Performing arts

Joyfully chaotic a memoir of Blur s comeback year Guardian Warm and funny a gorgeous book The TimesA raucous, behind-the-scenes account of the year Blur got back together'There is nothing that can touch the sound made by a close-knit group of people who have been playing together for years and years and years, playing as though their lives depended on it.

How can an understanding of theatre in the city help us make sense of urban social experience?

What happens to politics when it takes the form of theatre?

What do we mean when we talk about bodies in theatre?

What is globalization?

The commentary at the centre of this Handbook introduces students to the play as it would be experienced in performance.

How do performers and artists use media technologies to create live events?

Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs ignited fierce debate among censors, critics and audiences on both sides of the Atlantic on its release in 1971.

From The Artist to The White Ribbon, from Oscar to Palme d'Or-winning productions, European filmmaking is more prominent, world-wide, than ever before.

'The funniest book ever written about wanting to drink yourself to death' Lou Sanders 'Insightful and intelligent.

The ultimate (unofficial) Survivor book for fans from the contestant-turned-host of Rob Has a Podcast.

The period from 1925 to 1960 was the heyday of the American Radio Soap Opera.

Film comedy has been around as long as cinema itself.

Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards-including Best Picture-and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Films survey.

British theatre has a greater tradition than any other, having started all the way back in 1311 and still going strong today.

Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock began work on his first American film, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's best-selling novel.

'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition .

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history.

Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students.

Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne, is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film.

The Strand is one of London's most iconic streets - today the bustling and thriving home of West End theatres and the luxurious Savoy hotel; in the Victorian era, the Strand was a much more seedy and destitute part of the city.

The vampire and the zombie, the two most popular incarnations of the undead, are brought together for a forensic critical investigation in Screening the Undead.

Many years before Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve rose to fame, the French cinema produced a host of glamorous female stars designed to rival their Hollywood counterparts.

From the writer of When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, a collection of classic quotes for every occasion and season the perfect gift for all women.

While there are books about folk dances from individual countries or regions, there isn't a single comprehensive book on folk dances across the globe.

The Broadway musical has greatly influenced both American and world culture.

The Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction is a detailed overview of the rich history and achievements of the British espionage story in literature, cinema and television.

For nearly 25 years, Pauline Kael was one of America's most respected, controversial, and talked-about film reviewers.

Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years.

Although writers on film music frequently allude to specific parts of scores, comprehensive examinations of entire scores are rare.

By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr.

Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming.

The films of Alfred Hitchcock are appreciated for a variety of reasons, including the many memorable villains who menace the protagonists.

From his early shorts in the 1910s through his final film in 1967, Charlie Chaplin's genius embraced many arts: mime, dance, acting, music, writing, and directing.

Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880.

Although the venue Off Broadway has long been the birthplace of innovative and popular musicals, there have been few studies of these influential works.

The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965 provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma!

The standard location tool for full-length plays published in collections and anthologies in England and the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections has undergone seven previous editions, the latest in 1988, covering 1900 through 1985.

When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work.

Born into a family of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21.

Unlike traditional music, film music sources are often difficult to locate and do not follow the patterns that researchers are trained to identify.

In 2005, Scarecrow published Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004, a five-volume reference set commemorating 40 years of every made for TV film since See How They Run debuted in 1964.

While there are numerous books on art and exploitation cinema, very few attempt to examine both.

First appearing in 1976, American Classic Screen was the publishing arm of The National Film Society.

Cinema Inferno: Celluloid Explosions from the Cultural Margins addresses significant areas (and eras) of "e;transgressive"e; filmmaking, including many subgenres and styles that have not yet received much critical attention.

Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years.

The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century.

First appearing in 1976, American Classic Screen was the publishing arm of The National Film Society.

First appearing in 1976, American Classic Screen was the publishing arm of The National Film Society.

In 1927, The Jazz Singer heralded a revolution in the moviemaking industry with the advent of synchronized sound in full-length motion pictures.