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Drama & Theatre

Paperback. This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights after Yeats, it charts a tradition linking the experimentation of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovation of contemporary Irish and international drama. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336609
ISBN
9781349336609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Paperback. The stage portrayal of the Victorians in recent times is a key reference point in understanding notions of Britishness, and the profound politicisation of that debate over the last four decades. This bookthrows new light on works by canonical playwrights like Bond, Edgar, and Churchill, linking theatre to the wider culture at large." Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335121
ISBN
9781349335121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. This project investigates the implications of technology on identity in embodied performance, exploring the interrelationship of & between identities in performance practices & considering how identity is formed, de-formed, blurred & celebrated within diverse approaches to technological performance practice. Editor(s): Broadhurst, Susan; Machon, Josephine. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335107
ISBN
9781349335107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334483
ISBN
9781349334483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.43

Paperback. This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to history and the contemporary scene, these interdisciplinary essays cover male and female idols, production and consumption, industrial structures and fan movements. Editor(s): Galbraith, P. W.; Karlin, J. G. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334452
ISBN
9781349334452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Paperback. Performances in hospices and on beaches; cross-cultural myth making in Wales, New Zealand and the US; communal poetry among mental health system survivors: this book, now in paperback, presents a senior practitioner/critic's exploration of arts-based research processes sustained over more than a decade - a subtle engagement with disability culture. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFSR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334391
ISBN
9781349334391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Asking whether a genuinely shared European memory is possible while addressing the dangers of a single, homogenized European memory, Gluhovic examines the contradictions, specificities, continuities and discontinuities in the European shared and unshared pasts as represented in the works of Pinter, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Muller and Artur Zmijewski. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349334308
ISBN
9781349334308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Paperback. "This original and scholarly work uses three detailed case studies of plays Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear and Cymbeline to cast light on the ways in which early modern writers used metaphor to explore how identities emerge from the interaction of competing regional and spiritual topographies"-- Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332779
ISBN
9781349332779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

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

Paperback. Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Buchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332076
ISBN
9781349332076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book explores an under-researched body of work from the early decades of the twentieth century, connecting plays, performances and practitioners together in dynamic dialogues. Moving across national, generational and social borders, the book reads experiments in Britain during this period alongside theatrical innovations overseas. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349330829
ISBN
9781349330829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Moving across the boundaries of mainstream and experimental circuits, from the affective pleasures of commercially successful shows such as Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to the feminist possibilities of new burlesque and stand-up, this book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; D; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349327997
ISBN
9781349327997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

paperback. "Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses"-- Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326570
ISBN
9781349326570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

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

Paperback. A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context. Editor(s): Carter, A. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326211
ISBN
9781349326211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. A collection of essays on the ways the senses 'speak' on Shakespeare's stage. Drawing on historical phenomenology, science studies, gender studies and natural philosophy, the essays provide critical tools for understanding Shakespeare's investment in staging the senses. Editor(s): Gallagher, L.; Raman, S. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349324934
ISBN
9781349324934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This Literary Life draws extensively from the playwright's correspondences, notebooks, and archival papers to offer an original angle to the discussion of Williams's life and work, and the times and circumstances that helped produce it. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349324019
ISBN
9781349324019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

paperback. Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349323951
ISBN
9781349323951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture invarious cultural and linguistic guises." Editor(s): Burnett, M.; Streete, Adrian. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; AS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323937
ISBN
9781349323937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323074
ISBN
9781349323074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

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