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Paperback. The automaton, known today as the robot, can be seen as a metaphor for the historical period in which it is explored. Chapters include examinations of Iconoclasm's fear that art might surpass nature, the Cartesian mind/body divide, automata as objects of courtly desire, the uncanny Olympia, and the revolutionary Robots in post-WWI drama. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312436
- ISBN
- 9781349312436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Progress Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- SKU
- KLN0003156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 77.57€ 4.99
€ 77.57
€ 4.99
paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408185766
- ISBN
- 9781408185766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.25
€ 12.99
€ 11.25
Hardcover. The machinations of King Agnimitra's jester to help him add a dancing girl to his harem in spite of the subtle intrigues of the two jealous queens carry the gallant hero through hope and despair to the happy ending. Translator(s): Balogh, Daniel; Somogyi, Eszter. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787021
- ISBN
- 9780814787021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.86
€ 32.86
Hardcover. Series: Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911267
- ISBN
- 9781575911267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.45
€ 145.45
Hardcover. The automaton, known today as the robot, can be seen as a metaphor for the historical period in which it is explored. Chapters include examinations of Iconoclasm's fear that art might surpass nature, the Cartesian mind/body divide, automata as objects of courtly desire, the uncanny Olympia, and the revolutionary Robots in post-WWI drama. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232020
- ISBN
- 9780230232020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; AS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349457427
- ISBN
- 9781349457427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardcover. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANH; AS; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137319661
- ISBN
- 9781137319661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DQ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108720
- ISBN
- 9780231108720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.88
€ 175.88
Paperback. A compelling and lyrical tale of the desires and loyalties of women in an American wilderness. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 201 x 5. Weight in Grams: 85.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848423947
- ISBN
- 9781848423947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 253 x 28. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108737
- ISBN
- 9780231108737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559362139
- ISBN
- 9781559362139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.78
€ 21.78
Paperback. Written by a Second City alum, this genre-bending, multi-character comic play is part graphic novel, part Japanese horror film. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452561
- ISBN
- 9781552452561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Written by an experienced teacher, and illustrated by line drawings and photographs, this book takes the actor step by step through the crucial process of choosing and performing an audition piece. Num Pages: 160 pages, line drawings, photographs. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854596086
- ISBN
- 9781854596086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre was one of the most spectacularly successful theatres in Africa. This title recounts the history of the Odin Adejo Theatre Company. It uncovers the pulse points of generation, production, and improvisation that merge when a Yoruba popular dram is brought to the stage. Num Pages: 504 pages, 64 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216175
- ISBN
- 9780253216175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
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
€ 52.90€ 47.17
€ 52.90
€ 47.17
Paperback. Investigates how and why the performance of American masculinity changed so dramatically on and off the nineteenth-century American stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343041
- ISBN
- 9781349343041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Neumann, Karl-Heinz. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642029325
- ISBN
- 9783642029325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.43
€ 105.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425217
- ISBN
- 9781848425217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. A thorough study of contemporary dramaturgical practices which draws on many examples from the work of leading theatre practitioners from the UK, Europe and North America. It maps the various ways in which a dramaturg may work in the theatre-making process and provides a theoretical framework to aid the reader in their own practice. Series: Performance Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408155653
- ISBN
- 9781408155653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.05
€ 41.05