Michael Dobson 
Shakespeare and Amateur Performance [PDF ebook] 
A Cultural History

"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 …

This book offers a wealth of resources, critical overviews and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove»s internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera and musicals in our time. …

Shakespeare: Actors and Audiences brings together the voices of those who make productions of Shakespeare come to life. It shines a spotlight on the relationship between actors and audiences and expl …

“Theatre is not part of our vocabulary”: Sipho Sepamla»s provocation in 1981, the year of famous anti-apartheid play Woza Albert!, prompts the response, yes indeed, it is. A Century of South African …

Performance and medicine are now converging in unprecedented ways. London»s theatres reveal an appetite for medical themes – John Boyega is subjected to medical experiments in Jack Thorne»s Woycek, …

»When directors understand the value of a movement director they remove any sense of hierarchy within the room and place movement directors firmly by their side for they are and should be their co-p …

Since the late 1990s, Rupert Goold has garnered a reputation as one of the UK»s most exciting and provocative theatre directors. His exhilarating, risk-taking productions of both classic texts and n …

Winner of the ASLE-UKI 2022 Book Prize From The Pastoral Players» 1884 performance of As You Like It to contemporary site-specific productions activist interventions, there is a rich history of open …

Fresh perspectives on teaching and evaluating music performance in higher education are offered in this book. One-to-one pedagogy and Western art music, once default positions of instrumental teachin …

Shakespeare and Emotional Expression offers an exciting new way of considering emotional transactions in Shakespearean drama. The book is significant in its scope and originality as it uses the innov …