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The Recurrence of Fate
University of Iowa Press 1994; US$ 29.95How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book—the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance—Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the... more...
Meyerhold
A&C Black 1998; US$ 19.49Edward Brauns acclaimed work on Meyerhold available for the first time in paperback. Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces, he returned to Moscow at Stanislavskis invitation and founded a new, experimental studio for the Art Theatre. This book takes... more...
Shakespeare in Kabul
Haus Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The uplifting story of bringing Shakespeare to Afghanistan, with men and women appearing together for the first time since liberation. more...
Theater und Fest in Europa
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 85.97Hauptbeschreibung Theater und Fest in Europa stellt in Fallstudien zu Antike, Mittelalter, Früher Neuzeit, Moderne und Gegenwart neueste Forschungsergebnisse zum gemeinschaftsbildenden Zusammenwirken von Theater und Fest vor: Ein breites und vielschichtiges Spektrum festlich-theatraler Inszenierungen werden auf ihre ästhetischen und politischen Potenziale... more...
Scene Design: Rendering and Media
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2012; US$ 29.95Scene Design: Rendering and Media is intended to help students or practitioners improve their skills at making finished renderings of scene designs for theater. Hundreds of color illustrations explain the process, methods and tools used to successfuly transform ideas into useful drawings. more...
Theatre and Identity in Imperial Russia
University of Iowa Press 2009; US$ 29.95What role did the theatre-both institutionally and literally-play in Russia?s modernization? How did the comparatively harmonious relationship that developed among the state, the nobility, and the theatre in the eighteenth century transform into ideological warfare between the state and the intelligentsia in the nineteenth? How were the identities... more...
Stanislavski: The Basics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 21.95Stanislavski: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Konstantin Stanislavski. Regarded by many as a great innovator of twentieth century theatre, this book examines Stanislavski?s: life and the context of his writings major works in English translation ideas in practical contexts impact... more...
Performing Violence
Intellect 2009; US$ 20.00New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980s. Authors Beumers and Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works penned by young Russian playwrights. Performing Violence is the first English-language study of the... more...
Michael Chekhov
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 33.95All books in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series are carefully designed to enable the reader to understand the work of a key practitioner. They provide the first step towards critical understanding and a springboard for further study for students on twentieth century, contemporary theatre and theatre history courses. Michael Chekhov's... more...
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 31.95All books in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series are carefully designed to enable the reader to understand the work of a key practitioner. They provide the first step towards critical understanding and a springboard for further study for students on twentieth century, contemporary theatre and theatre history courses. This is the first... more...









