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Contemporary Performance Translation - Challenges And Opportunities For The Global Stage

by Jean (City University Of New York) Graham-Jones

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 Rethinking translation for the contemporary international stage, Jean Graham-Jones argues for a radical new approach incorporating dramaturgical logic and staging, actor training and performance styles, gesture and embodiment, and aesthetics and reception, drawing upon her own extensive experience as translator, actor, director, and scholar.
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Ecology And Climate In Theatre And Australian Performance

by Denise (University Of Melbourne) Varney, Lara (Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales) Stevens e Peta (La Trobe University, Victoria) Tait

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 Charting a history of theatrical resistance to environmental exploitation, this study places Australian theatre within the context of international scholarship to address major concerns about changing ecological systems. It raises a bold challenge to the ways in which socio-ecological disaster is strategically placed outside human responsibility.
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The Archives And Afterlives Of Nautch Dancers In India

by Prarthana Purkayastha

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 Revealing acts of refusal performed by forgotten Indian nautch dancers, Prarthana Purkayastha brings to light rare materials on nautch women, decolonising existing ontologies of dance and performance as disappearance and advocating for the restless remains of nautch in animating urgent debates on race, caste, gender and sexuality today.
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Staging Haiti In Nineteenth-Century America - Revolution, Race And Popular Performance

by Peter (University Of Mississippi) Reed

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 Peter P. Reed examines the meanings of Haiti in America's nineteenth-century popular performance. Plays, social performances, and literary narratives of Haiti's revolutionary slave revolts transformed racial revolution into popular entertainments and diversions, dramatizing themes of race, freedom, and power in ways that remain impactful today.
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Visualising Lost Theatres - Virtual Praxis And The Recovery Of Performance Spaces

by Joanne Tompkins, Jonathan Bollen, Julie Holledge e Liyang Xia

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 Unearthing new discoveries for scholars, practitioners and undergraduates, this book charts the socio-political history of five 'lost' venues and their contribution to the creation of performance. Encompassing cultural history, critical race studies, geography and urban planning, this is a landmark text for digital humanities and theatre studies.
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Visualising Lost Theatres - Virtual Praxis And The Recovery Of Performance Spaces

by Joanne Tompkins, Jonathan Bollen, Julie Holledge e Liyang Xia

108,65€ + 10% CARD

 Unearthing new discoveries for scholars, practitioners and undergraduates, this book charts the socio-political history of five 'lost' venues and their contribution to the creation of performance. Encompassing cultural history, critical race studies, geography and urban planning, this is a landmark text for digital humanities and theatre studies.
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Staging Haiti In Nineteenth-Century America - Revolution, Race And Popular Performance

by Peter (University Of Mississippi) Reed

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 Peter P. Reed examines the meanings of Haiti in America's nineteenth-century popular performance. Plays, social performances, and literary narratives of Haiti's revolutionary slave revolts transformed racial revolution into popular entertainments and diversions, dramatizing themes of race, freedom, and power in ways that remain impactful today.
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Visualising Lost Theatres - Virtual Praxis And The Recovery Of Performance Spaces

by Joanne (University Of Queensland) Tompkins, Jonathan (University Of New South Wales, Sydney) Bollen, Julie (Flinders University Of South Australia) Holledge e Liyang Xia

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 Unearthing new discoveries for scholars, practitioners and undergraduates, this book charts the socio-political history of five 'lost' venues and their contribution to the creation of performance. Encompassing cultural history, critical race studies, geography and urban planning, this is a landmark text for digital humanities and theatre studies.
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The Globalization Of Theatre 1870â€“1930 - The Theatrical Networks Of Maurice E. Bandmann

by Christopher B. (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Balme

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 Actor and manager, Maurice E. Bandmann (1872â€"1922) toured theatre throughout the British Empire and beyond. His career represents a significant shift towards the globalization of theatre in the twentieth century. This book explores Bandmann's impact on global theatre history and provides a new approach to the theatrical study of this era.
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The Theatre Of Sa'Dallah Wannous - A Critical Study Of The Syrian Playwright And Public Intellectual

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 The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the complexities of Wannous' life and work, offering new perspectives on his significance as a playwright and public intellectual in both the Arab world and in world theatre.
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Theatre Of Sa'Dallah Wannous - A Critical Study Of The Syrian Playwright And Public Intellectual

108,65€ + 10% CARD

 The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the complexities of Wannous' life and work, offering new perspectives on his significance as a playwright and public intellectual in both the Arab world and in world theatre.
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Theatre Of Sa'Dallah Wannous - A Critical Study Of The Syrian Playwright And Public Intellectual

