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Circus Bodies
Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance
This pioneering study is one of the major publications in the increasingly popular and largely undocumented area of circus studies.
Through photographs and illustrations, Peta Tait…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32938-5 (Routledge)
The Mayor of Queensborough, or Hengist King of Kent
Saxon England provides the setting for this powerful political drama in which a disturbing story of sexual obsession is paralleled by a vibrantly comic sub-plot.… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-195-9 (Routledge)
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The Poor Man's Comfort
Gisbert leaves the pastoral world to pursue justice in an urban society riddled with political and sexual corruption. Only the return of the rightful king,… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-196-6 (Routledge)
The City Madam
A waspish city comedy, critiquing Caroline London, The City Madam reworks Shakespeare's Measure for Measure as a city comedy to attack the vices of hypocrisy,… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-194-2 (Routledge)
The Actor's Survival Handbook
Worried about short rehearsal time? Think that fluffing your lines will be the end of your career? Are you afraid you'll be typecast? Is there… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-87830-175-1 (Routledge)
Teaching Dance Studies
Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97036-5 (Routledge)
The Dances of Shakespeare
Dances of Shakespeare gives a brief introduction to how to perform all of the dance styles featured in Shakespeare's plays. Designed for the… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97434-9 (Routledge)
Brecht and Critical Theory
Dialectics and Contemporary Aesthetics
Arguing that Brecht’s aesthetic theories are still highly relevant today, and that an appreciation of his theory and theatre is essential to an understanding of…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34974-1 (Routledge)
Electoral Guerrilla Theatre
Radical Ridicule and Social Movements
Across the globe, in liberal democracies where the right to vote is framed as both civil right and civic duty, disillusioned creative activists run for…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33225-5 (Routledge)
Video Supplement Beyond Words
2005 | DVD: 978-0-415-97668-8 (Routledge)
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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