Theatre History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 2

Philip Butterworth
Theatre of Fire

This revised edition investigates first-hand evidence of the use of special effects in fire and flame in medieval and Tudor theatre.Evidence concerning the use of special effects in fire and flame in medi…

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Medicine as Theatre, Theatre as Medicine

Responding to a need among health humanities scholars and clinicians to grapple with medicine's longstanding relationship to theatre, this open access book argues there are deep connections between theatr…

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The Mother of Yiddish Theatre

Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870-1925) appears here for the first time in English. As it m…

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The Mother of Yiddish Theatre

This book presents a contextualised volume of memoirs penned by the pioneering Polish-Yiddish actor Ester-Rokhl Kaminska. Originally appearing in instalments in Yiddish in the Warsaw Jewish daily 'Der Mom…

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Toby Osborne
Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655

Popes and Papal Rome, 1503-1655 is the first book-length account of the early modern papal court in English. As well as bringing together art historical, social, and political studies in several languages…

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Vasileios Balaskas
Revivals of Classical Drama in Greece and Spain (1860s-1970s)

Vasileios Balaskas examines how Classical drama was revived at ancient European venues during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Spain and Greece. These revivals turned ancient theatres i…

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Teale Dvornik
History Hiding Around Broadway

Go behind the scenes of the Great White Way with this illustrated guide to the Theater District's hidden history--an essential book for your explorations of the district from a seasoned Broadway guide.Bro…

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Ken Rea
Kicking Up a Storm

With the right people around you following the same dream, can you really change the world? The sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll frenzy of the counterculture movement is brought vividly to life in this often …

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Sebastiana Nervegna
The Performance Reception of Greek Tragedy in Ancient Theatres

Greek tragedy enjoyed a rich afterlife on ancient stages. This book reconstructs that history across the entire Mediterranean area, from the fourth century BC to the early third century AD. It is based on…

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Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe

What are the contexts (political, social, legal, cultural) of theatre censorship in twenty-first-century Europe? Given the abolition of state-sanctioned and institutional forms of stage censorship in the …

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Rachel Walker,
Pioneering Theatre-In-The-Round

Offering a comprehensive examination into the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent under its then director Peter Cheeseman, this book provides the first detailed history of a theatre-in-the-round and demons…

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Laurence R Kominz,
Kabuki

This volume provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the history of kabuki, Japan's 'music-dance-drama'. It traces the development of the form from its ribald, burlesque beginnings in the earl…

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Devendra Sharma,
Nautanki

Drawing on more than 4 decades of experience working in Nautanki as a writer, director, singer, and actor, Sharma's book is the first major study to analyse Nautanki not only through its literary bases, b…

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Tobi Kyeremateng
A Quick Ting On: Theatre Sh*t

Storytelling and performance have been at the centre of Black traditions for as long as Black existence. From griots and underground raves, to protests and defiant speeches, Black performance translates a…

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Indira Ghose
A Defence of Pretence

How the drama of Shakespeare's time demonstrates the tensions within civilityIs civility merely a matter of reinforcing status and excluding others? Or is it a lubricant in a polarised world, enabling us …

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Aleks Sierz
New British Drama in 15 Scenes

This is a wide-ranging and accessible account of new writing in British theatre during the 2010s, written in a boldly experimental style. A guide to the key plays and playwriting innovations, it enlighten…

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Aleks Sierz
New British Drama in 15 Scenes

This is a wide-ranging and accessible account of new writing in British theatre during the 2010s, written in a boldly experimental style. A guide to the key plays and playwriting innovations, it enlighten…

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The Methuen Drama Handbook of Gender and Theatre

Shortlisted for the 2024 TaPRA Edited Collection Prize This is a guide to contemporary debates and theatre practices at a time w hen gender paradigms are both in flux and at the centre of explosive politi…

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Jill Carter
Between the Layers

The Spiderwoman Theatre, the longest-running Indigenous theatre company in North America has heralded the revolutionary methodology of Storyweaving for generations of Indigenous artists. Storyweaving is a…

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Applied Theatre: Voice

Applied Theatre: Voice is a unique exploration of the conceptual and practical understandings of voice in relation to applied theatre.Voice is fundamental to much practice that takes place in applied and …

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