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Taylor & Francis John Dryden The Critical Heritage
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare and the Cultural Colonization of Ireland
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Taylor & Francis Global Ibsen
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Taylor & Francis Staging Early Modern Romance
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Taylor & Francis AR Gurney A Casebook 34 Casebooks on Modern Dramatists
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Orson Welles on Shakespeare The WPA and Mercury Theatre Playscripts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare and the Cultural Colonization of Ireland
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Taylor & Francis Staging Early Modern Romance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Politics of Identity in Irish Drama WB Yeats Augusta Gregory and JM Synge Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
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Taylor & Francis Replaying Shakespeare in Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd American Drama of the Twentieth Century
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Taylor & Francis Ltd New Historicism and Renaissance Drama Longman Critical Readers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespearean Tragedy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd English Drama of the Early Modern Period 18901940
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Taylor & Francis Ben Jonson
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Literary Language of Shakespeare Oxford Science Publications
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeares Alternative Tales Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare The Last Plays Longman Critical Readers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Preface to Shakespeares Tragedies Preface Books
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Writing and Cinema
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeares History Plays Longman Critical Readers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd English Drama Before Shakespeare Longman Literature In English Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Supplemental Apology for Believers in Shakespeare Papers Volume 26 Eighteenth Century Shakespeare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeares England
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disease Diagnosis and Cure on the Early Modern Stage Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare Minus Theory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hamlet Protestantism and the Mourning of Contingency Not to Be
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Negotiating Shakespeares Language in Romeo and Juliet Reading Strategies from Criticism Editing and the Theatre Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare Politics and Italy Intertextuality on the Jacobean Stage AngloItalian Renaissance Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Marriage Performance and Politics at the Jacobean Court Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeares Companies William Shakespeares Early Career and the Acting Companies 15771594 Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Shakespearean International Yearbook Volume 8 Special section European Shakespeares
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Performing Pedagogy in Early Modern England
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Taylor & Francis Arnold Wesker A Casebook Casebooks on Modern Dramatists
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Taylor & Francis Joe Orton
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Taylor & Francis Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed
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Taylor & Francis Unruly Audiences and the Theater of Control in Early Modern London
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Taylor & Francis The Fictional Lives of Shakespeare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Environment on Stage
Book SynopsisThe Environment on Stage: Scenery or Shapeshifter? investigates a pertinent voice of theatrical performance within the production and reception of ecotheatre. Theatre ecologies, unavoidably enmeshed in the environment, describe the system of sometimes perverse feedback loops running through theatrical events, productions, performances and installations. This volume applies an ecoaware spectatorial lens to explore live theatre as a living ecosystem in a literal sense. The vibrant chemistry between production and reception, and the spiralling ideas and emotions this generates in some conditions, are unavoidably driven by flows of matter and energy, thus, by the natural environment, even when human perspectives seem to dominate. The Environment on Stage is an intentionally eclectic mix of observation, close reading and qualitative research, undertaken with the aim of exploring ecocritical ideas embedded in ecotheatre from a range of perspectives. Individual chaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Setting the Ecotheatrical SceneChapter One: The Environment on Stage in Production and ReceptionChapter Two: Natural Disasters as Ecotheatrical ShapeshiftersChapter Three: An Ecotheatrical Perspective on Dearth in PerformanceChapter Four: The Environment in Performance – Stage Invasion or Deus ex Machina?Chapter Five: Environmental Theatre, Site Specificity and Theatre EcologiesChapter Six: Frugal Modes of Story-telling as EcotheatreChapter Seven: Bicycles on Stage – Shapeshifters or Scenery?Chapter Eight: Reperforming Reception – The Skriker in 1994 and 2015Chapter Nine: On the Importance of Intrinsic Environmental Responsibility
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Embodied Playwriting
Book SynopsisEmbodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through the lens of acting and improvisation.The book provides access to the innovative practices developed by seasoned playwriting teachers from around the world who are also actors, improv performers, and theatre directors. Borrowing from the embodied art of acting and the inventive practice of improvisation, the exercises in this book will engage readers in performance-based methods that lead to the creation of fully imagined characters, dynamic relationships, and vivid drama. Step-by-step guidelines for exercises, as well as application and coaching advice, will support successful lesson planning and classroom implementation for playwriting students at all levels, as well as individual study. Readers will also benefit from curation by editors who have experience with high-iTable of ContentsPart 1: Creating Characters 1. The Meet and Greet: Creating Opportunities for Surprise and Discovery 2. Improvising Between the Lines: Enhancing the Script by Embodying Subtext 3. Using Improv to Create Original Plays: Respectfully Writing Diverse