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Three Plays "Philoctetes", "The Horatian", "Mauser"
ISBN: PB: 9780857427083, Seagull Books, September 2019
152 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Despite being widely acknowledged as one of the most important German dramatists since Bertolt Brecht, Heiner Muller (1929-1995) still remains relatively unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of plays aims to change that, presenting...
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£9,99
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"Intricate Art of Actually Caring", and Other New Zealand Plays
ISBN: PB: 9780857423405, Seagull Books, November 2018
450 pp., 19x15.2 cm, 12 halftones
Theater in New Zealand began as a tool of the British Empire, imported along with Christianity, seeds, and other commodities as a way of acculturating the indigenous Maori population. In the decades since, it has been turned to different ends, and is...
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£34,00
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Who is Surfing Who Adam Linder
ISBN: HB: 9783791357904, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
164 pp., 19x13 cm, 70 colour illus.
This monograph surveys the work of the Los Angeles-based choreographer and dancer Adam Linder, whose nuanced and highly evocative work offers a critical reflection on the nature of live performance and the role of dance within museums. Every two yea...
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£27,50
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Objects as Actors Props and the Poetics of Performance in Greek Tragedy
ISBN: HB: 9780226312958, University of Chicago Press, December 2015
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones
"Objects as Actors" charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, the works were incomplete without physical items in the form of theatrical props. In this b...
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£44,00
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New Anthology of Early Modern Spanish Theater Play and Playtext
ISBN: HB: 9780300109566, Yale University Press, February 2015
800 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 20 black&white illus.
This anthology of plays from the Spanish Golden Age brings together the work of canonical writers, female writers who are rapidly achieving canonical status, and lesser-known writers who have recently gained critical attention. It contains the full t...
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£104,00
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Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays
ISBN: HB: 9780300191998, Yale University Press, July 2014
480 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 30 black&white illus.
In this major contribution to theatre history and cultural studies, authors Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth MacLean paint a lively portrait of the now-forgotten acting troupe, "Lord Strange's Men", a daring company of players that dominated the London...
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£60,00
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New Light Shine
ISBN: PB: 9780300184853, Yale University Press, September 2012
88 pp., 22.9x14 cm
When he was twelve, Joe snuck into the field on the edge of town and saw the Town Mayor with his sister Peregrine. This one moment has overwhelmed and transformed his life, becoming the only thing that holds any importance to him. Years later, in jai...
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£15,00
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Thousand Years Waiting and Other Plays
ISBN: PB: 9780857420206, Seagull Books, May 2012
264 pp., 19x15.2 cm, 50 halftones
The seven plays that comprise Chiori Miyagawa's "Thousand Years Waiting and Other Plays" explore themes of memory and identity. Her plays combine poetic language with harsh reality, and time and space are fluid in the worlds she creates – they conver...
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£19,00
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Staging Fashion, 1880-1920 Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, Billie Burke
ISBN: PB: 9780300181135, Yale University Press, February 2012
176 pp., 22.2x17.8 cm, 220 colour illus.
Although Jane Hading (1859-1940), Lily Elsie (1886-1962), and Billie Burke (1884-1970) gained fame as stage actresses, their popular appeal also rested on their ability to cultivate a glamorous appearance. Their careers illustrate the early transform...
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£25,00
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Shaping Society through Dance Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian Andes
ISBN: DVD: 9780226520070, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
0 pp., 0x0 cm
During the patron saint fiesta in the Andean town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset in the town square, eagerly awaiting the entrance of the colorful dance troupes, or comparsas. With their masks, music, and surprising interpretations of...
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£45,00
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