Theatre Studies books

""Frequently performed and revived in the West End, Private Lives is comedy of manners that remains one of Coward's...  Read More >>

A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, invited by different members of the Bliss...  Read More >>

""Some of [Coward's] most sparkling dialogue ever... This play is about something substantial - the way past relationships...  Read More >>

Design for Living is a wickedly witty dark romantic comedy. From 1930s bohemian Paris to the dizzying heights of...  Read More >>

At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife,...  Read More >>

Since the foundation of the 'modern' circus in the eighteenth century, the circus has been presented in defined...  Read More >>

Fifty biographical profiles of American villains - from the colorful to the unsettling - selected from the American...  Read More >>

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Inside The Performance Workshop is the first full-length volume dedicated to the history, theory, practice, and...  Read More >>

This book explores the ways in which the early modern hobby-horse featured in different productions of popular culture...  Read More >>

A definitive account of how Evita, Cats, Starlight Express, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Chess, and Miss...  Read More >>

This volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within contemporary...  Read More >>

By examining how female characters speak and act during coming of age, engagement, marriage this book will enhance...  Read More >>

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Home and Away explores how performative writing serve as a process that critically interrogates space/place in relation...  Read More >>

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Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, this...  Read More >>

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Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of the Argentine tango social dancing among Muslim...  Read More >>

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This volume brings together philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on improvisation. The contributions...  Read More >>

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