History, Memory, Performance is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring performances of ... more

Eugene O Neill, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full... more

This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being... more

The Austrian composer Hanns Eisler was Bertolt Brecht’s closest friend and most politically committe... more

From Commedia dell Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today, such as Harlequin ... more

Shakespeare and the Italian Renaissance investigates the works of Shakespeare and his fellow dramati... more

Performing Migrancy and Mobility in Africa focuses on a body of performance work, the work of Magnet... more

Early Modern Drama in Performance is a collection of essays in honor of Lois Potter, the distinguish... more

Directors and collaborators assess and comment on the production of plays by West Africa’s Nobel Lau... more

Focussing on costume in performance, this reader brings together key texts, case studies and intervi... more

This volume focuses on the time between the incorporation of the Stationers Company in 1557 and the... more

This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth ... more

This volume offers a wealth of critical analysis, supported with ample historical and bibliographica... more

In many European countries mass theater was a widespread expression of "community art" that became i... more

The Tempest contains sublime poetry and catchy songs, magic and low comedy, while it tackles importa... more

We are used to thinking of critical discourse on Shakespeare as occurring in the realm of language. ... more

Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for women - from contemporary plays, all by c... more

The Shakespeare Made Easy series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. By having Shakespearean a... more

Discussion concerning the musicality of Samuel Beckett s writing now constitutes a familiar critica... more

’Zbigniew Cynkutis’ writings constitute invaluable testimony of his work with Jerzy Grotowski during... more

’Zbigniew Cynkutis’ writings constitute invaluable testimony of his work with Jerzy Grotowski during... more

Magical Transformations on the Early Modern Stage furthers the debate about the cultural work perfor... more

Making an important new contribution to rapidly expanding fields of study surrounding the adaptation... more

Contemporary theatrical productions as diverse in form as experimental performance, new writing, Wes... more

Contemporary theatrical productions as diverse in form as experimental performance, new writing, Wes... more

This book provides an unorthodox array of perspectives on materialist thought and representation in ... more

These new essays from leading figures in the field explore and extend the key debates surrounding Tw... more

The first edited volume to examine philosopher Slavoj Zizek’s influence on, and his relevance for, t... more

Adorno and Performance offers the first comprehensive examination of the vital role of performance w... more

Plautine Trends: Studies in Plautine Comedy and its Reception, a collective volume published as a Fe... more

Live Art is a contested category, not least because of the historical, disciplinary and institutiona... more

Newly available in paperback, this collection of essays, written by distinguished international scho... more

While remapping the region by examining enduring historical and cultural connections, this study dis... more

The second volume of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada... more

The Merry Wives of Windsor has recently experienced a resurgence of critical interest. At times cons... more

Performing Objects and Theatrical Things rethinks historical and contemporary theatre, performance, ... more

This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of madness and performance. The book sp... more

A comprehensive overview of the dance culture of Singapore, this book embodies storytelling, persona... more

Dramaturgy, in its many forms, is a fundamental and indispensable element of contemporary theatre. I... more

One of Paul Green’s best plays, The House of Connelly, was the first play performed (on Broadway in ... more

Performing Cities is an edited volume of contributions by a range of internationally renowned academ... more

Why was the Bard of Avon so frequently on the agenda of avant-garde writers in Britain, France, Ital... more

Female Amerindians in Early Modern Spanish Theater is a collection of essays that focuses on the fem... more

The essays in this volume investigate English, Italian, Spanish, German, Czech, and Bengali early mo... more

Martin Garrett s comprehensive collection presents and explains the history of the critical receptio... more

The International Shakespeare Association meeting, held in Tokyo in August of 1991, was regarded by ... more

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-se... more

Nina Sadur, the playwright, occupies a prominent place in the Soviet/Russian drama pantheon of the 1... more

Nina Sadur, the playwright, occupies a prominent place in the Soviet/Russian drama pantheon of the 1... more

The First World War (1914-1918) marked a turning point in modern history and culture and its literar... more

Greek comedy flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, both in and beyond Athens. Aristophane... more

Due to the unique cultural capital of his works, Shakespeare has long been the test subject for new ... more

Thanatological research in the social sciences and the humanities acknowledges that death is cultura... more

This volume contains Brecht’s post-1950 adaptations of world dramatic classics for the Berliner Ense... more