This is the first complete edition and English translation of John Hall's Little Book of Cures, a fascinating medical casebook composed in Latin around 1634-5.
This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth.
Julius Caesar presents a performance history of a controversial play, moving from its 1599 opening all the way into the new millennium with particular emphasis on its twentieth- and twenty-first-century incarnations on stage and screen.
Hamlet stands as a high water mark of canonical art, yet it has equally attracted rebels and experimenters, those avant-garde writers, dramatists, performers, and filmmakers who, in their adaptations and appropriations, seek new ways of expressing innovative and challenging thoughts in the hope that they can change perceptions of their own world.
This three-person troupe is unique not only for its imaginative explorations of contemporary Latin/Chicano culture but also for its vision of a society in transition.
A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United StatesCitizenship on Catfish Row focuses on three seminal works in the history of American culture: the first full-length narrative film, D.
The standard analytical approach to teaching Shakespeare does not tend to help students understand the theatricality of the Bard's plays and can leave them with an overly dry, disconnected view of Shakespeare.
This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentially transformative experience for, its audiences.
Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive opposites is a much-needed volume that brings together ten original papers by experts on the relations between Spenser and Shakespeare.
Loves Labors Lost: The 30-Minute Shakespeare plays three action-packed scenes from this tale of King Navarre and his three lords, who have vowed to retire from women for three years.
Five Conversations About Peter Sellers is an essay that begins as an exploration of the author's burgeoning obsession with Peter Sellers, and specifically his role in hijacking and derailing production of the spy spoof, Casino Royale, in the late 60s.
Five Conversations About Peter Sellers is an essay that begins as an exploration of the author's burgeoning obsession with Peter Sellers, and specifically his role in hijacking and derailing production of the spy spoof, Casino Royale, in the late 60s.
With its roots deep in ancient narrative and in various reworkings from the late medieval and early modern period, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has left a lasting trace on modern European culture.
Dès le début du X Xe siècle aux États-Unis, le rejet de l’art académique classique en faveur d’une danse expressive et expressionniste est à l’origine d’une révolution esthétique.
Reclus pendant le confinement sanitaire dans une station-service qu'il a transformée en théâtre, Gwenaël De Boodt écrit chaque soir un poème qu'il envoie à ses abonnés.
Les Soeurs Papilles forment un duo culotté et malicieux : qu'elles soient Cocottes, Siamoises, Garçonnes ou même Babouches, leur quête de liberté est insatiable.
Aux débutants, amateurs, professionnels, à ceux qui rêvent de monter sur les planches, Véronique Chalmandrier nous offre une vue drôle et piquante des coulisses du spectacle vivant et du théâtre à travers quinze années de la vie d’une jeune comédienne, auteure et metteuse en scène.
Le Rimbaud « voyant » envisageait la venue des « autres, horribles travailleurs » qui lui succèderaient sur « les horizons » où lui-même n'était pas certain d'arriver « à l'inconnu ».
