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1. The Theatres of Moliere

   By Gerry McCarthy, Gerry Mccarthy

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   Moliere's plays are the cornerstone of the French Classical dramatic repertoire. Adapted and exploited in his day by dramatists of the English Restoration, they are now again growing in popularity. In this detailed and fascinating volume, Gerry McCarthy examines the practice and method of possibly...

   Published April 24th 2002 by Routledge
2. American Avant-Garde Theatre

   A History

   By Arnold Aronson

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s. American Avant-Garde Theatre offers a definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by examining...

   Published September 27th 2000 by Routledge
3. The Moscow Art Theatre

   By Nick Worrall

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre's best-known productions: * Tolstoy's Tsar Fedor Ioannovich * Gorky's The Lower Depths * Chekov's...

   Published July 17th 1996 by Routledge
4. Greek Tragic Theatre

   By Rush Rehm

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   Emphasizing the political nature of Greek tragedy, as theatre of, by and for the polis, Rush Rehm characterizes Athens as a performance culture; one in which the theatre stood alongside other public forums as a place to confront matters of import. In treating the various social, religious and...

   Published September 28th 1994 by Routledge
5. Broadway Theatre

   By Andrew Harris

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   'Broadway' has been the stuff of theatrical legends for generations. In this fascinating and affectionate account of a unique theatrical phenomenon, Andrew Harris takes an intriguing look at both the reality and the myth behind the heart and soul of American Drama Broadway Theatre explores: * the...

   Published January 5th 1994 by Routledge
6. Jacobean Public Theatre

   By Alexander Leggatt

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London. It relates this drama to the popular culutre of the day and concludes with a close study of four important plays, including King Lear, which emerge in an...

   Published October 21st 1992 by Routledge
7. Shakespeare's Theatre

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Thomson

   Series: Theatre Production Studies

   Reviews of the First Edition `...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three...

   Published April 22nd 1992 by Routledge