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Theatre studies

Paperback. Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making From Traveling Show to Vaudeville an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society. Editor(s): Lewis, Robert M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887482
ISBN
9780801887482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; AN; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564. Farce and the Making of Absolutism in France. 280 pages, 42 halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; AN; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801445606
ISBN
9780801445606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.53

Paperback. Offers a history of Japanese theatre. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, this book provides summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 pages of b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691043333
ISBN
9780691043333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.08
€ 46.42

Hardcover. In 17th Century China, as formerly disparate social spheres grew closer, the theatre began to occupy an important ideological niche among traditional cultural elites. This book shows how the theatre acquired this figurative power. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021440
ISBN
9780674021440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.36

Hardback. What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? This title explores this question. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251861
ISBN
9780520251861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.89
€ 64.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ANC; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071940
ISBN
9780520071940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 85 b&w illustrations and 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135442
ISBN
9780300135442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.10

Paperback. A classic guide to dramatic writing now revised and expanded for a new generation of playwrights and screenwriters Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CBV; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Rev Exp
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107241
ISBN
9780300107241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. Examines how theatre - which expressed a political dynamic both in the Renaissance and the twentieth century - lays open the impulses that instigated modernity and, ultimately, unparalleled levels of violence and destruction. This book traces the emergence of an unrestrained pursuit of power and the utopian desire for perfection. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: AN; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022952
ISBN
9780268022952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

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
€ 26.14

Hardback. Focusing on institutional history, this book explores the Pekin Theater's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 15 musical examples, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038365
ISBN
9780252038365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.19

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 27 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 924. Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935. Series: Film and Culture Series. 576 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight: 924.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159043
ISBN
9780231159043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.71
€ 82.16

Hardback. This study of eighteenth-century French playwriting and playwrights reviews individual authorial strategies for "self-fashioning" and the playwrights' intellectual, social, and institutional contexts, using research in original sources and analysis of the contentious historiography and competing analytic contructs in cultural theory and criticism. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 387 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124607
ISBN
9780231124607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.35
€ 62.00

Hardcover. An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as 'chanson,' 'phantasime,' or 'quaestor,' many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. This title aims to untie those tongues and help those who speak Shakespeare's language with ease. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226491158
ISBN
9780226491158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.53
€ 78.69

Hardcover. Explores how Shakespeare's plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery, from the Forest of Arden in "As You Like It" to the tavern in "Henry IV, Part I". Num Pages: 256 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044781
ISBN
9780226044781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Hardback. A study of the origins of dramaturgs and literary managers. Series Editor(s): Bradby, David. Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521849630
ISBN
9780521849630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.36

Paperback. A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540. 360 pages, 22 b/w illus. A newly revised edition of Andrew Gurr's classic account of playgoing in Shakespeare's time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; AN. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521543224
ISBN
9780521543224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

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

€ 117.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: ANH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780240818269
ISBN
9780240818269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.79

Paperback. Considers how Shakespeare has been adapted on film, TV, and video. Addressing the interplay between the discourses of Shakespeare criticism, film studies, performance studies and cultural studies, the text considers a range of questions about spectatorship, originality and popular culture. Editor(s): Boose, Lynda E.; Burt, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; APFA; DSGS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415165853
ISBN
9780415165853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.95

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