Theatre direction and production Books
Luath Press Ltd Robert McLellan, Playing Scotland's Story:
Book SynopsisWith a strong, vibrant use of Scots, McLellan intermingles comedy with serious moral and political content. McLellan's collected works brings together previously unpublished plays like Jeddart Justice with acknowledged classics such as Jamie the Saxt and a selection of his prize-winning poems. Also included are a Foreword by playwright and poet Donald Campbell and an Epilogue by drama producer Alastair Cording.
£21.25
Luath Press Ltd The Lions of Lisbon: A Play of Two Halves
Book SynopsisOn 25 May 1967 Celtic beat Inter Milan 2–1 to become the first British team to win the European Cup. Fifty years on, The Lions of Lisbon relives the jubilation from the fans’ point of view.Trade ReviewNot so much a show as a phenomenon [...] a joyful, well-crafted piece of work, weaving together at least five storylines about fans making their way to Portugal, and culminating in an epic encounter in a Lisbon boozer. - JOYCE MCMILLAN, THE GUARDIANTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Production History Introduction Scene 1 Danny’s Boy Scene 2 Hector’s House Scene 3 Confessions of a Justified SinnerScene 4 A Blue Do Scene 5 El Posso Scene 6 The Women and the Bhoys Scene 7 Hail! Hail! Scene 8 The Road to LisbonScene 9 Lost in Lisbon Scene 10 The Tally and the Toaly Scene 11 Going to the Chapel Scene 12 The Law of the Jungle Scene 13 A Couple of Chancers Scene 14 Picking Sides Scene 15 Demand a Milanda Scene 16 A Wing and a Prayer Scene 17 The Best Team in the Land 67 on ‘67 Contributors
£7.99
Bierke Publishing Heiner Muller The BattleTractor
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£8.98
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Rimini Protokoll
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£32.40
Books on Demand Pride Month Love is Love: LBGTQ Notizbuch 4mm
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£19.47
Hatje Cantz Reza Abdoh
Book SynopsisOver a brief, twelve-year career, the Iranian director and playwright Reza Abdoh broke all of the conventions of American theater, pushing actors and audiences past their limits to create hallucinatory, at times nightmarish, dreamscapes shot through with humor, song, and an unlikely spirituality. His productions addressed the bitter political realities of his time— the systemic devaluation of black life, governmental indifference to the AIDS crisis, sexual repression, genocide in Europe, and war in the Middle East—with harrowing eloquence. Just before his death he ordered that his plays should never be performed again. Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains new essays on the influence and reception of Abdoh’s works in theater, film, and video, published and unpublished interviews with the director, and conversations with his friends and colleagues, as well as scripts of his plays and contemporary reviews.
£37.50
Taschen GmbH Das Charlie Chaplin Archiv
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£60.00
University of Illinois Press American Women Stage Directors of the Twentieth
Book SynopsisThe first reference tool to focus on American women directorsTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009. "This is an outstanding volume that will be a crucial purchase for theater collections in academic and public libraries. . . . Essential."--Choice "A compact work that fills a void in the annals of American theater history and scholarship. . . . A welcome addition to any performing arts or women's history collection."--Booklist“A must-have reference work."Feminist Collections
£45.90
University of Illinois Press La Voz Latina
Book SynopsisA timely collection of Latina performance piecesTrade Review"La Voz Latina makes visible and accessible a panoply of performance texts that show the remarkable range and ability of Latina playwrights. It demonstrates the vibrant diversity, transnational influences, and high volume of activity in Latina theatre in both the past and present."--Theatre Journal"A fine representation of the some of the most vital and important Latina playwrights writing and performing today. Publishing many plays for the first time, this significant collection will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre, Latina studies, and American studies."--Jorge Huerta, author of Chicano Drama: Performance, Society, and Myth"Apart from the performance pieces themselves, the artists' comments about the circumstances under which the works were created makes the collection a very valuable tool for documenting Latina cultural production since the 1980s."--Tamara L. Underiner, author of Contemporary Theatre in Mayan Mexico: Death-Defying ActsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Latinas Take the Stage 11. CREATING A PERFORMANCE VOICE: THEMES OF FAMILY, RELIGION, AND COMMUNITY 25 1. Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters 31 2. Cherrie Moraga's Waiting for Da God 68II. CHICANAS AND CHICANO TEATRO: STAGING IDENTITY 87 3. Diane Rodriguez's The Path to Divadom, Or How to Make Fat-free Tamales in G Minor 93 4. Yareli Arizmendi's Who Buys Your Shoes? 103III. LA INDIGENA/THE INDIGENOUS: STAGING MYTH 119 5. Celia Herrera Rodriguez's Cositas Quebradas: Performance Codex 125 6. The Colorado Sisters' Chicomoztoc: Mimixcoa-Cloud Serpent 140IV. "RACE MATTERS" 165 7. Josefina Baez's Dominicanish 171 8. Evelina Fernandez's Luminarias 188V. WHERE IS HOME AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? 237 9. Carmen Pelaez's El Postre de Estrada Palma and My Cuba 239 10. Carmen Rivera's La Gringa 254 11. Migdalia Cruz's Another Part of the House 305VI. COMMENTARY ON LATINA THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES 357 12. Contributions by Women of Color - Kathy Perkins 359 13. No Passport: Dreaming the Americas - Caridad Svich 362
£87.55
University of Illinois Press Living with Lynching African American Lynching
