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31. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    The Americas

    Edited by Don Rubin, Carlos Solorzano

    This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on twenty six countries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America,...

    Published September 20th 2000 by Routledge
32. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    Africa

    Edited by Ousmane Diakhate, Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh, Don Rubin

    Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone...

    Published September 13th 2000 by Routledge
33. The Volksbuhne Movement

    A History

    By Cecil Davies

    This publication is the first comprehensive account in English of the history of the Freie Volksb^D"hne, founded in Berlin in 1890 through the interaction of Social Democracy and Theatrical Naturalism. Cecil Davies details the nationwide growth of the Volksb^D"hne Movement during the 1920s through...

    Published August 7th 2000 by Routledge
34. The World of Theatre

    Edition 2000

    Edited by Ian Herbert, Nicole Leclercq

    The World of Theatre is an on-the-spot account of current theatre activity across six continents. The year 2000 edition covers the three seasons from 1996-97 to 1998-99, in over sixty countries - more than ever before. The content of the book is as varied as the theatre scene it describes, from...

    Published July 5th 2000 by Routledge
35. World Ency Cont Theatre V1-6

    Edited by Don Rubin

    World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (WECT) is the largest, international co-operative undertaking in the history of world theatre. In six outstanding volumes WECT documents artistic development all over the world, country by country, region by region. International and in depth, WECT's...

    Published May 24th 2000 by Routledge
36. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

    Volume 6: Bibliography and Cumulative Index

    Edited by Irving Brown (Consulting Bibliographer), Natasha Rappaport (Bibliographer), Don Rubin (General Editor), Rosabel Wang (Consulting Bibliographer)

    An annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series....

    Published May 24th 2000 by Routledge
37. The Judaic Nature of Israeli Theatre

    A Search for Identity

    By Dan Urian

    Theatre has, since the time of the Jewish Enlightenment, served the secular community in its conflict with the religious. This book surveys the secular-religious rift and then describes the enhanced concern of the secular community in Israel for its own Jewishness and its expression in the theatre...

    Published March 27th 2000 by Routledge
38. African Theatre in Performance

    A Festschrift in Honour of Martin Banham

    Edited by Dele Layiwola

    In this lively and varied tribute to Martin Banham, Layiwola has assembled critical commentaries and two plays which focus primarily on Nigerian theatre - both traditional and contemporary. Dele Layiwola, Dapo Adelugba and Sonny Oti trace the beginnings of the School of Drama in 1960, at the...

    Published January 17th 2000 by Routledge
39. 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
40. War Plays by Women

    An International Anthology

    By Agnes Cardinal, Elaine Turner, Claire M. Tylee

    This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation. Representing a range of dramatic forms, from radio play to street-epic, from comic sketch to musical, this anthology includes plays...

    Published September 1st 1999 by Routledge