Theatre & Performance Studies

This collection foregrounds two crucial moments in the histories of pain, trauma, and their staging in British Theater: the establishment of secular and professional theater in London in the 1580s, and the growing dissatisfaction with theatrical modes of public punishment by 1800. Whether focused on..

In Staging Spectatorship in the Plays of Philip Massinger, Joanne Rochester examines examples of on-stage spectatorship in three plays by Massinger, head playwright for the King's Men from 1625 to 1640. Focusing on the specific form of metatheatrical inset in each play-plays-within in The Roman Act..

Offering the first sustained and comprehensive scholarly consideration of the dramatic potential of the blazon, this volume complicates what has become a standard reading of the Petrarchan convention of dismembering the beloved through poetic description. At the same time, it contributes to a growin..

In her study of English theatre during the Peninsular War, Susan Valladares contextualizes the theatrical treatment of the war within the larger political and ideological axes of Romantic performance. From its nuanced reading of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Pizarro (1799), to its accounts of wartime ..

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Stanislavski: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Konstantin Stanislavski...

Stanislavski: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Konstantin Stanislavski...

Theatre technicians need to ensure that sets are aesthetically pleasing and functional for the production, but also safe for the actors and crew. This book provides sound and efficient set engineering solutions, introducing the basics of statics and the study of the strength of scenery materials...

The first major study of this unique voice in contemporary drama. Suzan-Lori Parks confirmed herself as one of the most exciting and successful playwrights of her generation when winning the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, making her the only African American woman to win the award. _x000D_ _x000D_  ..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...