Performance art

Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London.

Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London.

Not in Front of the Audience is a pioneering and important study of a neglected terrain, examining the way in which the theatres of London and New York have reflected contemporary social and cultural attitudes to 'gay men' and homosexuality.

Not in Front of the Audience is a pioneering and important study of a neglected terrain, examining the way in which the theatres of London and New York have reflected contemporary social and cultural attitudes to 'gay men' and homosexuality.

First Published in 1992.

First Published in 1992.

There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte.

There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte.

This book is an account of a public seminar held in honour of Jan Kott's influential study, Shakespeare Our Contemporary.

This book is an account of a public seminar held in honour of Jan Kott's influential study, Shakespeare Our Contemporary.

In The Future of Ritual, Richard Schechner explores the nature of ritualised behaviour and its relationship to performance and politics.

In The Future of Ritual, Richard Schechner explores the nature of ritualised behaviour and its relationship to performance and politics.

The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre.

The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre.

Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C.

Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C.

Focusing on the work of painter, choreographer and scenic designer Oskar Schlemmer, the "e;Master Magician"e; and leader of the Theatre Workshop, this book explains this "e;theatre of high modernism"e; and its historical role in design and performance studies; further, it connects the Bauhaus exploration of space with contemporary stages and contemporary ethics, aesthetics and society.

Focusing on the work of painter, choreographer and scenic designer Oskar Schlemmer, the "e;Master Magician"e; and leader of the Theatre Workshop, this book explains this "e;theatre of high modernism"e; and its historical role in design and performance studies; further, it connects the Bauhaus exploration of space with contemporary stages and contemporary ethics, aesthetics and society.

Based on extensive and diverse material from 70 languages, and covering a range of previously undiscussed problems, this book provides a thorough analysis of how nominalization types interact with other structural features.

Based on extensive and diverse material from 70 languages, and covering a range of previously undiscussed problems, this book provides a thorough analysis of how nominalization types interact with other structural features.

Crossing the Stage brings together for the first time essays which explore cross-dressing in theatre, cabaret, opera and dance.

Crossing the Stage brings together for the first time essays which explore cross-dressing in theatre, cabaret, opera and dance.

Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice.

Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice.

Presents detailed analysis of a wide range of plays by British women dramatists from the last two decades.

Presents detailed analysis of a wide range of plays by British women dramatists from the last two decades.

Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging.

Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging.

Unmarked is a controversial analysis of the fraught relation between political and representational visibility in contemporary culture.

Unmarked is a controversial analysis of the fraught relation between political and representational visibility in contemporary culture.

This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s.

This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s.

Alan Read asserts that there is no split between the practice and theory of theatre, but a divide between the written and the unwritten.

Alan Read asserts that there is no split between the practice and theory of theatre, but a divide between the written and the unwritten.

Live Art is a contested category, not least because of the historical, disciplinary and institutional ambiguities that the term often tends to conceal.

Live Art is a contested category, not least because of the historical, disciplinary and institutional ambiguities that the term often tends to conceal.

Contemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968.

Contemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968.

Understanding Dance is a comprehensive introduction to the aestethetics of dance, and will be an essential text for all those interested in dance as an object of study.

Understanding Dance is a comprehensive introduction to the aestethetics of dance, and will be an essential text for all those interested in dance as an object of study.

The Process of Drama provides an original and invaluable model of the elements of drama in context, and defines how these are negotiated to produce dramatic art.

The Process of Drama provides an original and invaluable model of the elements of drama in context, and defines how these are negotiated to produce dramatic art.

The Politics and Poetics of Camp is a radical reappraisal of the meaning and discourse of camp.

The Politics and Poetics of Camp is a radical reappraisal of the meaning and discourse of camp.

Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962.

Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962.

Playing Boal examines the techniques in application of Augusto Boal, creator of Theatre of the Oppressed, Brazilian theatre maker and political activist.

Playing Boal examines the techniques in application of Augusto Boal, creator of Theatre of the Oppressed, Brazilian theatre maker and political activist.

At last an accessible and intelligent introduction to the energising and challenging relationship between feminism and theatre.

At last an accessible and intelligent introduction to the energising and challenging relationship between feminism and theatre.