Book SynopsisThe first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American cultureTrade ReviewWinner of the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Book Award, 2012. Winner of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Book Award, 2012."Required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "Mitchell expertly brings in critical approaches from literary and performance studies to show how concepts such as 'circulation' and 'impact' held different meaning for citizens trying to survive traumatic events. . . . Her study offers significant new insights into a key historical movement and provides a model of academic scholarship."--American Historical Review "Offers cogent insights into the cultural work of creative expression in a context of racial violence."--The Journal of American History"Impressively researched and powerfully argued, this first full-length critical study of lynching drama shows the ways that these plays galvanized dynamic conversations about the racialized politics of privacy, citizenship, patriotism, and gender roles in American culture. Living with Lynching is a tremendously illuminating work that breaks new ground in theater and performance studies, African American literary history, and women's and gender studies."--Daphne A. Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910"This vivid book makes a major contribution to the literature on lynching in the U.S. by excavating an under-examined archive of black dramatic responses to it. Offering a new and convincing periodization of lynching drama, Mitchell moves beyond the best known texts to illuminate a range of plays diligently retrieved and scrupulously interpreted. Living with Lynching is a testament to the endurance of black life in the face of social death."--Tavia Nyong'o, author of The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory"In addition to unearthing an underexplored archive of black women's writing, Mitchell engages with one of the central problematics of feminist and critical race theories: the ethics of representing atrocity. Essential Reading."--Legacy"Mitchell's Living with Lynching is thoroughly researched and exquisitely written. It is timely and a necessary read for anyone committed to repurposing historical African American strife for reconstruction and celebration."--Spectrum"[Mitchell] shows how performing lynching plays in community spaces allowed African Americans to actualize the various subjectivities . . . that lynchings sought to expunge. This book is required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "An emphatic push to change how we understand, write about, and teach the phenomenon of lynching."--H-SHGAPE "Mitchell methodically documents and skillfully interprets lynching drama's important cultural work. . . . She illuminates an overlooked aspect African American literary history."--Arkansas Review "If ever a lynching book could be described as beautiful, it would undoubtedly be Mitchell's for the gracious way she takes care to read, generously and meticulously, all that she sees and hears (as well as what she does not see and hear) when she enters the homes that these characters have struggled to build for themselves."--Signs “Mitchell offers a cogent example of how African Americans deployed theater and performance to engage in quotidian acts of survival, belonging, self-affirmation, and citizenship that were not solely contingent on protesting white violence.”--MELUS “These dramatic works examined by Koritha Mitchell represent a body of literature that spoke directly to the horror of lynching and its immediate and long-term effects on African American families and communities. . . . An intriguing book.”--The Journal of African American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: Whose Evidence? Which Account?; Capital Entertainment, Better Representation Part I: Making Lynching Drama and Its Contributions Legible 1: Scenes and Scenarios: Reading Aright; 2: Re-defining "Black Theatre" Part II: Developing a Genre, Asserting Black Citizenship 3: The Black Soldier: Elevating Community Conversation; 4: The Black Lawyer: Preserving Testimony; 5: The Black Mother/Wife: Blue Blood Safe; 6: The Pimp and Coward: Frances Conclusion: Documenting Black Performance: Key Considerations Bibliography
£77.35
University of Illinois Press International Women Stage Directors
Book SynopsisProfiles the most influential women directors practicing today, examining their career paths, artistry, and major achievements.Trade Review "Comprehensive and stimulating, this work gives readers a broader understanding of the challenges that women directors encounter and highlights their impressive achievements. Recommended for theatre practitioners and students, aspiring women directors, and gender studies scholars."--Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead, St. Lawrence University "A unique examination of women in the arts, created as a reference point for students, researchers, and theater practitioners. Recommended."--Booklist "Recommended."--ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction Anne Fliotsos 1 Argentina May Summer Farnsworth and Brenda Werth 5 Australia Laura Ginters 18 Brazil Alessandra Vannucci 30 Bulgaria Vessela S. Warner 43 Canada Gordon McCall 56 China Jiangyue Li 70 Cuba Ileana Azor 83 Czech Republic Mirenka Cechova 95 Egypt Dalia Basiouny 109 France Kate Bredeson 122 Germany Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer 136 Great Britain Adam J. Ledger 148 Greece Avra Sidiropoulou 161 India Erin B. Mee 174 Ireland Karin Maresh 187 Kenya Margaretta Swigert-Gacheru 198 Mexico Ileana Azor 211 Pakistan Claire Pamment 223 Poland Magda Romanska 237 Romania Diana Manole 251 Russia Maria Ignatieva 264 South Africa Marie-Heleen Coetzee and Lliane Loots 277 Taiwan Iris Hsin-chun Tuan 291 United States of America Anne Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow 303
£45.90
University of Illinois Press African Women Playwrights
Book SynopsisFor the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in EnglishTrade Review"[African Women Playwrights] brings together an essential collection of writings by international women."--Feminist Formations“I have long wished there were a collection of the work of African women playwrights. This unique and valuable volume makes a truly significant contribution to the field of both African theatre and black women’s writing. The plays are stimulating and very interesting, dealing with a range of pertinent issues.”--Jane Plastow, coeditor of Theatre and Empowerment: Community Drama on the World Stage“These plays are fascinating to read; the plots and characters are varied, interesting, and well developed. Moreover, as the only collection [in English] of plays written exclusively by African women, this collection will be immensely appealing to students and scholars of theatre, literature, cultural studies, African studies, and women’s studies, as well as general readers who are interested in learning about contemporary African plays and playwrights.”--Judith Stephens-Lorenz, editor of The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights MovementTable of Contentsix FOREWORD Amandina Lihamba [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania] xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 INTRODUCTION Kathy A. Perkins 12 THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST Ama Ata Aidoo [Ghana] 62 OVER MY DEAD BODY Violet Barungi [Uganda] 100 SHE NO LONGER WEEPS Tsitsi Dangarembga [Zimbabwe] 140 BETTER DAYS COME IN BITTER WAYS Nathalie Etoke [Cameroon] 150 HOMECOMING Andiah Kisia (Chika Okigbo) [Kenya] 170 VUKANI! (WAKE UP!) Sindiwe Magona [South Africa] 222 A COLOURED PLACE Malika Ndlovu (Lueen Conning) [South Africa] 248 EDEWEDE (THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY) Julie Okoh [Nigeria] 318 IN THE CONTINUUM Dania Gurira and Nikkole Salter [Zimbabwe and the United States] 363 SELECTED READINGS AND PLAYS 367 CONTRIBUTORS
