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This book provides the first ever English translation of the Yiddish play, Mississippi. Penned in 1935 by Leyb Malakh, i......more

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Anne Frank & Emmett Till is an effort to reveal how some of the people the author has known and the seminal events she e......more

This book presents a contextualised volume of memoirs penned by the pioneering Polish-Yiddish actor Ester-Rokhl Kaminska......more

’Tender and rigorous, this book invites readers to linger with difficult pasts and consider how best to grasp their haun......more

Ghosts haunt the stages of world theatre, appearing in classical Greek drama through to the plays of 21st-century dramat......more

Speaking Our Selves brings together plays by women writers from the under-represented African countries of Tanzania, Moz......more

Examining the changing reception of Shakespeare in the Nordic countries between 1870 and 1940, this follow-up volume to ......more

In the first book-length study of Annie Baker, one of the most critically acclaimed playwrights in the United States tod......more

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Captures how this journal serves theatre historians, as scholars and laborers, as they work to attend and tend to their ......more

The chapters in this book constitute a timely response to an important moment for early modern cultural studies: the aca......more

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Early Modern Performance Beyond the Public Stage is the first major work to explore and analyse the popular ’extra-theat......more

First performed the day after Marie-Antoinette’s beheading, Le Jugement dernier des rois stages the burlesque trial of t......more

First performed the day after Marie-Antoinette’s beheading, Le Jugement dernier des rois stages the burlesque trial of t......more

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Written by a highly influential post-Stanislavskian practitioner, this book offers an accessible and contemporary interp......more

Written by a highly influential post-Stanislavskian practitioner, this book offers an accessible and contemporary interp......more

Extreme violence scarred the early modern period. Contemporary commentators grappled to find language to categorise the ......more

Developing Theatre in the Global South proposes a fundamental re-examination of the historiography of theatre in emergin......more

Developing Theatre in the Global South proposes a fundamental re-examination of the historiography of theatre in emergin......more

Postmodern theatre is dead. A new theatre is rising - one that combines the well-worn postmodern aesthetics of irony, de......more

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What is the relationship between theatre and class? How has this relationship developed over time, from the age of empir......more

The first and only authorized guide to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel brings fans behind the scenes with the writers and onto......more

In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined......more

When Richard Hoehler first walked through the doors of a medium security prison in upstate New York, he assumed it would......more

"A must-read for anyone interested in the history of drag performance."--​Publishers Weekly A rich and provocative histo......more

A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, combining methodologies of dramaturgy, film and performance studi......more

With commentary by Brooks Atkinson, Michael Kimmelman, Brendan Gill, Maureen Dowd, Terrence McNally, Jules Feiffer, and ......more

With commentary by Brooks Atkinson, Michael Kimmelman, Brendan Gill, Maureen Dowd, Terrence McNally, Jules Feiffer, and ......more

The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre provides a broad range of perspectives on the multiple mode......more

With this book, Brooke O’Harra takes up directing as an artistic practice in and of itself. Speaking beyond and against ......more

With this book, Brooke O’Harra takes up directing as an artistic practice in and of itself. Speaking beyond and against ......more

This book sheds light on the choreographic practice of French choreographer Jérôme Bel, who is active in the fields of p......more

Published here in its entirety in English, Artaud’s Revolutionary Messages collects Antonin Artaud’s political, aestheti......more

Published here in its entirety in English, Artaud’s Revolutionary Messages collects Antonin Artaud’s political, aestheti......more

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the......more

Drawing parallels between ancient theatre, the analytic setting and the workings of psychic life, this book examines the......more

Surveying how Performance as a form has evolved as a distinct artistic sector to where it is today, Performance Making p......more

This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theatre and opera stages i......more

This book radically reimagines theatre/performance pedagogy and dramaturgy in response to the accelerating climate crisi......more

This book radically reimagines theatre/performance pedagogy and dramaturgy in response to the accelerating climate crisi......more

This project delves deep into colonial botany, utilizing mediums such as historical investigation, cinema, photography, ......more

Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting n......more

Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting n......more

We live in a world spun by supply chains--art included. In this major contribution to the study of contemporary culture ......more

A celebration of the life of John Gielgud through interviews and personal accounts This book is a celebration of the lif......more

This book explores drag performance in London since 2009 via the pubs, bars and clubs that make LGBTQ+ communities thriv......more

Co-authored by the resident dramaturg and a long-time scholarly consultant, The Shakespeare Theatre Company chronicles h......more

Teaching Hamlet in the Twenty-First Century Classroom is for both the novice and veteran teacher and offers fresh takes ......more

Teaching Hamlet in the Twenty-First Century Classroom is for both the novice and veteran teacher and offers fresh takes ......more

Memory is compilation of scholarly chapters by authors of global reputation in the arts therapies. This international pu......more

In her early 20s, Edna Loftus had the world at her feet. As a showgirl in England and France during the Edwardian Era, s......more

The book applies a productive interdisciplinary lens of art history, performance, and animal studies for approaching pol......more

"What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the year......more

This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the......more

This book is a ground-breaking collection on contemporary Arab theatre. Through four sections discussing occupation and ......more

The Human Touch is a book focused on the creative processes at work in British contemporary improvisational theatre and ......more

This book develops theoretical intersections between theatre and human rights and provides methodologies to investigate ......more

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This study explores the formation, establishment, expansion, and disintegration of stage design as a modern profession a......more

In recent years there has been a shift in how diversity and representation are discussed in the German cultural sector. ......more

This updated 4th edition of Theatre Histories offers a critical overview of global theatre, drama, and performance, span......more