Theatre Studies books

This Element explores how medieval devotional and disciplinary practices acted as 'immersive technologies' for producing...  Read More >>

A panoramic, non-Eurocentric view of theatre history that emphasizes the variety of connections among the world's...  Read More >>

This Element explores how medieval devotional and disciplinary practices acted as 'immersive technologies' for producing...  Read More >>

When it comes to a career in musical theatre, forget the myth of an “it factor”—your success is in your hands. The...  Read More >>

Gina Gershon offers cautionary (and often hilarious) tales of surviving the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood, revealing...  Read More >>

These plays are written by Alireza Shilser, an Iranian playwright based in Luxembourg. It is a work born out of...  Read More >>

This book explores acting in a range of Hitchcock films, with leading scholars providing close readings of a selection...  Read More >>

Une comédie vive et ironique sur les ambitions et les absurdités sociales.  Read More >>

Music-hall droll, dancer, verbal and visual comedian, musician, songwriter, star of radio and TV and ultimately...  Read More >>

Music-hall droll, dancer, verbal and visual comedian, musician, songwriter, star of radio and TV and ultimately...  Read More >>

Melodrama as Provocateur showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses...  Read More >>

This open access book examines the innovation and inheritance of Cantonese opera singing styles in Hong Kong from...  Read More >>

This book pioneers a systematic inquiry into the link between theatrical performances and histories of Philippine...  Read More >>

This book uses rigorous case studies with definitive conclusions; this work develops a critical Cultural Studies...  Read More >>

Melodrama as Provocateur showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses...  Read More >>

A concise survey of the evolution of Latinidad in musical theatre over the past century published in the Topics...  Read More >>

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This volume explores the notion of a heteroglobal approach to understand global circulation of performance. This...  Read More >>

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An introduction to the cultural history of jingju, from its origin to the present, with case studies demonstrating...  Read More >>