitioners, audiences and...  Read More >>

In France, both political culture and theatrical performances have drawn upon melodrama. This melodramatic thread...  Read More >>