Michael Dobson 
Shakespeare and Amateur Performance [PDF ebook] 
A Cultural History

Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film, Second Edition is the one-stop shop for the knowledge and skills you need to create and style wigs. Covering the basics, from styling to …

Cultural materialism is one of the most important and one of the most provocative theories to have emerged in the last thirty years. Combining close attention to Shakespearean texts and the condition …

This practical handbook is invaluable for anyone performing, teaching, studying or simply wanting a new way to enjoy Shakespeare. It provides an outline of Meisner”s work and legacy, a discussion of …

Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic per …

The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams” plays became some of Broadway”s most critically acclaimed and financial …

The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Adaptation explores the dynamics of adapted Shakespeare across a range of literary genres and new media forms. This comprehensive reference and research …

”Kidnie”s study presents original, sophisticated, and profoundly intelligent answers to important questions.” – Lukas Erne, University of Geneva ”This is a fine and productive book, one that will …

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 …

This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. Each volume provides a survey …

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 …