Recent Research & Reference Articles

1. Recommend to your Librarian: Religion, Theatre, and Performance

   The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some of the world’s most pressing and momentous events are contested and played out. That this circumstance warrants continued, thoughtful, and imaginative engagement from those within the fields of theater and performance is one of the guiding principles of this volume.

2. Recommend to your Librarian: Political and Protest Theatre after 9/11

   This collection documents and examines political and protest theater produced between the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and Obama’s election in 2008 by British and American artists responding to their own governments’ actions and policies during this time.

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   Now available: Shakespeare, Theatre, and Time

   Through philosophical, historiographical, dramaturgical, and performative perspectives, author Matthew Wagner examines the ways in which theatrical activity generates a manifest presence of time, and he demonstrates Shakespeare’s acute awareness and manipulation of this phenomenon. Recommend this title to your librarian.

4. The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre: Now in paperback

   Di Benedetto considers theatrical practice through the lens of contemporary neuroscientific discoveries in this provoking study, which lays the foundation for considering the physiological basis of the power of theater practice to affect human behavior. He presents a basic summary of the ways that the senses function in relation to cognitive science and physiology, offering an overview of dominant trends of discussion on the realm of the senses in performance.  

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   Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance

   The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook is a groundbreaking compilation of the key movements in the history of modern theater, from the late nineteenth century to contemporary performance practice. It provides an unprecedented collection of comprehensive resource materials which will facilitate in-depth critical analysis.