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Worldly Stage

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theatricality in Seventeeth-Century China

By Sophie Volpp

£28.95 22 Jul 2008 Hardback Harvard University Press

In 17th Century China, as formerly disparate social spheres grew closer, the theatre began to occupy an important ideological niche among traditional cultural elites. This book shows how the theatre acquired this figurative power.

Creating Outdoor Theatre

21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Guide

By Nina Ayres

£14.99 21 Jul 2008 Paperback The Crowood Press Ltd

A practical guide to putting on a performance outside, offering a brief history of outdoor theatre and explaining the production opportunities it offers. It explains the design and production considerations peculiar to performing outdoors, including health and safety aspects, facilities for actors and audience, and transporting equipment.

Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety

18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Celebrity Turns

By Leigh Woods

£45.00 18 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading lights of the legitimate stage would ever join a bill of short acts, with everything from, and in between, song-and-dance, trained animals, blackface, aerialists, criminals regaling crowds with their exploits, and eating fire. This book chronicles renowned actors showing rough fare in rough times.

Beyond the Golden Door

18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Jewish - American Drama and Jewish - American Experience

By Julius Novick

£42.50 18 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Tackles Jewish encounters with America and asks questions about old world heritage and new world opportunity. This book is suitable for scholars in Jewish studies, American studies, and literature.

Theatre of Roots

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage

By Erin B. Mee

£50.00 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Seagull Books London Ltd

Unfriendly Witnesses

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era

By Milly S. Barranger

£25.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era "witch hunts" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter.

The Humana Festival

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville

By Jeffrey Ullom

£25.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Examines the success of the Humana Festival of New American Plays festival and theater's Pulitzer Prize-winning productions that have reflected new-play trends in regional theaters and on Broadway. This title details how Actors Theatre of Louisville was established and why the Humana Festival became successful in a short time.

Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Upstaging Dictatorship

By Ana Puga

£60.00 15 Jul 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory. Chapters in this work focus on one contemporary playwright from each of four Southern Cone countries and compares the playwrights' aesthetic strategies for subverting ideologies of dictatorship.

Melody in Songwriting

13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jack Perricone

£14.99 13 Jul 2008 Paperback Hal Leonard Corporation

Discover songwriting techniques from the hit makers! This comprehensive guide unlocks the secrets of hit songs, examining them, and revealing why they succeed. Learn to write memorable melodies and discover the dynamic relationships between melody, harmony, rhythm, and rhyme. Fine-tune your craft and start writing hits!

Handbook of Acting Techniques

10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Arthur Bartow

£12.99 10 Jul 2008 Paperback Nick Hern Books

A study of the major acting techniques. It outlines the development of the respective technique and offers practical guidance for actors wishing to explore it for themselves.

Scene Design and Stage Lighting

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By W.Oren Parker, R. Wolf

£38.50 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Cengage Learning

Awakening the Performing Body

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jade Rosina Mccutcheon

£29.60 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Editions Rodopi B.V.

Macnas: Joyful Abandonment

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Joyful Abandonment

By Dineen, Terry

£21.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Liffey Press

Macnas has been entertaining and enchanting audiences with innovative street events, award winning theatre and community performances. This book documents the journey of Macnas from 1986; the company's work, changes, and directions. It emphasises on visual material including a timeline, interviews, profiles, and anecdotes relevant to the journey.

Theatre in Galway Since 1975

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brendan Ryan

£11.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback The History Press Ltd

Great Producers: Visionaries of American Theater

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Visionaries of the American Theatre

By Dorbian, Iris

£13.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Allworth Press

Ziegfeld, Merrick, Mackintosh - this volume presents behind-the-scenes look at the movers and shakers who shape what we see on- and off-Broadway. It tells - how they got started in the business, how they choose projects, how they raise money, the hard-times of now famous shows, why some shows flop, and much more.

Shakespeare, Film Studies, and the Visual Cultures of Modernity

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Guneratne, Anthony

£45.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

A look at the influence of Shakespearean adaptations on cinema.

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ye, Tan

£99.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Scarecrow Press

Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era

By Barranger, Milly S.

