Theatre History

The first serious challenge to the mythology that surrounds the revolution in British theatre sparked off by Osborne's play Look Back in Anger...

The first serious challenge to the mythology that surrounds the revolution in British theatre sparked off by Osborne's play Look Back in Anger...

Arts of Perception offers a new account of a key period in Spanish history and culture, and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, including Gracián, Quevedo, Calderón, Saavedra Fajardo, López de Vega, and Sor Juana...

Arts of Perception offers a new account of a key period in Spanish history and culture, and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, including Gracián, Quevedo, Calderón, Saavedra Fajardo, López de Vega, and Sor Juana...

Looks at the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. It bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how his drama operates in performance and includes discussion with and between practitioners...

Looks at the Jonson canon from the point of view of the theatre practitioner. It bridges the theory/practice divide by debating how his drama operates in performance and includes discussion with and between practitioners...

In this fascinating and affectionate account of a unique theatrical phenonemon, Andrew Harris takes an intriguing look at the reality and myth behind the heart and soul of American drama...

In this fascinating and affectionate account of a unique theatrical phenonemon, Andrew Harris takes an intriguing look at the reality and myth behind the heart and soul of American drama...

Documentary Vanguards in Modern Theatre argues for treating documentary theatre-makers as vanguardists who (for good or ill) push, remap, or transgress the margins of historical and political visibility, often taking issue with professional discourses that claim a monopoly on authoritative represent..

Dramatic Spaces explores the effect of traditional theatrical design on the ways in which drama is understood and interpreted. By marrying theater history with literary analysis, and charting subtle shifts in the role of the audience over time, Jennifer Low shows the rich dimensions that can be over..

Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times. Cless focuses on the few, yet well-known plays in which nature is at stake in the action or the environment is a dramatic force. Though..

Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times. Cless focuses on the few, yet well-known plays in which nature is at stake in the action or the environment is a dramatic force. Though..