£20.89
University of Illinois Press Living with Lynching
Book SynopsisThe first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American cultureTrade ReviewWinner of the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Book Award, 2012. Winner of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Book Award, 2012."Required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "Mitchell expertly brings in critical approaches from literary and performance studies to show how concepts such as 'circulation' and 'impact' held different meaning for citizens trying to survive traumatic events. . . . Her study offers significant new insights into a key historical movement and provides a model of academic scholarship."--American Historical Review "Offers cogent insights into the cultural work of creative expression in a context of racial violence."--The Journal of American History"Impressively researched and powerfully argued, this first full-length critical study of lynching drama shows the ways that these plays galvanized dynamic conversations about the racialized politics of privacy, citizenship, patriotism, and gender roles in American culture. Living with Lynching is a tremendously illuminating work that breaks new ground in theater and performance studies, African American literary history, and women's and gender studies."--Daphne A. Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910"This vivid book makes a major contribution to the literature on lynching in the U.S. by excavating an under-examined archive of black dramatic responses to it. Offering a new and convincing periodization of lynching drama, Mitchell moves beyond the best known texts to illuminate a range of plays diligently retrieved and scrupulously interpreted. Living with Lynching is a testament to the endurance of black life in the face of social death."--Tavia Nyong'o, author of The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory"In addition to unearthing an underexplored archive of black women's writing, Mitchell engages with one of the central problematics of feminist and critical race theories: the ethics of representing atrocity. Essential Reading."--Legacy"Mitchell's Living with Lynching is thoroughly researched and exquisitely written. It is timely and a necessary read for anyone committed to repurposing historical African American strife for reconstruction and celebration."--Spectrum"[Mitchell] shows how performing lynching plays in community spaces allowed African Americans to actualize the various subjectivities . . . that lynchings sought to expunge. This book is required reading for understanding the ways in which narrative and performance have been central to challenging white oppression as well as (re)imagining black identity in America. Highly recommended."--Choice "An emphatic push to change how we understand, write about, and teach the phenomenon of lynching."--H-SHGAPE "Mitchell methodically documents and skillfully interprets lynching drama's important cultural work. . . . She illuminates an overlooked aspect African American literary history."--Arkansas Review "If ever a lynching book could be described as beautiful, it would undoubtedly be Mitchell's for the gracious way she takes care to read, generously and meticulously, all that she sees and hears (as well as what she does not see and hear) when she enters the homes that these characters have struggled to build for themselves."--Signs “Mitchell offers a cogent example of how African Americans deployed theater and performance to engage in quotidian acts of survival, belonging, self-affirmation, and citizenship that were not solely contingent on protesting white violence.”--MELUS “These dramatic works examined by Koritha Mitchell represent a body of literature that spoke directly to the horror of lynching and its immediate and long-term effects on African American families and communities. . . . An intriguing book.”--The Journal of African American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: Whose Evidence? Which Account?; Capital Entertainment, Better Representation Part I: Making Lynching Drama and Its Contributions Legible 1: Scenes and Scenarios: Reading Aright; 2: Re-defining "Black Theatre" Part II: Developing a Genre, Asserting Black Citizenship 3: The Black Soldier: Elevating Community Conversation; 4: The Black Lawyer: Preserving Testimony; 5: The Black Mother/Wife: Blue Blood Safe; 6: The Pimp and Coward: Frances Conclusion: Documenting Black Performance: Key Considerations Bibliography
£22.79
The University of Michigan Press The Ghosts of the AvantGardes
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£26.55
The University of Michigan Press Working Backstage
Book SynopsisIlluminating the history of a typically hidden workforce, this book focuses on the work of New York City’s theatre technicians, shining a light on the essential contributions of unionised stagehands, carpenters, electricians, sound engineers, properties artisans, wardrobe crews, makeup artists, and child guardians.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part I: Backstage Narratives Prologue Introduction: Shining a Light on Backstage Labor Chapter One: Working and Workers in New York City’s Theater Industry Part II: Backstage Histories Chapter Two: Commemoration as Union History Chapter Three: Stagehands in Black and White Chapter Four: Backstage Subjectivities, Work Choreographies, and Production Histories Part III: Backstage Dramaturgies Essay 1: Reading the Rude Mechanicals Essay 2: Dressers Onstage and Dressing Offstage Essay 3: Backstage Ensembles Coda Bibliography and Works Cited
£27.50
The University of Michigan Press The Taylor Mac Book Ritual Realness and Radical