108,65€ + 10% CARD

 The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous is the first book in English to provide a clear sense of the complexities of Wannous' life and work, offering new perspectives on his significance as a playwright and public intellectual in both the Arab world and in world theatre.
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Globalization Of Theatre 1870-1930 - The Theatrical Networks Of Maurice E. Bandmann

by Christopher B. Balme

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 Actor and manager, Maurice E. Bandmann (1872â€"1922) toured theatre throughout the British Empire and beyond. His career represents a significant shift towards the globalization of theatre in the twentieth century. This book explores Bandmann's impact on global theatre history and provides a new approach to the theatrical study of this era.
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Globalization Of Theatre 1870-1930 - The Theatrical Networks Of Maurice E. Bandmann

by Christopher B. Balme

45,05€ + 10% CARD

 Actor and manager, Maurice E. Bandmann (1872â€"1922) toured theatre throughout the British Empire and beyond. His career represents a significant shift towards the globalization of theatre in the twentieth century. This book explores Bandmann's impact on global theatre history and provides a new approach to the theatrical study of this era.
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The Globalization Of Theatre 1870â€“1930 - The Theatrical Networks Of Maurice E. Bandmann

by Christopher B. (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Balme

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 Actor and manager, Maurice E. Bandmann (1872â€"1922) toured theatre throughout the British Empire and beyond. His career represents a significant shift towards the globalization of theatre in the twentieth century. This book explores Bandmann's impact on global theatre history and provides a new approach to the theatrical study of this era.
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The Political Theatre Of David Edgar - Negotiation And Retrieval

by Gerald (University Of The Pacific, California) Hewitt e Janelle (University Of Warwick) Reinelt

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 Combining political philosophy and theatre studies, Reinelt and Hewitt approach David Edgar as a political writer and a public social critic. Twelve of Edgar's most important plays are analyzed in detail, alongside his political commentary and critical reception, to illustrate his contributions as a public figure in British cultural life.
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The Performance Of Nationalism - India, Pakistan, And The Memory Of Partition

by Jisha (Stanford University, California) Menon

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 Imagine the patriotic camaraderie of national day parades. How does performance generate patriotic loyalty? How crucial is performance for the sustenance of the nation? This book offers a fresh analysis of nationalism from the perspective of performance and will appeal to those with an interest in history, culture or politics.
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A History Of The Berliner Ensemble

by David (University Of Sussex) Barnett

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 Founded by Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel in 1949, the Berliner Ensemble's productions and philosophy have been hugely influential on the work of theatre-makers around the world. David Barnett's book is the first study of the company in any language and is based upon extensive archival research.
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Irony And The Modern Theatre

by William (New Mexico State University) Storm

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 William Storm explores the significance of irony in the modern theatre, investigating major works by playwrights including Chekhov, Pirandello and Brecht. Focusing on well-known representative characters, from Ibsen's Halvard Solness to Stoppard's Septimus Hodge, he demonstrates how these key theatrical figures enact, embody and personify irony.
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Joan Littlewood'S Theatre

by Nadine (University Of Warwick) Holdsworth

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 Joan Littlewood was one of the most visionary and influential theatre directors of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival research and performance histories, and paying close attention to wider political and cultural forces, this study presents an examination of Littlewood's theatre productions and her community-based projects and activism.
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A History Of The Berliner Ensemble

by David (University Of Sussex) Barnett

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 Founded by Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel in 1949, the Berliner Ensemble's productions and philosophy have been hugely influential on the work of theatre-makers around the world. David Barnett's book is the first study of the company in any language and is based upon extensive archival research.
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Feminist Views On The English Stage - Women Playwrights, 1990â€“2000

by Elaine (Lancaster University) Aston

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 An exciting study, first published in 2003, on drama from a feminist perspective. Working through a generational mix of writers, Aston charts the significant political and aesthetic changes in women's playwriting at the century's end, including Timberlake Wertenbaker, Caryl Churchill and Sarah Kane, among others.
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The Royal Court Theatre And The Modern Stage

by Philip (University Of Leeds) Roberts

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 The Royal Court Theatre produced some of the most influential plays in modern theatre, including works of Brenton, Churchill, Bond and Osborne. In this account, from 1956 to 1998, Philip Roberts employs unpublished archives and interviews and includes a Foreword by the former Director of the Royal Court, Max Stafford-Clark.
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Contemporary Black And Asian Women Playwrights In Britain

by Gabriele (University Of Hull) Griffin

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 This text was the first monograph to examine plays by Black and Asian women in Britain, including writers such as Tanika Gupta, Winsome Pinnock and Amrit Wilson. The volume analyses concerns such as reverse migration (in the form of tourism), arranged marriages and asylum seeking, as they emerge in the plays.
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