Drama by Period - 20th Century to Present Books

New and Published Books

1. Jean Genet

   By David Bradby, Clare Finburgh

   Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

   Jean Genet’s significance within twentieth-century theatre has long been understated. This timely book, the only introductory text in English to Genet’s plays in production, presents an overview of an influential and controversial writer whose work prefigured many recent postmodern and...

   Published October 30th 2011 by Routledge
2. Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama

   Community, Kinship, and Citizenship

   By Kanika Batra

   Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

   Kanika Batra is Assistant Professor of English at Texas Tech University....

   Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
3. The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook

   From Modernism to Contemporary Performance

   Edited by Maggie B. Gale, John F. Deeney

   The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook is a groundbreaking compilation of the key movements in the history of modern theatre, from the late Nineteenth Century to contemporary performance practice. Each of the book’s five sections comprises a selection of plays and performance texts that...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
4. Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work

   The Legacy of Jerzy Grotowski

   By Giuliano Campo, Zygmunt Molik

   One of the original members of Jerzy Grotowski’s acting company, Zygmunt Molik’s Voice and Body Work explores the unique development of voice and body exercises throughout his career in actor training. This book, constructed from conversations between Molik and author Giuliano Campo, provides a...

   Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge
5. Performing Embodiment in Samuel Beckett's Drama

   By Anna McMullan

   Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

   The representation and experience of embodiment is a central preoccupation of Samuel Beckett’s drama, one that he explored through diverse media. McMullan investigates the full range of Beckett’s dramatic canon for stage, radio, television and film, including early drama, mimes and unpublished...

   Published April 15th 2010 by Routledge
6. Contemporary European Theatre Directors

   Edited by Maria M. Delgado, Dan Rebellato

   'An invaluable book that we shall all be using for a long time to come' - Michael Billington Contemporary European Theatre Directors is an ambitious and unprecedented overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past fifty years. It is a vivid account of the vast range...

   Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
7. Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

   By Margaret Jane Kidnie

   'Kidnie's study presents original, sophisticated, and profoundly intelligent answers to important questions.' - Lukas Erne, University of Geneva 'This is a fine and productive book, one that will surely draw significant attention and commentary well beyond the precincts of Shakespeare studies.' -...

   Published November 23rd 2008 by Routledge
8. Bertolt Brecht

   By Meg Mumford

   Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

   Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. Bertolt Brecht is amongst the...

   Published November 20th 2008 by Routledge
9. Federico García Lorca

   By Maria M. Delgado

   Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

   Immortalized in death by The Clash, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Dalí, Dmitri Shostakovich and Lindsay Kemp, Federico García Lorca's spectre haunts both contemporary Spain and the cultural landscape beyond. This study offers a fresh examination of one of the Spanish language’s most resonant voices;...

   Published March 9th 2008 by Routledge
10. Ariane Mnouchkine

    By Judith G. Miller

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. One of the most important directors of her...

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge