THEATRE STUDIES
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY
IRISH DRAMA Jun 2000 288pp 0-8156-0643-5 Paperback This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in
the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between
history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts
to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations
of Irish drama. |
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THE
INTERVENTION OF PHILOLOGY May 2000 304pp, 5 illustrations 0-8078-8122-8 Hardback University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures An examination of the interplay of history, textuality,
dramaturgy and politics in the transvestite school dramas of
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein. |
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ANNA
HELD AND THE BIRTH OF ZIEGFELD'S BROADWAY Apr 2000 304pp, 69 b&w photographs 0-8131-2153-1 Hardback Anna Held was America's most popular musical comedy star
during the two decades preceding World War I. In the
colourful world of New York theatre during La Belle
époque, she epitomised everything that was glamorous,
sophisticated, and suggestive about turn-of-the-century
Broadway. |
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SHAW'S
THEATER Apr 2000 288pp,10 b&w photographs 0-8130-1757-2 Hardback The Florida Bernard Shaw Series Written by one of the United States' pre-eminent Shaw
scholars, this text examines the work of George Bernard Shaw
in the theatre and the use of theatre in his work. |
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ACTORS
AND AMERICAN CULTURE, 1880-1920 Mar 2000 304pp,11 photographs 0-8774-5710-7 Paperback Studies in Theatre History and Culture This text provides an overview of late-nineteenth- and
early-twentieth-century theatre. It is a study of the
legitimate stage that overtly attempts to connect actors and
their work to the wider aspects of American life. |
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THE
POLITICAL PLAYS OF LANGSTON HUGHES Feb 2000 240pp 0-8093-2296-X Paperback Collected here are four of Hughes' most poetic and
political dramas: Scottsboro Limited, Harvest (also
known as Blood on the Fields), Angelo Herndon Jones,
and De Organizer. Each play reflects Hughes' desire
to dramatise the social history of the African American
experience. |
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TOKENS? Feb 2000 465pp 1-8898-7610-0 Hardback : 1-8898-7609-7 Paperback This book presents a collection of plays and performance
pieces chronicling the struggles of Asian American artists
to find a place in the off-Broadway theatre world. |
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BENEATH
IËRNE'S BANNERS Jan 2000 176pp 0-2680-2158-9 Paperback This volume examines the works by Protestant dramatists
of the eighteenth century. The author reveals the complex
alliances and fissures of Anglo-Irish society during the age
of the Penal Laws. |
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BRIAN
FRIEL'S (POST) COLONIAL DRAMA Dec 1999 320pp 0-8156-2813-7 Hardback Irish Studies Drawing on the theory and techniques of the major
post-colonial critics, this text offers an interpretation of
Brian Friel's texts and his place in the tradition of
linguistic idealism in Irish literature. |
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EMBODIED
MEMORY Dec 1999 384pp, 25 photographs 0-8774-5686-0 Hardback Studies in Theatre History and Culture A study of the controversial dramatist, George Tabori. A
Jewish-Hungarian playwright and novelist, Tabod is a unique
figure in post-war German theatre. Making use of archival
material, this biographical account is followed by a study
of Tabori's experimental theatre work. |
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THE
LETTERS OF RUTH DRAPER Dec 1999 374pp,10 b&w illustrations 0-8093-2188-2 Paperback Ruth Draper was an acclaimed monologist who toured the
world with her "cast of characters". This collection of
letters is drawn from the diverse correspondences she kept
during her extensive travels. Introduced by Sir John
Gielgud, this book portrays her as a vibrant and sensitive
character. |
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LIGHTING
THE SHAKESPEAREAN STAGE, 1567-1642 Dec 1999 274pp, 35 b&w illustrations 0-8093-2275-7 Hardback An examination of the lighting of early modem English
drama from both historical and aesthetic perspectives. It
traces the contrasting traditions of sunlit amphitheatres
and candlelit hall playhouses, describes the different
lighting techniques, and estimates the effect of these
techniques. |
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THE
WORLD OF RUTH DRAPER Dec 1999 224pp, 23 b&w illustrations 0-8093-2162-9 Hardback This biography charts the career of Ruth Draper from her
eary days giving monologues at parties, to her professional
debut in London, to private stage performances for various
royal families. Also covered is her relationship with poet
and political activist Lauro de Bosis. |
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CHRISTIAN
HUMANISM IN THE LATE ENGLISH MORALITY PLAYS May 1999 192pp, 5 b&w illustrations 0-8130-1701-7 Hardback This text considers the morality plays of the late
sixteenth century as vehicles of Christian humanism. Linking
theories put forth by the privileged classes with evidence
in plays performed for popular audiences, she shows how
these ideas became part of everyday life for many English
citizens. |
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DISTANCE
MANIPULATION Nov 1999 192pp 0-8101-1654-5 Hardback Studies in Russian Literature and Theory At the turn of the century, a stream of dramatic works
appeared that confused their audiences to an unprecedented
degree. Using five early twentieth-century Russian plays,
this book examines the devices the playwrights used to
undercut the theatrical expectations of their audiences. |
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