Theatre & Performance Studies: Theatre History

By Various

Originally published between 1925 and 1929 the volumes in this mini-set examine the history and future of the theatre, the theory of music, and a survey of opera. Authors included are E J Dent, Bonamy Dobree, Hubert Griffith, Dyneley Hussey and W J Turner.    …

Hardback – 2008-03-01
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By Thomas Richards

Heart of Practice is a unique and invaluable insight into the workings of one of theatre’s true pioneers, presented by his closest collaborator. This book charts the development of Grotowski’s dramatic research through a decade of conversations with his apprentice, Thomas Richards. Tuscany’s ‘…

Paperback – 2008-02-08
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By Konstantin Stanislavski

Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his contributions to the birth of Realist theatre and his unprecedented approach to teaching acting. He lived through extraordinary times and his unique contribution to the arts still endures in the twenty-first…

Hardback – 2008-02-07
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By Natsu Hattori

Hardback – 2007-06-01
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By Jean Benedetti

How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key…

Paperback – 2007-01-18
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Edited by Judie Christie, Richard Gough, Daniel Peter Watt

Exploring thirty years of work by The Centre for Performance Research (CPR), A Performance Cosmology explores the future challenges of performance and theatre through a diverse and fascinating series of interviews, testimonies and perspectives from leading international theatre practitioners and…

Paperback – 2006-10-26
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By Bruce McConachie, Gary Jay Williams, Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Phillip Zarrilli

Edited by Tobin Nellhaus

'A work that more than any other currently available suggests the range and richness of theatre and performance history study today.' – Marvin Carlson, City University of New York, USA 'This book will significantly change theatre education.' – Janelle Reinelt, University of California,…

Hardback – 2006-03-28
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Edited by Shomit Mitter, Maria Shevtsova

Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential directors of the twentieth and twenty-first…

Paperback – 2005-04-04
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By Bridget Escolme

This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's characters. By focusing specifically on the relationship between performer and audience, Talking to the Audience examines what happens when…

Paperback – 2005-02-09
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By Robert Leach

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 introduction to the work of the key theatre-makers who shaped the drama of the last century: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod…

Paperback – 2004-06-17
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By Erika Fischer-Lichte

This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual…

Paperback – 2004-03-25
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By Maria Shevstova

Including a foreword by Simon Callow, a dedicated admirer of the Maly, Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre provides both a valuable methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage. This is the first ever full-length study of…

Paperback – 2004-02-26
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