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Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the physical reality of theatre.

This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco is one of North America's leading interpreters of intercultural theory and practice.

Interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco is one of North America's leading interpreters of intercultural theory and practice.

First Published in 2002.

First Published in 2002.

This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States.

This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States.

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation.

This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation.

Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing.

Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing.

The Decroux Sourcebook is the first point of reference for any student of the 'hidden master' of twentieth century theatre.

The Decroux Sourcebook is the first point of reference for any student of the 'hidden master' of twentieth century theatre.

'One of the great stories of the American theater.

'One of the great stories of the American theater.

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance.

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance.

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"e;This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power.

"e;This updated edition of Bornstein's formative My Gender Workbook (1997) provides an invigorating introduction to contemporary theory around gender, sexuality, and power.

As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary.

As the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary.

From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators.

From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators.

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.

Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.

In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power.

In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power.

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention.

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention.

Radical Street Performance is the first volume to collect together the fascinating array of writings by activists, directors, performers, critics, scholars and journalists who have documented street theatre around the world.

Radical Street Performance is the first volume to collect together the fascinating array of writings by activists, directors, performers, critics, scholars and journalists who have documented street theatre around the world.

This is a book about the exhilaration and the catastrophe of embodiment.

This is a book about the exhilaration and the catastrophe of embodiment.

This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice.

This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice.

Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive benefits that humor and language play afford in classroom discourse and additional language learning.

Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive benefits that humor and language play afford in classroom discourse and additional language learning.

This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career.

This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career.

Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the field.

Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the field.

The Split Britches theatre company have led the way in innovative and challenging lesbian performance for the last decade.

The Split Britches theatre company have led the way in innovative and challenging lesbian performance for the last decade.

This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music.

This study investigates the idea and practice of liveness in modern music.

This book gives a new view on the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999), one of the central, and yet misunderstood, figures who shaped 20th-century theatre, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer.