Performance art

The Bible and Modern British Drama: 1930 to the Present Day is the first full-length study to explore how playwrights in the modern period have adapted popular biblical stories, such as Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, and the life and death of Jesus, for the stage.

Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience.

Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience.

Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America.

Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America.

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.

Over the past 50 years, Indigenous Australian theatre practice has emerged as a dynamic site for the discursive reflection of culture and tradition as well as colonial legacies, leveraging the power of storytelling to create and advocate contemporary fluid conceptions of Indigeneity.

Over the past 50 years, Indigenous Australian theatre practice has emerged as a dynamic site for the discursive reflection of culture and tradition as well as colonial legacies, leveraging the power of storytelling to create and advocate contemporary fluid conceptions of Indigeneity.

This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.

This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.

This book maps contemporary playwriting and theatre translation practices and ecologies in the European continent.

This book maps contemporary playwriting and theatre translation practices and ecologies in the European continent.

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the role of live animals on the stage, from the early modern era to the present time.

First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

This book explores the impact of artistic experiments in inspiring people to turn away from current food consumerism and take an active role in preserving, sustaining, and protecting the environment.

This book explores the impact of artistic experiments in inspiring people to turn away from current food consumerism and take an active role in preserving, sustaining, and protecting the environment.

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the role of live animals on the stage, from the early modern era to the present time.

Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety of theatrical venues, both within the queer community and across the US theatrical landscape.

Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety of theatrical venues, both within the queer community and across the US theatrical landscape.

This volume explores drag in global online spaces as a distinct departure from the established success, and limitations, of RuPaul's Drag Race.

This volume explores drag in global online spaces as a distinct departure from the established success, and limitations, of RuPaul's Drag Race.

This book examines the relationships between theatrical representations and socio-political aspects of Rapa Nui culture from pre-colonial times to the present.

This book examines the relationships between theatrical representations and socio-political aspects of Rapa Nui culture from pre-colonial times to the present.

Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas.

Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas.

This introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre.

This introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre.

In this ground-breaking study, Hongwei Bao analyses queer theatre and performance in contemporary China.

In this ground-breaking study, Hongwei Bao analyses queer theatre and performance in contemporary China.

Fifty Key Irish Plays charts the progression of modern Irish drama from Dion Boucicault's entry on to the global stage of the Irish diaspora to the contemporary dramas created by the experiences of the New Irish.

Fifty Key Irish Plays charts the progression of modern Irish drama from Dion Boucicault's entry on to the global stage of the Irish diaspora to the contemporary dramas created by the experiences of the New Irish.

This book showcases contemporary US set design by engaging designers with one another, pairing dialogue and imagery from varied experiences and practices.

Lighting Dance pioneers the discussion of the ability of lighting design to foreground shadow in dance performances.

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.

This study is an exploration of US Cuban theatrical performances written and staged primarily between 1980 and 2000.

This study is an exploration of US Cuban theatrical performances written and staged primarily between 1980 and 2000.

The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularization of Manipur's Hindu dances in Australia.

The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularization of Manipur's Hindu dances in Australia.

The Body in Sound, Music and Performance brings together cutting-edge contributions from women working on and researching contemporary sound practice.

The Body in Sound, Music and Performance brings together cutting-edge contributions from women working on and researching contemporary sound practice.

Lighting Dance pioneers the discussion of the ability of lighting design to foreground shadow in dance performances.

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions.

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions.

Clowns: In Conversation is a groundbreaking collection of interviews expanded in this second edition to include over 30 of the greatest clowns on earth.

Clowns: In Conversation is a groundbreaking collection of interviews expanded in this second edition to include over 30 of the greatest clowns on earth.