Theatre studies

"e;'Irmgard Bartenieff has a profound knowledge of the human body and how it moves.

This is an unprecedented collection of three newly translated Yiddish plays written by women in the period from 1880 to 1920.

If Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represented the Animation industry's infancy, Ed Hooks thinks that the current production line of big-budget features is its artistically awkward adolescence.

The translation of Felicja Kruszewska's A Dream introduces a major play by a twentieth-century female playwright to the English-speaking world.

The 20th century was a dynamic period for the theatrical arts in China.

A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his multifarious theatrical works.

'Now I am alone,' says Hamlet before speaking a soliloquy.

Business model innovation occurs when an organization discovers a new way of creating revenues or profits via its products or services.

Pleasure and desire have been important components of the vision for sexuality education for over 20 years.

First published in 1990, the aim of this book is to reveal the William Shakespeare whose life has been obscured by centuries of literary mythology.

In Staging a Musical, Matthew White describes all the elements involved in putting on a musical production, including: how to choose the right show, budgets and schedules, auditions, rehearsals, and performances.

First published in 1997.

In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe (1825-1895) was about as well known in the West as General Grant was in the East.

Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities.

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavsky to Shakespeare.

What is unique and essential about theater?

This detailed portrait of George Balanchine presents new approaches to his choreography.

An interactive guidebook to the history and inner workings of the legislative branch of the U.

Unter dem Titel Reset Postmodernity?

Europa brings together four European theatres: Birmingham Repertory Theatre (UK), Dresden State Theatre (Germany), Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Zagreb Youth Theatre (Croatia) and four leading playwrights from each country Steve Waters (UK), Lutz H bner (Germany), Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk (Poland) and Tena tivicic (Croatia).

Stages of Engagement is a compelling and wonderfully varied account of the relationship between theatre in the United States and the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped it during one of the most formative periods in the nation's history.

Is Tennessee Williams a social writer at heart?

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year that Sir Ian McKellen called a shocking tale of heroes and villainsilluminating and upsetting in equal measure.

Dramatherapy and Recovery offers a comprehensive and groundbreaking approach to harnessing the power of theater in the recovery process through the use of playmaking and performance.

This book investigates the activities undertaken by the variety of actors that contribute to accomplishing cultural policy in Europe.

Richard Neuse here explores the relationship between two great medieval epics, Dantes Divine Comedy and Chaucers Canterbury Tales.

The future of theatre history studies requires consideration of theatre as a global phenomenon.

'Massively enjoyable' Dawn FrenchI Carried a Watermelon is a love letter to Dirty Dancing.

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell.

Created when James I granted royal patronage to the former Chamberlain's Men in 1603, the King's Men were the first playing company to exercise a transformative influence on Shakespeare's plays.

Recounts and reflects on Shakespeare''s Globe''s experiment with original pronunciation.

Creative Arts Therapy Careers is a collection of essays written by and interviews with registered drama therapists, dance/movement therapists, music therapists, art therapists, poetry therapists, and expressive arts therapists.

This accessible Introduction provides an in-depth overview of absurdism and its key figures in theatre and literature.

With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniques and special effects in what has become an industry "e;bible.

Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play for her first full-length play, Crimes of the Heart, yet there has been no book-length consideration of her body of work until now.

Examining historical, clinical, and artistic material, in both written and visual form, this book traces the figure of the contemporary hysteric as she rebels against the impossible demands made upon her.

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater.

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Zwischen 1917 und 1920 feiert das (bürger)kriegsgeschundene Russland die Stationen der virulenten, allseits bedrohten Revolution in zahllosen Umzügen und grandiosen Freilichtschauspielen.

Will Eno's latest work is an existential meditation on the way human beings tend to labor through life forgetting to appreciate the smaller things -- moments of laughter, the natural beauty of the world, and especially one other.

Das aktuelle Theater ist zu einem Ort für Flüchtlinge geworden, der neben ihren Anliegen auch diese selbst auftreten lässt.

Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Romances and Histories in Shakespeare's First Folio.

The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.

2024 Tony Award winner for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original ScoreA musical one hundred years in the making,Suffsbrings to life a complicated chapter in the ongoing battle for the right to vote.

This book strives to unmask the racial inequity at the root of the emergence of modern physical culture systems in the US Progressive Era (1890s-1920s).

In the first book-length study of the work and legacy of West End actor-manager George Alexander since the 1930s, George Alexander and the Work of the Actor Manager examines the key part this figure played in presenting new drama by authors including Oscar Wilde and Henry James.

Voice Made Visible is an exploration of voice training and performance practice based on the use and application of Multi-Octave Vocal Range techniques.