Theatre Studies books

This volume focuses on three artists who embrace media and technology as essential elements of their theatrical...  Read More >>

This volume assesses the accomplishments of three mid-20th-century, North American stage directors: Harold Clurman,...  Read More >>

This is the first study of the medieval and early modern girl actor, exploring the girl actor, along with girl singers,...  Read More >>

The chapters in this book constitute a timely response to an important moment for early modern cultural studies:...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving...  Read More >>

This volume chronicles the lives and artistry of Elia Kazan, Jerome Robbins, and Lloyd Richards. Their commitment...  Read More >>

In this volume, Lee Brewer Jones examines Paula Vogel as both a playwright and renowned teacher, analyzing texts...  Read More >>

In the early 1930s, during his first years of exile and 20 years before the publication of his seminal work To the...  Read More >>

What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing...  Read More >>

George Abbott, Vinnette Carroll, and Harold (Hal) Prince were trailblazing figures who helped shape and define the...  Read More >>

Richard Schechner, Lee Breuer, and Anne Bogart share a spirit of profound adventure and that adventure is the redefinition...  Read More >>

This volume assesses the contributions of David Belasco, Arthur Hopkins, and Margaret Webster, whose careers shaped...  Read More >>

This volume assesses the work of Meredith Monk, Richard Foreman, and Robert Wilson, three artists who have revolutionized...  Read More >>

The first study to analyze live theatre broadcasting in consideration of its history, present and future, and its...  Read More >>

This book explores acting as more than an art -- it is a profound journey of self-discovery and presence, transcending...  Read More >>

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Slow Train Coming is both for those who love Bob Dylan and for those who love Broadway. An oral history of the Bob...  Read More >>

Exploring a wide variety of examples of activist performances, such as David Buckel’s self-immolation, and the January...  Read More >>

Global King Lear provides a kaleidoscopic view of multinational adaptations of King Lear with a focus on productions...  Read More >>

In the early 1930s, during his first years of exile and 20 years before the publication of his seminal work To the...  Read More >>

Offers the first sustained and wide-ranging account of late 16th- and early 17th-century conceptualizations of atrocity...  Read More >>

Dans mon pays, on parle souvent de progrès, mais qu'en est-il du développement durable, de notre propre succès ?...  Read More >>

""Message From an Ancestor"" is a compelling and riveting story chronicling the life of the young Chaku, kidnapped...  Read More >>

This book examines Brecht’s theory and method of adaptation using four case studies. It argues they are useful for...  Read More >>

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