A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage places this renowned, award-winning playwright’s contribution t... more

A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage places this renowned, award-winning playwright’s contribution t... more

This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, i... more

Singing and Dancing to The Book of Mormon examines a cultural phenomenon, asking: What made The Book... more

This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare s greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, mo... more

Hamlet remains the most-studied of all Shakespeare s great tragedies. This collection of newly-commi... more

Lists of Figures, Illustrations, and Appendices.- Notes on Contributors.- List of Abbreviations.- In... more

As the twenty-first century moves towards its third decade, applied theatre is being shaped by conte... more

This study of Egyptian theatre and its narrative construction explores the ways representations of E... more

This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayann... more

The translation of Felicja Kruszewska’s A Dream introduces a major play by a twentieth-century femal... more

The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this diverse and em... more

Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and app... more

Theatre, Performance and Cognition introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and app... more

Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan s golden age of puppet theater.... more

Roman plays have been well studied individually (even including fragmentary or spurious ones more re... more

The first half of the Twentieth Century was a vibrant period for U.S. theatre. As the United States ... more

Bertolt Brecht continues to be regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and inf... more

For over ten years, the annual Prelude Festival has been a force in New York theatre and performance... more

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York C... more

A major, defining polarity in Euripidean drama, wisdom and folly, has never so far been the subject ... more

Jean Toomer (1894-1967) was a modernist writer, a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly part... more

This is the first volume to provide a detailed introduction to some of the main areas of research an... more

This edited collection focuses on performance practice and analysis that engages with medical and bi... more

This volume marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by reflecting on the unrivalled work ... more

The Routledge Drama Anthology is an original compilation of works from key movements in the history ... more

The Routledge Drama Anthology is an original compilation of works from key movements in the history ... more

This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise direct... more

Bringing together some of the best work from the 2015 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore, thi... more

Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and ... more

Originally published in 1983 the first edition rapidly established itself as a core student text. No... more

Combining a range of content with self-reflexive examination by scholars and practitioners, this edi... more

Much Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fas... more

The contributors are leading scholars from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Italy. The e... more

Providing a detailed study of American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005), this collection of new ... more

Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Edi... more

Exploring the enduring popularity of Victor Hugo s Les Mis rables, this collection offers analysis o... more

This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise direct... more

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas is the first edited collection to discuss the per... more

What do Bono, Seinfeld and Apple have in common? Nothing. However, it’s the nothing of Samuel Becket... more

The essays in this volume consider the relevant historical discourses, important contemporary philos... more

Antoine de Montchrestien s tragedies have been the object of increased critical attention over the y... more

Passionate, controversial and illuminating - this collection contains Empson s best short pieces on ... more

This book focuses on teaching Shakespeare to young pupils and deals with issues of interest to all e... more

Shakespeare is the national poet of many nations besides his own, though a peculiarly subversive one... more

Despite eye-opening discoveries, exhibitions, and performances, many valuable artifacts and document... more

This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of... more

Drama as a process-centred form is a popular and valued methodology used to develop thinking and lea... more

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was d... more

A masterpiece of eighteenth-century Japanese puppet theater, Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Tree... more

List of illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction: Imaginative Mobilit... more

Apart from the vision of their creative directors and designers, stage productions involve the compl... more

This collection of essays explores how historians of theatre apply ethical thinking to the attempt t... more

An insightful analysis of more than a dozen Chinese stage productions, Staging China illustrates how... more

Generally taking place in front of closed curtains during set changes between acts, the entr’acte de... more

South Africa has a uniquely rich and diverse theatre tradition which has responded energetically to ... more

South Africa has a uniquely rich and diverse theatre tradition which has responded energetically to ... more

On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare s death, this collection opens up the social practices of co... more

Athenian comedy is firmly entrenched in the classical canon, but imperial authors debated, dissected... more