Theatre Studies books

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 >>

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

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 >>

Contemporary North American History Plays examines how feminist theatre makers employ metadramatic techniques to...  Read More >>

This book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights...  Read More >>

This book explores how artistic identity evolves through creative practice, self-reflection, and philosophical inquiry,...  Read More >>

Focusing on masks and faces as objects or figures that carry ethical and political meanings, this volume examines...  Read More >>

A stunning debut examining the ache we all have to belong, from a major new literary talent  Read More >>

The Writing for the Stage with Anton Bonnici book series is a practical playwriting guide for both beginners and...  Read More >>

This book explores how artistic identity evolves through creative practice, self-reflection, and philosophical inquiry,...  Read More >>

""Traces the long history of skepticism and unbelief in Christianity and Western culture that leads to Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

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Make Me, Lisa Stathoplos' searingly honest and dark humored memoir explores how one comes to be. Comes to live in...  Read More >>