Theatre Studies books

For nine seasons, Mary McDonough was part of one of the most beloved families in television history - The Waltons . In this book, she recounts the joys and challenges of growing up Walton - from her overnight transformation from...

Provides a record of what was once America's pre-eminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. This title includes entries not only on the entertainers themselves, but also on those who worked...

This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal Mamet's ideas on writing, acting, and directing, covering his beginnings in Chicago, his relationship to Judaism and reputation for machismo, as well...

Presents a comprehensive review of the history and development of avant-garde drama and theater in the People's Republic of China since 1976. This book explores key artistic movements and phenomena that have emerged in China's...

Gathers twenty-four original essays exploring a broad range of historical performances in the Ottoman Empire. Offering a reappraisal of research on Ottoman festivities, celebrations, and entertainment, this volume also examines...

How theatre artists are challenging traditional theatre practices and reimagining disability on stage

A unique geographical exploration of Shakespeare's histories, and the places and personalities involved.

The text of a 1934 lecture by Granville-Barker on the study of 'drama as drama, considered in relation to the theatre'.

Asian American literature is one of the most recent forms of ethnic literature and is already becoming one of the most prominent, given the large number of writers, the growing ethnic population from the region, the general...

The Playmakers have brought fame and national publicity to the university at Chapel Hill since their establishment by Frederick H. Koch in 1918. In the first fifty years they have produced over a thousand plays and have taken many...

It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. Violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize winning...

Una de las funciones del imaginario social es la construcci n de un sistema de referencias siempre cambiantes, con dominio a un complejo conjunto de formas creativas, interacci n cultural, discursos y pr cticas sociales en el...