Theater, Ballet

Starting from the idea that the main hindrance to a great acting performance is self-consciousness on the part of the performer, My Character Wouldn”t do That examines the ways in which some of our …

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 …

The Old Card part II is a novel written by Roland Pertwee in 1919. The story revolves around the life of a wealthy businessman, John Brent, who is known for his love of collecting antique playing car …

What does it take to control your performance nerves, to feel confident when facing audiences, and to acquire mastery of your talent? How can you feel secure in the knowledge that you are giving your …

A boy wakes up in a field somewhere in London. He”s a door-to-door salesman: a pedlar boy. An encounter with an old acquaintance sends him into a frenzied questioning of everything: his life, his wo …

Programme Notes: Case Studies For Locating Experimental Theatre is a collection of commissioned essays, case studies and interviews reflecting the exciting and complex relationships between ‘mainstre …

With its many rites of initiation (religious, educational, professional or sexual), Elizabethan and Jacobean education emphasized both imitation and discovery in a struggle to bring population to a m …

Drawing on the generic and mythic strength of comedy and the theories of Bakhtin, Bergson, and Hobbes, this book identifies the radical nature of early modern English comedy. The satirical comedic ac …

Bertolt Brecht”s silent Kattrin in Mother Courage, or the disability performance lessons of his Peachum in The Threepenny Opera; Tennessee Williams” limping Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie a …

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 …