Performance Theory

This is a long-awaited celebration of the theatre and writing of Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deborah Margolin, who make up this outstanding lesbian performance troupe...

This is a long-awaited celebration of the theatre and writing of Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deborah Margolin, who make up this outstanding lesbian performance troupe...

Craig was often read as "exceptional" and highly innovative in his native Britain, thus, The Mask not only appears as Craig's main cosmopolitan project but also at times functions as a surrogate stage for his experiments in theater practice...

In this study, first published in 1985, Austin E. Quigley takes as his paradigm case the relationship between the world of the stage and the world of the audience, and explores various modes of communication between domains. Detailed interpretations of plays by Pinero, Ibsen, Strindberg, Brecht, Ion..

Now in its third edition, The Performance Studies Reader continues to offer an unparalleled selection of the key writings in its field. _x000D_ These critical and theoretical contributions are joined in this edition by 16 new chapters, bringing the collection up to date with current discourse and id..

Now in its third edition, The Performance Studies Reader continues to offer an unparalleled selection of the key writings in its field. _x005F_x000D_ These critical and theoretical contributions are joined in this edition by 16 new chapters, bringing the collection up to date with current discourse ..

Is camp gay? Is camp political? This is a radical reappraisal of its meaning and discourse, from the seventeenth century to the present day, by some of the foremost critics working in queer theory. An incisive and entertaining collection of essays...

Is camp gay? Is camp political? This is a radical reappraisal of its meaning and discourse, from the seventeenth century to the present day, by some of the foremost critics working in queer theory. An incisive and entertaining collection of essays...

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...

The first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre culture and postmodern performance. Kershaw argues that the former is largely outdated compared to postmodern performance, much of which has a radical edge...

Including new interviews, a revised introduction, an updated bibliography and a full production chronology, this second, fully revised edition of an acclaimed study sets out to make emotional sense of Barker's characters and their interactions...

This book visits the legacy of Jerzy Grotowski, focusing on his least known last phase of work on ancient songs and the craft of the performer. Salata posits Grotowski’s work as philosophical practice, and more particularly, as practical research in the phenomenology of being...