Theatre Studies books

Asks what performance can do to expand representations of becoming a mother. Using mimesis, liveness, and digital...  Read More >>

This is a wide-ranging account of new writing in British theatre during the 2010s, written in a boldly experimental...  Read More >>

This Element examines Tian Qinxin (1969– ), and her significant contribution to the development of mainstream Chinese...  Read More >>

This revised edition investigates first-hand evidence of the use of special effects in fire and flame in medieval...  Read More >>

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This inspirational book, with its offering of first-hand accounts from members of the Living Theatre Troupe, gives...  Read More >>

This Element examines Tian Qinxin (1969– ), and her significant contribution to the development of mainstream Chinese...  Read More >>

Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

Informed by oral poetics, performance theory, and memory studies, Through the Looking Glass approaches Anarkali—the...  Read More >>

Fifty Key Performance Artists is a critical introduction to some of the most influential and innovative performance...  Read More >>

""The Story of the Peony Lantern"" by the Chinese author Qu You (1347–1433) traveled across lingual, cultural, and...  Read More >>

Fifty Key Performance Artists is a critical introduction to some of the most influential and innovative performance...  Read More >>

Blending biography with evocative vignettes, Chapal Rani traces the career of Bengali stage actor Chapal Bhaduri...  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 >>

An informative and practical guidebook that unlocks new perspectives on the ‘It' factor to empower authentic creative...  Read More >>

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A collection of five new, English-language translations of works by prominent and award-winning, female playwrights...  Read More >>

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A concise and readable study into the role of adaptation in the form of musical theatre, drawing on contemporary...  Read More >>

A relatable and practical roadmap for combating each performer’s unique brand of performance anxiety by discovering...  Read More >>

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