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This book charts the impact of Shakespeare’s works on Harold Pinter’s career as a playwright. This exploration traces Shakespeare’s influence through Pinter’s pre-theatre writings (1950-1956), to hi……続きを見る

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor presents the views and experiences of collaborators in other artists’ works. This book reorients well-known works of contemporary performance and social practice ar……続きを見る

The essays in Playing Shakespeare’s Villains trouble our assumptions of whatーand whoーconstitutes "villainy" in Shakespeare’s works, through probing and provocative analyses of the murky moral logi……続きを見る

Dramatism and Musical Theater: Experiments in Rhetorical Performance is an innovative workbook for both students and teachers in advanced communication performance. Meeting at the nexus of English c……続きを見る

Encountering Texts represents the theory and praxis uncovered through an ongoing interdisciplinary arts-based critical pedagogy that engages students in critical self-reflection (disciplined, sustai……続きを見る

I am in awe of Robin Beth Levenson's scholarship and the detail of her research, as well as her ability to explain to the reader how the various translations of Chekhov's plays create such different……続きを見る

Immigration and Contemporary British Theater: Finding a Home on the Stage analyzes how contemporary British theater has responded to post-war immigration to the United Kingdom through its depictions……続きを見る

In the tradition of the medieval cycle plays performed for education, enrichment, and entertainment, A New Corpus Christi: Plays for Churches presents 25 short plays and skits with one or two script……続きを見る

Talking Shakespeare is a collection of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and politics and their impact in the world today. Originally given as provocative talks on Shakespeare at some of the most presti……続きを見る

This book is a study of the thematic, narrative, and musical structure of Yuanqu xuan [A Selection of Yuan Plays] edition of the Yuan zaju (variety play) Dou E yuan [Injustice to Dou E] originally c……続きを見る

Have you ever prepared a speech until you knew it by heart and then found out that, when the moment arrives, the surprise and uniqueness of hic et nunc are inevitable? No matter how much you prepare……続きを見る

Playing Shakespeare’s Lovers examines Shakespeare’s romantic characters from multiple perspectives. Contributing actors, directors, educators and scholars bring diverse and wide-ranging insights int……続きを見る

In the 21st century, actors face radical changes in plays and performance styles, as they move from stage to screen and grapple with new technologies that present their art to ever-expanding audienc……続きを見る

Traditional speech work has long favored an upper-class white accent as the model of intelligibility. Because of that, generations of actors have felt disconnected from their own identities and acti……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre. It presents a detailed picture of the Russian director’s ……続きを見る

Acting is a subjective, idiosyncratic art. One actor’s sensibilities and specific performance methodology or process may, and typically does, differ considerably from that of another actor. However,……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of The Right to Speak and The Need for Words comes this Bloomsbury Revelations edition of the essential guide to voice work: The Actor Speaks. Beginning with what every f……続きを見る

Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers, and Crew examines the relationship between staged intimacy, intimacy direction, and those supporting the process during……続きを見る

One minute: that’s all the time an actor needs to make a scorching impressionーto pull in an audience, make them care, laugh, cry, remind them that life is worth living, or help them forget that lif……続きを見る

Avec le nombre grandissant de projets de fictions, l'offre de rôles est devenue exponentielle, le recrutement des comédiens a dû se professionnaliser. Passer un casting est maintenant une étape obli……続きを見る

ARE YOU READY TO DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF SQUID GAME SEASON 2? EVERY FAN WOULD WANT TO READ THIS!!! The wildly popular South Korean show has been renewed for a second season. Squid Game has gripped fa……続きを見る

The Westminster Chorus Performance Handbook contains a performance method designed to cultivate authentic, truthful performances that are spontaneous and alive. By working with this map to the perfo……続きを見る

This bookfocuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists. It illuminates the interdependence of th……続きを見る

This well-established and respected directory supports actors in their training and search for work in theatre, film, TV, radio and comedy. It is the only directory to provide detailed information f……続きを見る

Using the techniques and insights of clowning, this book draws on original workshops and research to provide practical clowning exercises to develop wider acting practice in innovative ways. The boo……続きを見る

Why are so many women still not properly listened to? Why do they sometimes feel that they're less interesting than they are? Why do they often rush when they speak? Why do some women feel the press……続きを見る

Do you hear booing from the blue fairies when you tread the boards? Did your clap trap work on the claque? Did that flash pot set off Mr. Sands in the first electric? Do you even know what those las……続きを見る

Stages is packed with drama exercises and ideas that work, tested on the harshest of critics--high school students. Laid out in a clear, concise manner, they are categorized according to their purpo……続きを見る

First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet. The Ghost first reveals that Claudius murdered his brother by poison, and this act ……続きを見る

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet’s Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure in the play. It shows how traditional readings of this character, both performance-ba……続きを見る