Alex Rim Runa 
Acta Monstrorum [EPUB ebook] 

First published in 2005. A complete introduction to traditional Japanese dance, this text will delight readers with its lively descriptions and beautiful illustrations. Covering subjects including da …

Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967, baakisimba dance began to be performed in other …

A captivating study of the plays, literature and writings about private and public theatrical spectacle during the Victorian Age By the 1890s the British theatre had transformed itself into a world w …

Significant and unexplored signs of John Marston”s literary rivalry with Ben Jonson are investigated here by Charles Cathcart. The centrepiece of the book is its argument that the anonymous play The …

Described by the distinguished theatre director Peter Brook as ”a very powerful form of theatre”, the Ta”ziyeh is the Islamic drama of Iran. This work examines the evolution of the Ta”ziyeh, whic …

Emphasizing a performative and stage-centered approach, this book considers early modern European theater as an international phenomenon. Early modern theater was remarkable both in the ways that it …

Performing Live Comedy is for anyone who has ever thought about getting up onstage and being funny or for those who have already started. It offers a breakdown of the process of live comedy and provi …

David Mamet is widely considered to be the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic language together with minimalist staging creates a postmodern combination …

Angels in America paved a new way for American theatre in its combination of heightened theatricality and politics. Tony Kushner has emerged as one of the American theatre”s leading playwrights and …

First Published in 1996. This text looks at the cinema from the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Presented by country and date orde …