Tiffany Stern 
Documents of Performance in Early Modern England [PDF ebook] 

Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation. It promoted literacy, education and women”s rights and became one of the m …

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 …

Rhythm is often referred to as one of the key elements of performance and acting, being of central importance to both performance making and training. Yet what is meant by this term and how it is app …

For anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of …

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural i …

The creation of the new Globe Theatre in London has heightened interest in Shakespeare performance studies in recent years. The essays in this volume testify to this burgeoning research into issues s …

First published in 2003. Wildly popular in their own day, Victorian burlesques are now little read, scarcely studied, and never performed. Giving long overdue emphasis to an unjustly neglected theatr …

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 …

This is the definitive resource for understanding and practicing the influential dance technique developed by two pioneers of modern dance, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. The Nikolais/Louis Dance T …

On the 20th anniversary of artistic director Thomas Ostermeier”s time at Berlin”s Schaubühne Theatre, this important study reflects on the contribution the theatre has made to contemporary theatre, …