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Renaissance Drama v. 38 by William N. West
RRP: £69.95£65.89Renaissance Drama, an annual interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore the traditional canon of drama, the significance of performance, broadly... -
The Actor's Art: Conversations with Contemporary American Stage Performers by Jackson R. Bryer
RRP: £40.95£37.87This collection offers insight into 75 years of acting in the American theatre through interviews with 17 of its most accomplished performers. From Jessica Tandy, who made her stage debut in 1927, to Nathan Lane, who first appeared on Broadway in 1982,... -
Sync: Stylistics of Hieroglyphic Time by James S. Tobias
RRP: £56.50£48.20Details the profound historical appeal of films, video, and digital works emphasizing synchronized musicality and gestureBook InformationISBN 9781439902011Author James S. TobiasFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher... -
Naturalism in Theatre: Its Development and Legacy by Kenneth Pickering
RRP: £100.00£99.72An accessible survey of the development of naturalism and its effects on modern-day theatre. Taking into account the philosophical, scientific and aesthetic ideas that constituted the movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book... -
Brazilian Women's Filmmaking: From Dictatorship to Democracy by Leslie Marsh
£111.35At most recent count, there are no fewer than forty-five women in Brazil directing or codirecting feature-length fiction or documentary films. In the early 1990s, women filmmakers in Brazil were credited for being at the forefront of the rebirth of... -
Francis Ford Coppola by Jeff Menne
£22.28Acclaimed as one of the most influential and innovative American directors, Francis Ford Coppola is also lionized as a maverick auteur at war with Hollywood's power structure and an ardent critic of the postindustrial corporate America it reflects. ... -
African Women Playwrights by Kathy A. Perkins
RRP: £23.99£21.97This anthology consists of nine plays by a diverse group of women from throughout the African continent. The plays focus on a wide range of issues, such as cultural differences, AIDS, female circumcision, women's rights to higher education, racial and... -
All about Thelma and Eve: SIDEKICKS AND THIRD WHEELS by Judith Roof
£23.82Inviting us to "wallow in the middle," Judith Roof offers a fresh, inventive look at female comic secondary characters who, though never on center stage, play an indispensable role in enriching and complicating the course of the narrative. Paying... -
Contemp Bugarian Theatre 2 by Kalina Stefanova
RRP: £36.99£32.53First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9789057021428Author Kalina StefanovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 159g -
Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage by William H. Steffen
RRP: £76.00£69.10Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes... -
Immersions in Cultural Difference: Tourism, War, Performance by Natalie Alvarez
£25.35In a time of intensifying xenophobia and anti-immigration measures, this book examines the impulse to acquire a deeper understanding of cultural others. Immersions in Cultural Difference takes readers into the heart of immersive simulations, including a... -
Appalachian Dance: Creativity and Continuity in Six Communities by Susan Eike Spalding
RRP: £110.00£107.69In Appalachian Dance, Susan Eike Spalding employs twenty-five years' worth of rich interviews with black and white Virginians, Tennesseeans, and Kentuckians to explore the evolution and social uses of dance practices in each region. Spalding analyzes how... -
Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller by Nina Martin
£23.54How erotic thrillers impact contemporary ideas about feminism and femininityUnlike the bulk of soft-core pornography, direct-to-video erotic thriller films are made specifically to appeal to women. Nina K. Martin argues that this makes them a valuable... -
Todd Haynes by Rob White
RRP: £110.00£106.20Todd Haynes's films are intricate and purposeful, combining the intellectual impact of art cinema with the emotional accessibility of popular genres. They are also underpinned by a serious commitment to feminism and queer theory. From his 1985 student... -
Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema by Susan Potter
£20.84John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Single Work, Anthology, Multi-Authored or Edited Book in LGBTQ Studies, Popular Culture Association (PCA), 2020 In Queer Timing, Susan Potter offers a counter-history that reorients accepted views of lesbian... -
Russian Mirror: Three Plays by Russian Women by Melissa T. Smith
RRP: £25.99£22.63The three playwrights presented together in this volume On the Road to Ourselves), Elena Gremina (Behind the Mirror) and Olga Mikhailova (Russian Dream). The selected plays contain many elements which will appeal to Western directors and audiences:... -
African Theatre in Performance: A Festschrift in Honour of Martin Banham by Dele Layiwola
RRP: £86.99£75.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789057551086Author Dele LayiwolaFormat HardbackPage Count 153Imprint Harwood Academic (Performing Arts)Publisher Gordon and BreachWeight(grams) 408g -
Medieval and Modern Perspectives by Ronald L. Nettler
RRP: £135.00£117.68First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718657278Author Ronald L. NettlerFormat HardbackPage Count 203Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
Urban Children Distress by Cristina Szanton Blanc
RRP: £24.99£22.21This book describes how deprived urban children and their families and communities try to cope with scarcity, neglect and discrimination. It communicates the smell, the sweat, the agonies and the occasional triumphs of the poor in their day-to-day... -
The Arab in Israeli Drama and Theatre by Dan Urian
