Theatre studies Books

Are you directing your first show? Do you find yourself directing after years of acting? Are you a seasoned director looking for a refresher course? Or are you just pursuing some new, fresh, proven techniques? In The Process of Directing: From Concept to...

After an eight year absence from big musical theatre, Jeremy Stanford suddenly finds himself cast in a leading role of one of the most expensive and eagerly anticipated Australian musicals ever; Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical. Involved...

The new essays in this collection, on such diverse writers as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Sophie Treadwell, and Washington Irving, fill an important conceptual gap. The essayists offer...

Written for the theatre, A Woman and a Suitcase, is a contemporary play with witty, sharp banter between complete strangers. In this dark comedy, Doris and Henry meet for the first time at a light rail platform. While waiting for the next train to...

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers. The project takes as its temporal boundary the period 1789 to 1914. Encyclopedia...

Crossing Cultural Borders Through the Actor's Work: Foreign Bodies of Knowledge redirects the intercultural debate by privileging the actor's creative process. Original interviews illuminate how the intersection of technique, memory, and imagination...

This volume focuses on the highly debated topic of theatrical translation, one brought on by a renewed interest in the idea of performance and translation as a cooperative effort on the part of the translator, the director, and the actors. Exploring the...

The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg's Method.Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is...

This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation...

At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski's huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English, remaining faithful to the author's original intentions within a colloquial and readable style for today's actors.

The Director's Craft is a unique and completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage. Written by one of the most adventurous and respected directors working today, this book will be an essential item in every student and...

The One-Hour Shakespeare series is a collection of abridged versions of Shakespeare's plays, designed specifically to accommodate both small and large casts.This volume, More Comedies and Tragedies, includes the following plays:The Comedy of ErrorsThe...

Cutting Plays for Performance offers a practical guide for cutting a wide variety of classical and modern plays. This essential text offers insight into the various reasons for cutting, methods to serve different purposes (time, audience, story), and...

This book analyzes and theorizes the efficacy of using applied theater as a tool to address refugee issues of displacement, trauma, adjustment, and psychological well-being, in addition to split community belonging.Fadi Skeiker connects refugee narratives...

Re-Purposing Suzuki: A Hybrid Approach to Actor Training introduces a system of text analysis that synthesizes physical, psychological, and vocal components in order to truthfully embody heightened texts and contexts.By understanding how the author has...

Al igual que Jarry, Pipo Carreño, con 'almadreñas', se desmarca del teatro popular asturiano, y despliega en "Fruto en sazón" su idea de un ruralismo más profundo, subrayando las pocas desviaciones que el bable tiene. Junto a sentencias wildeanas,...

Le livre ""Oedipe, Trag�����die de Sophocle: et Les Oiseaux, Com�����die d'Aristophane (1729)"" de Sophocle est une compilation de deux �����uvres classiques de la litt�����rature grecque antique. La premi�����re partie du livre est la trag�����die...

Zelamire, Partie 1 : Ou Les Liaisons Bizarres (1791) est un roman �����crit par Amedee Doppet. L'histoire se d�����roule dans la France du XVIIIe si�����cle et suit les aventures de Zelamire, une jeune femme intelligente et ambitieuse qui cherche ������...

The History of the Theaters of London, from the Year 1760 to the Present Time (1771) is a detailed account of the theaters in London during the mid-18th century. Written by Benjamin Victor, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the various...

The Community Theater In Theory And Practice is a book written by Louise Burleigh and published in 1917. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of community theater, and is intended to be a resource for those interested in...

Schiller's William Tell: With An Introductory Essay (1878) is a book written by Friedrich Schiller. The book is a translation of Schiller's famous play, William Tell, which tells the story of the Swiss hero who defies the tyrannical rule of the Habsburgs...

Noh, Or Accomplishment: A Study Of The Classical Stage Of Japan is a book written by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa and originally published in 1916. The book is an in-depth exploration of the Noh theater, a traditional form of Japanese drama that dates back...

The Stage Censor: A Historical Sketch, 1544-1907 (1908) is a book written by G. M. G. The book provides a detailed historical account of the role of the stage censor in England from 1544 to 1907, covering a period of over three centuries. The author...

The Seamy Side: A Story Of The True Condition Of Things Theatrical (1906) is a book written by an anonymous author who spent twenty years in the theatrical industry. The book provides a detailed and candid account of the behind-the-scenes workings of the...

The School Girl: A Musical Play is a book written by Henry Hamilton and first published in 1903. It tells the story of a young girl named Molly, who attends a boarding school in England. Molly is popular and well-liked by her classmates, but her life...

The Revenge: A Tragedy is a play written by Edward Young and first performed in 1721. The story is set in ancient Rome and centers around the character of Zanga, a Moorish slave who seeks revenge against his former master, the Spanish nobleman Alonzo...

The Non-Juror is a comedic play written by Colley Cibber and first performed at the Theater Royal in 1718 by the actors of King George I. The play is set in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England, where the new Protestant monarchy...

The Little Michus is a musical play written by Albert Vanloo and originally published in 1905. The story revolves around a group of orphans who live in a convent and dream of finding a family to call their own. The main character, Michu, is a young girl...

The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics is a volume of critical essays, provocations, and interventions on the most important questions faced by today's writers, critics, audiences, and theatre and performance makers. Featuring texts written by...

Experiential Theatres is a collaboratively edited and curated collection that delivers key insights into the processes of developing experiential performance projects and the pedagogies behind training theatre artists of the twenty-first century...

Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of social Argentine tango dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered in Istanbul despite the conservative rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdoğan. In this...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This Guide includes the primary and secondary works and summaries of plays of 15 prominent African American women playwrights including Lorraine Hansberry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Alice Childress, Zora Neale Hurston, Georgia Douglas Johnson...

Founded in 1910, Detroit's Players Club is an all-male club devoted to the production of theater by members for other members' enjoyment. Called simply "The Players," members of the club design, direct, and act in the shows, including...

Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare is bigger than my own creations. It is a way for each Theatre practitioner to clarify and purify their deepest and highest purpose of Creativity. This allows for infinite and unique visions of theatre. To get to...

Full Length, Drama Characters: 5 female Unit set. Maxine, a search and rescue pilot, returns in midwinter to her childhood home in the Adirondacks. There she conducts a search for a girl who, while on a field trip in the mountains, was abducted by a...

Farce CharacterS: 3 male, 4 female Int. The wealthy owner of a 200,000 acre Texas ranch has died. His butler Jarvis, an alluring maid, the rancher's niece his only living relative and her husband are gathered for the reading of the will. Oddly, Miss...

Comedy / 4m, 4f / Unit set Charlotte and George Hay, an acting couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac "revised, one nostril version" and Noel Coward's Private Lives. This backstage...

Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. First published in 1989, this...

Fantasy William Saroyan Flexible cast. Simple sets. Mr. Saroyan has shown with considerable beauty, humor, and dramatic effect the dreams of some of the people who ride in a metropolitan subway.