Book SynopsisThe first book to dedicate critical attention to the work of influential theater-maker Taylor Mac. Featuring essays, interviews, and commentaries by noted critics and artists, the volume examines the vastness of Mac’s theatrical imagination, the singularity of their voice, and the inclusiveness of their cultural insights and critiques.Trade ReviewThe Taylor Mac Book is an overdue encomium to the work of an artist who defines the cutting edge in theater, performance, and the interpretation of American song. With maximalist exuberance and impish daring, Taylor Mac has revived the fortunes of queer aesthetics for our parlous times. How great that now we all get to hang out with judy and the crew in this deliriously welcome collection of essays." —Tavia Nyong’o, Yale University "This book is a joy to read, conveying the spirit, mischief, and intellect of Taylor Mac’s work and reflecting its genius and complexity. The mix of topics and styles is well suited to the multifaceted nature of Mac’s work and also makes for engaged reading." —Jennifer Parker-Starbuck, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of Contents Preface: “It’s going to go on a lot longer than you want it to”: A Conversation about Taylor Mac, Covid and Collaboration. David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb Acknowledgments Introduction: The Early Performance of Taylor Mac Sean F. Edgecomb 1: Participation, Endurance, and the Pucker in Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge Carrie J. Preston 2: Between Hir and There: Considering Taylor Mac’s Work as Bridging Genres Kelly I. Aliano 3: Queer Pussy Time: Taylor Mac’s Lesbian Decade Kim Marra 4: Too Slow: Taylor Mac and the Rubs of Time Lisa A. Freeman 5: Taylor Mac, Walt Whitman, and Adhesive America: Cruising Utopia with the Good Gay Poet Jennifer Buckley 6: Circles and Lines: Community and Legacy in Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to “Titus Andronicus” Erika T. Lin 7: Designturgy, Being Queer: Taylor Mac Wears Machine Dazzle in 24 Decades Sissi Liu 8: Sing the Revolution!: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taylor Mac and the Great American Songbook David Román 9: The Walk Across America for Mother Earth Paul Zimet 10: An Interview with Taylor Mac Kevin Sessums 11: Reflections on CollaborationMatt RayMachine Dazzle Viva DeConciniNiegel SmithTigger! Ferguson Barbara Gustern Linda Brumbach Contributors Bibliography Index
£31.30
The University of Michigan Press Racing the Great White Way
Book SynopsisChallenging the widely accepted idea that Broadway was the white-hot creative engine of US theatre during the early 20th century, Katie Johnson reveals a far more complex system of exchanges between the Broadway establishment and a vibrant Black theatre scene in New York and beyond to chart a new history of American and transnational theatre.Trade Review“Racing the Great White Way is a fascinating and much-needed reconsideration of Eugene O’Neill’s vexing racial politics, as they play out in several productions and adaptations of his plays. Johnson's research is diligent, and the resulting analysis provides new insight into several notable performances and adaptations of signature O’Neill dramas. This book offers a rich examination on O'Neill's complicated imprint on early 20th Century cultural history.” —Jonathan Shandell, Arcadia University“For O’Neill studies, this book could be a game-changer… important and pathbreaking in the historical discourse on racial representation beyond the theatrical. The study also opens the possibility of thinking through the agency of actors in other respects in O’Neill’s plays.” —William Davies King, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Emperor’s Remains Chapter 2: An Algerian in Paris Chapter 3: Broadway’s First Interracial Kiss Chapter 4: Racing Operatic Emperors Chapter 5: Racing the Cut: Black to Ireland Conclusion: What Remains? Bibliography Index
£65.50
The University of Michigan Press The Passions of Peter Sellars
Book SynopsisRecognised as one of the most innovative and influential directors of our time, Peter Sellars has produced acclaimed - and often controversial - versions of many beloved operas and oratorios. He has also collaborated with several composers to create challenging new operas. This volume explores the development of his style.
£60.95
University of California Press Minneapolis Rehearsals
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
£63.90
LUP - Voltaire Foundation Pam233la ou La Vertu r233compens233e
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Poirson’s textual apparatus reveals changes that helped keep the author alive; seldom have revisions been undertaken for such high stakes.'Journal of Modern History'Sources, influences, intertextes, avatars, l’auteur ne néglige aucune piste, compare les versions, poursuit les raisonnements de chacun dans les plus profonds retranchements de leur symbolique et s’il aboutit à la conclusion finale que Paméla n’est pas définitivement une pièce révolutionnaire, il permet au lecteur de comprendre à la fois les raisons et l’intention paradoxale de l’auteur.'Revue d’histoire du théâtreTable of ContentsTable des illustrationsRemerciementsAvant-propos: La Révolution est un blocI. Présentation des textes et des contextes1. Introduction2. Généalogie du textei. Contexte général: un théâtre en révolutionii. Circonstances particulières: les apories d’un ‘bréviaire des politiques’iii. L’auteur: portrait de l’artiste en caméléon politique polygrapheiv. Conditions de représentation: un théâtre sous haute tensionv. Conditions de réception: la comédie par laquelle naît le scandalevi. Conditions d’interdiction: requiem pour un ‘sérail impur’vii. Reprises et fortune littéraire: un retour de flamme3. Archéologie du textei. Sources, influences et intertextes: la ‘Paméla française’ii. Ersatz de roman: le retard françaisiii. Avatars de comédie: le retour françaisiv. Une structure dramatique ambivalentev. Tours et détours herméneutiquesvi. Une révolution des affectsII. Paméla, ou la Vertu récompenséePrincipes d’établissement de la présente éditionSigles et abréviations employésPaméla ou la Vertu récompenséePrincipales variantesIII. AnnexesAnnexe 1. Premier discoursAnnexe 2. Lettre aux législateursAnnexe 3. Autres documents autographes de Nicolas François de Neufchâteau relatifs à PamélaAnnexe 4. Documents d’appui relatifs aux conditions de représentation et de réceptionBibliographie sélectiveIndex
£98.30
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Systemic Dramaturgy A Handbook for the Digital
