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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 13 new and published books in the subject of European Performance — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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New and Published Books

  1. Contemporary Mise en Scène

    Staging Theatre Today

    By Patrice Pavis

    ‘We have good reason to be wary of mise en scène, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images from a performance come back to haunt us, as if to prolong and transform our experience as spectators, as if to force us to rethink the event, to return to...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work

    The Legacy of Jerzy Grotowski

    By Giuliano Campo, Zygmunt Molik

    One of the original members of Jerzy Grotowski’s acting company, Zygmunt Molik’s Voice and Body Work explores the unique development of voice and body exercises throughout his career in actor training. This book, constructed from conversations between Molik and author Giuliano Campo, provides a...

    Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge

  3. Contemporary European Theatre Directors

    Edited by Maria M. Delgado, Dan Rebellato

    'An invaluable book that we shall all be using for a long time to come' - Michael Billington Contemporary European Theatre Directors is an ambitious and unprecedented overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past fifty years. It is a vivid account of the vast range...

    Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge

  4. Contemporary Theatres in Europe

    A Critical Companion

    Edited by Joe Kelleher, Nicholas Ridout

    Through specific examples, case studies and essays by specialist writers, academics, and a new generation of theatre researchers, this collection of specially commissioned essays looks at current theatre practices across Europe. From Théatre du Soleil to Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, the authors...

    Published June 6th 2006 by Routledge

  5. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    Volume 1: Europe

    Edited by Peter Nagy, Phillippe Rouyer, Don Rubin

    This new paperback edition of the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe covers theatre since World War II in forty-seven European nations, including the nations which re-emerged following the break-up of the former USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Each national article is...

    Published March 28th 2001 by Routledge

  6. Eastern European Theatre After the Iron Curtain

    Edited by Kalina Stefanova

    An important new survey of Eastern European theater after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Explores all aspects of theater, from playwriting, directing and acting, to repertoire creation and theatre management. Uses material never previously published on theatre life during the Communist years....

    Published January 9th 2000 by Routledge

  7. Off Nevsky Prospekt

    St Petersburg's Theatre Studios in the 1980s and 1990s

    By Elena Markova

    Off Nevsky Prospekt is the first study to be published in English of the exceptionally rich and diverse theatre studio movement which has flourished in St Petersburg during the 1980s and '90s. Professor Markova charts the development of the theatre studios - from their beginnings as a reaction to...

    Published September 15th 1998 by Routledge

  8. Gerhard Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama

    By John Osborne

    What was German Naturalism? What were its achievements? How does it compare with its counterparts in other European countries? These are some of the difficult questions addressed by John Osborne in Gerhart Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama, a revised and updated version of his The Naturalist Drama...

    Published August 17th 1998 by Routledge

  9. Alternative Theatre in Poland

    By Kathleen Cioffi

    First published in 1997...

    Published December 8th 1997 by Routledge

  10. Polish Romantic Drama

    Three Plays in English Translation

    Edited by Harold B. Segel

    This is the first volume in English to be devoted entirely to Polish Romantic drama. It contains translations of three major plays: Forefathers; Eve, Part III, by Adam Mickiewics; The Un-Divine Comedy by Zygmunt Krasinski; and Fantazy by Juliusz Slowacki. In his highly informative introduction,...

    Published October 28th 1997 by Routledge