£25.50 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

The Humana Festival: The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville

By Ullom, Jeffrey

£25.50 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Quinn, Susan

£14.28 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Walker & Company

Quinn presents this vivid portrait of the turbulent 1930s and the Roosevelt administration as seen through the WPA's Federal Theater Project.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Shakespeare, William

£14.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback British Library

Shakespeare is acknowledged to be the greatest dramatist in the English Language. Less than half his plays were printed before he died, and the first collected edition of 36 of his plays appeared in 1623, seven years after his death, in the First Folio. This title includes copies of the preliminary pages from the Folio.

King Lear

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Shakespeare, William

£14.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback British Library

Stages of Conflict: A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance

By Taylor, Diana Townsend, Sarah J.

£57.95 01 Jul 2008 Hardback University of Michigan Press

Presents an array of dramatic texts, tracing the intersection of theater and social and political life in the Americas. This book includes historical pieces, which highlight the encounter between indigenous tradition and colonialism.

Respect for Acting

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hagen, Uta Frankel, Haskel

£10.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback John Wiley & Sons

An actor's finest work is often achieved for love rather than for money. This book includes techniques that are useful to both actors and theater-lovers alike.

Monkey Business Theatre

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Laughlin, Robert M. Jtz'ibajom, Sna

£22.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback University of Texas Press

In 1983, a group of citizens in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, formed Sna Jtz'ibajom, the Tzotzil-Tzeltal Maya writers' cooperative. This group has evolved from writing and publishing bilingual booklets to writing and performing plays that have earned them renown. This book offers a perspective on its development as a Mayan cultural force.

Postcolonial Theatres: Feminist Review

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Feminist Review 84

By Feminist Review Collective

£14.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

Brings together articles, reviews, interviews and dialogues on plays and performances by Indian, African-American, Afro-Canadian, and Black and Asian women in Britain in order to address the ways in which women from such differentiated contexts use theatre as a site for exploring feminist issues.

Argumentation and Critical Decision Making

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rieke, Richard D. Sillars, Malcolm O. Peterson, Tarla Rai

£45.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Allyn & Bacon

Organizational Communication for Survival: Making Work, Work

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Making Work, Work

By Richmond, Virginia P. McCroskey, James C. McCroskey, Linda L.

£31.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Allyn & Bacon

The Theatre Experience

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wilson, Edwin

£54.67 01 Jul 2008 Paperback McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua

The ideal theatre appreciation text for courses focusing on theater elements, "The Theatre Experience" encourages students to be active theatre-goers as they learn about the fundamentals of a production. By addressing the importance of the audience, Wilson brings the art of performance to life for students who may have little experience with the medium. Two new chapters and added Global Cross-Currents boxes throughout greatly expand the text's coverage of global theatre, while revised coverage of theatrical design and production exposes students to the latest processes, techniques, and technologies in the field. Along with an extended box program and dynamic new photos, these elements combine to provide an engaging, current, and comprehensive introduction to the world of theatre.

The Challenge of Communicating

28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Guiding Principles and Practices

By Isa Engleberg, Dianna R. Wynn

£48.99 28 Jun 2008 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

"The Challenge of Communicating: ""Guiding Principles and Practices"" "applies a unique framework of key elements and guiding principles to all communication contexts while engaging readers with practical examples and realistic advice based on contemporary communication research. The seven guiding principles are derived from universal axioms found in communication literature and are used as the foundation for content. Regardless of the context (interpersonal, group, or presentational), these elements and principles will help readers make effective decisions about the communication challenges, select appropriate strategies that effectively address those challenges, and apply the skills they need to achieve their communication goals. This book also provides lively, relevant, and engaging content as well as activities and assessments in every chapter.

Edexcel Advanced Drama and Theatre Studies Textbook

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard Vergette

£16.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hodder Education

This textbook has been written specifically to meet the needs of students following the Edexcel Drama & Theatre Studies Advanced specification, and provides thorough, structured and up-to-date coverage of the subject content.

Essential Cinema

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On the Necessity of Film Canons

By Jonathan Rosenbaum

£16.50 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Johns Hopkins University Press

Explore the idea of - and the need for - a film canon. Though the idea may be unfashionable, particularly within the academy, this book argues that a canon of great and near-great films is vital if we are to understand film as an art. It is suitable for film students, film scholars, and film buffs.

