Theatre Studies books

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Performing Modernity: Culture and Experiment in the Irish Free State

Performing Modernity: Culture and Experiment in the...

Author: Elaine Sisson (Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland) ,  Bruce McConachie (Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
ISBN: 9781350258075
Format: Hardback
$170.00

An exploration of modernism's influence on the bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, popular culture...  Read More >>

The Godot Diaries: Behind the Scenes of Beckett's Play

The Godot Diaries: Behind the Scenes of Beckett's Play...

Author: Lucian Msamati
ISBN: 9781350535961
Format: Hardback
$40.00

From seminal actor Lucian Msamati comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of working on a major production...  Read More >>

Opening Doors: Reimagining the American Musical

Opening Doors: Reimagining the American Musical

Author: John Doyle
ISBN: 9781350508521
Format: Hardback
$50.00

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Theatre, Activism, Subjectivity: Searching for the Left in a Fragmented World

Theatre, Activism, Subjectivity: Searching for the Left...

Author: Bishnupriya Dutt ,  Silvija Jestrovic
ISBN: 9781526195500
Format: Paperback
$68.99

In modern times of political confusion, when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated...  Read More >>

Reanimating Grief: Waking the Dead in Literature, Theatre and Performance

Reanimating Grief: Waking the Dead in Literature, Theatre...

Author: William McEvoy
ISBN: 9781526194695
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This book explores how literature, theatre and music revive the dead to explore the dynamics of grief and mourning....  Read More >>

Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance

Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance

Author: Chloe Kathleen Preedy ,  Rachel Willie
ISBN: 9781526195524
Format: Paperback
$68.99

Thomas Nashe is typically regarded as an urban author and a University wit, but his writings are inflected and shaped...  Read More >>

Pierrot and His World: Art, Theatricality, and the Marketplace in France, 1697–1945

Pierrot and His World: Art, Theatricality, and the Marketplace...

Author: Marika Takanishi Knowles
ISBN: 9781526194718
Format: Paperback
$56.99

The stock theatrical character Pierrot is an enduring figure in French visual art, where he emerges at the intersection...  Read More >>

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Carol Chillington Rutter
ISBN: 9781526194701
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers...  Read More >>

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Author: Boika Sokolova ,  Kirilka Stavreva
ISBN: 9781526195401
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant...  Read More >>

Drama and the Death of God: Secularity on Stage from Antiquity to Shakespeare

Drama and the Death of God: Secularity on Stage from...

Author: John Parker
ISBN: 9781501785290
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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The Wardrobe Department

The Wardrobe Department

Author: Elaine Garvey
ISBN: 9781837261031
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A stunning debut examining the ache we all have to belong, from a major new literary talent  Read More >>

Drama and the Death of God: Secularity on Stage from Antiquity to Shakespeare

Drama and the Death of God: Secularity on Stage from...

Author: John Parker
ISBN: 9781501785283
Format: Hardback
$243.10

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Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in South Korea and the Diaspora

Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in...

Author: Areum Jeong
ISBN: 9798880701773
Format: Paperback
$73.92

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Ethel Barrymore: Shy Empress of the Footlights

Ethel Barrymore: Shy Empress of the Footlights

Author: Kathleen Spaltro
ISBN: 9781985903418
Format: Hardback
$135.00

Born in Philadelphia in 1879, Ethel Barrymore would eventually prove herself a vital actor who was suited to radio,...  Read More >>

Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in South Korea and the Diaspora

Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in...

Author: Areum Jeong
ISBN: 9798880701766
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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The Tudor Theatre: 1576-1642

The Tudor Theatre: 1576-1642

Author: Nicholas Fogg
ISBN: 9781036130688
Format: Hardback
$80.00

In 1576, a young man could have attended the first performance at The Theatre, newly-built by James Burbage, the...  Read More >>

The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama: Volume 2, Drama

The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama:...

Author: Henry James ,  Peter Collister
ISBN: 9781316505694
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Henry James is a highly readable commentator on the theatre and performance practices of his time. Readers of this...  Read More >>

Empire, Extraction and Power in the Festivals of Britain of 1951 and 2022

Empire, Extraction and Power in the Festivals of Britain...

Author: Caoimhe Mader McGuinness (Kingston University London)
ISBN: 9781009461283
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>

Theatre and Race

Theatre and Race

Author: Harvey Young (Boston College, USA)
ISBN: 9781350514775
Format: Paperback
$18.99

A revised edition of Harvey Young's introduction to the intersection between theatre and race, published in the...  Read More >>

A New History of Theatre in France

A New History of Theatre in France

Author: Clare Finburgh Delijani (Goldsmiths, University of London) ,  Christian Biet (Université Paris Nanterre)
ISBN: 9781108827904
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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

Voice and Ethics in Shakespeare's Late Plays

Voice and Ethics in Shakespeare's Late Plays

Author: Kent Lehnhof (Chapman University, California)
ISBN: 9781009613873
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Combining sound studies and contemporary philosophy, this study reveals the ethical potency of the sound of the...  Read More >>

Empire, Extraction and Power in the Festivals of Britain of 1951 and 2022

Empire, Extraction and Power in the Festivals of Britain...

Author: Caoimhe Mader McGuinness (Kingston University London)
ISBN: 9781009461252
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>

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