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Performing Exile, Performing Self
Drama, Theatre, Film
Studies in International Performance

Palgrave Macmillan
This book examines the life and art of those contemporary artists who by force or by choice find themselves on other shores. It argues that the exilic...
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Staging Holocaust Resistance
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
Gene A. Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. Drama of and about the Holocaust can be...
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Readings in Performance and Ecology
What Is Theatre?

Palgrave Macmillan
This ground-breaking collection of essays focuses on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values. Leading...
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The Art of Clowning
More Paths to Your Inner Clown

Palgrave Macmillan
The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their...
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The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art

Palgrave Macmillan
The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art is the first book to cross the disciplines of art history and disability studies. Millett-Gallant visually analyzes...
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The Afterlife of Ophelia
Reproducing Shakespeare

Palgrave Macmillan
Although she appears in only a handful of scenes in Hamlet, Ophelia is one of Shakespeare's most enigmatic and unforgettable characters. This collection of new...
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Puppetry: A Reader in Theatre Practice
Readers in Theatre Practices

Palgrave Macmillan
Theatregoers are increasingly aware of the growing use of object and figure animation throughout the performing arts. Puppetry offers engaging contemporary...
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Performing Gender Violence
Plays by Contemporary American Women Dramatists

Palgrave Macmillan
Violence against women in plays by women has earned little mention. This revolutionary collection fills that gap, focusing on plays by American women...
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Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage
Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
This is the first book-length study, in any language, of the influence of Mei Lanfang - the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles...
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Authoring Performance
The Director in Contemporary Theatre
What Is Theatre?

Palgrave Macmillan
Provides a comparative approach to the internationally wide-spread phenomenon of the contemporary director-auteur in the theatre, urging a historical and...

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Acting Professionally
Raw Facts About Careers in Acting

Palgrave Macmillan
'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time comic Jimmy Durante, but the fact is that becoming a professional actor requires a lot more than just...
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Engaging Audiences
A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre
Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

Palgrave Macmillan
Engaging Audiences provides an insightful introduction to spectatorship from the perspective of cognitive studies. Using performances of several plays and a...
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Vaudeville Wars
How Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits Controlled the Big-Time and Its Performers
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
An exciting account of how the two largest big-time circuits conspired to create America's first nationwide mass entertainment system
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Anton Chekhov
A Brother's Memoir

Palgrave Macmillan
In a style reminiscent of Anton Chekhov himself--realistic, intimate, and dynamic--Mikhail Chekhov shares unparalleled memories and insights, transporting...
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Collaboration in Theatre
A Practical Guide for Designers and Directors

Palgrave Macmillan
Finally, a book that addresses one of the most important elements of theatrical production, the collaboration between director and designer. This accessible...
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Dramaturgy and Performance
Theatre and Performance Practices

Palgrave Macmillan
There is a growing interest in "dramaturgy" as a critical concept and as a practical process.The book outlines different perspectives on the terms "dramaturgy"...
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Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans

Palgrave Macmillan
A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theatre whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the...
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Performance and the Contemporary City
An Interdisciplinary Reader

Palgrave Macmillan
Whybrow's interdisciplinary collection of urban writings demonstrates how performance is 'at work' in the city. His selection highlights both diversity and...
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Staging the People
Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in American...
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Shakespeare's Speculative Art

Palgrave Macmillan
This is the first book-length analysis of Shakespeare’s depiction of specula (mirrors) to reveal the literal and allegorical functions of mirrors in the...
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Contemporary Indian Dance
New Creative Choreography in India and the Diaspora
Studies in International Performance

Palgrave Macmillan
Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement...
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Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
Between the 1890s and the 1930s, advancements in communication and travel encouraged widespread international cultural exchange, and Americans increasingly...
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Rogue Performances
Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
Rogue Performances recovers eighteenth and nineteenth-century American culture’s fascination with outcast and rebellious characters. Highwaymen, thieves,...
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Performing Magic on the Western Stage
From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Palgrave Macmillan
Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion,...