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Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre
In this fascinating volume, acclaimed theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte reflects on the role and meaning accorded to the theme of sacrifice in Western cultures as…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27676-4 (Routledge)
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Elite Theatre in Ming China, 1368-1644
Theatre occupied a particularly important place in the life of the elite, for whom owning a theatre troupe was highly fashionable and for whom theatre… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34326-8 (Routledge)
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Play-Acting
A Guide to Theatre Workshops
Play-Acting is an inspired book of theatrical beginnings-jumping-off points for actors, teachers, and directors. Drawing upon his thirty years of designing and leading theater workshops,… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-189-8 (Theatre Arts Book)
Talking to the Audience
Shakespeare, Performance, Self
This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33223-1 (Routledge)
Letters from Linda M. Montano
Letters from Linda M. Montano is an anthology of writings by one of the seminal performance artists of the last century. It provides an autobiographical…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33943-8 (Routledge)
Labanotation
The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement
A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition, the first complete revision of the text…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96562-0 (Theatre Arts Book)
Labanotation
The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement
A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition, the first complete revision of the text… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96561-3 (Theatre Arts Book)
The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique
A Philosophy and Method of Modern Dance
The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique provides the definitive resource for understanding and practicing the influential dance technique developed by two pioneers of modern dance, Alwin Nikolais… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97020-4 (Routledge)
Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre
Illustrations of the Original Productions
The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognized as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This lavishly illustrated and beautifully… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34440-1 (Routledge)
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The Theatre of Howard Barker
In this second, fully revised edition of his acclaimed study of Barker's work, Charles Lamb sets out to make emotional sense of the characters and…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31531-9 (Routledge)
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Movement Training for the Modern Actor
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