Richard Preiss 
Clowning and Authorship in Early Modern Theatre [PDF ebook] 

“Mr. Miller knows his audience… he is letting us know, the devil will have his due.“ NEW YORK TIMES When insurance agent Lyman Felt is hospitalised following a near-fatal car crash, both of his wiv …

Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions. Featuring new essays by pioneers Richard Schechner and Barba …

The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a …

In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical engage …

Yukio Ninagawa (1935–2016) was Japan“s foremost director of Shakespeare whose productions were acclaimed around the world. His work was lauded for its spectacular imagery, its inventive use of Japan …

Are you a teacher of musical theatre who struggles to plan and construct lessons? Are you looking for a structured approach to teaching musical theatre to students of all abilities? Do you know your …

What is the legacy of Martha Graham and why does it endure? How and why did the philosophy and subsequent canon of Martha Graham flood out into an artistic diaspora that is still a wellspring of insp …

How does tourism impact theatre? How do theatrical ways of seeing, knowing, and acting shape tourism? How do economic and political processes like colonization or neoliberalization influence them bot …

"Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts" by using Honore de Balzac is a satirical exploration of monetary schemes, societal expectations, and the pursuit of wealth in nineteenth-century France. T …

The term liminal refers to a marginalized space of fertile chaos and creative potential where nothing is fixed or certain. Liminal performance is an emerging genre which has surfaced only in recent t …