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Acting and Reacting

Tools for the Modern Actor

By Nick Moseley

Emoting is not acting. Reproducing is not acting. Reacting is acting. With this powerful idea, Nick Moseley takes long-held views of actor training and opens…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-206-2 (Routledge)

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Beyond Dance

Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis

By Eden Davies

Beyond Dance: Laban's Legacy of Movement Analysis offers students of dance and movement a brief introduction to the life and work of Rudolf Laban, and…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97728-9 (Routledge)

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A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology

The Secret Art of the Performer, 2nd Edition

By Eugenio Barba, Nicola Savarese

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37861-1 (Routledge)

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Theatre, Body and Pleasure

By Simon Shepherd

Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25375-8 (Routledge)

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The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance

By Paul Allain, Jen Harvie

What is theatre? What is performance? What are their connections and differences? What events, people, practices and ideas have shaped theatre and performance in the…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25721-3 (Routledge)

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Upstaged

Making Theatre in a Media Age

By Anne Nicholson Weber

How can theatre thrive in a culture dominated by film and television?

Interviews with stage actors, playwrights, theatre directors and others, including Julie Taymor,…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-186-7 (Routledge)

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Mama Dada

Gertrude Stein's Avant-Garde Theatre

By Sarah Bay-Cheng

Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her development of…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97723-4 (Routledge)

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To Be a Playwright

By Janet Neipris

Chair of the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program and mentor to such theatre figures as Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lonergan,…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-188-1 (Routledge)

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The High School Theatre Teacher's Survival Guide

By Raina S. Ames

High school theatre programs are vigorous and growing, but many theatre teachers - drawn from English, speech, or other departments - lack degrees in theatre.…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-202-4 (Routledge)

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Baakisimba

Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda

By Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza

Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967,…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96776-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Theatre Histories: An Introduction
By Gary Jay Williams, Bruce A. McConachie, Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Phillip Zarrilli
To be published January 4th 2010

The Lee Strasberg Notes
Edited by Lola Cohen
To be published January 19th 2010

Drama as Therapy Volume 2: Clinical Work and Research into Practice
Edited by Phil Jones
To be published March 1st 2010

The Fashion History Reader: Global Perspectives
Edited by Giorgio Riello, Peter McNeil
To be published April 27th 2010

Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative
By James Loxley, Mark Robson
To be published May 1st 2010

Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide
By Association of British TheatreEdited by Judith Strong
To be published May 28th 2010

William Forsythe
By Steven Spier
To be published June 15th 2010

Performance Studies: The Key Concepts
Edited by Gabrielle Cody
To be published August 31st 2010