The Culture of Kitharoidia

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Timothy Power

£12.95 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies

Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination.

Advanced Drama and Theatre Studies

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonothan Neelands, Warwick Dobson, Emma Brown

£19.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hodder Education

New edition of the best-selling textbook

OCR Performance Studies for A Level

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Pymm

£19.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hodder Education

Fully endorsed by OCR to support A level Performance Studies

Young People, New Theatre

26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Guide to an Intercultural Process

By Noel Greig

£17.99 26 Jun 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Explores and explains the process of collaborating creatively with groups of young people across cultural divides. Organized into exercises, case studies and specific topics, this book plots a route for those wishing to put this kind of theatre into practise.

The Performer's Anthology

25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kenneth Pickering

£8.95 25 Jun 2008 Paperback Janus Publishing Co

A collection of performance pieces taken from a wide variety of ancient and modern texts. It is suitable for students studying the performing arts and actors.

Worldly Stage

24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theatricality in Seventeeth-Century China

By Sophie Volpp

£28.95 24 Jun 2008 Hardback Harvard University Press

Acting

22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Onstage and Off

By Robert Barton

£41.99 22 Jun 2008 Spiral / Comb Bound Cengage Learning

Transatlantic Stage Stars in Vaudeville and Variety

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Celebrity Turns

By Leigh Woods

£45.00 20 Jun 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

The Makeup Artist Handbook

20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Techniques for Film, Television, Photography, and Theatre

By Gretchen Davis, Mindy Hall

£25.99 20 Jun 2008 Paperback Elsevier Science & Technology

Written for film, television, and theatre makeup artists who need to know the basics on how to accomplish flawless makeup applications, this work contains tips and techniques from a number of professional Hollywood makeup artists, and includes a full reference section with useful websites, business listings, and contacts.

Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic

19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeffrey H. Richards

£26.99 19 Jun 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A study into American identity as revealed in the plays of post-revolutionary America.

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical

19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theatre, Film, and Television

By Thomas Hischak

£19.99 19 Jun 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical is an engaging and authoritative reference for this highly popular genre, covering Broadway, Hollywood, and television in one volume. With more than two thousand entries, this book offers a wealth of information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more.

The Poetics of Difference and Displacement

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Twentieth-century Chinese-Western Intercultural Theater

By Min Tian

£26.95 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Hong Kong University Press

Intercultural theater is a prominent phenomena of twentieth-century international theater. This books views intercultural theatre as a process of displacement and re-placement of various cultural and theatrical forces, a process which the author describes as 'the poetics of displacement'.

Victor Herbert

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Theatrical Life

By Neil Gould

£30.95 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Fordham University Press

Victor Hebert is one of the giants of American culture. As a musician, conductor, and, above all, composer, he touched every corner of American musical life at the turn of the century, writing scores of songs, marches, concerti, and other works. This biography portrays Herbert the artist, entrepreneur, and visionary.

Text and Presentation 2007

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stratos E. Constantinidis

£40.95 15 Jun 2008 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

An anthology representing some of the papers presented at the 31st Comparative Drama Conference. It presents research about the Chicano Theatre, America's Vietnam War and 9/11 in the French Theatre, Actresses and Modern Hamlet, the Asian Theatre and 12 others.

Teatro Chicana

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays

By Sandra M. Gutierrez, Laura E. Garcia, Felicitas Nunez

£14.99 15 Jun 2008 Paperback University of Texas Press

In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. This memoir tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and story of each of the main actors and writers.

Teatro Chicana

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays

By Sandra M. Gutierrez, Laura E. Garcia, Felicitas Nunez

£39.00 15 Jun 2008 Hardback University of Texas Press

Melody in Songwriting

13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jack Perricone

£14.99 13 Jun 2008 Paperback Hal Leonard Corporation

Understanding Interpersonal Communication

12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Making Choices in Changing Times

By Richard West, Lynn H. Turner

£36.99 12 Jun 2008 Paperback Cengage Learning

Gives you the knowledge and practical skills you need to be effective communicators in a changing and technologically advanced society. Filled with realistic examples and scenarios that reflect the diversity and interactions of students, this work makes connections between theory, skills, and the life situations we encounter on a daily basis.

