MB - Theatre 1

This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies. 続きを見る

Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line, a legendary leader spirals out of control. Inspired by Sophocles' classical play, Our Ajax draws on interviews with contemp……続きを見る

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true when your performer is a puppet! The only book of its……続きを見る

When an invitation to The Ball arrives at the Ash girl's house, from Prince Amir, she can't bring herself to believe that she, like her sisters, can go. With her mother dead and her father away, she……続きを見る

This second collection of Timberlake Wertenbaker's plays contains her work from 1995 to 2001. Diameira is published here for the first time. The collection also includes The Break of Day, After Darw……続きを見る

Playwrights have been depicting Hollywood as a cultural desert and an industry of profit-driven philistines ever since the early days of the movies. This collection of original essays covers the per……続きを見る

In this second, fully revised edition of his acclaimed study of Barker's work, Charles Lamb sets out to make emotional sense of the characters and their interactions. This is a detailed exploration ……続きを見る

I feel like asking him to stay. To never leave this room. But I know that soon he will leave and... I'm going to ring him that night. I'm not going to write anything down. I might not even say anyth……続きを見る

Millie, a director, discusses with her actors, Ian and Tom, how to interpret two famous historical figures from the nineteenth century. It's 1831. The naturalist Charles Darwin is invited to travel ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Theaterwissenschaft, Tanz, Note: Bestanden, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Institut für Theaterwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Quellenstudien zu……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Theaterwissenschaft, Tanz, Note: 1,3, Universität Siegen, Veranstaltung: Medien-Geschichte, 6 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstra……続きを見る

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwr……続きを見る

The folk play holds a unique place in English history and has a fascinating history all of its own. This is a wonderful guide for anybody with an interest in this ancient form of performance, with s……続きを見る

Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity that drives male bonding. Personal interviews with Mamet and with the actors wh……続きを見る

In the early seventeenth century, the London stage often portrayed a ruler covertly spying on his subjects. Traditionally deemed 'Jacobean disguised ruler plays', these works include Shakespeare's M……続きを見る

Critically engaging, illustrative and with numerous examples, The Silent Revolution delivers a philosophically informed introduction to current debates on digital technology and calls for a more act……続きを見る

Yağmur nasıl da güzel, tüm günahları yıkıyor gibi... Meteoroloji rahmet yağacak demişti, yine haklı çıktı. Çay, şiire karışsa, bu gece ve pişmanlıkları o balkonda ertelesek, şemsiyeler aramıza girme……続きを見る

Many beginning and hobbyist costumers believe that professional costume/prop builders have unlimited and specialized resources with which to ply their craft. Actually, the pros create things in much……続きを見る

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on 'European Shakespeares', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare's literary craft was not just native ……続きを見る

This monograph carries out an in-depth investigation into compositional processes, shedding new light on the components and conditions that constitute artistic agency. Artistic agency relies on the ……続きを見る

This book presents a lucid, comprehensive, and entertaining narrative of culture and society in late 19th- and early 20th-century Maharashtra through a perceptive study of its theatre and cinema. An……続きを見る

Granville Barker on Theatre brings together some of the most important critical theatrical writings of Harley Granville Barker, a major figure of 20th-century British theatre. Known as a pioneer of ……続きを見る

This book explores the intersection between apophaticism - negative theology - and performance. While apophaticism in literature and critical theory may have had its heyday in the heady debates abou……続きを見る

As collection of performances pieces featured in his stage act as The Ancient Mariner, Confessions of a Repeat Offender is a bare-knuckled, blisteringly eye-opening account of a man in search of him……続きを見る

WHY GO ALL THE WAY TO FULTON, LOUISIANA? is a collection of short plays by Dr. David J. Holcombe, MD. Most are ten-minute plays, but several are considerably longer and more complex. The subjects ra……続きを見る

Quattro storie ‘indicibili’, un profluvio di parole, gli argini del palcoscenico e non della ragione, o della forma. Ecco il segreto della drammaturgia ‘liquida’ di uno dei maggiori artisti della sc……続きを見る

The gratifying success of a previous volume of “Amateur Dramas,” and the increasing demand for pieces of a light character suitable for representation without the usual costly theatrical accessories……続きを見る

The study of singers' art has emerged as a prominent area of inquiry within musicology in recent years. Female Singers on the French Stage, 1830–1848 shifts the focus from the artwork onstage to the……続きを見る

Performing Blackness offers a challenging interpretation of black cultural expression since the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Exploring drama, music, poetry, sermons, and criticism, Benston offe……続きを見る

Following in the footsteps of his renowned teacher Konstantin Stanislavsky, Michael Chekhov’s work as an actor, author and theatre practitioner gave great insight into how to access the creative sel……続きを見る