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Drama & Theatre

Paperback. A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean. Editor(s): Young, H. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349365418
ISBN
9781349365418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

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

paperback. This book explores systematic connections between ritual and theatre, presents the work of contemporary artists, and reflects on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the late 20th Century. Editor(s): MacDonald, Claire; Allsopp, Ric; Gough, Richard. Num Pages: 128 pages, 56 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415182034
ISBN
9780415182034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.05

Paperback. "Bloomsbury methuen drama"--Titlle page verso. Editor(s): Citron, Atay; Aronson-Lehavi, Sharon; Zerbib, David. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 halftone illus. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408184073
ISBN
9781408184073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.38

What does it mean to 'fail' in performance, or more accurately, to stage failure in performance? What do performances that are founded upon the collapse of their own invention illuminate that other modes of theatre usually conceal? This book examines these questions through theoretical and archival modes of investigation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415490993
ISBN
9780415490993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Paperback. This cogent and provocative compilation of essays is now a classic text for students of the emergent discipline of performance studies. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 60 illustrations, references, index. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415314558
ISBN
9780415314558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287710
ISBN
9781349287710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.15

Hardcover. This innovative work uses cognitive theory to explore the layperson's physical encounter with live religious performances in late medieval York. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3H; AN; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103191
ISBN
9780230103191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.33

Hardback. This book takes performance studies in exciting new directions, exploring the ways in which ethics can be used to understand the complex questions facing contemporary spectators. Engaging with five key performances, the book reflects on the emotional and intellectual impacts of politically inflected performance on spectators, critics and theorists. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPQ; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230518018
ISBN
9780230518018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Editor(s): Diamond, Elin; Varney, Denise. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 331 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ1. 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
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137598097
ISBN
9781137598097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.52

Paperback. How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the powerful ways in which legal labels affect and change us. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349489596
ISBN
9781349489596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.06

Hardcover. How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the powerful ways in which legal labels affect and change us. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137412485
ISBN
9781137412485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.85

Paperback. This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of madness and performance. The book spans from the 18th century to the present and unearths the overlooked history of theatre and performance in, and about, psychiatric asylums and hospitals. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, theatre scholars, and artists alike. Editor(s): Harpin, Anna; Foster, J. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; MMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349463749
ISBN
9781349463749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.67

Hardback. This exciting collection of essays explores the complex area of madness and performance. The book spans from the 18th century to the present and unearths the overlooked history of theatre and performance in, and about, psychiatric asylums and hospitals. The book will appeal to historians, social scientists, theatre scholars, and artists alike. Editor(s): Harpin, Anna; Foster, Juliet. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137337245
ISBN
9781137337245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

paperback. Considering both making political performance and making performance politically, this collection explores engagements of political resistance, public practice and performance media, on various scales of production within structures of neoliberal and liberal government and power. Editor(s): Lichtenfels, Peter; Rouse, John. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326358
ISBN
9781349326358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Hardcover. Considering both making political performance and making performance politically, this collection explores engagements of political resistance, public practice and performance media, on various scales of production within structures of neoliberal and liberal government and power. Editor(s): Lichtenfels, Peter; Rouse, John. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278561
ISBN
9780230278561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Paperback. Using a performance studies lens, this book is a study of performance in the post-9/11 context of the so-called war on terror. It analyzes conventional theatre, political protest, performance art and other sites of performance to unpack the ways in which meaning has been made in the contemporary global sociopolitical environment. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313648
ISBN
9781349313648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332427
ISBN
9781349332427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardcover. Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292666
ISBN
9780230292666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Performance, Transport and Mobility is an investigation into how performance moves, how it engages with ideas about movement, and how it potentially shapes our experiences of movement. Using a critical framework drawn from the 'mobility turn' in the social sciences, it analyses a range of performances that explore what it means to be in transit. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344574
ISBN
9781349344574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.65

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

€ 67.39

paperback. This bold and wide-ranging study takes a fresh look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged? Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2006
SKU
V9781349279975
ISBN
9781349279975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardback. This study takes a look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged? Drawing on performance studies, it provides detailed readings of play texts to explore the politics, pathologies and parodies of mourning. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001534
ISBN
9780230001534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

Paperback. Performativity and Event in 1960s Japan considers the artists and events in 1960s Japan. In response to the social upheavals of the 1960s, it shows how art interacted with society in unique and transformational ways, nterweaving arguments about the critical role of performance as an artistic medium and as a social dramaturgy. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349437078
ISBN
9781349437078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

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