Theater in the Americas – serie
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9 produkter
Teaching Performance Studies
Av Nathan Stucky, Cynthia Wimmer
Häftad, 2002
439 kr
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An organized treatment of performance studies theory, practice and pedagogy. This collection of 18 essays by scholars and educators seeks to reflect the emergent and contested nature of performance studies, a field that looks at the broad range of human performance from everyday conversation to …
That Furious Lesbian
The Story of Mercedes De Acosta
Häftad, 2004
453 kr
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Now available in paperback, ""That Furious Lesbian"": The Story of Mercedes de Acosta is the first book-length biography of the flamboyantly uninhibited early-twentieth-century author, poet, and playwright. Theater historian Robert A. Schanke adroitly mines lost archival materials and mixes in his …
Composing Ourselves
The Little Theatre Movement and the American Audience
Häftad, 2005
439 kr
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Charting the origins of serious theatre, drama pedagogy, and the nonprofit model. The Little Theatre movement prompted and promoted the college theatre major, the inclusion of theatre pedagogy in K-12 education, prototypes for the nonprofit model, and the notion that theatre is a valuable form of …
Unfinished Show Business
Broadway Musicals As Works-in-process
Av Bruce Kirle
Häftad, 2005
439 kr
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Pursues the social and historical contexts of a particularly unfinished theatrical genre. In this fresh approach to musical theatre history, Bruce Kirle challenges the commonly understood trajectory of the genre. Drawing on the notion that the world of the author stays fixed while the world of the …
Hanlon Brothers
From Daredevil Acrobatics to Spectacle Pantomime, 1833-1931
Av Southern Illinois University Press
Häftad, 2010
396 kr
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This book helps you in restoring a lost legacy. The Hanlons - a family of six brothers from Manchester, England - were one of the world's premiere performing troupes in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, yet their legacy has been mostly forgotten. Mark Cosdon carefully documents the …
American Political Plays After 9/11
Av Allan Havis
Häftad, 2010
358 kr
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American Political Plays after 9/11 is a diverse collection of bold, urgent, and provocative plays that respond to the highly charged, post 9/11 political landscape. Sparked by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequently fueled by a series of controversial events—the Iraq war, the …
Systemic Dramaturgy
A Handbook for the Digital Age
Av Michael Mark Chemers, Mike Sell
Häftad, 2022
425 kr
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Working theatrically with technologySystemic Dramaturgy offers an invigorating, practical look at the daunting cultural problems of the digital age as they relate to performance. Authors Michael Mark Chemers and Mike Sell reject the incompatibility of theatre with robots, digital media, and …
American Scenic Design and Freelance Professionalism
Av David Bisaha
Häftad, 2022
454 kr
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An inclusive history of the professionalization of American scenic designThe figure of the American theatrical scenic designer first emerged in the early twentieth century. As productions moved away from standardized, painted scenery and toward individualized scenic design, the demand for talented …
Ghost Light
An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy
Häftad, 2023
396 kr
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A new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practiceSince its release in 2010, Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy has become the international standard for dramaturgy training and practice. The first textbook introduced students to the “ghost light” …
