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Paperback. Generally taking place in front of closed curtains during set changes between acts, the entr'acte delivers a fleeting new purpose and event to the otherwise sometimes inert space between stage and pit. This collection employs the entr'acte as a model for conceptualizing emerging formations of publics and of public space. Editor(s): Geiger, Jordan. Series: Avant-Gardes in Performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AMC; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349492800
ISBN
9781349492800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardcover. Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. Featuring discussion of a wide range of contemporary international practice, this book explores the intersections of performance studies, art history, anthropology and contemporary visual art practices. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AFKN; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292703
ISBN
9780230292703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 54.76

Hardback. The long-awaited and first-ever Blue Man Group book, published on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. As entertaining and hilarious as the show itself, Blue Man World reveals everything you ever wanted to know about the Blue Men, but couldn't get them to tell you. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316395182
ISBN
9780316395182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Through an analysis of the three, interrelated topics of translation, comedy and gender in the works of Samuel Beckett and others, Weller reflects critically upon recent attempts to think the relation between literature and alterity, and proposes a new understanding of that relation in what he terms its 'anethicality'. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349544783
ISBN
9781349544783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. This is the first book devoted to showing how Jewish playwrights of the twentieth century have dramatized the Jewish encounter with America. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294. Jewish American Drama and Jewish American Experience. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. 200 pages. This is the first book devoted to showing how Jewish playwrights of the twentieth century have dramatized the Jewish encounter with America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619661
ISBN
9780230619661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 6.80

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970060
ISBN
9781403970060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. This book focuses on seven celebrity performers working between the mid 1880s and 1910. Maud Allan, Jane Avril, Loie Fuller, Sylvia Grey, Yvette Guilbert, Letty Lind and Cissie Loftus achieved international fame, whilst simultaneously creating new and innovative performances on the popular stage. Series Editor(s): Dorney, Kate; Gale, Maggie B. Series: Women, Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1D; AN; AS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090141
ISBN
9780719090141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Prison Theatre offers a variety of perspectives on a range of practical and theoretical approaches to the use of drama and theatre in prisons and probation but also in secure settings including the use of creative processes to examine the roots of offending behaviour and in building prisoners' confidence, self-esteem and communication skills. Editor(s): Thompson, James. Series: Forensic Focus. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JKV; JMK; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853024177
ISBN
9781853024177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463812
ISBN
9781580463812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.72
€ 43.59

Paperback. Friel is widely recognised as Ireland's leading playwright but through the ability of plays like Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa to translate into other cultures he has also made a major impact on world theatre. This study draws on the Friel Archive in the National Library of Ireland to deepen our understanding of how his plays were developed. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274694
ISBN
9781137274694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 32.19

Paperback. This 2007 Companion presents a collection of essays on the work of the African American playwright August Wilson. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521685061
ISBN
9780521685061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.57

Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and international look at transnationalism, diasporas, and the media. Editor(s): Bailey, O.; Georgiou, M.; Harindranath, R. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; JFC; JFD; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349285907
ISBN
9781349285907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making From Traveling Show to Vaudeville an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society. Editor(s): Lewis, Robert M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887482
ISBN
9780801887482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. This bookinvestigates how the Children of Paul's (1599-1606) and the Children of the Queen's Revels (1600-13) defined their players as children and, via an analysis of their plays and theatrical practices, it examines early modern theatre as a site in which children have the opportunity to articulate their emerging selfhoods." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300693
ISBN
9781349300693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465380
ISBN
9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.15

Paperback. "Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses"-- Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326570
ISBN
9781349326570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 table, 11 video. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021342
ISBN
9780253021342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, C.; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Num Pages: 294 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350919
ISBN
9781349350919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Sellar, Tom. Num Pages: 125 pages, 86 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822368618
ISBN
9780822368618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349437245
ISBN
9781349437245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99

paperback. Situates the Teatro within working-class Mexican performance history, the Chicano movement and gender relations Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 b&w photos, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292708013
ISBN
9780292708013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349465927
ISBN
9781349465927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke's examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115750
ISBN
9780230115750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; HBJD1; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349515929
ISBN
9781349515929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

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