Theatre Studies books

Drawing from author Tim Palmer's thirty years of experience working as a cinematographer for award-winning drama...  Read More >>

Russian Theater (1963) is a comprehensive study of the main trends in Russian theatre in the nineteenth and twentieth...  Read More >>

Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers’...  Read More >>

This is a step-by-step, practical guidebook to the PRE-REHEARSAL analysis of a script. Its aim is to de-mystify...  Read More >>

The man behind some of the most memorable lyrics in the great American songbook emerges from his brother’s shadow...  Read More >>

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Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of...  Read More >>

This book provides an overall history of the regional theatre movement in the US, while also utilizing specific...  Read More >>

A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American...  Read More >>

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The Director's Perspective: A Masterclass in Filmmaking Are you ready to step into the director's chair and transform...  Read More >>

This is a step-by-step, practical guidebook to the PRE-REHEARSAL analysis of a script. Its aim is to de-mystify...  Read More >>

An insider's spirited history of Yale Repertory Theatre In this serious and entertaining chronicle of the first...  Read More >>

Das Songbuch der „Hauspostille“ sowie die Stücke „Baal“, „Im Dickicht“ und „Mann ist Mann“ reichten der „Wiener...  Read More >>

This book is the first definitive publication to consider the intersections of applied theatre and the Sustainable...  Read More >>

This Malone Society edition of Barnabe Barnes’s The Devil’s Charter presents a photo-facsimile of the 1607 quarto,...  Read More >>

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera—three-time...  Read More >>

Explores consent as a principle to guide practices and policies in university level performing arts education. Describes...  Read More >>

This collaborative history testifies to the central part theatre has played in French culture for over a thousand...  Read More >>

The definitive, deluxe art book about Edward Gorey's theater work—from the iconic and Tony Award-winning Broadway...  Read More >>

The first and only authorized guide to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel brings fans behind the scenes with the writers...  Read More >>

Applied Shakespeare is attracting growing interest from practitioners and academics alike, all keen to understand...  Read More >>

Drawing on both historical analysis and theories from the modern affective sciences, Shakespeare and Disgust argues...  Read More >>

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines...  Read More >>