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The Fourth Seamus Heaney Lectures

Sadler’s Wells is the world’s leading Dance House. Sadler’s Wells has developed new audiences for dance, this powerful and emotive art, for performances shown within its theatre spaces and outside – …

Romeo and Juliet always use ”thou” to each other, but they are the only pair of lovers in Shakespeare to do this. Why? All the women in Richard III address Richard as ”thou”, but no man ever does …

The British musical in its formative years has appeared in strikingly different guises: from the lasting hits of Oliver!, and Me and My Girl , to the successes of The Dancing Years, Bless the Bride a …

This well-established and respected directory supports actors in their training and search for work in theatre, film, TV, radio and comedy. It is the only directory to provide detailed information fo …

"Three Men and a Maid" by P.G. Wodehouse is a delightful romantic comedy that centers around the humorous and complex interactions between its characters. Set in the world of British high s …

The volume reveals an astonishing richness in the theatrical approaches to Ibsen across the world: it considers political theatre, institutional ”high art”, theatre for development, queer and trans …

Full of inspiration and practical advice, Playwriting: A Writers” & Artists” Companion is a comprehensive companion to writing for the stage. PART 1 includes reflections on the art and the craft of …

This innovative study of nineteenth-century cellists and cello playing shows how simple concepts of posture, technique and expression changed over time, while acknowledging that many different practi …

George Farquhar (1677–1707) is one of the most successful and enduringly popular Restoration playwrights. His two masterpieces , The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux” Stratagem, are still regularly …

This ground breaking collection of essays is the first to examine the phenomenon of how, in the twenty-first century, Shakespeare has been experienced as a ”live” or ”as-live” theatre broadcast b …