The first-ever anthology from celebrated playwright Kate Hamill Bringing together seven critically acclaimed feminist ad......more
Scenography in Musical Theatre answers the questions: What are the ways that scenography acts as a mode of storytelling ......more
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A collection of critical scholarship on early modern closet plays between 1560-1670 that were performed in private non-p......more
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This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
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A new edition of the celebrated Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre (2002), The Methuen Drama Encyclopedia ......more
In these two entwined, fast-paced plays, the hilarious goings-on behind the scenes of a controversial election chaotical......more
"Acerbic, moving and fun, with some really terrific writing...a charming, funny and inclusive piece of work."--Evening S......more
In the Irish offices of a corporate firm, three employees use their lunch hour to determine how best to spend their comp......more
Wasn’t I enough to cross an ocean? Three generations of Filipina women converge across time and continents as they attem......more
Over the past three decades, theater studies has undergone a radical worldwide development and renewal. This happened th......more
Sexy, provocative, and dares to explore the darkest reaches of where internal conflict can be pushed. --Samantha Wu, Bro......more
"Honest, reflective...A frank and hilarious take on the complexities of modern-day monogamy." --Londonist Rafe and Pete ......more
A guide to "theater of the oppressed" from the perspective of drama leader and audience collaborator--the joker. What is......more
In Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, bestselling author and Electric Company Core Artist Carmen Aguirre explore......more
Winner, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding New Play 2024 Sisters Billie, Ava, and Scarlet start a new tradi......more
Ghosts, a toy horse, an ostrich egg, and a menagerie of apocalyptic and chimerical beasts feature in these characteristi......more
A funny and profound meditation on the complexity of chronic illness and the ache of desire. How far would you go to hea......more
Playwrights in Volume 3 agree: "These are the plays we wish we had." The third volume in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans......more
Playwrights in Volume 3 agree: "These are the plays we wish we had." The third volume in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans......more
This book introduces Freire’s theoretical concepts as they relate to playwriting and theatre. User-friendly and concise,......more
This book introduces Freire’s theoretical concepts as they relate to playwriting and theatre. User-friendly and concise,......more
A scalding examination of modern masculinity and motherhood Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, and a true maverick a......more
As the young newlywed of King Henry II of France, Catherine de Medici thought her life at court would be a fascinating f......more
This unique collection promotes and develops ’drama-in-English’, a hybrid pedagogy combining reader response theory with......more
Marrying theory with interviews and case studies of practice, this is a critical examination of how performance transfor......more
Movement teachers, from outliers to pioneers, have changed theatre and physical expression for ever. In recognition of t......more
Movement teachers, from outliers to pioneers, have changed theatre and physical expression for ever. In recognition of t......more
Based on a longitudinal study with disadvantaged youth, this book provides an auto-ethnographic perspective on the compl......more
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This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of China’s Cultural Revolution through the lens of the Model Works, reveal......more
An expert forensic search into the most ungraspable truths of womanhood. --Divine Angubua, NEXT Magazine Meet Lauren, a ......more
Dominique Morisseau’s most radical play yet follows two Black women living more than a century apart as they struggle to......more
This unique collection promotes and develops ’drama-in-English’, a hybrid pedagogy combining reader response theory with......more
Winner of the Theatre BC Canadian Playwriting Competition, two Betty Mitchell Awards, and two Calgary Theatre Critics’ A......more
From Sarajevo to Tunisia to Rome, these five plays trace the invisible scars of exile, where memory and identity are bot......more
Ricardo A. Bracho is a queer Chicano Marxist playwright from Los Angeles whose theatrical works dramatize the lives of g......more
Ricardo A. Bracho is a queer Chicano Marxist playwright from Los Angeles whose theatrical works dramatize the lives of g......more
More than forty years have passed since the publication of volume II of James Diggle’s Oxford Classical Text of Euripide......more
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant: Petra is a prominent fashion designer who lives with Marlene, her much put-upon assi......more
