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Collaborative Theatre
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 44.95Over the past thirty years Ariane Mnouchkine's 'Théâtre du Soleil' has become one of the most celebrated companies in Europe, and Mnouchkine one of its best-known directors. Collaborative Theatre is the first in-depth sourcebook in English on 'Théâtre du Soleil', providing English readers with first-hand accounts of the development of its collectivist... more...
Ariane Mnouchkine
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 31.95Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. One of the most important directors of her generation, and one of the only women ever to have attained... more...
French Theatre Today
University of Iowa Press 2011; US$ 34.95In 2005 literary and film critic Edward Turk immersed himself in New York City’s ACT FRENCH festival, a bold effort to enhance American contact with the contemporary French stage. This dizzying crash course on numerous aspects of current French theatre paved the way for six months of theatregoing in Paris and a month’s sojourn... more...
Die Orte des Festival d'Avignon
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.73Hauptbeschreibung Das in der Nachkriegszeit von Jean Vilar gegründete Festival d'Avignon hat sich bis heute zu einem der bedeutendsten Theaterfestivals Europas entwickelt. Bereits Vilar strebte eine enge Verknüpfung von Stadt und Theaterereignis an. Die heutige Verzahntheit des sommerlichen Avignons mit dem jährlich stattfindenden Festival übersteigt... more...
Jacques Lecoq
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 34.95This text offers a concise guide to the teaching and philosophy of one of the most significant figures in twentieth century actor training. Lecoq's influence on the theatre of the latter half of the twentieth century cannot be overestimated. This is the first book to combine an historical introduction to his life and the context in which he... more...
The Theatre Industry in Nineteenth-Century France
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 60.00This book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century. more...
Tragic Muse
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 30.00Rachel Felix (1821-58), the homely daughter of poor Jewish peddlers, was the first stage actress to achieve international stardom - and the last person one would have expected to resurrect the cultural patrimony of France. Yet her passionate, startling performances of the works of Racine and Corneille saved them from almost certain obsolescence after... more...
Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century France
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 44.95This is the only book to provide 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. Whereas other studies offer a traditional approach to the theatres of high culture, John McCormick takes the role of impartial historian, uncovering the... more...
Psychic Junkie
Gallery Books 2006; US$ 14.95The future lies ahead. BUT YOU CAN PAY FOR A PREVIEW. When her promised stardom fails to materialize, struggling actress Sarah Lassez finds solace in psychics who predict the coming of the man of her dreams. She's sure she's found him in Wilhelm, a suave hotel sous-chef from Germany. But mayhem ensues when she takes the words of the psychics... more...
Jacques Copeau
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 31.95Part of our successful Routledge Performance Practitioners series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century, this book examines Jacques Copeau; a leading figure in the development of twentieth century theatre practice, a pioneer for work on actor-training, physical theatre and ensemble acting, and a key innovator in the... more...