RRP: £48.99£42.66What is Israeli theatre? Is it only a Hebrew theatre staged in Israel? Are performances by Arab Israelis working in an Arabic theatre framework not part of the repertoire of Israeli theatre? Do they perhaps belong to the Palestinian theatre? What are the... -
Beyond Taboos by Nicole Boireau
RRP: £24.99£21.81This book is a collection of essays that cover the related areas of aesthetics and politics, both in the field of theatre and in everyday life. Each contributor illustrates how drama subverts the foundations of the accepted models of perception and how... -
Chromaticism by Vladimir Barsky
RRP: £135.00£117.68First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718657049Author Vladimir BarskyFormat HardbackPage Count 211Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
Two Plays from the New Russia by Daniil Gink
RRP: £24.99£21.81First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718657810Author Daniil GinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
Kim Ki-duk by Hye Seung Chung
£16.72This study investigates the controversial motion pictures written and directed by the independent filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, one of the most acclaimed Korean auteurs in the English-speaking world. Propelled by underdog protagonists who can only communicate... -
"Baad Bitches" and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films by Stephane Dunn
£18.47Blaxploitation action narratives as well as politically radical films like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song typically portrayed black women as trifling "bitches" compared to the supermacho black male heroes. But starting in 1973, the emergence of "baad... -
Figures of Resistance: Essays in Feminist Theory by Teresa De Lauretis
£26.84The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholarsFigures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning... -
The Training of Noh Actors and The Dove by David Griffiths
RRP: £135.00£117.28First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718657155Author David GriffithsFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
Process of the Soviet/British by Malcolm Knight
RRP: £24.99£21.81First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718652693Author Malcolm KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
Contemporary World Television by Graeme Turner
£36.98What is happening today in the world of world television? With intense commercialization and more open national markets, along with technological convergence and greater concentration of ownership, the international TV landscape is changing at a... -
Jerry Lewis by Chris Fujiwara
RRP: £18.99£17.34Well known for his slapstick comedic style, Jerry Lewis has also delighted worldwide movie audiences with a directing career spanning five decades. One of American cinema's great innovators, Lewis made unmistakably personal films that often focused on an... -
Eastern European Theatre After the Iron Curtain by Kalina Stefanova
RRP: £135.00£117.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789057550546Author Kalina StefanovaFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Harwood Academic (Performing Arts)Publisher Gordon and BreachWeight(grams) 680g -
Frontiers: American Modern Dancer and Dance Educator by Karen Bell-Kanner
RRP: £135.00£117.68First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9789057550331Author Karen Bell-KannerFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 522g -
Anna Sokolow: The Rebellious Spirit by Larry Warren
RRP: £135.00£117.68A pioneer choreographer in modern American dance, Anna Sokolow has led a bewildering, active international life. Her meticulous biographer Larry Warren once looked up Anna Sokolow in a few reference books and found that she was born in three different... -
Subversions by Erika Block
RRP: £36.99£32.53First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9789057020537Author Erika BlockFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 204g -
The Italian Commedia and Please be Gentle by David Griffiths
RRP: £36.99£32.53Focusing on Commedia Dell'Arte, this work provides a historical and critical commentary of the Commedia. It highlights common factors between this genre and that of the Japanese Noh theatre. The author proposes six similarities: characters familiar to... -
Edward Bond Letters: Volume 5 by Edward Bond
RRP: £24.99£21.81First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718655045Author Edward BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 169Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic... -
East Meets West in Dance: Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue by Ruth Solomon
RRP: £52.99£46.43East Meets West in Dance chronicles this development in the words of many of its best known and most active exponents. This collection of articles provides a theoretical discussion of the promises and pitfalls inherent in transplanting art forms from... -
Timbre Composition in Electroacoustic Music by Simon Emmerson
RRP: £52.99£46.03First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9783718655724Author Simon EmmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Harwood-Academic PublishersPublisher Harwood-Academic Publishers -
Warhol in Ten Takes by Gary Needham
£39.02Andy Warhol remains one of the world's most influential artists, and his reputation has only grown since his death in 1987. He first picked up a film camera in 1963. Within the space of five years, he made around 650 films. These are now recognised as a... -
Doris Humphrey: A Centennial Issue by Naomi Mindlin
RRP: £39.99£35.06In honour of Doris Humphrey's centennial, which was celebrated worldwide in 1995, this issue explores her legacy to the world of dance and her place in history. The varied aspects of her work are covered including choreography, teaching approach,...