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Paperback. The author's writings are widely known in the United States and Europe. Num Pages: 260 pages, 150 Color and B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- PAJ Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781555540791
- ISBN
- 9781555540791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
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
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
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
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. Offers an account of critical debates around the idea of performativity. This work also traces the history of the concept through the work of influential theorists. It examines the implications of performativity for fields such as literary and cultural theory, philosophy, performance studies, and the theory of gender and sexuality. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415329262
- ISBN
- 9780415329262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512512
- ISBN
- 9781137512512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. Tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian-American playwrights. In this title, the author argues that playwrights produce a different conception of "Asian-America" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566396370
- ISBN
- 9781566396370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Stephenson explores the autobiographical form by analysing seven works by Canadian playwrights written and performed between 1999 and 2009, including Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie, Daniel MacIvor's In On It, and Timothy Findley's Shadows. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644465
- ISBN
- 9781442644465
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Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Paperback. This bookinvestigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300693
- ISBN
- 9781349300693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardback. This book investigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; AN; DSG; HBLH; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202610
- ISBN
- 9780230202610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Part of a new wave of cross-disciplinary scholarship, where Chinese studies meets the British eighteenth century, this novel work will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including performance studies, East Asian studies, British literature, cultural history, gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402161
- ISBN
- 9781421402161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320162
- ISBN
- 9781137320162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. 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: 336 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297906
- ISBN
- 9780230297906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AN; AS; DS; JFSJ. 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. 2012
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342464
- ISBN
- 9781349342464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Drama...
. Ed(S): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noe...
hardcover. Examines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339958
- ISBN
- 9780230339958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.11
€ 53.36
€ 47.11
Paperback. From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP - this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; ANH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859899963
- ISBN
- 9780859899963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.44
€ 29.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s. This title illuminates contemporary responses to debates on such matters as the position of women students, the 'dangers' perceived to be associated with undergraduate acting, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898447
- ISBN
- 9780859898447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529933
- ISBN
- 9781349529933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; DSK; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967190
- ISBN
- 9781403967190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to ...
. Ed(S): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Pe...
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
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book argues that the early modern public/private boundary was surprisingly dynamic and flexible in early modern literature, drawing upon authors including Shakespeare, Anne Lock, Mary Wroth, and Aphra Behn, and genres including lyric poetry, drama, prose fiction, and household orders. An epilogue discusses postmodern privacy in digital media. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282989
- ISBN
- 9781137282989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, the author offers advice to actors, directors and drama students on a variety of scenes, characters, speeches and individual lines from Shakespeare's plays. He takes us through the process of Preparation, Rehearsal and Performance. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597816
- ISBN
- 9781854597816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139709
- ISBN
- 9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.59
€ 123.59
Paperback. This fascinating and lively volume makes the case that the Eurovision Song Contest is an arena for European identification in which both national solidarity and participation in a European identity are confirmed, and a site where cultural struggles over the meanings, frontiers and limits of Europe are enacted. Editor(s): Fricker, Karen; Gluhovic, Milija. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AV; DS; HBJD; JFC; JFD. 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
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335596
- ISBN
- 9781349335596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.27
€ 149.27