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Toward a General Theory of Acting explores the actor's art through the lens of Dynamic Systems Theory and recent findings in the Cognitive Sciences. An analysis of different theories of acting in the West from Stanislavski to Lecoq is followed by an in...

Violence against women in plays bywomen has earned little mention. This revolutionary collection fills that gap, focusing on plays by American women dramatists, written in the last thirty years, that deal with different forms of gender violence. Each...

When a nation wants to reconnect with a sense of national identity, its cultural celebrations, including its theatre, are often tinged with nostalgia for a cultural high point in its history. Leaders often try to create a...

This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972, when Man of La Mancha was the final roadshow to require reserved seating. Synonymous with Hollywood's star-studded premieres, roadshows...

This is the story of the dreams and fears that shaped the lives of the Scots in the Cape Fear Valley. It centers around the life of Flora McDonald, friend and protector of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who came here in 1774 with her family to seek a peace she...

The first book to document grass roots popular theatres which developed from within the working class Republican and Loyalist communities of Belfast and Derry during the latest phase of the four hundred year conflict between Ireland and Britain. Theatres...

Self-made impresario, controversial producer, contentious champion of human rights and the First Amendment, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and unquestionably the most dynamic force in American theatre in the last quarter century, Joseph...

Of the many dynamic, young playwrights to be associated with the "In-Yer-Face" burst of creative talent on the British stage in the mid-1990s, Joe Penhall has challenged Britain's status quo the most. Penhall believes his plays should constantly...

These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales, and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996122467Author Carl DeGregorioFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Alligator Suitcase PressPublisher Alligator Suitcase PressWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990682806Author Warren FranckeFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Omaha Community PlayhousePublisher Omaha Community PlayhouseWeight(grams) 930g

This original and useful contribution to knowledge about the theatre focuses on the playgoer. Samuel Selden shows how artists in the playhouse serve the playgoer as creators and guides while they participate in the double game of theatre. He shows how...

Four Arab American Plays is the first published collection of plays by contemporary Arab American playwrights. Based on true stories from her life as the daughter of a Lebanese mother and American diplomat father, Leila Buck's ISite/ invites the audience...

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Vows, Veils, and Masks offers a bold and timely approach to the plays of Eugene O’Neill with its attention to the engagements, weddings, and marriages so crucial to the tragic action in O’Neill’s works. Specifically, the book examines the culturally...

This volume is the sixteenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama, performance, and dramatic textual analysis. Featuring some of the best work from the 2019 Comparative Drama Conference in Orlando,...

Text & Presentation, 2016 gathers some of the best work presented at the 2016 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore. The subjects covered in this volume range from Ancient Greece to Twenty-First Century America, and include a variety of...

Bringing together some of the best work from the 2015 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore, this book covers subjects from ancient Greece to 21st century America with a variety of approaches and formats, including two transcripts, 10 research papers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578415413Author Jay O SandersFormat HardbackPage Count 74Imprint Plunder Productions, Ltd.Publisher Plunder Productions, Ltd.Weight(grams) 535g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780230614888Author Alan AyckbournFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999147351Author Vin MorrealeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Academy Arts PressPublisher Academy Arts PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865349872Author Nat EekFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Modern theater history is punctuated by instances of scandalized audience members disrupting and in some cases suspending the first production of a new play. Such incidents are usually dismissed as riots, as self-evident displays of philistinism. Neil...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876390191Author Maureen DroneyPage Count 208Imprint Berklee Press PublicationsPublisher Berklee Press Publications

Holly Hughes is one of the most popular and controversial out-there-and-in-your-face writer-performers around, and in this collection of some of her greatest hits she describes her career as an "escape" artist: how she escaped her conservative upbringing...

Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is considered one of the great rationalist thinkers of the seventeenth century. His magnum opus, Ethics, in which he criticized the dualism of Descartes, solidified his reputation and greatly influenced the Enlightenment thinkers...

This issue examines how performance curators are responding to today’s crises both within the world of theater and performance and in the broader spheres of politics, economics, and history. Interviews with four leading performance curators—Boris...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557831361Author John Russell BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557835765Author Leon KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780856762505Author Chris HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Josef Weinberger PlaysPublisher Josef Weinberger Plays

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847011473Author Martin BanhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint James CurreyPublisher James CurreyWeight(grams) 482g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563681400Author Stephen BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Gallaudet University Press,U.S.Publisher Gallaudet University Press,U.S.

Contributors to this special issue investigate the ways surveillance and the fields of theater and performance inform one another. Considering forms of surveillance from government mass spying to data mining to all-seeing social networks, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692178508Author David WeissFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Southeastern Theatre Conference, IncorporatedPublisher Southeastern Theatre Conference,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999147375Author Vin MorrealeFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Academy Arts PressPublisher Academy Arts PressWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692361382Author Alfred HaidacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 722Imprint Texture PressPublisher Texture PressWeight(grams) 1043g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983861454Author Evans and RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint GrincoPublisher GrincoWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780797482562Author Tatenda C MunyukiFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Pen Featherz MediaPublisher Pen Featherz MediaWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692369043Author Sandra Lee ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Sandra ThomasPublisher Sandra ThomasWeight(grams) 59g