Theatre & Performance Studies

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This popular book describes in detail a stage manager's job. It provides those just starting out in the profession with a solid grounding in theatre stage management practices and procedures. The disciplines of lighting, set design and sound are discussed but the main focus is the management of thes..

This popular book describes in detail a stage manager's job. It provides those just starting out in the profession with a solid grounding in theatre stage management practices and procedures. The disciplines of lighting, set design and sound are discussed but the main focus is the management of thes..

While film and theatre studies have established their own critical terms and theoretical frames of reference, the potential for dialogue and reciprocity between these two art forms is often undermined by the absence of a shared vocabulary. This book sets out to remedy this by systematically mapping ..

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage, asking how and why Bollywood and bhangra have become central to theatre made for or abou..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This is the first extended treatment of the English translations, staging, and reception of the political plays of Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Stefania Taviano offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued these playwrights in translation and argues for th..

Applying current political theory on nationhood and methods established by recent performance studies, this study sheds new light on the role the public theatre played in the rise of English national identity around 1600. It situates selected history plays in the context of non-fictional texts - his..

Staging Gender in Behn and Centlivre studies the representation of gender in four of the most important plays by the leading professional women playwrights of the late Stuart period. Behn's The Rover (1677) and The Luckey Chance (1686) and Centlivre's The Busie Body (1709) and The Wonder: A Woman K..