Acting

07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Onstage and Off

By Robert Barton

£41.99 07 Jun 2008 Spiral / Comb Bound Cengage Learning

Musical Theatre

05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A History

By John Kenrick

£25.00 05 Jun 2008 Hardback Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Provides a history of stage musicals from Paris during the 1840s. This book is suitable for those in the theatre as well as Broadway and West End fans.

Transformative Power of Performance

05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A New Aesthetics

By Erika Fischer-Lichte

£18.99 05 Jun 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. This translation of the original "A sthetik des Performativen" addresses key issues in performance art, experimental theatre and cultural performances to lay the ground for a fresh appreciation of the artistic event.

Transformative Power of Performance

05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A New Aesthetics

By Erika Fischer-Lichte

£65.00 05 Jun 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Singing Emptiness

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir

By Linda Hess

£19.99 01 Jun 2008 Multimedia Item Seagull Books London Ltd

Singing Emptiness

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir

By Linda Hess

£50.00 01 Jun 2008 Multimedia Item Seagull Books London Ltd

Aristophanes and His Theatre of the Absurd

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cartledge, P.

£11.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Duckworth Publishers

This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions.

Beethoven's Symphonies: Unlocking the Masters Series

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bell, Young Bell, John Young Young, John Bell

£12.61 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Amadeus Press

The latest release in this value rich book/CD series brings us the great German composer who bridged the classical and romantic eras. In Beethoven's Symphonies - A Guided Tour, readers are treated to a detailed nuts-and-bolts description in easy-to-understand English of each of the famous nine Beethoven symphonies. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to read, listen, and learn more about Beethoven (1770-1827), and discover how this musical genius changed the face of orchestral music forever.

The Director's Voice 2: Interviews with Twenty Stage Directors

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Loewith, Jason

£10.96 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Theatre Communications Group

In the Wings: The New Romantic Comedy about Show Business

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lane, Stewart F.

£6.02 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Applause Books

The script of the acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy. Two aspiring young actors in love with each other and the theatre get their big break when they are cast in a new musical written by their Svengali-like acting teacher, Bernardo. But when the show moves to Broadway, only Melinda is asked to move with it. Can love stay alive on the Great White Way? "Most people know me as a producer," says Stewart F. Lane, "but once upon a time, I struggled to make a living on the other side of the footlights which formed an ideal real-life foundation for this romantic New York comedy."

Contemporary Theatre, Film, & Television, Volume 84

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£163.19 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Includes extensive biographical and career information on more than 20,000 professionals currently working in the entertainment industry.

The Tempest with Audio CD

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Shakespeare, William Shakespeare

£9.34 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Sourcebooks Mediafusion

This remarkable edition features a newly edited text of The Tempest based on the earliest printed text of the play, along with detailed notes and performance annotations. An integrated audio CD showcases the deeper understanding and enjoyment from the power of performance.
Hear...Read...See:
-- Hear recordings of great contemporary and historical performances of key scenes from the play.
-- Read about a modern production, from the director's point of view.
-- See production notes and photos alongside the text that takes you inside the stage experience.
-- See photos from contemporary stage productions and movie adaptations.
-- Read and see how a modern cast approaches the play, from interviews with the actors.
-- Hear and read about how a legendary voice coach (previously from the RSC) approaches the text and works with actors on "Speaking Shakespeare."

Theatermania Presents Seats - New York: 160 Seating Plans to New York Metro Area Theatres, Concert Halls and Sports Stadiums

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Millman, Jode Susan

£9.31 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Limelight Editions

Your guide to the most up-to-date NY/metro theatre seating. This new edition of Seats: New York, the first since 2002 and now published in conjunction with TheaterMania.com, features new venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center and the following: Detailed seating charts that each feature a Seats pricing guide; Insider tips on locating the best seats at the best discount prices; Maps of the Seats theatre districts in Manhattan; User-friendly directions and transportation information to get you to your seats; Information on handicapped accessible seats and parking locations convenient to your venue; Your ticket to four seasons of FREE seats.