Characters 4. Character’s Search for Authenticity: Improvisation for the Revision Process Part 2: Body and Mind 5. The Picture Project: Originating Story through Movement 6. Physical Expressions in Devised Playwriting 7. Active Group Playwriting: Psychodramatic Techniques Adapted for Playmaking Part 3: Playing Games 8. Building the World of the Play Through Collaborative Performance 9. It’s All About Play: Locating the Game in Embodied Playwriting 10. Folkgames as Creative Stimulus for Devising: The Case of Chaskele Part 4: Changemaking 11. ‘Laughter that shatters’: Improv Techniques for Social Justice Comedy Playwriting 12. Writing for Change: Guiding Activist Playwrights in Classrooms and Communities 13. Community-Based Play Creation 14. Writing Climate Justice: Personal Storytelling and Source Material Devising as Embodied Methodology Part 5: Curated Exercises 15. Embodied Playwriting Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and Studio: Skill-Building and Content Generation 16. Embodied Playwriting Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and Studio: The Revision Process
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Money Politics in Ibsen Shaw and Brecht
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Davies and Penhalls Sunny Afternoon
Book SynopsisWhen You Really Got Me' exploded on Swinging London in 1964, The Kinks forever changed the course of rock 'n' roll. Ray Davies and Joe Penhall's Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon (2014) covers the band's formative years of 1964-7, when four working-class North London lads broke through to become one of the most unlikely and influential rock bands of the 1960s. Mixing the comic adventures of Dave the Rave' with the touching introspection of Ray's sometimes fragile psyche, Joe Penhall's script weaves Ray Davies' songs, both the hits and lesser-known works, into one of the finest jukebox musicals of the new millennium. Drawing on a wealth of background material, John Fleming examines the blend of events and songs selected, reconsidering the relationship between biography and drama to shed new light on The Kinks and the musical that tells their story.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Principal Players 2. Act One 3. Act Two Appendix A: Sunny Afternoon Fact Sheet Appendix B: The Songs of Sunny Afternoon Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Shakespeare in Singapore Performance Education
Book SynopsisShakespeare in Singapore provides the first detailed and sustained study of the role of Shakespeare in Singaporean theatre, education, and culture.This book tracks the role and development of Shakespeare in education from the founding of modern Singapore to the present day, drawing on sources such as government and school records, the entire span of Singapore's newspaper archives, playbills, interviews with educators and theatre professionals, and existing academic sources. By uniting the critical interest in Singaporean theatre with the substantial body of scholarship that concerns global Shakespeare, the author overs a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of the ways in which Singaporean approaches to Shakespeare have been shaped by, and respond to, cultural work going on elsewhere in Asia.A vital read for all students and scholars of Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Singapore offers a unique examination of the cultural impact of Shakespeare, beyond its usual footing in the Western world.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: A Taste of Home – 1819 to 1900 Part 2: ‘A great and perceptive love’ – 1900 to 1942 Part 3: Shakespeare in the Final Days of British Rule – 1942 to 1963 Part 4: Playing Balthazar – 1963 to 1980 Part 5: ‘Not pukka’ – 1980 to 1990 Part 6: ‘If I profane with my unworthiest hand’ – 1990 to 2000 Part 7: ‘To shake the head, relent, and sigh’ – 2001 to 2019 …and exits Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Georg Buchners Woyzeck
Book Synopsis''Everyone''s an abyss. You get dizzy if you look down.'' -- WoyzeckGeorg Büchner's Woyzeck was left unfinished at the time of its author's death in 1837, but the play is now widely recognised as the first modern' drama in the history of European theatre. Its fragmentary form and critical socio-political content have had a lasting influence on artists, readers and audiences to this day. The abuse, exploitation, and disenfranchisement that Woyzeck's titular protagonist endures find their mirror in his own murderous outburst. But beyond that, they also echo in the flux and confusion of the various drafts and versions in which the play has been presented since its emergence.In this fresh engagement with a modern classic, Gritzner examines the revolutionary dimensions of Büchner's political and creative practice, as well as modern approaches to the play in performance.Table of Contents1 Woyzeck the open wound2 History, politics, tragedy3 The fragmentary demand4 Woyzeck in performanceReferences Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Consulting Process as Drama: Learning from
Book SynopsisDrawing comparisons between consultancy and the classical tragedy King Lear, the author explores the core theme of responsibility. Arguing that King Lear is vital in gaining an understanding of consulting, leadership and management, the author explores in detail the positive lessons to be learnt from this tragedy for the manager and the management consultant. An intriguing premise that uncovers key strategies for managers.'This book gives a summary of key issue in management consulting, in a step-by-step chronological way. However, it is directed mainly at those consultants who know from experience that consulting does not work as smoothly as the manuals suggest, and who have learned through trials and tribulations to take a tragic outlook on the art of consulting.'- From the PrologueTrade Review'I have never read such an elegantly literate exposition of the nuances of the consulting process. Dr. De Haan presents a robust model of the issues and choices that arise for the consultant, and brilliantly interweaves well-chosen passages from King Lear to exemplify the model. Not only is this a book to delight the philosophically inclined among us, but it also beautifully illustrates De Haan's down-to-earth approach to consulting. After forth years of consulting practice, I found insights into consultant-client relationships that had previously escaped me. De Haan's approach is highly practical; if we were to follow more closely, we and our clients would both profit thereby.'- Roger Harrison, Organisation Development Consultant and Writer, from the ForewordTable of ContentsPrologue -- Introduction -- Exposition -- Development -- Crisis and peripeteia -- Denouement -- Catastrophe and exodus -- Conclusion -- Epilogue
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance
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Cambridge University Press Moliere
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