Theatre Studies books

For every woman who's ever held joy and sorrow in the same breath—this debut is a tender, powerful reminder that...  Read More >>

A coming-of-age tale that follows its quintessential musical enthusiast narrator from his stormy, blue-collar childhood...  Read More >>

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50...  Read More >>

Bloody Broadway - Plays of Menace, Murder and Mystery - Volume II 1930-1960  Read More >>

Intimate Commentaries on Tadeusz Kantor’s Theatre is a collection of Michal Kobialka’s essays, written between 1986...  Read More >>

Bloody Broadway - Plays of Menace, Murder and Mystery - Volume II 1930-1960  Read More >>

A guide to ""theater of the oppressed"" from the perspective of drama leader and audience collaborator—the joker....  Read More >>

Intimate Commentaries on Tadeusz Kantor’s Theatre is a collection of Michal Kobialka’s essays, written between 1986...  Read More >>

This edited volume explores the transformative role of emerging technologies in advancing SDG 5— Gender Equality....  Read More >>

The first collection to investigate how schizoanalysis provides new ways of doing performance and how performance...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's most vocal woman character, her historical inspiration and her reinventions in performance through...  Read More >>

Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

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Unequivocal Magic speaks to the “quiet power” of photographs and their hidden creativity, bringing readers into...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1952 this book assembles what the author called ‘the basic jokes’ of theatrical burlesque....  Read More >>

This book examines the relationship between music and emotion in the Caroline theatre. Music could be ravishing,...  Read More >>

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This monograph interrogates the construction of the People's Republic of China across seven plays by White British...  Read More >>

This monograph offers a compelling exploration of Duncan’s Russian years—both before and after the October Revolution—drawing...  Read More >>

Fifty Key Performance Artists is a critical introduction to some of the most influential and innovative performance...  Read More >>

This book provides an auto-ethnographic perspective on the complexities of working as a practitioner within marginalised...  Read More >>

Life behind the scenes in London’s West End, Backstage Confidential follows Eden Phillips from teenage stagehand...  Read More >>

This book maps the networks of puppetry used in applied theatre settings in relation to ecologies and communities....  Read More >>