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Drama & Theatre
Paperback. Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd, which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, thisbook uses the works of fivemajor playwrights of the 1950s to providea timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century." Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295203
- ISBN
- 9781349295203
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.15
€ 52.70
€ 47.15
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295098
- ISBN
- 9781349295098
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€ 52.70€ 46.37
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€ 46.37
Paperback. The firstbook-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles on the twentieth-century international stage.Tian investigates Mei Lanfang's presence and influence and the transnational and intercultural appropriations of his art." Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 319 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; D; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294350
- ISBN
- 9781349294350
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€ 52.70€ 47.15
€ 52.70
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Paperback. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293971
- ISBN
- 9781349293971
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293766
- ISBN
- 9781349293766
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€ 52.70€ 46.52
€ 52.70
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Paperback. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 215 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293377
- ISBN
- 9781349293377
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Condition: New
€ 95.82€ 80.69
€ 95.82
€ 80.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Low, J.; Myhill, Nova. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293100
- ISBN
- 9781349293100
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.13
€ 52.70
€ 46.13
Paperback. This book seeks to fill a major gap in the literature about fictional representations of presidents by studying more than 40 plays, written since 1900, which have had prominent productions on or off-Broadway or in another major city. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 206 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292493
- ISBN
- 9781349292493
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive survey of approaches to genre in Shakespeare's work. Contributors probe deeply into genre theory and genre history by relating Renaissance conceptions. In this sense, the volume proposes to read Shakespeare through genre and, just as importantly, read genre through Shakespeare. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291885
- ISBN
- 9781349291885
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€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Paperback. This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Paul Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation which nevertheless allows for a surprising variety of non-reproductive forms of sex which challenge established notions of sexual propriety and identity politics. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291625
- ISBN
- 9781349291625
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Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. Using Shakespeare's Hamlet as a test subject and cognitive linguistic theory of conceptual blending as a tool, Cook unravels the 'mirror held up to nature' at the center of Shakespeare's play and provides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; CB; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289974
- ISBN
- 9781349289974
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.17
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Paperback. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289592
- ISBN
- 9781349289592
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book is concerned with language, genre, drama, and literary and historical narrative and examines the comedy of Shakespeare in the context of comedies from Italy, Spain, and France in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289516
- ISBN
- 9781349289516
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
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Paperback. Since Argentina's transition to democracy, the expression of human fragility on the stage has taken diverse forms. This book examines the intervention of theatre and performance in the memory politics surrounding Argentina's return to democracy and makes a case for performance's transformative power. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288861
- ISBN
- 9781349288861
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€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288595
- ISBN
- 9781349288595
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Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 300 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288274
- ISBN
- 9781349288274
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Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.15
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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
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€ 52.70€ 47.15
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paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and international look at transnationalism, diasporas, and the media. Editor(s): Bailey, O.; Georgiou, M.; Harindranath, R. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; JFC; JFD; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349285907
- ISBN
- 9781349285907
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book studies the representation of the body in Beckett's work, focusing on the 'prosthetic' aspect of the organs and senses. While making use of the theoretical potential of the concept of 'prosthesis', it aims to resituate Beckett in the broad cultural context of modernism in which the impact of new media and technologies was registered. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283774
- ISBN
- 9781349283774
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Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. In the beginning of the 21st century, European theatre-makers have sought to consider the disastrous events of the 20th century as the unfinished business of the contemporary. In this book, Kear argues that by thinking through the logic of the event, contemporary performance offers an affective interrogation of 'the event' of the European century. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; D; HBJD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283699
- ISBN
- 9781349283699
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Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre - the 1990s. With a particular focus on 'in-yer-face theatre', this volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary British theatre. Editor(s): Aragay, M; Klein, H; Monforte, E; Zozaya, P. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281893
- ISBN
- 9781349281893
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Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
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
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Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Chedgzoy, Kate; Wiseman, Susan; Sanders, Julie. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349267163
- ISBN
- 9781349267163
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Condition: New
€ 193.18
€ 193.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349230808
- ISBN
- 9781349230808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18