Philip Butterworth 
Staging Conventions in Medieval English Theatre [PDF 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 …

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 …

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 …

Actor Movement: Expression of the Physical Being is a textbook and video resource for the working actor, the student and all those who lead and witness movement for the actor, including movement tuto …

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 …

New Monologues for Men features forty monologues from plays published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama recently. The monologues are selected by the editor, Geoffrey Colman, on account of their suitability …

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 …

With the publication of Brian Gibbons”s Jacobean City Comedy thirty-five years ago, the urban satires by Ben Jonson, John Marston and Thomas Middleton attained their ”official status as a Renaissan …

Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2018 The Theatre of Eugene O”Neill offers a new comprehensive overview of O”Neill”s career and plays in the context of the American theatre. O …