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The Rise of Performance Studies. Rethinking Richard Schechner's Broad ...
. Ed(S): Harding, James M.; Rosenthal, Cindy
Paperback. Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequently than Richard Schechner within the pivotal debates that define Performance Studies. The Rise of Performance Studies is the first collection of essays to critically examine the profound contributions thatSchechner has made to Performance Studies as a discipline." Editor(s): Harding, James M.; Rosenthal, Cindy. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318063
- ISBN
- 9781349318063
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Based on a series of interviews with some of the UK's leading theatre lighting designers, this book provides an insight into the creative process of lighting the stage. How do lighting designers decide what is the 'right light' for each moment of a production? What informs their choices? How do these decisions differ from opera to dance to drama? Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334770
- ISBN
- 9781137334770
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Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback. "Original work entitled Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui." Translator(s): Beaton, Alistair; Tabori, George. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472566577
- ISBN
- 9781472566577
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Presents an inside account of forty years of Fringe Theatre. This book provides an account of working with theatre legends such as Mike Leigh and Ken Campbell and the story of running a pre-eminent London Fringe venue, The Bush Theatre. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854595386
- ISBN
- 9781854595386
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; AN; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971715
- ISBN
- 9781403971715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.72
€ 53.36
€ 47.72
Paperback. Chronicling over forty years of changes in African-American popular culture, the Regal Theatre (1928-1968) was the largest movie-stage-show venue ever constructed for a Black community. Semmes reveals the political, economic and business realities of cultural production and the institutional inequalities that circumscribed Black life. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; AN; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113152
- ISBN
- 9780230113152
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.76
€ 53.36
€ 46.76
Paperback. Chronicling over forty years of changes in African-American popular culture, the Regal Theatre (1928-1968) was the largest movie-stage-show venue ever constructed for a Black community. Semmes reveals the political, economic and business realities of cultural production and the institutional inequalities that circumscribed Black life. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533152
- ISBN
- 9781349533152
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Paperback. More than a handbook of exercises - a bold and brilliant statement of theatre's therapeutic capacity to liberate people and change lives. Boal shows us how to 'see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised. Translator(s): Jackson, Adrian. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415103497
- ISBN
- 9780415103497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.70
€ 52.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, b&w sketches throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN; AVC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381921
- ISBN
- 9789382381921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theatre Editor(s): Solomon, Alisa; Minwalla, Framji. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798119
- ISBN
- 9780814798119
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591520
- ISBN
- 9780226591520
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.85
€ 36.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566081542
- ISBN
- 9781566081542
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Bly, Mark. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361897
- ISBN
- 9781559361897
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Condition: New
€ 29.03
€ 29.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 238 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103324
- ISBN
- 9781585103324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559360302
- ISBN
- 9781559360302
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AN; DSBD; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272037
- ISBN
- 9781783272037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. This book sets out the political and cultural conditions regulating dramatic writing during an era of censorship and monopolistic royal theatres. Using a range of plays and manuscripts, it argues for the centrality of burletta, the theatrical locus of the attacks on the Cockney school of poetry and the vitality of the metropolitan dramatic scene. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBD; DSBF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355693
- ISBN
- 9781349355693
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Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415057639
- ISBN
- 9780415057639
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Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback. Irish culture is obsessed with the past, and this book asks why and how. In an innovative reading of Irish culture since 1980, Emilie Pine provides a new analysis of theatre, film, television, memoir and art, and interrogates the anti-nostalgia that characterizes so much of contemporary Irish culture. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319916
- ISBN
- 9781349319916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.58
€ 126.58
Hardcover. Taking the format of a school yearbook, the tenth edition of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook is packed with photos (more than 4,000, many in colour) and memorabilia from the entire 2013-2014 Broadway season. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4,000+ photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AN; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Playbill Books/Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480385467
- ISBN
- 9781480385467
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Condition: New
€ 49.11
€ 49.11
Hardback. This volume of essays examines the relationship between the play and its historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Scolnicov, Hanna; Holland, Peter. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 half-tones, index. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521344333
- ISBN
- 9780521344333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.31
€ 117.31
Paperback. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571242276
- ISBN
- 9780571242276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. This book reflects on the aftermath of shifts encountered in the maturing of digital culture in areas of critical theory and artistic practices, focusing on the awareness that contemporary subjectivity is one that dwells within both the virtual and the real. Editor(s): Causey, Matthew; Meehan, Emma; O'Dwyer, Neill. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438157
- ISBN
- 9781137438157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardcover. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572560
- ISBN
- 9780230572560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88