A troubled New York socialite, mother to an autistic six-year-old son, joins her Wall Street tycoon husband on a trip to......more
In the heart of San Antonio, inside a rundown sporting goods store, the Rosenberg family business is falling apart; just......more
Moving beyond a cisgender, heteronormative framework, this book investigates Shakespeare’s queer legacy on Emily Dickins......more
No Mother, No Future investigates how theatre and performance use pregnancy loss to represent a lost future. Spanning th......more
The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and w......more
The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and w......more
Kings don’t kill their wives alright? It’s not--it just don’t happen. It doesn’t. Tudor England. A field in Essex. Three......more
A bold, imaginative piece of theatre...opens up a complex dialogue on history, identity, and cultural ownership with int......more
Powerfully immersive...timely, educational and engrossing. --South West Londoner When contented housewife Edith wanders ......more
An intimate portrayal of queer love, aching with authenticity, pain and joy. --Russell T. Davies, screenwriter and TV pr......more
’Oh, be not afraid. I am cast out of society, but you, is it not true, you walk around as a man of honour? What more do ......more
A joyfully queer fantasia that draws on jazz music and operatic form to reimagine the last hours of Socrates as an ecsta......more
A brilliant parable for our times, combining impish humour with social fury. --The Stage Nikita and Riya are two South A......more
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Stanislavsky and Place offers a new approach to actor training and theatrical direction by investigating Stanislavsky’s ......more
Stanislavsky and Place offers a new approach to actor training and theatrical direction by investigating Stanislavsky’s ......more
What do a Dutch school drama and a Swedish royal tragedy have in common? TransLatin uncovers the unexpected journeys of ......more
The Art of Trust in Free Improvisation explores how trust manifests across diverse musical genres and contexts that cont......more
A young woman is missing. The prime suspect is an affluent member of the secretive Luminia organization. Enter Asha Ray,......more
First published in 1974, European Drama of the Early Middle Ages stresses the distinctive variety of the dramatic tradit......more
Beautiful and deeply moving: a testament to the indomitable flowering of queer identity and found family through grief a......more
An extraordinary play that puts the audience inside the maelstrom of its characters’ lives...a multifaceted portrait of ......more
Finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Break-ups aren’t just about who gets the CD collection. As Jo and Harr......more
Theatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on either side of the ampersand. It offers an accessible ......more
Between 1568 and 1648, the Dutch waged war against the occupying Spanish Empire. Simultaneously, Dutch theatre-goers eag......more
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Two men are thrown together in a Buenos Aires cell. Sometimes they talk all night to entertain each other. Molina is old......more
"This anthology of four plays written and/or performed between 1662 and 1677, offers a unique snapshot of the diverse na......more
Pandemic Motherhood explores how various artistic practices and processes have been instrumental in processing, sharing,......more
Pandemic Motherhood explores how various artistic practices and processes have been instrumental in processing, sharing,......more
This monograph adapts terms and concepts from linguistics, structuralism and semiotics to develop a grammar for the ten ......more
Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field’s current engagement with Stan......more
Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field’s current engagement with Stan......more
In September 2021, playwright/performers Eisa Davis and Jillian Walker met to discuss Walker’s performance ritual, SKiNF......more
Beautiful...makes us look again at Louisa May Alcott’s radical rite of passage classic. --Belfast Times Christmas Eve, 1......more
NEW FOR 2025 - Barrington Stoke’s long-awaited first dyslexia-friendly plays The complete and unabridged dyslexia-friend......more
In this meta-theatrical satire, an ensemble of queer, trans, and nonbinary performers reckon with how the forces of powe......more
A romantic psychological thriller that tells a heartfelt story exploring the complexities of relational trauma, sexualit......more
Abseiling lesbians! Queers in classrooms! Perverts panicking parents! Thatcher’s Section 28, which banned the promotion ......more
A community-clash drama with a sophisticated treatment of race and gentrification. --Guardian In the quaint suburban com......more
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With the majority of the global population living in cities, urbanisation and climate crisis have become urgent planetar......more
With the majority of the global population living in cities, urbanisation and climate crisis have become urgent planetar......more
1976 was a febrile, transitional year in cultural history, coming after Watergate and Vietnam and before the AIDS epidem......more