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Makers of Modern Theatre
An Introduction
Who were the giants of the twentieth-century stage, and exactly how did they influence modern theatre?
Robert Leach's Makers of Modern Theatre is the first detailed…
read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31240-0 (Routledge)
Performance: A Critical Introduction
This comprehensively revised, illustrated edition discusses recent performance work and takes into consideration changes that have taken place since the book's original publication in 1996.… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29926-8 (Routledge)
Games for Actors and Non-Actors
Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26761-8 (Routledge)
The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader
The Twentieth Century Performance Reader is the key introductory text to all types of performance. Extracts from fifty practitioners, critics and theorists from the fields… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25286-7 (Routledge)
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To the Actor
On the Technique of Acting
Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every…
read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25875-3 (Routledge)
Theory/Theatre
An Introduction
This is a new and enlarged edition of Mark Fortier's very successful and widely used essential text for students. Theory/Theatre provides a unique and engaging… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25436-6 (Routledge)
Performance Analysis
An Introductory Coursebook
This revolutionary introductory performance studies coursebook brings together classic texts in critical theory and shows how these texts can be used in the analysis of… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22406-2 (Routledge)
Twentieth-Century Actor Training
Actor training is arguably the central phenomenon of twentieth century theatre making. Here for the first time, the theories, training exercises and productions of fourteen… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19451-8 (Routledge)
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader represents the range and diversity of writings from the 1980s and 1990s, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16446-7 (Routledge)
Dance History
An Introduction
Originally published in 1983 the first edition rapidly established itself as a core student text. Now fully revised and up-dated it remains the only book… read more1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09030-8 (Routledge)
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