Theatre Studies books

You can now experience the same training studied by some of out finest actors, including Robert Duvall, Joanne Woodward,...  Read More >>

Hamlet dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called on to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius. Macbeth tells the story...  Read More >>

In How to Market the Arts: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century, expert authors Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension...  Read More >>

This book charts the journey, in terms of both stasis and change, that masculinities and manhood have made in Irish...  Read More >>

The success of Cyrano de Bergerac and L'Aiglon has eclipsed Rostand's earlier works for the stage. This first complete...  Read More >>

A clear and concise guide to how rhetoric works in plays, and how actors can use it to bring their performances...  Read More >>

This book argues that the performance-based work in the featured case studies contributes to the construction of...  Read More >>

The success of Cyrano de Bergerac and L'Aiglon has eclipsed Rostand's earlier works for the stage. This first complete...  Read More >>

'This is particularly out of character for me.' Monologues are a crucial element of theatre, for actors and students...  Read More >>

In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer...  Read More >>

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This book assesses the credibility of this arresting claim in the immediate context of contemporary British theatre...  Read More >>

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This book was born out of a need to use comedy to cope with COVID-19 and to show how we can be together, we can...  Read More >>

A Decade of Theatre for Seniors examines the Theatre For Seniors (TFS) programme started by The Necessary Stage...  Read More >>

SACRED RITES documents the authors personal experiences with the transformative ritual medium of Paratheatre that...  Read More >>

This is the first book length study of performance activism. While Performance Studies recognizes the universality...  Read More >>

This volume asks, how did theatrical practice shape the multiplying forms of conversion that emerged in early modern...  Read More >>

Studying the careers of popular actors Amedeo Nazzari and Alberto Sordi, Acting Across Borders explores the question...  Read More >>

Karl Baumann defied all odds when he became an artist with Cirque du Soleil. With no background in the circus...  Read More >>

""I have come to know my life as fiction."" So begins the authors searingly personal account of transforming his...  Read More >>

A South African journalist, Karen Strydom, is in hiding in the little Indian township of Reoca, in the house once...  Read More >>

This book does not downplay or sugar-coat the difficulties and obstacles that you as a budding actor will face -...  Read More >>

""Stunt performers climb buildings, jump from airplanes, and take other thrilling risks to make movie magic. Learn...  Read More >>