Theatre studies
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Theatre studies
Hardback. Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609884
- ISBN
- 9780230609884
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Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.52
€ 50.53
€ 45.52
Hardback. This accesible and helpful guide addresses the crucial relationship between theatrical production team members. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF; ANH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614208
- ISBN
- 9780230614208
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€ 101.08€ 84.59
€ 101.08
€ 84.59
Hardcover. This book examines contemporary female portrayals of male Shakespearean roles and shows how these performances invite audiences to think differently about Shakespeare, the English nation, and themselves. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616325
- ISBN
- 9780230616325
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. The accomplished contributors add significant understanding to the staging and teaching of Macbeth and reflect on the rich history of African Americans struggling to find a voice on the American stage. Editor(s): Newstok, Scott L.; Thompson, Ayanna. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 623.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616332
- ISBN
- 9780230616332
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Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Hardback. The first book to take a critical realist approach to any area of culture, this study examines theatre and its history through the interaction of society's structures, agents and discourses. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623637
- ISBN
- 9780230623637
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Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.42
€ 50.53
€ 45.42
Hardback. This text explores how performers offer conscious-and unconscious-portrayals of the spectrum of age to their audiences. It considers a variety of media, including theatre, film, dance, advertising, and television, and offers critical foundations for research and course design, sound pedagogical approaches, and analyses. Editor(s): Marshall, Leni; Lipscomb, Valerie Barnes. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623651
- ISBN
- 9780230623651
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221492
- ISBN
- 9780312221492
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.51
€ 44.99
€ 36.51
Hardcover. Exploring great drama of the last 1980s and 1990s through the eyes of those who write it, and those who direct it, this is at once a masterclass on theatrical technique and an insight into the ways in which dramatists have reacted to a rapidly-changing world. Editor(s): Wu, Duncan. Num Pages: 272 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740019
- ISBN
- 9780333740019
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Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
Hardback. This book asks that we consider the practices that facilitate audience participation on equal terms with other elements of the theatre maker's art; it offers a theoretical basis for this new approach, illustrated by examples from diverse participatory performances. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANC; ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137010735
- ISBN
- 9781137010735
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Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. This book offers readers an understanding of the theoretical framework for the concept of Arts Talk, provides historical background and a review of current thinking about the interpretive process, and, most importantly, provides ideas and insights into building audience-centered and audience-powered conversations about the arts. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023919
- ISBN
- 9781137023919
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Condition: New
€ 123.34
€ 123.34
Hardcover. Performing Ground explores camouflage as a performance practice, arguing that the act of blending into one's environment is central to the ways we negotiate our identities through space. The book offers a critically rich investigation of how the performative practice of camouflage renders the politics of space, power, and gender (in)visible. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274243
- ISBN
- 9781137274243
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Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. The Group Theatre, a groundbreaking ensemble collective, started the careers of many top American theatre artists of the twentieth century and founded what became known as Method Acting. This book is the definitive history, based on over thirty years of research and interviews by the foremost theatre scholar of the time period, Helen Chinoy. Editor(s): Wilmeth, Don B.; Barranger, Milly S., Ph.D. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; A; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294593
- ISBN
- 9781137294593
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Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 46.24
€ 50.53
€ 46.24
Hardcover. Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity that drives male bonding. Personal interviews with Mamet and with the actors who have interpreted his major roles shed light on how and why men bond with each other and complement close analysis of Mamet's texts. Num Pages: 276 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305183
- ISBN
- 9781137305183
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Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Children have been exploited as performers and wooed energetically as consumers throughout history. These essays offer scholarly investigations into the employment and participation of children in the entertainment industry with examples drawn from historical and contemporary contexts. Editor(s): Arrighi, Gillian; Emeljanow, Victor. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFCA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305459
- ISBN
- 9781137305459
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Condition: New
€ 101.08€ 84.37
€ 101.08
€ 84.37
Hardcover. This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310576
- ISBN
- 9781137310576
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANH; AS; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137319661
- ISBN
- 9781137319661
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Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320162
- ISBN
- 9781137320162
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Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. Works of theatre that depict grievous histories derive their force from making audible voices of the past. Such performances, theatrical or tourist, require the attentive belief of spectators. This engaging new study explores how theatricality works in each instance and how 'playing the part' of the listener can be understood in ethical terms. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322647
- ISBN
- 9781137322647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ANF; ANH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324788
- ISBN
- 9781137324788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.20
€ 50.53
€ 45.20
Hardcover. How can war be represented on stage? How does the theatre examine the structures leading to violence and war and explore their transformation of societies? Springing from the discussion about 'New Wars' in the age of globalisation, this interdisciplinary study demonstrates how these 'New Wars' bring forth new plays about war. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330017
- ISBN
- 9781137330017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46