Theatre Studies books

This book offers a timely exploration of how Western theatre has consistently challenged the notion that human nature...  Read More >>

This book provides the first transnational history of one of the world's oldest continuously performed dramas: the...  Read More >>

This book is about the four-decade-long struggle of political theatre in the post-colonial society of Pakistan,...  Read More >>

Mattering Voices explores the intersection of voice studies and new materialisms, examining how voices materialize...  Read More >>

A must-read for aspiring actors, An Actor Prepares is an essential guide to acting and character performance, written...  Read More >>

This book analyses how artists work through and reflect upon processes that together form a posthumanist condition....  Read More >>

Step into an unparalleled realm where the untamed spirit of the natural world converges with the transformative...  Read More >>

Bring a little bit of magic to your writing with this Wicked–inspired pen set featuring one pen with a metal topper...  Read More >>

Engendering the Stage in the Age of Shakespeare and Beyond steps beyond the myth of the all-male stage, centring...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. The theme for Volume 78 is 'Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

This book explores neurodiversity in the performing arts through personal stories of artists navigating training...  Read More >>

La Maîtresse est une comédie en un acte écrite par Jules Renard et créée en 1896. Dans cette pièce brève, fine et...  Read More >>

Witty, fearless, and unmistakably modern, Fanny Fern turned everyday life into art. Writing in the mid-1800s-when...  Read More >>

Practitioner Perspectives on Dance Research is a collection of accounts from scholars, educators, practitioners...  Read More >>

Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world, having...  Read More >>

""There's a scene in The Men's Room, written and directed by Joshua James, where a gaggle of male buddies, having...  Read More >>

This fully-illustrated and authorised history marks 50 years of Ireland’s most ground-breaking and successful theatre...  Read More >>

Below the Waist: Pads, Hoops, Crinolines and Bustles provides a wide range of historical patterns and instructions...  Read More >>

Practitioner Perspectives on Dance Research is a collection of accounts from scholars, educators, practitioners...  Read More >>

Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world, having...  Read More >>

The Reluctant Dragon: A Performance Edition Adapted from the work of Kenneth Grahame By Querida Funck A witty...  Read More >>

Through investigating how history is presented and probed in 21st-century plays, The Contemporary History Play proposes...  Read More >>

A one-of-a-kind look at Stephen Sondheim’s lifelong obsession with games and puzzles of all kinds.  Read More >>

A deep dive into this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers...  Read More >>