Originally published in 1986. Among the most frequently performed and high admired of Shakespeare s ... more

Originally published in 1993. Presenting excerpts and articles on the themes and characters from the... more

Now available in paperback, this edition constitutes an archive of source materials in the field of ... more

This collection of original essays honors the groundbreaking scholarship of Jean E. Howard by explor... more

The Actor Training Reader is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of acting, offering ac... more

This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities du... more

The Actor Training Reader is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of acting, offering ac... more

How did Brazilian theater survive under the military dictatorship of 1964-1985? How did it change on... more

Aesthetics of Absence presents a significant challenge to the many embedded assumptions and hierarch... more

Performance and Temporalisation features a collection of scholars and artists writing about the comi... more

French Renaissance and Baroque Drama helps us rethink pressing issues of the day, such as war, posse... more

From Philip Henslowe to David Merrick, the producer or theatre manager has generally been seen as a ... more

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

This book offers a timely discussion about the interventions and tensions between two contested and ... more

Aesthetics of Absence presents a significant challenge to the many embedded assumptions and hierarch... more

Long held as Britain’s ’national poet’, Shakespeare’s role in the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad conf... more

The first fully annotated, modern-spelling edition of Lyly’s Pap with an Hatchet, this volume in the... more

Samuel Beckett: A Casebook may be characterized as a new collection of essays by a generation of Bec... more

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration,... more

There has never been a retrospective on Christopher Marlowe as comprehensive, complete and up-to-dat... more

The Natyasastra is the deep repository of Indian performance studies. It embodies centuries of perfo... more

This book explores the oneiric in Italian cinema from filmic representations and visualizations of d... more

Youth and Theatre of the Oppressed investigates a performance strategy which aims to develop possibl... more

A field-shaping anthology by top cultural critics and practitioners representing a wide range of dis... more

The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its v... more

This ground-breaking collection focuses on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are he... more

The field of performance studies analyses the production and impact of on-stage performance, such as... more

Performing Animality provides theoretical and creative interventions into the presence of the animal... more

In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Publi... more

In the nineteenth century, Shakespeare achieved the status of international pre-eminence that we rec... more

Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht’s principal writing... more

This volume explores the notions of excess, intemperance and overabundance in cultures and literatur... more

The work comprises adaptation studies of selected utopian/dystopian fictions written and filmed in E... more

The volume consists of articles, which are divided into the three main chapters: Literature, Visual ... more

This is the first volume to focus specifically on Rabindranath Tagore s dramatic literature, visitin... more

This book explores the performance of Irish collective memories and forgotten histories. It proposes... more

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

This collection brings together essays on the topics of Shakespeare, theater history, and early Engl... 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 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

Irish women dramatists have long faced an uphill challenge in getting the recognition and audience o... 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