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Drama & Theatre

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Drama & Theatre

Paperback. This introduction to the theatre also attempts to offer a meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, the author explores theatrical history. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349096992
ISBN
9781349096992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.32

Paperback. A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall team and Orton which examines and questions some of the common assumptions about its nature. Farce techniques are shown to be increasingly used in serious drama. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349097616
ISBN
9781349097616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.63

Paperback. This is the first biography of Richard Aldington, contemporary and friend of Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence and T.S. Eliot and notable as a poet, translator, editor, novelist, biographer and significant member of the Modernist era. A critical appraisal of his major writings is included. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349102266
ISBN
9781349102266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349164707
ISBN
9781349164707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349451043
ISBN
9781349451043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Bradley, John. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349658183
ISBN
9781349658183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Ackerman, Alan L.; Puchner, Martin. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944917
ISBN
9781403944917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AN; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970411
ISBN
9781403970411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82
€ 45.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997074
ISBN
9781403997074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.87

paperback. "Performing Magic on the Western Stage" examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Peck, James. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 253 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349374649
ISBN
9781349374649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

paperback. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; AS; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349459063
ISBN
9781349459063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.44
€ 47.97

paperback. This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 261 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HRAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349497270
ISBN
9781349497270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Paperback. Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage, in paperback for the first time, brings together an incredible range of international theatre thinkers, plays and performance texts that ask questions about how we have come to understand reality and truth in the twenty-first century and analyse the presentation of non-fiction on the international stage. Editor(s): Martin, Carol L. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 327 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137016942
ISBN
9781137016942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.76

Hardcover. There is extraordinary diversity, depth, and complexity in the encounter between theatre, performance, and human rights. Through an examination of a rich repertoire of plays and performance practices from and about countries across six continents, the contributors open the way toward understanding the character and significance of this encounter. Editor(s): Becker, Florian; Hernandez, Paola; Werth, Brenda G. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPS; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137027092
ISBN
9781137027092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82
€ 45.98

Hardcover. Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere. Editor(s): Edelman, Joshua; Chambers, Claire; Du Toit, Simon. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; AN; AS; HRAM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137338624
ISBN
9781137338624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Hardcover. Theatre and Ghosts brings theatre and performance history into dialogue with the flourishing field of spectrality studies. Essays examine the histories and economies of the material operations of theatre, and the spectrality of performance and performer. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Mary; Morin, Emilie. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137345066
ISBN
9781137345066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardcover. This volume investigates the rise of human rights discourses manifested in the global spectrum of theatre and performance since 1945. Essays address topics such as disability, discrimination indigenous rights, torture, gender violence, genocide and elder abuse. Editor(s): Morin, Emilie; Luckhurst, Mary. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AN; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137362292
ISBN
9781137362292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.76

Hardcover. While remapping the region by examining enduring historical and cultural connections, this study discusses multiple traditions and practices of theatre and performance in five South Asian countries within their specific political and socio-cultural contexts. Editor(s): SenGupta, Ashis. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137375131
ISBN
9781137375131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardcover. Discussing crises through diverse examples, including the UK's National Theatre, public art installations, Occupy LSX, repatriation ceremonies and performances of the everyday, this book asks how performance captures and resists what is considered (politically, ideologically, culturally or socially) 'inside' or 'outside' Europe. Editor(s): Zaroulia, Marilena; Hager, Philip. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DVG; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379368
ISBN
9781137379368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardcover. How do the ethical implications of writing theatrical histories complicate the historiographical imperative in our current sociopolitical context? This volume investigates a historiography whose function is to be a mode of thinking and exposes the inner contradictions in social and ideological organizations of historical subjects. Editor(s): Bank, Rosemarie K.; Kobialka, Michal. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137397294
ISBN
9781137397294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.65
€ 84.23

Hardcover. This book examines how theatre in its various forms adapted itself to the new conditions of 1914-1918. Contributors draw on a range of source materials to show the different kinds of theatrical provision and performance cultures in operation not only in London but across parts of Britain and also in Australia and at the Front. Editor(s): Maunder, Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401991
ISBN
9781137401991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.71

Hardcover. This international collection of essays forms a vibrant picture of the scope and diversity of contemporary queer performance. Ranging across cabaret, performance art, the performativity of film, drag and script-based theatre it unravels the dynamic relationship performance has with queerness as it is presented in local and transnational contexts. Editor(s): Campbell, Alyson; Farrier, Stephen. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137411839
ISBN
9781137411839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.33

Hardcover. Generally taking place in front of closed curtains during set changes between acts, the entr'acte delivers a fleeting new purpose and event to the otherwise sometimes inert space between stage and pit. This collection employs the entr'acte as a model for conceptualizing emerging formations of publics and of public space. Editor(s): Geiger, Jordan. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, 43 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137433947
ISBN
9781137433947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 37.58

Paperback. This book contains a collection of essential essays from some of the most influential and exciting practitioners of Theatre of the Oppressed with youth from around the world. Editor(s): Duffy, Peter, QC; Vettraino, Elinor. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137472250
ISBN
9781137472250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 37.63

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