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1. Theatre Arts on Acting

   Edited by Laurence Senelick

   Series: Routledge Theatre Classics

   During its fifty year run, Theatre Arts Magazine was a bustling forum for the foremost names in the performing arts, including Stanislavski, Laurence Olivier, Lee Strasberg, John Gielgud and Shelley Winters. Renowned theatre historian Laurence Senelick has plundered its stunning ...

   Published August 21st 2008 by Routledge
2. The Changing Room

   Sex, Drag and Theatre

   By Laurence Senelick

   Series: Gender in Performance

   The answers to these questions - and much, much more - are to be found in The Changing Room , which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: * tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet * the...

   Published May 21st 2000 by Routledge
3. Lovesick

   Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894-1925

   Edited by Laurence Senelick

   This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period. Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions,...

   Published December 16th 1998 by Routledge
4. Russian Comedy of the Nikolaian Rea

   Edited by Laurence Senelick

   These four Russian comedies were written during the reign of Nicholas I, a period of considerable repression and censorship. They represent the most popular genres of the period. Lensky's Her First Night was an immensely popular vaudeville which held the stage for years; Kozma Prutkov's Fantasy is...

   Published October 28th 1997 by Routledge