Theatre studies

As early as 1760 and as late as 1920, Romantic drama dominated Peninsular Spanish theater.

How did Brazilian theater survive under the military dictatorship of 1964-1985?

Providing a detailed study of American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005), this collection of new essays explores the development of the author's ethos across his twenty-five-year creative career--a process that transformed his life as he retraced the lives of his fellow "e;Africans in America.

Brazil has one of the most vibrant theater cultures in the world, home to a wide variety of theatrical expression.

Shakespeare's Hamlet--written 1,000 years after the classical Greek period--follows a narrative pattern similar to that of the Greek Electra myth, and it isn't the only story to do so.

Before radio and sound movies, early 20th century performers and lecturers traveled the nation providing entertainment and education to Americans thirsty for culture.

At the height of her celebrity, Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987) was the world's highest-paid actress.

Ann Miller (1923-2004) was an American actress, dancer, singer and author.

The volume contributes to a new articulation of theatre and performance studies via Foucault's critical thought.

This book explores how South Africa is negotiating its past in and through various modes of performance in contemporary theatre, public events and memorial spaces.

One of the few studies that cover both Broadway and Hollywood musicals, this book explores a majority of the most famous musicals over the past two centuries plus a select number of overlooked gems.

Deindustrialising communities have called upon street theatre companies to re-animate public space and commemorate industrial heritage.

William Inge's popular plays of the 1950s received Tony nominations (Bus Stop [1956], and Dark at the Top of the Stairs [1958]) and won a Pulitzer Prize (Picnic [1953]).

Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work.

Provides the first formal account and theory of endurance as a practice in performance art and protest.

Text & Presentation gathers some of the best work presented at the 2014 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore.

Every girl has wondered how they need to act or what they need to do to get a certain boy's attention.

Theatre practice and applied theatre are areas of growing international interest.

This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of ecocriticism across the environmental humanities.

Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent.

Director-dramatist Howard Barker is a restlessly prolific, compulsively controversial and provocative multi-media artist.

Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) was an American film, television and stage actress, stage producer and film director.

Previous surveys of the gay theatrical repertoire have concentrated on plays produced on Broadway or in London's West End.

Best known for her roles in Mr.

The volume contributes to a new articulation of theatre and performance studies via Foucault's critical thought.

This book writes a performance history of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare's most ambiguous play, from 1606 to the present.

Precarious spectatorship is about the relationship between emergencies and the spectator.

Death in modern theatre offers a unique account of modern Western theatre, focusing on the ways in which dramatists and theatre-makers have explored historically informed ideas about death and dying in their work.

Theatre of the Ridiculous is a significant movement that highlighted the radical possibilities inherent in camp.

Dorothy Lee is best remembered for her screen appearances with the popular comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.

Precarious spectatorship is about the relationship between emergencies and the spectator.

Why does the distinction between high and popular art persist in spite of postmodernist predictions that it should vanish?

This first book-length work on Terrence McNally shows how his decades in the theater have refined his thoughts on subjects like growing up gay in mannish, homophobic Texas, Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary drama, and the life-giving power of forgiveness.

In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's voices were seldom heard in public.

The Potentials of Spaces interrogates the relationship between scenography and performance in contemporary dramatic activities.

From role-plays with street gangs in the USA to Beckett in Brixton; from opera productions with sex offenders to psychodrama with psychopaths, the book will discuss, analyse and reflect on theoretical notions and practical applications of theatre for and with the incarcerated.

We are in the middle of a process of complex cultural transformation, but to what extent is this matched by the transformation in the way we see ourselves?

Musicals have been a major part of American theater for many years, and nowhere have they been more loved and celebrated than Broadway, the theater capital of the world.

The Gateway Theatre Company between 1953 and 1965 was a major force in developing modern Scottish theatre, moving in 1965 to become the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company.

Theatre in Education emerged in the mid-sixties as a unique hybrid of performance and child-centred learning.

This anthology contains three plays (Ceremonial Kisses, Shading the Crime, and The Maternal Cloister) that feature a protagonist who is compelled to confront his or her particular oppressors.

Although educators are increasingly interested in art education research, there are few anthologies tackling the subject.

Red Sun and Merlin Unchained are the most recent original stage works by one of the most acknowledged yet neglected dramatists of our time.

A companion to Intellect's award-winning Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice,Applied Drama fulfils the need for an introductory handbook for facilitators and teaching artists working in community settings through dramatic process, drawing on the best practices to transfer into the diverse settings within which applied drama projects occur.

Live performance continues to be created every time it is performed.

The Audience Experience identifies a momentous change in what it means to be part of an audience for a live arts performance.

Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeares works are given new life and purpose for todays readers and actors alike.

This updated edition of one of the bestselling and comprehensive Broadway reference books, first published in 1985, has been expanded to include many of the most important and memorable productions of American musical theater, including revivals.

Musicals!

Here is another feast of ideas and practical information from the author of Costumes for the Stage for anyone who needs to dress a drama production on a tight budget or by the simplest means.