Emmanuela Bakola & Lucia Prauscello 
Greek Comedy and the Discourse of Genres [PDF ebook] 

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 …

This in-depth collection of essays traces the changing reception of Shakespeare over the past four hundred years, during which time Shakespeare has variously been seen as the last great exponent of p …

Since the premiere of his play FOB in 1979, the Chinese American playwright David Henry Hwang has made a significant impact in the U. S. and beyond. The Theatre of David Henry Hwang provides an in-de …

Meyerhold on Theatre brings together in one volume Vsevolod Meyerhold”s most significant writings and utterances, and covers his entire career as a director from 1902 to 1939. It contains a comprehe …

Robert Greene, contemporary of Shakespeare and Marlowe and member of the group of six known as the ’University Wits, ’ is the subject of this essay collection, the first to be dedicated solely to his …

Artistic Practice as Research in Music: Theory, Criticism, Practice brings together internationally renowned scholars and practitioners to explore the cultural, institutional, theoretical, methodolog …

Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion and performance were inextricably linked …

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 …

In this picaresque novel, Charlotte Clarke recalls her life as an actress, and in particular, the difficulties facing a woman trying to make her way in a man”s world. The issues of women”s writing, …

Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns …