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Henry Irving and The Victorian Theatre
Madeleine Bingham
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Shakespeare plays
Paperback
Originally published in 1978. Henry Irving achieved an astounding success in Britain and America as an actor; yet he lacked... [more]
English Theatre in Transition 1881-1914
James Woodfield
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Shakespeare plays
Paperback
Originally published in 1984. The turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a time of considerable change in the... [more]
Nineteenth Century British Theatre
Kenneth Richards (Manchester University, UK), Peter Thomson (Exeter University, UK)
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Shakespeare plays
Paperback
Originally published in 1971. Nineteenth-century theatre in England has been greatly neglected, although serious study would... [more]
The Rise of the Victorian Actor
Michael Baker
Performance art; Theatre Studies
Paperback
Originally published in 1978. Between 1830 and 1890 the English theatre became recognisably modern. Standards of acting and... [more]
Victorian Spectacular Theatre 1850-1910
Michael R. Booth
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Shakespeare plays
Paperback
Originally published in 1981. This study concentrates on one aspect of Victorian theatre production in the second half of... [more]
Sam Shepard V8 Pt 3
Johan Callens
Performance art; Theatre Studies
Hardback
This volume, the first of two, contains the proceedings of the Shepard conference organized in Brussels, 28-30 May 1993, by... [more]
Histories of Performance Documentation: Museum, Artistic, and Scholarly...
Gabriella Giannachi, Jonah Westerman
Performance art
Hardback
Histories of Performance Documentation traces the many ways in which museums have approached performance works from the 1960s... [more]
Black British Drama: A Transnational Story
Michael Pearce
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Black & Asian studies
Paperback
Black British Drama: A Transnational Story looks afresh at the ways black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed... [more]
Transformative Aesthetics
Erika Fischer-Lichte, Benjamin Wihstutz
Theory of art; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Aesthetic theory in the West has, until now, been dominated by ideas of effect, autonomy, and reception. Transformative Aesthetics... [more]
Imagined Theatres: Writing for a Theoretical Stage
Daniel Sack
Performance art; Theatre Studies
Paperback
Imagined Theatres collects theoretical dramas written by some of the leading scholars and artists of the contemporary stage.... [more]
Moliere Today 1
Michael Spingler
Performance art
Hardback
Focuses on Moliere's theatre as works to be performed as well as read. The essays deal with the limits which are imposed and... [more]
Spielraum: Jasmina Cibic
Jasmina Cibic
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Sculpture; Installation art; Performance art; Individual artists, art monographs
Hardback
Spielraum is a publication about Jasmina Cibic's latest work. By bringing together performance, sculpture, installation and... [more]
Theatrocracy: Greek Drama, Cognition, and the Imperative for Theatre
Peter Meineck
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Classical history & classical civilisation
Hardback
Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within... [more]
Analytic Philosophy and the World of the Play
Michael Y. Bennett
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Theatrical characters' dual existence on stage and in text presents a unique, challenging case for the analytical philosopher.<br... [more]
Music and Ethical Responsibility
Jeff R. Warren
Performance art; Theory of music & musicology; Music reviews & criticism
Paperback
Exploring examples of musical meaning, musical experience, other people's music, noise, and improvisation, Jeff R. Warren's... [more]
Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body
Francesca Granata
Performance art; Fashion & textiles: design
Paperback
The fashion body unbound. [more]
Black British Drama: A Transnational Story
Michael Pearce
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Black & Asian studies
Hardback
Black British Drama: A Transnational Story looks afresh at the ways black theatre in Britain is connected to and informed... [more]
Imagined Theatres: Writing for a Theoretical Stage
Daniel Sack
Performance art; Theatre Studies
Hardback
Imagined Theatres collects theoretical dramas written by some of the leading scholars and artists of the contemporary stage.... [more]
Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body
Francesca Granata
Performance art; Fashion & textiles: design
Hardback
The fashion body unbound. [more]
Music, Dance, Affect, and Emotions in Latin America
Pablo Vila
Performance art; History of the Americas
Hardback
This collection deals with various manifestations of Argentine music and dance and how they relate to affects, feelings, and... [more]
Wild New Territories
Michael Hampton, Thomas Borsch, Bill Jeffries, John Wood
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Installation art; Performance art
Paperback
Wild New Territories showcases new visual art, media, and performance works that explore the interplay between the urban and... [more]
Shakespeare at Work, 1592-1603
G.B. Harrison
Performance art; Shakespeare plays
Paperback
Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years... [more]
Attic Oratory and Performance
Andreas Serafim
Performance art; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Communication studies; Classical history & classical civilisation
Hardback
In a society where public speech was integral to the decision-making process, and where all affairs pertaining to the community... [more]
The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608:...
Jeanne McCarthy
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Literature: history & criticism
Hardback
The Children's Troupes and the Transformation of English Theater 1509-1608 uncovers the role of the children's companies in... [more]
Memos from a Theatre Lab: Exploring what immersive theatre 'does'
Nandita Dinesh
Performance art; Theatre Studies
Hardback
What does Immersive Theatre `do'?<br /><br />By contrasting two specific... [more]