Book SynopsisWorking theatrically with technology, Systemic Dramaturgy offers an invigorating, practical look at the daunting cultural problems of the digital age as they relate to performance.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Contributors Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking and Making Systemically Chapter 1.Sokyokuchi INTERLUDE 1.Kill Your Darlings: Marianne Weems on Collaboration and Devising Chapter 2. Play INTERLUDE 2.Play Matters: Elizabeth Swensen on Theatricality and Gaming Chapter 3, Empathy INTERLUDE 3:Empathy for Whom?micha cÁrdenas on Activism and Digital Performance Chapter 4: Towards a Dramaturgy of Video Games INTERLUDE 4:SHTEAM:Noah Wardrip-Fruin on Storytelling in the Digital Age Chapter 5: A Case Study ofNeighborhood 3: Requisition of Doomby Jennifer Haley INTERLUDE 5:Generations:Jennifer Haley on the Theatre Game Chapter 6. Systemic Dramaturgy Roundtable Bibliography
£30.71
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Standby
Book SynopsisProposes a practical philosophy of contemporary theatrical design that addresses all design disciplines, all theatrical collaborators, and all forms of theatre, from the traditional to the avant-garde. Joshua Langman celebrates design as a transformative force with the power to elevate a performance.Table of ContentsPreface 1. House to half: A beginning 2. Design for theatre: Why we attend theatre; why we make theatre; why we design theatre 3. The concept: How designers make meaning 4. Acts of creation: Navigating art, craft, and trade in the theatre 5. Guiding principles and practical advice: Nine hints for theatrical designers 6. On magic and mechanics: A theatrical designer’s spell-book 7. The limits of design: Two lessons in humility 8. What it takes: A character analysis of the designer 9. Curtain call: An ending Postscript Recapitulation Notes A designer’s library Acknowledgments Credits Index
£26.06
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Ghost Light
Book SynopsisA new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practice. Perfectly suited for the undergraduate theatre classroom, this holistic guide includes chapter exercises for students to practice the skills as they learn. The new edition also incorporates recent theory and new resources on multimedia performance.Trade Review“With wit, intelligence, and generosity, Michael Mark Chemers offers students a wide range of concrete, practical, and immediate entry points to the work of the dramaturg from classics to new plays, devised theatre, adaptations, and more. Grounded in history, theory, and textual analysis, this comprehensive handbook underscores with great effect the centrality of curiosity, questioning, creativity, collaboration, and expertise to dramaturgy and theatre making as a whole.”—Geoff Proehl, author of Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility “The first edition of Ghost Light carefully broke down the role of the dramaturg and provided an intelligent and accessible perspective on the underpinnings of dramaturgy. Chemers now gifts us with a revised and updated text that carefully considers radical changes of the past decade and blind spots that can come up when writing. Particularly, this new edition addresses societal strife and the pervasive systems of oppression that have informed the recent past that theatre studies must address.”—Analola Santana, coeditor of Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/o Americas “Ghost Light is the best book I can recommend to someone looking for a book that covers the history, theory, and practice of dramaturgy in one place. I never teach a Dramaturgy class without it! I appreciate Chemers updating this important contribution to the field to wrestle with and open up an academic and practical discussion about how cultural competency and identity play an ever-changing role in the way dramaturgy functions in art-making.”— Martine Kei Green-Rogers, past president of LMDA “This second edition of Ghost Light offers welcome updates to what has become a trusted introductory textbook for the study of dramaturgy in the United States. Featuring additions to his “theory capsules” as well as new approaches to the “Twelve Steps,” the insight Chemers offers in Ghost Light is both practical and aspirational, a feat he accomplishes without losing his engaging, lively style of writing that at once demonstrates dramaturgy while explaining the long history and crucial role of the dramaturg in theatre.”— Jane Barnette , author of Adapturgy: The Dramaturg’s Art and Theatrical Adaptation “For over a decade, Ghost Light has welcomed newcomers with open arms to the rigorous building blocks that constitute contemporary dramaturgical practice. With this second edition, Chemers embraces the latest developments in an ever-diversifying field with his trademark humor, humility, and abiding love for this vocation we share. This book has earned an essential place in every dramaturg's library.”—Ken Cerniglia, editor of Newsies: Stories of the Unlikely Broadway HitTable of Contents Foreword by Faedra Chatard Carpenter Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Part One: Philosophy 1. What the #$%@ Is a Dramaturg? 2. Historicizing Dramaturgy 3. Power Plays Part Two: Analysis 4. The Twelve-Step Program for Script Analysts 5. Form Follows Function 6. Why This Play Now? Part Three: Practice 7. New Plays 8. The Company 9. Audiences Appendixes A: The Casebook B: The Dramaturg’s Library C: Journals, Periodicals, and Online Databases D: Accessing Original Texts Online E: Recommended Play Anthologies Notes
£26.96
Northwestern University Press Max Reinhardt
Book SynopsisMax Reinhardt was one of the formative directors of modern theatre. Marx provides a broad panorama of Reinhardt's work, portraying not only his work method and some of his best known productions, but also the cultural conditions of his visionary enterprise.
£28.86
Vanderbilt University Press Zombie Thoughts and Ballet for Aliens
£22.68
Vanderbilt University Press Sticking Stigma
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£28.00
Vanderbilt University Press Sticking Stigma
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£76.00
2Leaf Press Rivers of Women The Play
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£11.00
University of Toronto Press Pixérécourt and the French Romantic Drama
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this work is to establish the relationship between the Romantic drama in France of the period 1829-1843 (circa) and the melodrama or "popular tragedy" which flourished in the second-class theatres during the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Since the essence of the melodrama of that period is found in the works of Guilbert de Pixerecourt (a fact which no student of French literature will deny) it has been thought sufficient to concentrate attention on these works and their connection with the Romantic drama, rather than to treat all or a large number of the many authors of melodrama who helped to flood the popular stage at that time.
