Theatre Studies books

This volume offers new critical and performance approaches to Shakespeare’s most well-known comedy of desire, a...  Read More >>

The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit Second Edition explores the array of responsibilities of a Costume Supervisor within...  Read More >>

Set in northern Malawi, the story in A Love Triangle evolves around two families whose children are about to tie...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage...  Read More >>

This book is a practical guide for using the power of theatre to address issues of oppression in areas such as race,...  Read More >>

This book examines one of the most pervasive and successful dramatic tropes of the Restoration and early eighteenth...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates Eugene O’Neill’s use of philosophy in the early period of his work and provides analyses...  Read More >>

This book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship of the life and work of the remarkable Parisian-Jewish writer Georges Perec...  Read More >>

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the interrelations among Greek tragedy, theatre practices,...  Read More >>

With its thirteen essays, spanning different types of Italian ‘resources’, from novellas to dramas, scenarios and...  Read More >>

This book investigates the eruption of NFT crypto art, and its impact on copyright law.  Read More >>

This study explores the formation, establishment, expansion, and disintegration of stage design as a modern profession...  Read More >>

This book develops theoretical intersections between theatre and human rights and provides methodologies to investigate...  Read More >>

This book adapts a cultural-semiotic approach to analyze contemporary circus performances. It offers the first comprehensive...  Read More >>

This book explores drag performance in London since 2009 via the pubs, bars and clubs that make LGBTQ+ communities...  Read More >>

This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years...  Read More >>

This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between contemporary theatre, particularly contemporary theatre directors, and...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance brings together the latest international research on performing...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science investigates and illuminates the growing international interest...  Read More >>

The Digital Stage: Technology and the Future of Performing Arts explores the implications and applications of contemporary...  Read More >>

This concise book critically examines the intersection of power, privilege and classical music in higher education...  Read More >>

The Digital Stage: Technology and the Future of Performing Arts explores the implications and applications of contemporary...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Creative Practice interrogates creativity as a tool for a critical engagement...  Read More >>