Théâtre, ballet

P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and it …

Cuban music is recognized unanimously as a major historical force behind Latin American popular music, and as an important player in the development of US popular music and jazz. However, the music p …

Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examing the genre in light of historical r …

Performing Maternity in Early Modern England features essays that share a common concern with exploring maternity »s cultural representation, performative aspects and practical consequences in the pe …

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on  »European Shakespeares », proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare »s literary craft was not just nativ …

What do  »stage directions » do in early modern drama? Who or what are they directing: action on the stage, or imagination via the page? Is the label  »stage direction » helpful or misleading? Do the …

Sarah Ruhl is one of the most highly-acclaimed and frequently-produced American playwrights of the 21st century. Author of eighteen plays and the essay collection 100 Essays I Don »t Have Time to Wri …

Combining life-coaching and screen-acting tools and techniques in one accessible handbook, this guide empowers actors to overcome personal inhibitions and approach their work, characters and careers …

This book argues that Old Comedy »s parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play, and contemporary lyric is geared to enhancing its own status as the preeminent discourse on Athenian a …

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, …