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This book compares the theatrical cultures of early modern England and Spain and explores the causes and consequences not just of the remarkable similarities but also of the visible differences betw……続きを見る

Entangled Performance Histories is the first book-length study that applies the concept of "entangled histories" as a new paradigm in the field of theater and performance historiography. "Entangled ……続きを見る

How are we to understand the actor's work as a fully embodied process? 'Embodied cognition' is a branch of contemporary philosophy which attempts to frame human understanding as fully embodied inter……続きを見る

Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance, music, and theatre scholars and practitioners, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre introduces the fundamentals o……続きを見る

Plays of Our Own is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers. These writers have made major, positive contributions to world drama or……続きを見る

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023. Winner of CAMWS' 2024 Bolchazy Pedagogy Award. This book brings to English readers, in its entirety for the first time, a translation of José Watanabe’s An……続きを見る

An American actress by the name of Kirstie Louise Alley. Her breakthrough performance came in the 1987–1993 NBC sitcom Cheers as Rebecca Howe, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1991 and an Emmy Aw……続きを見る

This volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century. This ……続きを見る

This book provides an engaging and contextualised insight into a South African township-based arts centre that has survived the vicissitudes of steady militarisation in townships during some of the ……続きを見る

Stages of Reckoning is a crucial conversation about how racialized bodies and power intersect within actor training spaces. This book provokes embodied and intellectual discomfort for the reader to ……続きを見る

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"Om oplæsning" fra 1888 er en grundbog i oplæsning af skuespiller Peter Jerndorff. Bogen er en grundig indføring i emnet og indeholder øvelser, der kan forbedre artikulation, intonation og stemmefør……続きを見る

Do you dream of competing on a game show? The excitement! The cash! The fabulous prizes! What if there was a resource that compiled all the most powerful game show tips and hints – from both sides o……続きを見る

Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family is a critical biography examining the life and work of Ernie McClintock, the founder of the Jazz Acting Method and 1997 recipient of the Living Legend Awa……続きを見る

A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation is just that – a book that takes you through the various stages of becoming an historical costumed interpreter. Jackie Lee has worked in this area of her……続きを見る

Justin Timberlake is a pop sensation who has taken the world by storm with his captivating voice, smooth dance moves, and magnetic stage presence. He first gained fame as a member of the wildly popu……続きを見る

Rabindranath Tagore composed over 2000 songs that are revered and sung by Bengalis everywhere. However, they remain mostly unknown to listeners from other communities. This book brings the Nobel Lau……続きを見る

Practical, positive and uplifting, the advice in this book is designed to lead to the best outcomes possible for you, the actor, making the transition from craft to career. The reader is given insig……続きを見る

Latinx Actor Training presents essays and pioneering research from leading Latinx practitioners and scholars in the United States to examine the history and future of Latino/a/x/e actor training pra……続きを見る

This book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of the stage and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural, ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance on a……続きを見る

Broadway has body issues. What is a Broadway Body? Broadway has long preserved the ideology of the "Broadway Body": the hyper-fit, exceptionally able, triple-threat performer who represents how Broa……続きを見る

Vocal Traditions: Training in the Performing Arts explores the 18 most influential voice training techniques and methodologies of the past 100 years. This extensive international collection highligh……続きを見る

Take a journey with LaShon the Voicestress in learning how to look to the past delving into the details without re-living the trauma, but searching within the context to bring the hidden light to th……続きを見る

"Quick-witted" is a guide to mastering the art of improv comedy, transforming everyday conversations into lively and engaging interactions. With humor, wit and charm, the author teaches readers how ……続きを見る

First published in 1974, Investigating Drama offers a holistic understanding of drama. An understanding of drama requires far more thana study, however thorough, of plays and playwright, stagecraft ……続きを見る

This is the first book to investigate the social, political, cultural, artistic and economic forces which created conditions for the rise, success and decline of mime and physical theatre in the Uni……続きを見る

What if an actor possessed the expressive tools to work across cultures? Actor, director, and playwright Michael Devine (Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays I) has spent years bridging cultur……続きを見る

Theatre Masks Out Side In examines masks from different angles and perspectives, combining the history, design, construction, and use of masks into one beautifully illustrated resource. Each chapter……続きを見る

This volume investigates performances as situated "machineries of knowing" (Karin Knorr Cetina), exploring them as relational processes for, in and with which performers as well as spectators active……続きを見る

Acting Is Believing has trained generations of actors and remains one of the most popular and influential classic Stanislavski-based acting books over the past sixty years. Now in its thirteenth edi……続きを見る