Javanese Performances on an Indonesian Stage: Celebrating Culture, Embracing Change

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hatley, Barbara

£19.23 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Not Avail

Every Man Out of His Humour: By Ben Jonson

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ben Jonson

£14.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Manchester University Press

A comical satire about envy and aspiration amongst the ambitious middle classes, who think happiness is to be found in fame and material fortune. It exposes the importance of seeing and judging the world as it is and not being duped by its pretences.

Epicene, or the Silent Woman: By Ben Jonson

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ben Jonson

£14.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Manchester University Press

States that "Epicene" is one of the most widely-studied of Johnson's plays. This book analyzed the play as originally written for the newly formed Children of the Queen's Revels, and performed at the little-known Whitefriars Theatre. It discusses the composition of the play, which took place during a critical period in Jonson's life and career.

Records of Early English Drama

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ecclesiastical London

By Mary Erler

£180.00 01 Jun 2008 Hardback The British Library Publishing Division

Presents the ecclesiasticall-generated records of London, notably its parishes and St Paul's Cathedral. This book addresses parish calendar customs such as hocking and maying, parish pageant cars and costumes, and the widespread popularity of boy bishops and of Palm Sunday prophets throughout London.

Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-based Improv

By Leep, Jeanne

£40.00 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

Examines the different styles of improvisation in performance and compares them. This book provides an analysis of short form, long form, and sketch-based improv tracing the development of each form and the principles that define and connect the styles of performance.

Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anderson, Patrick Menon, Jisha Reinelt, Janelle

£41.21 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Palgrave MacMillan

This collection of essays explores the co-implication of violence and performance in a range of geopolitical locations. It addresses the problem of local/global violence through the optic of performance studies, examining the constitutive role of violence, and the more global concerns about how violence is performed in the modern world.

From Performance to Print in Shakespeare's England

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Holland, Stephen Orgel

£17.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

Presents a collection of essays that examines the ways in which printed plays contain information about performance and in which performance interprets the evidence of plays. This work includes some of the foremost Early Modern English scholars, including Stephen Orgel, A R Braunmuller, Gary Taylor, Margaret De Grazia and Gordon McMullan.

Henry IV: Parts I and II

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Parts I and II

By Loehlin, James N.

£12.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Palgrave MacMillan

Explores the Henry IV plays as texts for performance as they unfold, moment by moment, on the stage. With scene-by-scene commentary, and including an account of their life on stage, film and in criticism, this guide illuminates two plays that together rank as one of Shakespeare's greatest achievements.

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theatre, Film, and Television

By Hischak, Thomas S.

£19.99 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press, USA

Stage Lighting Design

30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Art, the Craft, the Life

By Richard Pilbrow

£19.99 30 May 2008 Paperback Nick Hern Books

Covers the history, theory and - above all - practice of lighting design. This work contains 450 black and white half tones, 60 colour photos and diagrams and lighting plots. It is arranged in four sections: Design; History; Life; and Mechanics.

Estrangement and the Somatics of Literature

30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tolstoy, Shklovsky, Brecht

By Douglas Robinson

£43.50 30 May 2008 Hardback Johns Hopkins University Press

Drawing together the estrangement theories of Viktor Shklovsky and Bertolt Brecht with Lev Tolstoy's theory of infection, this work studies the ways in which shared evaluative affect regulates both literary familiarity - convention and tradition - and modern strategies of alienation, depersonalization, and malaise.

Pygmalion

30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Shaw

£8.99 30 May 2008 Paperback A & C Black Publishers Ltd

Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly.

The Culture of Kitharoidia

30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Timothy Power

£12.95 30 May 2008 Paperback Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies

Theatre Studies

29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Basics

By Robert Leach

£9.99 29 May 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Introduces you to various aspects of drama, theatre and performance. This title contains topics as dramatic genres, from tragedy to political documentary; theories of performance; the history of the theatre in the West acting; and, directing and scenography the audience.