£13.29
Fordham University Press Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life
Book SynopsisWith humor and grace, the memoir of a first-generation Chinese American in New York City. Our Laundry, Our Town is a memoir that decodes and processes the fractured urban oracle bones of Alvin Eng’s upbringing in Flushing, Queens, in the 1970s. Back then, his family was one of the few immigrant Chinese families in a far-flung neighborhood in New York City. His parents had an arranged marriage and ran a Chinese hand laundry. From behind the counter of his parents’ laundry and within the confines of a household that was rooted in a different century and culture, he sought to reconcile this insular home life with the turbulent yet inspiring street life that was all around them––from the faux martial arts of TV’s Kung Fu to the burgeoning underworld of the punk rock scene. In the 1970s, NYC, like most of the world, was in the throes of regenerating itself in the wake of major social and cultural changes resulting from the counterculture and civil rights movements. And by the 1980s, Flushing had become NYC’s second Chinatown. But Eng remained one of the neighborhood’s few Chinese citizens who did not speak fluent Chinese. Finding his way in the downtown theater and performance world of Manhattan, he discovered the under-chronicled Chinese influence on Thornton Wilder’s foundational Americana drama, Our Town. This discovery became the unlikely catalyst for a psyche-healing pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China—his ancestral home in southern China—that led to writing and performing his successful autobiographical monologue, The Last Emperor of Flushing. Learning to tell his own story on stages around the world was what proudly made him whole. As cities, classrooms, cultures, and communities the world over continue to re-examine the parameters of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Our Laundry, Our Town will reverberate with a broad readership.Table of Contents1 The Urban Oracle Bones of Our Laundry: Channeling China’s Last Emperor and Rock ’n’ Roll’s First Opera 2 Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting . . . or Faking It 3 Our Laundry’s Roots in Resistance: Family Reunification Along Flushing’s Fault Line 4 It’s Only a Paper Son: The Chinatown Bachelor Society 5 Addressees 6 Disappearing Acts: That Old-Time Religion 7 Chinese Rocks: Opium, the Chinese Diaspora and Soul . . . and Punk Rock 8 A Sort of Homecoming: But Where Are You Really From? 9 The Bigger Picture, On Screen and Off 10 Trip the Light, Gorgeous Mosaic: Double Happiness, Discovering Playwriting and Activism 11 Commencement Ceremonies: Leaving Flushing 12 Village Pilgrimage for a Marriage Blessing 13 Life Dances On: Our Town in China Epilogue Acknowledgments
£53.10
Fordham University Press Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life
Book SynopsisNEW IN PAPERBACK! BOOKS ARE MAGIC 2023 HOLIDAY GIFT BOOK With humor and grace, the memoir of a first-generation Chinese American in New York City. Our Laundry, Our Town is a memoir that decodes and processes the fractured urban oracle bones of Alvin Eng’s upbringing in Flushing, Queens, in the 1970s. Back then, his family was one of the few immigrant Chinese families in a far-flung neighborhood in New York City. His parents had an arranged marriage and ran a Chinese hand laundry. From behind the counter of his parents’ laundry and within the confines of a household that was rooted in a different century and culture, he sought to reconcile this insular home life with the turbulent yet inspiring street life that was all around them––from the faux martial arts of TV’s Kung Fu to the burgeoning underworld of the punk rock scene. In the 1970s, NYC, like most of the world, was in the throes of regenerating itself in the wake of major social and cultural changes resulting from the counterculture and civil rights movements. And by the 1980s, Flushing had become NYC’s second Chinatown. But Eng remained one of the neighborhood’s few Chinese citizens who did not speak fluent Chinese. Finding his way in the downtown theater and performance world of Manhattan, he discovered the under-chronicled Chinese influence on Thornton Wilder’s foundational Americana drama, Our Town. This discovery became the unlikely catalyst for a psyche-healing pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China—his ancestral home in southern China—that led to writing and performing his successful autobiographical monologue, The Last Emperor of Flushing. Learning to tell his own story on stages around the world was what proudly made him whole. As cities, classrooms, cultures, and communities the world over continue to re-examine the parameters of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Our Laundry, Our Town will reverberate with a broad readership.Table of Contents1 The Urban Oracle Bones of Our Laundry: Channeling China’s Last Emperor and Rock ’n’ Roll’s First Opera 2 Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting . . . or Faking It 3 Our Laundry’s Roots in Resistance: Family Reunification Along Flushing’s Fault Line 4 It’s Only a Paper Son: The Chinatown Bachelor Society 5 Addressees 6 Disappearing Acts: That Old-Time Religion 7 Chinese Rocks: Opium, the Chinese Diaspora and Soul . . . and Punk Rock 8 A Sort of Homecoming: But Where Are You Really From? 9 The Bigger Picture, On Screen and Off 10 Trip the Light, Gorgeous Mosaic: Double Happiness, Discovering Playwriting and Activism 11 Commencement Ceremonies: Leaving Flushing 12 Village Pilgrimage for a Marriage Blessing 13 Life Dances On: Our Town in China Epilogue Acknowledgments
£15.19
University of Iowa Press Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in
Book SynopsisThroughout the nineteenth century, people heard more music in the theatre - accompanying popular dramas such as Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lady Audley’s Secret, The Corsican Brothers, The Three Musketeers, as well as historical romances by Shakespeare and Schiller - than they did in almost any other area of their lives. But unlike film music, theatrical music has received very little attention from scholars and so it has been largely lost to us. In this groundbreaking study, Michael V. Pisani goes in search of these abandoned sounds.Mining old manuscripts and newspapers, he finds that starting in the 1790s, theatrical managers in Britain and the United States began to rely on music to play an interpretive role in melodramatic productions. During the nineteenth century, instrumental music - in addition to song - was a common feature in the production of stage plays.The music played by instrumental ensembles not only enlivened performances but also served other important functions. Many actors and actresses found that accompanimental music helped them sustain the emotional pitch of a monologue or dialogue sequence. Music also helped audiences to identify the motivations of characters. Playwrights used music to hold together the hybrid elements of melodrama, heighten the build toward sensation, and dignify the tragic pathos of villains and other characters. Music also aided manager-directors by providing cues for lighting and other stage effects. Moreover, in a century of seismic social and economic changes, music could provide a moral compass in an uncertain moral universe.Featuring dozens of musical examples and images of the old theatres, Music for the Melodramatic Theatre charts the progress of the genre from its earliest use in the eighteenth century to the elaborate stage productions of the very early twentieth century.
