My Cue to Fight is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth examination of how the greatest playwright in the E......more

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Casting the Art of Rhetoric with Theater and Drama: Taking Center Stage explores rhetoric and theater as they relate to ......more

This book is the first ever anthology of English translations of Chinese court drama. An integral part of court life in ......more

This book delves into the complex narratives surrounding the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute through the unique lens......more

Brenda Werth’s Fictions of the Real traces the transformation of "the real" and its transnational conceptualization by A......more

Tirades against legal theatrics are nearly as old as law itself, and yet so is the age-old claim that law must not merel......more

Women, food and performance share a complex and tumultuous history, and this book is the first to examine their legacy t......more

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Seven Pillars Acting is a transformative method for actors seeking authenticity, structure, and creative freedom. This b......more

Directing in Musical Theatre offers a comprehensive guide which will equip aspiring directors with all of the skills tha......more

Directing in Musical Theatre offers a comprehensive guide which will equip aspiring directors with all of the skills tha......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

As one of the most influential contemporary film scholars, Linda Williams brought her critical feminist lens to some of ......more

Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change documents and amplifies lessons from practitioners and schol......more

Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Care, Community, Change documents and amplifies lessons from practitioners and schol......more

In 1576, a young man could have attended the first performance at The Theatre, newly-built by James Burbage, the first a......more

An accessible and authoritative compendium of key concepts in acting, this book reveals how the craft has been understoo......more

An accessible and authoritative compendium of key concepts in acting, this book reveals how the craft has been understoo......more

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This book is an introduction to the exquisite world of Balinese performance and an in-depth study of specific forms and ......more

This book explores the collision of worlds when an artist becomes a parent by looking at the profound ways in which pare......more

This book explores the collision of worlds when an artist becomes a parent by looking at the profound ways in which pare......more

This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled "real fi......more

This edited collection gathers contributions by Shakespeare scholars from a wide range of countries, both European and n......more

Navigating a Career in Performance: Your Creative Career Guidebook provides practical tools, strategies, and motivationa......more

Fifty Key Performance Artists is a critical introduction to some of the most influential and innovative performance arti......more

Fifty Key Performance Artists is a critical introduction to some of the most influential and innovative performance arti......more

Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training, Second Edition is a beginner’s guide to Knig......more

Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997 Hong Kon......more

This book explores the complexity of teaching artistry through the lens of a participatory drama project with adults fro......more

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This book examines the role of the prison in the commissioning and delivery of theatre practice. It draws attention to d......more

This book pioneers a systematic inquiry into the link between theatrical performances and histories of Philippine labor ......more

This book studies the body language in films. It not only serves the fundamental purpose of conveying information and ex......more

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The fifth edition of Sound and Music for the Theatre traces the process of how to build a sound design to support a thea......more

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

Fully revised and updated, this third edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreog......more

Situated at the interstices of music and theatre studies, Theatrimusicality: Spectauralising Performance reframes the dy......more

The passion play at Oberammergau in Bavaria is one of the oldest theatrical spectacles in the world, with a history of r......more

Winsome Pinnock is the first book length study of one of Britain’s most important play-wrights and her four-decade long ......more

A star-making factory without rival, the Japanese talent agency Johnny’s Jimusho has brought fame to several generations......more

Nick wears a soldier’s uniform, but wields only a paintbrush. As a Canadian embedded artist during the second world war,......more

Originally published in 1969, this was the first book of its kind: an attempt to describe the different approaches that ......more

This book sets out a fresh approach to stand-up comedy. By constructing a theoretical framework using laughter theory, p......more

This book sets out a fresh approach to stand-up comedy. By constructing a theoretical framework using laughter theory, p......more

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Digital Humanities has emerged in recent years as a new paradigm within theatre and performance studies. This is the fir......more

Drawing upon miscellaneous theories from Eugenio Barba, Friedrich Nietzsche and contemporary sound studies, Sonorous Dra......more

Race, Gender, and Disability in Puppetry and Material Performance investigates and expands the multifaceted how and what......more

This book explores the relationship of the life and work of the remarkable Parisian-Jewish writer Georges Perec (1936-19......more

The Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance brings together the latest international research on performin......more

A symphony of history: celebrating fifty years of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 1970s, as Hong Kong’s eco......more

Aerial Arts and Dance Improvisation is a comprehensive guide for developing creativity in aerial arts. It offers a fresh......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

Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field’s current engagement with Stan......more

What would happen if we were to understand arts projects through their capacity to care? Care Aesthetics and the Arts of......more

What would happen if we were to understand arts projects through their capacity to care? Care Aesthetics and the Arts of......more

The Routledge Companion to Performance and Science investigates and illuminates the growing international interest in th......more

The Theatre Artist’s Guide to Consent-Based Pedagogy introduces a Consent-Based Pedagogy designed to fuel young students......more

The Theatre Artist’s Guide to Consent-Based Pedagogy introduces a Consent-Based Pedagogy designed to fuel young students......more

This groundbreaking collection of curated interviews provides an opportunity to hear from Black and Global Majority acto......more

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Early Modern Authorship draws together leading and emerging scholars of Shakespea......more

In presenting and analyzing the stories of five previously unnamed animals, Beusterien enriches our understanding of the......more

Through a metaphorical journey of Shakespeare in traditional Chinese theatre, using three Chinese opera productions of H......more

In our current cultural space, where any image or video on the cinema or TV screen, or uploaded to the Internet and its ......more

Small Stages: Cabinets, Dioramas, and other Tiny Performances is a consideration of small stages as unique and generativ......more

The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre, Third Edition demystifies the process of devising theatre, offering an in......more

Playing with the relation between truth and representation in the stories we tell as ethnographers and theater makers, t......more

The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre, Third Edition demystifies the process of devising theatre, offering an in......more