Theatre Studies books

The Dancing God charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in...  Read More >>

This book explores the conditions and academic studies of Chinese traditional drama in the 1920s and 1930s. In particular,...  Read More >>

Spectrums of Representation in Shakespearean Crossdressing examines the varied types of female characters in English...  Read More >>

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Stunts of Late Nineteenth Century New York: Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness examines the emergence...  Read More >>

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The first book of its kind, Marlowe’s Ovid explores and analyzes in depth the relationship between the Elegies -...  Read More >>

Performing Commedia dell’Arte, 1570-1630 explores the performance techniques employed in commedia dell’arte and...  Read More >>

What goes on inside a great narrator to make them great? This ground-breaking work answers this question by exploring...  Read More >>

Steve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through...  Read More >>

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In Principles of Dramaturgy, Robert Scanlan explains the invariant principles behind the construction of stage and...  Read More >>

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The contributors to Faithful Performances reflect on the nature of artistic performance and its relationship to...  Read More >>

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Since Chicago's founding, theatre has blossomed in the city's makeshift spaces, from taverns to parks, living rooms...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Theatre, Performance and Cognitive Science integrates key findings from the cognitive...  Read More >>

Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays examines several lynching plays to foreground...  Read More >>

This book explores and interrogates access and diversity in applied theatre and drama education. This book was originally...  Read More >>

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the role of live animals on the stage, from the early modern...  Read More >>

After the Long Silence offers a ground-breaking, meticulously researched criticism of Brazilian contemporary performance...  Read More >>

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Moving Relation explores the notion of touch in the realm of contemporary dance, using a process-oriented notion...  Read More >>