£33.20
New Village Press A Man of the Theater: Survival as an Artist in
Book SynopsisLife in Iran as an artist under the Shah and during the Iranian Revolution A Man of the Theater tells the personal story of a theater artist caught between the two great upheavals of Iranian history in the 20th century. One is the White Revolution of the 1960s, the incomplete and uneven modernization imposed from the top by the dictatorial regime of the Shah, coming in the wake of the overthrow of the popular Mosaddegh government with the help of the CIA. The other one is the Iranian Revolution of 1979, a great rising of Iranian society against the rule of the Shah in which Khomeini’s Islamist faction ends up taking power. Written in a simple direct style, Rahmaninejad’s memoir describes his fraught creative life in Tehran during these decades, founding a theater company and directing plays under the increasing pressure of the censorship authorities and the Shah’s secret police. After being arrested and tortured by the SAVAK and after spending years in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison and being a cause célèbre of Amnesty International, Rahmaninejad is freed by the Revolution of 1979. But his new-found freedom is short-lived; the progressive intellectuals and artists find themselves overpowered and outmaneuvered by the better organized Islamists, leading to renewed terror and to exile. In Western perception, the Iranian Revolution, which this year has its 40th anniversary, often overshadows the decades of Iran’s modern history that preceded it. A Man of the Theater fills this gap. The title derives from a time of torture in prison when interrogators ordered him to write everything about his activities. To avoid revealing anything incriminating he took pen in hand and wrote and wrote about all his artistic passions, beginning, "Here it is—this is my life! I am an artist! A man of the theater!"Trade Review"This is the story of a visionary auteur and insightful interpreter of theater, who was rewarded by both the Shah and the Ayatollah with prison sentences . . . where he proceeded to stage plays with his fellow inmates. Nasser’s tale of his art and its encounter with power is told with the poignant humor and devastatingly profound honesty that characterizes his life and his work." -- Syrus Samii, author of The Blue Flower of Forgetfulness
£17.09
Bucknell University Press,U.S. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama: Reception
Book SynopsisA key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and released without trial, Holcroft was notorious in his own time, but today appears mainly as a supporting character in studies of 1790s literary activism. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama authoritatively reintroduces and reestablishes this central figure of the revolutionary decade by examining his life, plays, memoirs, and personal correspondence. In engaging with theatrical censorship, apostacy, and the response of audiences and critics to radical drama, this thoughtful study also demonstrates how theater functions in times of political repression. Despite his struggles, Holcroft also had major successes: this book examines his surprisingly robust afterlife, as his plays, especially The Road to Ruin, were repeatedly revived worldwide in the nineteenth century.Trade Review“Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama foregrounds the radicalism and the drama in Holcroft’s striking playwriting career. Interweaving episodes from his biography, staged plays, and public reception of both, Garnai’s book demonstrates Holcroft’s centrality to 1790s London radical culture and what analyses of his plays contribute to discussions of performativity, censorship, and the burdens of cultural transmission in his day and ours. A timely revival of a largely unsung but masterful agitator.”— Julie Carlson, author of England’s First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley “This striking book restores Thomas Holcroft—often granted a walk-on part in histories of radicalism in the 1790s or of the Jacobin novel—to his important place in theatre history. Garnai reveals a spectacular career in all its complexity and allows Holcroft the curtain call he has long deserved.”— Jon Mee, author of Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s: The Laurel of Liberty “Indicted for high treason, intimately linked to 1790s radicalism, and idealized by Godwinian perfectibility, playwright Thomas Holcroft has been overlooked for too long. His extraordinary life is recovered here in Garnai’s fine study.”— David Worrall, author of Theatric Revolution: Drama, Censorship, and Romantic Period Subcultures, 1773-1832 “Garnai’s wide-ranging and carefully-researched study explores Holcroft’s life and his deeply political work in insightful and thought-provoking ways. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama confirms Holcroft’s important place among the pantheon of radical figures who believed in the power of writing to create lasting social and political change.”— Shawn Lisa Maurer, editor of Art and NatureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Thomas Holcroft and the Treason Trials Chapter Two: The Road to Ruin and its Afterlives Chapter Three: Radicalism, Authorship and Sincerity in Holcroft’s Later Plays Chapter Four: Holcroft’s Diary and Other Life Writing Chapter Five: Holcroft’s Melodrama Chapter Six: Final Years and Other Afterlives Bibliography
£28.80
Human Kinetics Publishers Producing Dance: A Collaborative Art
Book SynopsisMost dance production books are written from the perspective of a production manager or designer, focusing on the technical aspects of a traditional dance production.Producing Dance takes a unique path—one that includes the voice of the choreographer and dancer in the journey to performance.In doing so, the authors support the process of the entire creative team and cover all aspects of a production. They put those aspects in the context of real-world application, in sequence with other components, creating a toolbox for success for all involved. By the end of the book, readers will have discovered the many options available to them in the production setting and be able to choose the tool most needed at the time.Critical Guidance That Sets This Book ApartThrough its collaborative approach, Producing Dance goes beyond the performance, covering evaluation, reflection, and opportunities for growth. And it offers guidance in two critical areas that are not addressed in other dance production books: Creating dance performances in nontraditional spaces such as site-specific venues, dance and culture festivals, and audience-immersive experiences Supporting the development of an artistic career through acquiring business skills such as fundraising, grant writing, and performing business analyses AncillariesProducing Dance comes with an instructor guide, a test bank, a PowerPoint presentation package, and HKPropel Access. Through HKPropel, students will find supplemental content and study aids: Application activities for each chapter, allowing students to practice the concepts discussed in the chapter Real-world examples with explanations Links to websites that further illustrate concepts Virtual flash cards to help students study and retain key terms Parts of the BookThe text is presented in four parts. Part I guides readers in balancing and integrating artistic ideas with logistical considerations to create a clear and unified vision. Part II explores the process of realizing that vision through a collaborative and creative process. In part III, the knowledge gained in the first two parts is put into action as performance takes center stage. In part IV, readers learn how to continue to grow beyond the performance through a variety of pathways that deepen understanding and open up future opportunities.Realizing VisionThe journey from an idea to a fully produced vision can be daunting. Producing Dance makes that journey not only doable but also enjoyable. It provides readers the understanding and tools they need to realize their vision, explore and develop their voice, and further their growth and career development.Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.Table of ContentsPart I. Vision: Balancing Artistic Content and Production RealitiesChapter 1. Vision and Collaboration in Dance PerformanceEarly Dance Performances and VisionPerformance SpacesDesign ElementsSummaryChapter 2. Artistic VisionInspiration and Purpose Tied to Artistic VisionAudiencePerformance SpacesResearchCreative BriefSummaryChapter 3. Logistical ConsiderationsSWOT AnalysisSWOT ApplicationFinancial StructureCollaborative Organizational StructuresArts AdministrationSummaryChapter 4. Getting StartedVenuesFundingVisibilitySummaryPart II. Process: Clarity Through Creation, Collaboration, and ConversationsChapter 5. CollaboratorsOrganization of RolesDance CollaboratorsProduction CollaboratorsDefining a Collaborative LanguageProduction MeetingsSummaryChapter 6. Creation in the StudioAuditionsRehearsalsSummaryChapter 7. Stage, Scenery, Props, and LightingStagesScenery and PropsLightingSummaryChapter 8. Sound, Digital Media, Costumes, and MakeupSoundDigital MediaCostume and MakeupSummaryPart III. Integration: Blending Vision and ProcessChapter 9. Production TimelineProduction CalendarMilestonesProduction ProcessPulling the Timelines TogetherCreating a Gantt ChartProduction MeetingsSummaryChapter 10. Production Scope and Audience ExperienceProduction ScopeAudience ExperienceSummaryChapter 11. Integrating Elements OnstageStage ConsiderationsScenery and PropsLightingSoundDigital MediaCostumesSummaryPart IV. Culmination: Performance and BeyondChapter 12. Production WeekTimelineCue-to-Cue RehearsalTechnical (Tech) RehearsalDress RehearsalExpecting the UnexpectedSummaryChapter 13. PerformanceFront of HouseBackstage CrewPerformersStrikeSummaryChapter 14. PostmortemTechnical Production PerspectiveChoreographer and Artistic PerspectivesMediatorsFeedbackNow What?
