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61. Adolphe Appia: Artist and Visionary of the Modern Theatre

    By Richard C. Beacham

    First published in 1994...

    Published December 15th 1994 by Routledge
62. Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook

    By John Rudlin

    There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte. And it remians a central part of many drama school courses. In Commedia dell'arte in the Twentieth Century John Rublin first examines the orgins of this vital theatrical form and charts its recent revival through the work of...

    Published February 23rd 1994 by Routledge
63. Crossing the Stage

    Controversies on Cross-Dressing

    Edited by Lesley Ferris

    Crossing the Stage brings together for the first time essays which explore cross-dressing in theatre, cabaret, opera and dance. The volume contains seminal pieces which have become standard texts in the field, as well as new work especially commissioned from leading writers on performance.Crossing...

    Published November 10th 1993 by Routledge
64. Systems of Rehearsal

    Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski, and Brook

    By Shomit Mitter

    The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms...

    Published November 18th 1992 by Routledge
65. Act Approach:Artful Use/Sugges

    By Dhority

    First published in 1992...

    Published November 4th 1992 by Routledge
66. Actresses as Working Women

    Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture

    By Tracy C. Davis

    Series: Gender in Performance

    Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and...

    Published June 26th 1991 by Routledge