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Theatrical Liberalism
NYU Press 2013; US$ 75.00"Makes new sense of aspects of popular culture we have all grown up with and thought we knew only too well. Most bridges religious studies and theater, political theory and American studies, high criticism and middlebrow performance. Her book will help us see better how Jews and their Jewishness did not merely enter American popular... more...
The Figure of the Singer
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 64.99Why did poets continue to call themselves singers, and their poems songs, long after the formal link between poetry and music had been severed? Daniel Karlin explores the origin and meaning of the 'figure of the singer', tracing its roots in classical mythology and in the Bible, and following its rise from the 'adventurous song' of... more...
Jumpers for Goalposts
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way. Luke wants Danny, but Danny's got a secret. Joe's happy in goal but Geoff wants a headline gig. Viv just wants to beat the lesbians to the league title. Game on. Jumpers for Goalposts premiered at Watford Palace Theatre in April 2013, before touring the UK.... more...
Chimerica
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe ? a young American photojournalist ? captures a piece of history. New York, 2012. Joe is covering a presidential election, marred by... more...
#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel ?could damage state security?, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the... more...
Renaissance Drama in Action
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the issues involved in staging the plays today. This... more...
Revolutionary Theatre
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 157.00Revolutionary Theatre is the first full-length study of the dynamic theatre created in Russia in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. Fired by social and political as well as artistic zeal, a group of directors, playwrights, actors and organisers collected around the charismatic Vsevolod Meyerhold. Their aim was to achieve in the theatre what... more...
Into the Story
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 16.00INTO THE STORY is the first collection of the work of David Maraniss, one of the most honored and versatile writers of his generation. The thirty-two stories here cover a rich array of topics, ranging from seminal moments in modern history to intimate personal reflections, each piece illuminated by the author?s deep reporting and singular sensibility. more...
Losing Our Religion
Threshold Editions 2010; US$ 15.00"The press has become a tool of oppression?politicized, self?aware, self?motivated, and power?hungry. . . . In short, these people can no longer be trusted." ?From S. E. Cupp?s Losing Our Religion It?s time to wake up and smell the bias. The go-to commentator for such programs as Fox News?s Hannity and CNN?s Larry King Live and Reliable... more...
Life is Like a Sailboat
Vanguard Press 2010; US$ 12.95A new collection from the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Dogs Have More Fun and Marley and Me more...









