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  • Theatre History Studies 2014, Vol. 33

    Theatres of War

    by Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Rosemarie K. Bank, Amanda Boyle, Shawna Mefford Carroll, Miriam Chirico, Francisco Costa, Chrystyna M. Dail, Tanya Dean, Daniel C. Dennis0, Rodney Donahue1, Anne Fletcher2, Sara Freeman3, Kristi Good4, Jennifer Goodlander5, Anselm Heinrich6, Jeanmarie Higgins7, Bethany D. Holmstrom8, Lisa Jackson-Schebetta9, David Jortner0, Keith Byron Kirk1, Haddy Kreie2, Franklin J. Lasik3, Felicia Hardison Londré4, Lewis Magruder5, William Palmer6, Gene A. Plunka7, George Potter8, Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft9, Adam Sheaffer0, Alan Sikes1, Li-Wen (Joy) Wang2, Ariel Watson3, Peter A. Campbell4, DeAnna M. Toten Beard5 ...
    Series Book 33 - Theatre History Studies
    Volume 33 of Theatre History Studies explores war. War is a paradox—horrifying and compelling, galvanizing and devastating, a phenomenon that separates and decimates while at the same time creating and strengthening national identity and community bonds. War is the stuff of great drama.War and theatre is a subject of increasing popularity among scholars of theatre. The essays in this special ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Working in the Wings

    New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor

    by Chrystyna Dail, Sara Freeman, Rosemarie K. Bank, Jonathan L Chambers, Dorothy Chansky, Tracey Elaine Chessum, Jerry Dickey, Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Melissa Rynn Porterfield, Tom Robson, AnnMarie T. Saunders, Max Shulman ...
    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth, brings attention to what goes on behind the scenes, challenging, and revising our understanding of work, theatre, and history.Essays consider a range of historic moments and geographic locations—from African ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Stage for Action

    U.S. Social Activist Theatre in the 1940s

    by Chrystyna Dail ...
    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Drawing on underexplored and only recently available archives, author Chrystyna Dail examines the influence of Stage for Action, a theatre group founded in 1943, on social activist theatre in the 1940s, early 1950s, and beyond. The group embraced subjects not taken up by earlier activist theatre companies—advocating for the rights of Puerto Ricans, calling attention to the lack of child care for ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre

    by Mel Atkey ...
    Did you know that the idea behind the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes was first tried out in Toronto? That Canada produced the world’s longest-running annual revue? Few people realize the Canadian influences that are at the heart of American and British culture.Author Mel Atkey’s research for Broadway North included interviews with Norman and Elaine Campbell and Don Harron, creators of Anne of ... Read more

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  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Welcome to the perfect study guide!This special edition contains edits specifically aimed at assisting readers in understanding the classic text, preparing students for examinations, or providing lesson plans for teachers. This book is ideal for readers in high school, college, or otherwise seeking an easier understanding of a classic text.Original additions include:• Lessons and activities ... Read more

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  • National Performance

    Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion

    by Erin Hurley ...
    In National Performance, Erin Hurley examines the complex relationship between performance and national identity. How do theatrical performances represent the nation in which they were created? How is Quebecois performance used to define Quebec as a nation and to cultivate a sense of 'Quebec-ness' for audiences both within and outside the province? In exploring Expo 67, the critical response to ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

    by Ann Marie Fleming ...
    A full-color graphic memoir inspired by the award-winning documentary-and the life and mystery of China's greatest magician.Who was Long Tack Sam?He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered ... Read more

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  • Tartuffe and Other Plays

    by Jean-Baptiste Moliere ...
    Translated by Donald M. Frame ...
    Seven plays by the genius of French theater.Including The Ridiculous Precieuses, The School for Husbands, The School for Wives, Don Juan, The Versailles Impromptu, and The Critique of the School for Wives, this collection showcases the talent of perhaps the greatest and best-loved French playwright.Translated and with an Introduction by Donald M. FrameWith a Foreword by Virginia Scott</str... ... Read more

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  • Playwriting

    A Writers' and Artists' Companion

    by Mr Fraser Grace, Ms Clare Bayley ...
    Series series Writers’ and Artists’ Companions
    Full of inspiration and practical advice, Playwriting: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is a comprehensive companion to writing for the stage.PART 1 includes reflections on the art and the craft of playwriting, guidance on writing for a full range of genres and spaces and a brief history of playwriting itself.PART 2 contains inspiring advice and reflections from leading playwrights:April De Angelis ... Read more

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  • Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

    by Mark Taylor-Batty, Dr Juliette Taylor-Batty ...
    Series series Modern Theatre Guides
    "An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts." - David Bradby, co-editor of Contemporary Theatre ReviewSamuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is not only an indisputably important and influential dramatic text -it is also one of the most significant western cultural landmarks of the twentieth century. Originally written in French, the play ... Read more

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  • Disappearing Acts

    Spectacles of Gender and Nationalism in Argentina's "Dirty War"

    by Diana Taylor ...
    In Disappearing Acts, Diana Taylor looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and Taylor’s focus is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983 in which the Argentine armed forces were pitted against the Argentine people in that nation’s "Dirty War." Combining feminism, cultural studies, ... Read more

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  • Conversations with Anne

    by Anne Bogart ...
    “After 9/11, I noticed that people were gravitating with gusto toward one another to converse, to consider, to listen and to discuss…There seemed to be a need for mutual exchange under standard light, without artifice or the separation of stage and audience…In this spirit, I began an initiative in SITI Company’s studio entitled Conversations with Anne.” —From the Introduction by Anne BogartFrom ... Read more

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