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Drama & Theatre

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

€ 67.12

Hardcover. This book brings together experts across disciplines to examine the connection between digital technologies and human movement, and to consider the creative and artistic possibilities of technologized human motion. Editor(s): Salazar Sutil, Nicolas; Popat, Sita. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 338 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137430403
ISBN
9781137430403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.54

Hardcover. The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137430663
ISBN
9781137430663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. In New Labour's empathetic regime, how did diverse voices scrutinize its etiquettes of articulation and audibility? Using the voice as cultural evidence, Voice and New Writing explores what it means to 'have' a voice in mainstream theatre and for newly included voices to negotiate with the institutions that 'find' and 'represent' their identities. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432322
ISBN
9781137432322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. Over the last decade a number of prison theatre programs have developed to rehabilitate inmates by having them perform Shakespearean adaptations. This book focuses on how prison theatre today reveals certain elements of the early modern theatre that were themselves responses to cataclysmic changes in theological doctrine and religious practice. Num Pages: 154 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137433954
ISBN
9781137433954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardcover. Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physical space, dream factory, and glorious machine. Series: Transnational Theatre Histories. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137437341
ISBN
9781137437341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.40

Hardcover. Most scholars agree that reading a play is absolutely unlike live performance, but everything else about their relationship beyond this premise has proven contestable. Focusing on the editorial and textual history of Shakespeare, this book navigates these debates by exploring how textual distortions enrich a play's performance potentialities. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438430
ISBN
9781137438430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. Spanish Golden Age drama has resurfaced in recent years, however scholarly analysis has not kept pace with its popularity. This book problematizes and analyzes the approaches to staging reconstruction taken over the past few decades, including historical, semiotic, anthropological, cultural, structural, cognitive and phenomenological methods. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439758
ISBN
9781137439758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439857
ISBN
9781137439857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. Gao Xingjian has been lauded for his inventive use of Chinese culture in his paintings, plays, and cinema, however he denies that his current work participates in any notion of Chinese. This book traces the development of these forms and how the relate and interact in the French language plays of the Nobel Laureate. Num Pages: 143 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442529
ISBN
9781137442529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

hardcover. Num Pages: 276 pages, 21 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AN; AS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137444905
ISBN
9781137444905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.27

Paperback. Undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education. Here, Kindelan argues that theatre's signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills. Series: The Arts in Higher Education. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137445599
ISBN
9781137445599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Hardback. This book illustrates how local awareness of Western cultural hegemonic entities such as Broadway and Shakespeare have been implemented within South Korean theatre in the global era. With a focus on performances that targeted global audiences, Lee explores the ways in which Korea's nationalistic desires for global visibility are projected on stage. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137453570
ISBN
9781137453570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137461827
ISBN
9781137461827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of collaborative practice in the performing arts. Scholars and artistic practitioners review historical developments of collaborative practice and reveal what it means to work together in creative contexts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Colin, Noyale; Sachsenmaier, Stefanie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137462459
ISBN
9781137462459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.59

Hardcover. Encounters in Performance Philosophy is a collection of 14 essays by international researchers which demonstrates the vitality of the field of Performance Philosophy. The essays address a wide range of concerns common to performance and philosophy including: the body, language, performativity, mimesis and tragedy. Editor(s): Cull O Maoilearca, Laura; Lagaay, Alice. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137462718
ISBN
9781137462718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.53

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 261 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465429
ISBN
9781137465429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Paperback. This ground-breaking collection focuses on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values. Top scholars explore how familiar and new works of performance can help us recognize our reciprocal relationship with the natural world and how it helps us understand the way we are connected to the land. Editor(s): Arons, Wendy; May, Theresa J. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137467003
ISBN
9781137467003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full length plays. However, his one-act plays are the foundation of his work - both thematically and stylistically, they telescope his later plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts and the foundational period of American drama. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y.; Carson, Benjamin D. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471772
ISBN
9781137471772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.38

Hardcover. This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and Stella Oyedepo) , and the political sphere in the context of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492784
ISBN
9781137492784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

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