Theatre Studies books

A contemporary study of New York's Public Theater, told through the eyes of its artists and practitioners working...  Read More >>

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This Element focuses on the career of Henry Harris, a leading member of the Duke's Company between 1661 and 1682,...  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities.  Read More >>

This Element focuses on the career of Henry Harris, a leading member of the Duke's Company between 1661 and 1682,...  Read More >>

Sixteen West End and Broadway creatives discuss auditioning for Musical Theatre and how to get the part.  Read More >>

Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the...  Read More >>

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?HOW best...  Read More >>

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?HOW best...  Read More >>

Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>

The first fully comprehensive historical study of the festivals of Dionysus in the city of Athens that hosted performances...  Read More >>

Uncovers a haunting yet vital record of bodies commodified, archived, and performed Currencies of Cruelty is a...  Read More >>

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From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway's iconic grunge rock show...  Read More >>

This book provides cultural leaders, both emerging and established, with actionable tools to measure outcomes, communicate...  Read More >>

Storytelling Research Methods establishes the methods, subject matter, tonal qualities, and philosophical underpinnings...  Read More >>

Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training Second Edition is a beginner’s guide...  Read More >>

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging handbook examines how critical discourses on gender intersect with key debates in the field of...  Read More >>

Uncovers a haunting yet vital record of bodies commodified, archived, and performed Currencies of Cruelty is a...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating historically accurate 19th-century garments, gowns, and silhouettes...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

A ground-breaking history that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially and racially...  Read More >>

In What's in a name?, historian Susan Amussen traces William Shakespeare's life through early modern England to...  Read More >>