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41. Joan Littlewood

    By Nadine Holdsworth

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    The only book currently available on Joan Littlewood and her company, 'Theatre Workshop', this book explores the background to, and the work of a major influence on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. Part of the successful Routledge Performance Practitioners series, this book uses...

    Published May 16th 2006 by Routledge
42. Theatre Histories

    An Introduction

    By Bruce McConachie, Gary Jay Williams, Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Phillip Zarrilli

    'A work that more than any other currently available suggests the range and richness of theatre and performance history study today.' – Marvin Carlson, City University of New York, USA 'This book will significantly change theatre education.' – Janelle Reinelt, University of California,...

    Published March 27th 2006 by Routledge
43. The Path Of The Actor

    By Michael Chekhov

    Edited by Andrei A. Kirillov, Bella Merlin

    This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov’s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters. Full of illuminating anecdotes and insightful observations involving prominent characters from the MAT and...

    Published August 24th 2005 by Routledge
44. Fifty Key Theatre Directors

    Edited by Shomit Mitter, Maria Shevtsova

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential directors of the twentieth and twenty-first...

    Published April 3rd 2005 by Routledge
45. Talking to the Audience

    Shakespeare, Performance, Self

    By Bridget Escolme

    This unique study investigates the ways in which the staging convention of direct address - talking to the audience - can construct selfhood, for Shakespeare's characters. By focusing specifically on the relationship between performer and audience, Talking to the Audience examines what happens when...

    Published February 8th 2005 by Routledge
46. Makers of Modern Theatre

    An Introduction

    By Robert Leach

    Who were the giants of the twentieth-century stage, and exactly how did they influence modern theatre? Robert Leach's Makers of Modern Theatre is the first detailed introduction to the work of the key theatre-makers who shaped the drama of the last century: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod...

    Published June 16th 2004 by Routledge
47. History of European Drama and Theatre

    By Erika Fischer-Lichte

    This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual...

    Published March 24th 2004 by Routledge
48. Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre

    Process to Performance

    By Maria Shevstova

    Including a foreword by Simon Callow, a dedicated admirer of the Maly, Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre provides both a valuable methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage. This is the first ever full-length study of...

    Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge
49. Hidden Territories

    The Theatre of Gardzienice

    By Cd-Rom Produced By Arts Archives, with Alison Hodge, Wlodzimierz Staniewski

    Wlodzimierz Staniewski's group Gardzienice Theatre has established an unparalleled reputation for a sensual and complex performance aesthetic. The work is inspired by the expressive traditions of indigenous culture and the musicality of the natural environment. This is the first full-length...

    Published October 29th 2003 by Routledge
50. World of Theatre 2003 Edition

    An Account of the World's Theatre Seasons 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002

    Edited by Ian Herbert, Nicole Leclercq

    Edited by Ian Herbert, President of the International Association of Theatre Critics, Secretary of the Drama Section of the Critics' Circle in London, and editor of Theatre Record, the chronicle of the British stage, and Nicole Leclercq, Archives et Musée de la Littérature, Brussels, the World of...

    Published February 19th 2003 by Routledge