Theatre Studies books

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring the work of performance scholars, literary critics,...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the highly debated topic of theatrical translation, one brought on by a renewed interest...  Read More >>

This volume captures the rich diversity of European performance practice evident in the twentieth and early part...  Read More >>

This book discusses the centrality of identity politics to theatre and performance studies. The essays pose questions...  Read More >>

The essays gathered here examine the legacy of Roxolana, a sixteenth-century Ukrainian woman who, from harem slave,...  Read More >>

Contributors to this volume push the boundaries of contemporary opera scholarship by examining works that disrupt...  Read More >>

Despite his significant influence as a courtier, diplomat, playwright and Restoration theatre manager, Thomas Killigrew...  Read More >>

This book provides a pioneering and provocative exploration of the rich synergies between adaptation studies and...  Read More >>

Through a combination of interpretive literary criticism, art historical analysis and cultural and intellectual...  Read More >>

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Centres on an artistic material encounter with costumes from the archive of iconic British choreographer Lea Anderson....  Read More >>

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The first memoir from the national treasure, critically acclaimed actress and much-loved Gavin and Stacey star....  Read More >>

The essential guide to drama schools and what lies beyond, full of honest, expert advice from an acting teacher...  Read More >>

Bringing together international perspectives on the figure of the “monster” in performance, this edited collection...  Read More >>

This book examines the relationship between moments of significant social change on the island of Ireland and performance...  Read More >>

This book focuses on experimental theatre company, GAle GAtes, credited as ""the true innovator"" of the contemporary...  Read More >>

Using Open Scenes as a ""way in"" to scripted material, this book establishes a foundational actor training methodology...  Read More >>

The first memoir from the national treasure, critically acclaimed actress and much-loved Gavin and Stacey star....  Read More >>

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the Oberammergau Passion play and its history from the 19th...  Read More >>

Taking the recent coronavirus pandemic as a starting point, this book presents and analyzes new research around...  Read More >>

Performing Shame shows how simulations of shame by North American writers and artists have the power to resist its...  Read More >>

What are cultural centres for? This book offers a unique and dynamic guide to managing these organizations, and...  Read More >>

This shortform book investigates the significance of digitization in Vietnamese culture, illuminating how cultural...  Read More >>

This shortform book tells the research story of cultural management, helping scholars to analyse and combine theoretical...  Read More >>