£71.40
Liverpool University Press Analyzing Drama: A Student Casebook
Book SynopsisThis play-analysis textbook contains 50 short essays on geographically diverse, historically significant dramas -- among them Major Barbara, Our Town, Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Electra, Death of a Salesman, The Balcony, The Cherry Orchard, Mother Courage, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Old Times. The essays are supported by a Step-by-Step Approach to Play Analysis, a Glossary of Dramatic Terms, Study Guides, Topics for Writing and Discussion, Bibliographical Resources, and a comprehensive Index. Written for university and advanced high school students, these critical essays provide practical models to aid and promote writing and analytical skills. The author is a close reader committed to a detailed yet objective examination of the structure, style, imagery, and language of a play. He is concerned with dramatic analysis that can be of benefit to directors, designers, and even actors. Analysis of character, action, dialogue, and setting can thus be translated into concepts for theatrical production. The three key benefits of ANALYZING DRAMA are: 1. Most so-called play analysis texts are books about the methods and techniques of play analysis but contain few (if any) actual play analyses. The book describes the methods and techniques of play analysis while at the same time providing numerous examples of such analysis. 2. The Topics for Writing and Discussion and Study Guides provide a wide range of set tasks for students. 3. Readings are not biased by any particular social or political doctrine. Aimed at students, teachers, educated readers, and drama aficionados with an interest in world drama in particular and drama studies in general, as well as at theatregoers with an interest in the practice of play analysis and criticism.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press Analyzing Drama: A Student Casebook
Book SynopsisThis play-analysis textbook contains 50 short essays on geographically diverse, historically significant dramas -- among them Major Barbara, Our Town, Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Electra, Death of a Salesman, The Balcony, The Cherry Orchard, Mother Courage, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Old Times. The essays are supported by a Step-by-Step Approach to Play Analysis, a Glossary of Dramatic Terms, Study Guides, Topics for Writing and Discussion, Bibliographical Resources, and a comprehensive Index. Written for university and advanced high school students, these critical essays provide practical models to aid and promote writing and analytical skills. The author is a close reader committed to a detailed yet objective examination of the structure, style, imagery, and language of a play. He is concerned with dramatic analysis that can be of benefit to directors, designers, and even actors. Analysis of character, action, dialogue, and setting can thus be translated into concepts for theatrical production. The three key benefits of ANALYZING DRAMA are: 1. Most so-called play analysis texts are books about the methods and techniques of play analysis but contain few (if any) actual play analyses. The book describes the methods and techniques of play analysis while at the same time providing numerous examples of such analysis. 2. The Topics for Writing and Discussion and Study Guides provide a wide range of set tasks for students. 3. Readings are not biased by any particular social or political doctrine. Aimed at students, teachers, educated readers, and drama aficionados with an interest in world drama in particular and drama studies in general, as well as at theatregoers with an interest in the practice of play analysis and criticism.
£32.95
James Currey African Theatre 10: Media and Performance
Book SynopsisExamines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa. Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of WarwickTrade ReviewAn important contribution to the study of the current state of media and performance in Africa and, collectively, the authors address the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy, and sponsorship. * RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES *Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction - David Kerr 'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten Sannar Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord - Sarah Woodward 'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola Adeoti Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule 'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam Kasule Zimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel Ravengai Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah Chivandikwa Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe Muwonwa Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy Adair Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa Molema Playscript: The Campus Queen - Akinwumi Isola Book Reviews
£23.82
Springer International Publishing AG Staging Deaf and Hearing Theatre Productions
Book SynopsisThis book explores an unacknowledged gap in theatre study and praxis, and establishes an inceptive model for transforming a playscript into a theatrical production involving deaf and hearing artists.
£48.74
Diaphanes AG Nikolaj Evreinov – The Storming of the Winter
Book SynopsisIn 1920, on the third anniversary of the October Revolution, dramatist Nikolai Evreinov directed a cast of 10,000 actors, dancers, and circus performers as well as a convoy of armored cars and tanks in The Storming of the Winter Palace. The mass spectacle, presented in and around the real Winter Palace in Petrograd, was intended to recall the storming as the beginning of the October Revolution. But it was a deceptive reenactment because, in producing the events it sought to reenact, it created a new kind of theater, agit-drama, promulgating political propaganda and deliberately breaking down the distinction between performers and spectators.Nikolaj Evreinov: "The Storming of the Winter Palace" tells the fascinating story of this production. Taking readers through the relevant history, the authors describe the role of The Storming of the Winter Palace in commemorating Soviet power. With a wealth of illustrations, they also show how photographs of Evreinov's theatrical storming eventually became historical documents of the October Revolution themselves.
£30.00
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El maleficio de la mariposa / The Butterfly's Evil Spell
£12.74
Taylor & Francis Contemporary European Theatre Directors
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