Theatre: individual actors & directors books

Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan) is one of the most celebrated theatre practitioners working in the Chinese-speaking world....  Read More >>

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What did modern theatre in Russia look like and how did it foreground tradition building and transmission processes?...  Read More >>

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Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the...  Read More >>

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This book critically examines matters of age and aging in relation to dance. As a novel collection of diverse authors’...  Read More >>

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Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the...  Read More >>

Taking the career of one man, the actor, producer and director Frith Banbury, this book casts a lens on mid to late...  Read More >>

Offers new views into the playwright's life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through...  Read More >>

International theatre and live-arts festivals too often come under the exclusive purview of tourism and city branding....  Read More >>

Explore the creative evolution of James Cameron through this exclusive journey into his personal art archives, showcasing...  Read More >>

Cures for Chance examines how early modern dramatic representations of adoption test conventional notions of family...  Read More >>

This volume surveys and assesses the contributions of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht to theatre-making,...  Read More >>

This volume examines the work of Joan Littlewood, Giorgio Strehler and Roger Planchon, demonstrating how these three...  Read More >>

This volume foregrounds Pina Bausch, Romeo Castellucci and Jan Fabre as three leading directors who have each left...  Read More >>

This volume offers a compelling account of Jean-Louis Barrault, Ariane Mnouchkine and Peter Stein, who not only...  Read More >>

In this volume leading scholars assess the contributions of Max Reinhardt, Leopold Jessner and Harley Granville...  Read More >>

This volume examines the work of directors Jacques Copeau, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Tyrone Guthrie. It explores...  Read More >>

This volume provides a fresh assessment of the pioneering practices of theatre directors Jerzy Grotowski, Peter...  Read More >>

The definitive account of the work, lineage and legacy of the most important North American stage directors since...  Read More >>