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  1. 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

  2. Broadway Theatre

    By Andrew Harris

    Series: Theatre Production Studies

    'Broadway' has been the stuff of theatrical legends for generations. In this fascinating and affectionate account of a unique theatrical phenomenon, Andrew Harris takes an intriguing look at both the reality and the myth behind the heart and soul of American Drama Broadway Theatre explores: * the...

    Published January 5th 1994 by Routledge

  3. Theatre and the World

    Performance and the Politics of Culture

    By Rustom Bharucha

    In this passionate and controversial work, director and critic Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a 'Third World' perspective. Bharucha questions the assumptions underlying the theatrical visions of some of the twentieth century's most prominent...

    Published June 20th 1993 by Routledge

  4. Avant Garde Theatre

    1892–1992, 2nd Edition

    By Christopher Innes

    Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and...

    Published May 19th 1993 by Routledge

  5. Jacobean Public Theatre

    By Alexander Leggatt

    Series: Theatre Production Studies

    Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London. It relates this drama to the popular culutre of the day and concludes with a close study of four important plays, including King Lear, which emerge in an...

    Published October 21st 1992 by Routledge

  6. Shakespeare's Theatre

    2nd Edition

    By Peter Thomson

    Series: Theatre Production Studies

    Reviews of the First Edition `...valuable and enjoyable reading for all studying Shakespeare's plays.' Following in the patternestablished by John Russell Brown for the excellent series (Theatre and Production Studies), he provides first an account of Shakespeare's company, then a study of three...

    Published April 22nd 1992 by Routledge

  7. Not in Front of the Audience

    Homosexuality On Stage

    By Nicholas de Jongh

    A pioneering study of the theatre's treatment of homosexuals and homosexuality from the 1920s to the present day. Only in the 60s did theatres confront heterosexual prejudice and in the wake of AIDS, the issue is once again highly charged....

    Published March 25th 1992 by Routledge

  8. Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture

    By Patrice Pavis

    Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice. Patrice Pavis asks what is at stake politically and aesthetically when cultures meet at the crossroads of theatre.? A series of major recent productions are...

    Published December 18th 1991 by Routledge