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  • Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosedby Michelle Morgan

    Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 14.57

    Following a number of sensationalist biographies of Marilyn Monroe in recent years, this comprehensive, meticulously researched volume brings an important fresh perspective on the many controversies in her life. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Marilyn Monroe and the Golden Age of Hollywood. This new edition of Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include an additional 60,000 words. It reveals a very different Marilyn from the celluloid invention. For the first volume, Michelle Morgan interviewed approximately 100 people who knew or were related to Marilyn in some way, including key figures in her life - family and friends, as well as work colleagues, and more casual acquaintances.... more...

  • Politics of Performanceby Baz Kershaw

    Routledge 1992; US$ 38.95

    Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. more...

  • Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performanceby Carol Martin

    Routledge 1996; US$ 46.95

    This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley. more...

  • Jacobean Public Theatreby Alexander Leggatt

    Routledge 1992; US$ 135.00

    Recovers the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London. Leggatt relates this drama to the popular culture of the day, concluding with a close study of four important plays, including King Lear . more...

  • Future of Ritualby Richard Schechner

    Routledge 1995; US$ 42.95

    A brilliant examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of `culture' in today's intercultural world. more...

  • Moscow Art Theatreby Nick Worrall

    Routledge 1996; US$ 135.00

    Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre's best-known productions. more...

  • Theatre and the Worldby Rustom Bharucha

    Routledge 1993; US$ 45.95

    In this passionate and controversial work, Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a `Third World' perspective. more...

  • Renaissance Drama in Actionby Martin White

    Routledge 1998; US$ 41.95

    A fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging, which relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the issues involved in staging the plays today. Plays discussed include 'The Duchess of Malfi'. more...

  • Theatre and Everyday Lifeby Alan Read

    Routledge 1995; US$ 46.95

    Read examines the relationship between an ethics of performance, a politics of place and a poetics of the urban environment. more...

  • Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century Franceby John McCormick

    Routledge 1993; US$ 150.00

    Provides an account of how popular theatre developed from the fairground booths of the eighteenth century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. more...