Theatre Studies

29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Basics

By Robert Leach

£55.00 29 May 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Introduces you to various aspects of drama, theater and performance. This book takes you through such topics as dramatic genres, from tragedy to political documentary, theories of performance, the history of the theater in the West, and, acting, directing and scenography.

Worldly Stage

27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theatricality in Seventeeth-Century China

By Sophie Volpp

£28.95 27 May 2008 Hardback Harvard University Press

Shakespeare and the Cultures of Performance

20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Yachnin, Patricia Badir

£50.00 20 May 2008 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Featuring chapters dealing with Shakespeare and performance culture in modernity, this collection intends to bring better understanding to Shakespeare's imaginative investment in the relationship between theatrical production and the emotional, intellectual and cultural effects of performance broadly defined in social terms.

Victor Herbert

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Theatrical Life

By Neil Gould

£30.95 15 May 2008 Hardback Fordham University Press

Essentials of Public Speaking

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cheryl Hamilton

£17.99 15 May 2008 Paperback Cengage Learning

Including sample speeches illustrating what to do as well as examples detailing what not to do, this book equips readers with the skills and theories needed to become an effective public speaker. It also offers discussions on the role of ethics in public speaking and covers how to use technology in speech development and delivery.

Footpaths and Bridges

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive

By Shirley A. Huston-Findley, Rebecca Howard

£51.50 15 May 2008 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Presents eleven dramatic works that celebrate the vitality and diversity of Native American women. This collection presents an array of plays by leading contemporary playwrights - including JudyLee Oliva, Diane Glancy, and Monique Mojica - in forms ranging from realism to dramatic poetry and from a children's story to a musical.

Edward Albee

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Toby Zinman

£33.95 15 May 2008 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

With discussions of Edward Albee's famous plays, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Three Tall Women", as well as his lesser known works, this guide reveals the heart of his drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater.

Edward Albee

15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Toby Zinman

£12.95 15 May 2008 Paperback The University of Michigan Press

The Prop Master

12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guidebook for Successful Theatrical Prop Management

By Amy Mussman

£13.50 12 May 2008 Paperback Meriwether Publishing,U.S.

There is a lot more to propping a show than many theatre people realise. The twelve chapters of this book provide definitions of the job in action. They tell how to build a props department, how to create props and how to work with the technical crew, designers, supervisors and performers.

Localizing Caroline Drama

09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Politics and Economics of the Early Modern English State, 1625-1642

By Adam Zucker, Alan B. Farmer

£37.99 09 May 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Presents a collection of essays, which redefines crucial moments in British theatrical and literary history as something more than simply post-Shakespearean or pre-Revolutionary in character. This work reveals the drama's mixture of political engagement, religious controversy, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial innovation.

"Wicked"

08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Grimmerie

By David Cote

£25.00 08 May 2008 Hardback Hyperion

A companion volume to the hit Broadway musical set in Oz recounts the exploits of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the good witch, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the musical and its creation, profiles of cast and crew, anecdotes, and the show's libretto.

The Crafting of Narnia

06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Art, Creatures and Weapons from Weta Workshop

By Weta Workshop

£20.00 06 May 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

Discover the genius behind the world of Narnia and how it was brought to the big screen in this lavish art book produced by the films' own special effects studio.

The Culture of Kitharoidia

02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Timothy Power

£12.95 02 May 2008 Paperback Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies

Arthur Miller

02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Neil Carson

£19.99 02 May 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

Examines Arthur Miller's career and discusses individual works in the theatre and film. This study explores the ways in which his later work helps us to better understand the plays of his maturity.

Theater at the Bauhaus: Edition Bauhaus Vol. 21

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Marie Neumuller

£19.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Jovis

Offers a presentation of the key issues and concepts of the Bauhaus' theatre work and a chronological survey of important periods and events.

A Guide to Staging a Show

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Burton, Debbie Arnold

£7.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Apex Publishing Ltd, Essex

Maypoles to Mistletoe

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Book of the Show

By Martyn Wyndham-Read, Chris Brown

£29.38 01 May 2008 Spiral / Comb Bound Educational Printing Services Ltd

Theatre of Roots

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage

By Erin B. Mee

£16.99 01 May 2008 Paperback Seagull Books London Ltd