Theatre Studies books

A clear and comprehensive guide to creating and portraying armed stage fights with the rapier and dagger. A vital...  Read More >>

The first fully comprehensive historical study of the festivals of Dionysus in the city of Athens that hosted performances...  Read More >>

Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>

This edited collection explores the transformative impact of theatre on personal and societal well-being in contemporary...  Read More >>

From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway's iconic grunge rock show...  Read More >>

The first collected play anthology from Irish dramatist Colin Murphy which tells the 100 year history of Ireland...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating historically accurate 19th-century garments, gowns, and silhouettes...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres...  Read More >>

This wide-ranging handbook examines how critical discourses on gender intersect with key debates in the field of...  Read More >>

Uncovers a haunting yet vital record of bodies commodified, archived, and performed Currencies of Cruelty is a...  Read More >>

The first book from internationally celebrated director John Doyle, which explores his creative journey from UK...  Read More >>

Exploring the role of amateur theatre associations in 19th-century Germany, this study demonstrates how their practices...  Read More >>

From seminal actor Lucian Msamati comes a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of working on a major production...  Read More >>

An exploration of modernism's influence on the bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, popular culture...  Read More >>

In the first detailed history of the Cambridge Footlights in over 40 years, Robert Sellers chronicles the evolution...  Read More >>

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into...  Read More >>

At the crossroads of theater, art, and psychology, Lev Vygotsky's compelling theory of aesthetics helped shape the...  Read More >>

The first collected play anthology from Irish dramatist Colin Murphy which tells the 100 year history of Ireland...  Read More >>

In modern times of political confusion, when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated...  Read More >>

This book explores how literature, theatre and music revive the dead to explore the dynamics of grief and mourning....  Read More >>

Thomas Nashe is typically regarded as an urban author and a University wit, but his writings are inflected and shaped...  Read More >>

The stock theatrical character Pierrot is an enduring figure in French visual art, where he emerges at the intersection...  Read More >>

This books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers...  Read More >>

This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant...  Read More >>