Theatre Studies books

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

A ground-breaking history that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially and racially...  Read More >>

In What's in a name?, historian Susan Amussen traces William Shakespeare's life through early modern England to...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

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At the crossroads of theater, art, and psychology, Lev Vygotsky's compelling theory of aesthetics helped shape the...  Read More >>

Exploring the role of amateur theatre associations in 19th-century Germany, this study demonstrates how their practices...  Read More >>

From seminal actor Lucian Msamati comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of working on a major production...  Read More >>

An exploration of modernism's influence on the bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, popular culture...  Read More >>

In modern times of political confusion, when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated...  Read More >>

This book explores how literature, theatre and music revive the dead to explore the dynamics of grief and mourning....  Read More >>

Thomas Nashe is typically regarded as an urban author and a University wit, but his writings are inflected and shaped...  Read More >>

The stock theatrical character Pierrot is an enduring figure in French visual art, where he emerges at the intersection...  Read More >>

This books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers...  Read More >>

This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant...  Read More >>

No Mother, No Future examines how theatre portrays pregnancy loss as challenging dominant narratives linking motherhood...  Read More >>

The first step-by-step guide to the innovative Pulse Approach, which gives theatre makers tools for improvisation...  Read More >>

Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage illuminates an unexpected connection between traditional ritual structures...  Read More >>

A feminist intervention into the dramaturgy of newly written history plays in contemporary British theatre investigating...  Read More >>

Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage illuminates an unexpected connection between traditional ritual structures...  Read More >>

An informative and practical guidebook that unlocks new perspectives on the ‘It' factor to empower authentic creative...  Read More >>

A relatable and practical roadmap for combating each performer’s unique brand of performance anxiety by discovering...  Read More >>

The first step-by-step guide to the innovative Pulse Approach, which gives theatre makers tools for improvisation...  Read More >>

A collection of five new, English-language translations of works by prominent and award-winning, female playwrights...  Read More >>

Applying novel research techniques to the largest digitized database of literature on acting in the world, this...  Read More >>