Since the appearance of the first volume in 1979, the Records of Early English Drama (REED) series has made available an accurate and useable transcription of all surviving documentary evidence of dramatic, ceremonial, and minstrel activity in Great Britain up to the closing of …
While Greek tragedies are often studied as works of literature, they are less frequently examined as products of the social and political environment in which they were created. Rarely, too, are the visual and spatial aspects of these plays given careful consideration. In this d…
While Greek tragedies are often studied as works of literature, they are less frequently examined as products of the social and political environment in which they were created. Rarely, too, are the visual and spatial aspects of these plays given careful consideration. In this d…
This book analyses the different ways in which Ibsen's plays were and are performed in different cultures on five continents and examines the impact of such performances on the theatre, social life, and politics of these cultures. It shows that performing Ibsen means performing …
In this text, scholars explore both established questions, such as the playwright's subtleties of characterisation, his relation to contemporary Roman spectacle and art - and the problems arising in translating him to modern text or stage.
An unprecedented history of the production of Brecht's plays in Britain over the last forty years. Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond.
Performing Brecht is an unprecedented history of the productions of Brecht's plays in Britain over forty years. Margaret Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond. She focuses on key production…
In this fascinating study of Yury Lyubimov's tempestuous career and his liberating style of theatre, Birgit Beumers thoroughly explores the making of a major figure in twentieth-century theatre. She traces the development of Lyubimov's ideas, from his arrival at the Taganka thea…
Performing Africa is a collection of essays on contemporary African performance. From 1992 to 2002, Thomas Riccio worked with several groups in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, West Africa, and Kenya - the Zulu and the !Xuu Bushmen of the Kalahari among them. Performing Africa co…
"Performing Africa is a collection of essays on contemporary Africa performance. From 1992 to 2002. Thomas Riccio worked with several groups in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, West Africa, and Kenya - the Zulu and the!Xuu Bushmen of the Kalahari, among them Performing Africa com…
"David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were first performed. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want to know how the plays were perfo…
"David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were first performed. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient world, and is written to answer the questions of those who want to know how the plays were perfo…
"In this text, Arthur F. Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art." "Subjects t…