Performance Studies

John Cage: The Early Decades
Music, Philosophy and intention 1933-1950

David Patterson

John Cage seeks to explore the early part of the composer's life and career, concentrating on the 'prechance' period between 1933 and 1950 that is crucial to understanding his later work. The essays consider Cage's influences, his evolving aesthetic, and his movement toward ideology that would later shape his work.

Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture

Published December 2000: 229 x 152
Hb: 0-8153-2995-4:

Opera - 2nd Edition
A Research and Information Guide

Guy A. Marco With a foreword by Edward O.D. Downes

Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,533 titles - over 2,000 more than the first edition - of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations in European languages, with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in -13 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition.

Published December 2000: 234 x159:
Hb: 0-8153-3516-4:

Twentieth Century Actor Training

Edited by Alison Hodge

Published November 1999: 234x 156: 272 pp: illus. 25 b+w photos

Hb: 0-415-19451-2: | Pb 0-415-19452-0:

Walt Whitman and Modern Music War; Desire and the Trials of Nationhood

Edited by Lawrence Kramer, Fordham University, USA

Border Crossings, Volume 10

2000: 216x 140 Includes a CD-ROM

CD + Hb: 0-8153-3154-1:

Reading Stephen Sondheim
A Collection of' Critical Essays

Edited by Sandor Goodhart

Stephen Sondheim is one of the most important writers for the American musical stage today, yet he has rarely been treated seriously within the academy. This book aims to remedy that situation.

Studies in Modern, Drama

2000. 229 x 152
Hb: 0-8153-2832-X: | Pb: 0-8153-3768-X:

Scenes from Shakespeare

Harry Levin With all introduction by Gwynne Blakemore Evans, Harvard University, USA

This book collects essays that examine key scenes in a number of Shakespeare's plays which Harry Levin felt 'cried out' to be dramatised and that provide actors with their best opportunities to excel as dramatists.

Published August 2000: 216 x 140:

Hb: 0-8153-3636-5:

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre
Edited by Christopher Innes, York University, Toronto, Canada

A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Christopher Innes hers selected three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays ill particular - Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler, Anton Chekhov: The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard; George Bernard Shaw: Mrs Warren's Profession and Heartbreak House. Key themes include the representation of women, significant contemporary issues, and the links between theory, play writing and stage practice. The primary sources explore many aspects of naturalism, including: the playwrights' intentions when writing plays; contemporary reviews; literary criticism; political and social background; and production notes from early performances of the plays.

February 2000: 234 x 156: 272 pp: illus. 10 line drawings. 10 b +w photos
Hb: 0-415-15228-3 | Pb: 0-415-15229-1:

An Introduction to Kathakali Dance Drama

Video - PAL version

Phillip B. Zarrilli, University of Surrey, UK

A unique introduction to Kathakali, the dance drama of Kerala, South India. This videotape accompanies Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play, published by Routledge in 1999. Filmed in Kerala in 1993 and 1995, the footage and voice-over explain Kathakali's basic make-up types/characters, the context of' performance, the process and techniques of training, and performance preliminaries. Narrated by Phillip B. Zarrilli.

January 2000
Video: 0-415-22723-2:

Kathakali Dance-Drama
Where Gods and Demons Come to Play

Phillip B. Zarrilli, University of Surrey, UK

1999: 246 x 174: 288 pp

Hb: 0-415-13109-X: | Pb: 0-415-19282-X:

Killing of Kirmira

Video - PAL version

Phillip B. Zarrilli, University of Surrey, UK

This video is a complete performance document of the 3.1/2 hour performance of The Killing of Kirmira which is translated in Kathakali Dance-Drama. The performance was recorded at Tirtipatta Mandapam Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1995.

January 2000:

Video: 0-415-22725-9