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What does it mean to 'fail' in performance, or more accurately, to stage failure in performance? What do performances that are founded upon the collapse of their own invention illuminate that other modes of theatre usually conceal? This book examines these questions through theoretical and archival modes of investigation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415490993
- ISBN
- 9780415490993
Condition: New
€ 183.81
€ 183.81
Paperback. In a series of short, engaging essays, an international team of distinguished scholars introduces students to 34 key topics seen as paramount to the future of performance studies. In doing so they contribute to the wide-ranging, adventurous and conscientious nature that makes performance studies such an innovative, valuable and exciting field. Editor(s): Reynolds, Bryan. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247307
- ISBN
- 9780230247307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.25
€ 38.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. "Bloomsbury methuen drama"--Titlle page verso. Editor(s): Citron, Atay; Aronson-Lehavi, Sharon; Zerbib, David. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 halftone illus. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408184073
- ISBN
- 9781408184073
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.26
€ 45.99
€ 38.26
paperback. This book explores systematic connections between ritual and theatre, presents the work of contemporary artists, and reflects on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the late 20th Century. Editor(s): MacDonald, Claire; Allsopp, Ric; Gough, Richard. Num Pages: 128 pages, 56 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415182034
- ISBN
- 9780415182034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.33
€ 58.33
Hardcover. Performance Degree Zerooffers the first comprehensive account of Barthes's lifelong engagement with theatre and performance and fills a significant gap in Barthes criticism. It is essential reading for all Barthes scholars, theatre historians, and performance theorists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802090713
- ISBN
- 9780802090713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.50
€ 107.50
hardcover. Collection exploring in detail Spanish screen acting from the silent era to present. Editor(s): Allbritton, Dean; Melero, Alejandro; Whittaker, Tom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ANC; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 269 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780719097720
- ISBN
- 9780719097720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.35
€ 162.35
Hardback. This edited collection gathers together leading voices in theatre and performance studies to debate the politics of participation across a range of performative forms - community theatre, live art, applied theatre, one-to-one performance and marathon running - and to find points of connection between them. Editor(s): Harpin, Anna; Nicholson, Helen. Num Pages: 244 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; ANF; ASZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393173
- ISBN
- 9781137393173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.27€ 93.46
€ 103.27
€ 93.46
Hardback. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores the multiple and overlapping meanings of performance, showing how it can convey everything from artistic, economic, and sexual performance, to providing ways of understanding how race, gender, identity, and power are performed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBS; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359548
- ISBN
- 9780822359548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.59
€ 139.59
Paperback. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores the multiple and overlapping meanings of performance, showing how it can convey everything from artistic, economic, and sexual performance, to providing ways of understanding how race, gender, identity, and power are performed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 205 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359975
- ISBN
- 9780822359975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
Paperback. The first book on one of America s most eminent contemporary playwrights" Series: Michigan Modern Dramatists. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ANF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052394
- ISBN
- 9780472052394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.48
€ 42.48
Hardcover. Paul Baker is a theatre director, as well as a teacher and mentor to the arts. He has directed plays such as "A Different Drummer" and "As I Lay Dying", as well as contributing to theatre architecture. This work presents Baker's life and work. Editor(s): Flynn, Robert; McKinney, Eugene. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b&w photographs, 10 drawings, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652719
- ISBN
- 9780875652719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.94
€ 34.99
€ 34.94
Multiple copy pack. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTX; AN; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 412 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1448.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Pck Spi Ha
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501318245
- ISBN
- 9781501318245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.80€ 83.43
€ 91.80
€ 83.43
Paperback. Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practical guide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by men between the 16th and 19th centuries. Series: Backstage. Num Pages: 224 pages, Approx 150 colour illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408100066
- ISBN
- 9781408100066
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.12
€ 48.99
€ 41.12
Paperback. Editor(s): McNulty, Eugene; Ni Ghairbhi, Roisin. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; AN; DD; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- GILL & MAC MILLAN
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531661
- ISBN
- 9780716531661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.84
€ 25.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. This text examines the techniques of first-person interpretation - the portrayal of historical characters through interactive dramatization or roleplaying - to identify those that have been most effective with audiences while allowing interpreters to maintain historical fidelity. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AN; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847107
- ISBN
- 9780807847107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94
Paperback. Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his beachfront house, wishing he was somewhere else. Gavin Mills telephones him from Paris inviting him to join him at the iconic Moulin Rouge. Num Pages: 203 pages, Colour photography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ANB; ASZH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Primedia E-launch LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781943848928
- ISBN
- 9781943848928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.26
€ 23.99
€ 17.26
Paperback. In his autobiography, Crawford recalls his childhood, early memories and his early years in showbusiness and the friendships it led to. Stage hits such as "The Phantom of the Opera" and films such as "Hello Dolly!" are remembered. He offers both professional and personal anecdotes. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 416
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099406419
- ISBN
- 9780099406419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.50
€ 14.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 240. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230061
- ISBN
- 9788857230061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; ANH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 281 x 25. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138951167
- ISBN
- 9781138951167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Paperback. A step-by-step guide for adapting literary works to the stage Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472051878
- ISBN
- 9780472051878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
Paperback. Tells the story of the Oxford Playhouse. This work traces the history of this theater back to its earliest roots in a production of Agamemnon in 1880 which led to the founding of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, the rebuilding of Oxford's New Theater and, eventually, the launch of the Playhouse itself. Num Pages: 368 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806877
- ISBN
- 9781902806877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.51
€ 16.99
€ 16.51
Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas is the first edited collection to discuss the presence of Greek drama across the continents and archipelagos of the Americas from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Bosher, Kathryn; Macintosh, Fiona M.; McConnell, Justine; Rankine, Patrice D. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 944 pages, 94 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2AHA; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 182 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199661305
- ISBN
- 9780199661305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.00
€ 229.00
Paperback. An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which actors operated. They also explore the practicalities of playing: acquiring scripts, theatres, rehearsing, lighting, music, props, boy actors, and the role of women in an 'all-male' world. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Oxford Handbooks of Literature. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 176 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199697861
- ISBN
- 9780199697861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99
hardcover. This ambitious collection of essays covers American drama in its entirety-from its inception in colonial America, through its many incarnations in the nineteenth century, to its zenith in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey H. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 255 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199731497
- ISBN
- 9780199731497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.10
€ 233.10