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Hardcover. Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340459
ISBN
9780230340459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 47.19

Paperback. Adorno and Performance offers the first comprehensive examination of the vital role of performance within the philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. Capacious in its ramifications for contemporary life, the term 'performance' here unlocks Adorno's dialectical thought process, which aimed at overcoming the stultifying uniformity of instrumental reason. Editor(s): Daddario, Will; Gritzner, Karoline. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349491957
ISBN
9781349491957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Hardcover. Adorno and Performance offers the first comprehensive examination of the vital role of performance within the philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. Capacious in its ramifications for contemporary life, the term 'performance' here unlocks Adorno's dialectical thought process, which aimed at overcoming the stultifying uniformity of instrumental reason. Editor(s): Daddario, Will; Gritzner, Karoline. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137429872
ISBN
9781137429872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. A host of leading actors offer tips and advice learned from their many combined years of experience working in the performing arts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848423589
ISBN
9781848423589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254. Festivals. Series: African Theatre. 172 pages. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; AN. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 11. Weight: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010575
ISBN
9781847010575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 7 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HF; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010803
ISBN
9781847010803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century. Editor(s): Banham, Martin; Gibbs, James; Osofisan, Femi. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 156 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011312
ISBN
9781847011312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011466
ISBN
9781847011466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.47

Hardback. This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history. Series Editor(s): Delgado, Maria M.; Gale, Maggie B. Series: Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; 3JM; AN; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992958
ISBN
9781784992958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.35

Paperback. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349483631
ISBN
9781349483631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, ,. BIC Classification: ANB; ASZB. Dimension: 150 x 272 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838200187
ISBN
9783838200187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222053
ISBN
9780253222053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. As one of Egyptian theater's leading contemporary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics. This book chronicles Farag's career and offers a critical perspective on his creative output and the condition of Egyptian theater in the 1970s through the 1990s. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631637
ISBN
9780815631637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.16

Paperback. Eye-opening, empowering and inspiring, All Change Please is a book about why change in theatre matters, its benefits - artistic, commercial, ethical and social - and how, with everyone's help, we can actually achieve it. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AN; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426580
ISBN
9781848426580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807086575
ISBN
9780807086575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.86

Hardcover. Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese 'opera' in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; ASD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230245655
ISBN
9780230245655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Tells the story in which a first time mother-to-be, whose psyche has been scarred by the loss of her pilot father in Vietnam, must break free from anxiety to embrace healing and renewal for the sake of her husband and child. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AN; AVGC9; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 3895 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989396
ISBN
9780295989396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.48

Hardcover. The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 292 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394347
ISBN
9781137394347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 46.85

Paperback. A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349452569
ISBN
9781349452569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; DS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349493722
ISBN
9781349493722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.39

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