Theatre Studies books

This book situates the production of The Boy Friend and the Players’ Theatre in the context of a post-war London...  Read More >>

A candid and empowering A–Z of being an actor which lifts the lid on the realities of life in today’s industry,...  Read More >>

The first of its kind, this companion to British-Jewish theatre brings a neglected dimension in the work of many...  Read More >>

Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art form, or as having separate histories in London...  Read More >>

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Opens in a state mental hospital where two men have come to visit their wives. Leroy Hamilton, the younger man,...  Read More >>

The crafts of governance and diplomacy are spectacular, theatrical, and performative. Performing Statecraft investigates...  Read More >>

Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art form, or as having separate histories in London...  Read More >>

A contemporary study of New York's Public Theater, told through the eyes of its artists and practitioners working...  Read More >>

This volume explores Shakespeare’s interest in pity, an emotion that serves as an important catalyst for action...  Read More >>

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Feeling is not feelin. As the poet, artist, and scholar Bettina Judd argues, feelin, in African American Vernacular...  Read More >>

Cet ouvrage conçu avec une grande érudition retrace l'histoire du théâtre japonais classique, depuis ses origines...  Read More >>

Tackling the rise of neoracism and the domestic apparatus of surveillance, control, and erasure, Hold It Real Still...  Read More >>

With Imitation of Life, ""we are talking about a 'representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.'...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2022 Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play...  Read More >>

Le Cid est une piece de theatre tragi-comique en vers (alexandrins essentiellement) de Pierre Corneille dont la...  Read More >>

Zola est un des représentants les plus connus de l'école naturaliste: il a théorisé l'esthétique de ce mouvement...  Read More >>

The twenty-first century is truly the age of the undead. This collection of 30 original essays explains how the...  Read More >>

Volume 1 of Theaters and Public Sphere in a Global and Digital Society inquires theatre, in all of its accepted...  Read More >>

Volume 2 of Theaters and Public Sphere in a Global and Digital Society presents several qualitative and quantitative...  Read More >>

Mythos, Utopie und Irritation: Das Theater inszeniert den Glauben, nicht die Religion  Read More >>

With exquisite illustrations from the incomparable Lizzy Steward – winner of the Waterstone’s Book Prize – A Dancer’s...  Read More >>

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