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Indian Popular Theatres
By Sudipto Chatterjee
Indian Popular Theatres foregrounds an aspect of contemporary performance that has for some time warranted but not received serious study. It explores the living traditions of Indian Theatre in terms of its audience and the specific circumstances that surround them, focusing on four key forms:...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-35605-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Jean Genet
By D. Bradby, Claire Finburgh
Jean Genet has emerged in recent years as a key figure in defining and understanding twentieth-century theatre. This timely book, the only introductory text to Genet in English, offers an overview of this influential and controversial writer whose work prefigured many recent postmodern and...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-37506-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Stanislavski: The Basics
By Rose Whyman
Stanlislavki: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Constantin Stanislavski. Regarded by many as a great innovator of 20th century theatre, this book examines Stanlislavski’s: life and the context of his writings; major works in English translation;...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-49297-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre
By Ah-Jeong Kim
Shamans in Contemporary Korean Theatre draws an absorbing parallel between Korea’s most innovative theatre practitioners and the ancient Kut – or shamanic rituals – that are preserved to this day by professional exponents. Framing these two forms as vital chapters in Korea’s performative culture,...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-40435-8 | Hardback (Routledge)