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Theatre studies
Hardback. This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of madness and performance. The book spans from the 18th century to the present and unearths the overlooked history of theatre and performance in, and about, psychiatric asylums and hospitals. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, theatre scholars, and artists alike. Editor(s): Harpin, Anna; Foster, Juliet. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337245
- ISBN
- 9781137337245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Using examples of refugee arts and theatrical activity since the 1990s, this book examines how the 'refugee crisis' has conditioned all arts and cultural activity with refugees in a world where globalization and migration go hand in hand. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247475
- ISBN
- 9780230247475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.90
€ 138.90
Paperback. Using examples of refugee arts and theatrical activity since the 1990s, this book examines how the 'refugee crisis' has conditioned all arts and cultural activity with refugees in a world where globalization and migration go hand in hand. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319992
- ISBN
- 9781349319992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Paperback. Dance theatre has become a site of transformation in the Irish performance landscape. This book conducts a socio-political and cultural reading of dance theatre practice in Ireland from Yeats' dance plays at the start of the 20th century to Celtic-Tiger-era works of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and CoisCeim Dance Theatre at the start of the 21st." Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442270
- ISBN
- 9781349442270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, unravels politics from theatre in order to propose a new means to politicize performance. Performance analyses ranging from child actors, animals and objects to reflections on the theatre work of Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Forced Entertainment and Goat Island combine to offer a critique of performance studies. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235243
- ISBN
- 9780230235243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.52€ 114.64
€ 117.52
€ 114.64
Paperback. Theatre & Law offers the first comprehensive account of the complex relations between legal process and performances. Through ten major principles of performance within law, it establishes how law itself is a performative mode of practice and reflects upon the co-dependence of law, performance and politics in celebrated works of theatre. Series: Theatre and. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: AN; LAQ; LNJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469557
- ISBN
- 9781137469557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.97
€ 13.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSBH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366354
- ISBN
- 9781349366354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. A historical, theoretical, and comparative study of the emergence of the director-as-author phenomenon, posing questions of authorship and redefining the relationship between "playwright" and the director-playwright. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137410115
- ISBN
- 9781137410115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.10
€ 53.36
€ 46.10
Hardcover. Focusing on Odin Teatret's latest work, this discussion is updated by drawing on fresh research. The group's productions since 2000 are included and the book offers a reassessment of Odin's actor training. Its community work and legacy are discussed and Barba's intercultural practice is viewed alongside two major Theatrum Mundi productions. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247482
- ISBN
- 9780230247482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.00
€ 53.36
€ 47.00
paperback. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; AS; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459063
- ISBN
- 9781349459063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.21€ 50.01
€ 58.21
€ 50.01
Hardcover. In the beginning of the 21st century, European theatre-makers have sought to consider the disastrous events of the 20th century as the unfinished business of the contemporary. In this book, Kear argues that by thinking through the logic of the event, contemporary performance offers an affective interrogation of 'the event' of the European century. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; AN; AS; DSG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008083
- ISBN
- 9780230008083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Highlights the rhythmic and linguistic patterns "Shakespeare" gives the speaker. This title shows you how to approach the perennial issues of performing "Shakespeare", including: wordplay; strategies; headlining a speech and playing soliloquys; building tension, sharing responsibility and 'passing the ball'. It is suitable for actors and students. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ANC; ANH; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415549271
- ISBN
- 9780415549271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.75
€ 47.75
Hardcover. This book examines Field Day's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish 'Troubles' through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229693
- ISBN
- 9780230229693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610502
- ISBN
- 9780815610502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.26
€ 33.99
€ 31.26
Hardcover. In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou s latest work on the most complete of the arts, the theatrical stage. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: AN; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745686967
- ISBN
- 9780745686967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. In Praise of Theatre is Alain Badiou s latest work on the most complete of the arts, the theatrical stage. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: AN; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745686974
- ISBN
- 9780745686974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
Paperback. Since Tsarist times, Roma in Russia (known to others as Gypsies) have been portrayed as rebels, isolated from society and excluded from mainstream history. This book examines how Roma themselves have negotiated such dualities, in both everyday interactions and in stage performances. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324935
- ISBN
- 9780822324935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099519645
- ISBN
- 9780099519645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how to cope with rehearsals), this book provides a complete primer to the art of playwriting. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CFG; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215102
- ISBN
- 9780571215102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Alan Cumming's compelling and moving memoir about his childhood and a thrilling family mystery. WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE2015 Num Pages: 304 pages, integrated b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ANB; APB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115465
- ISBN
- 9781782115465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, music, plans. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 859.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182451
- ISBN
- 9781859182451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Hardcover. This title unravels politics from theatre in order to propose a new means to politicize performance. Performance analyses ranging from child actors, animals and objects to reflections on the innovative theatre work of Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Forced Entertainment and Goat Island combine to offer a radical critique of performance studies. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 339 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572614
- ISBN
- 9780230572614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977847
- ISBN
- 9781403977847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.07
€ 53.36
€ 47.07