Performing Arts

These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Dram... More

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "The Taming of the Shrew "on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday ... More

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Twelfth Night" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA... More

PrefaceIntroductionPART ITribe Teacher and EducationEducation of the Tribes: A GlimpseEducational Research: An Anthropological ApproachResearch Trends in Tribal EducationMethod to Study the Teachers from Tribal DenominationPART IIStatus of Tribe Teachers Empirical Observations Profession Experience ... More

Ancient Indian dances originated either in worship or are ascribed to the gods themselves. Bharatanatyam was born in the temples. Today it is one of the most sought-after forms among students and aficionados of Indian classical dance. Over the last two centuries Bharatanatyam has evolved from a high... More

Kathakali from the southernmost tip of India, Kerala, is characterized by its exaggerated and extravagant style that delves into mythology for its sustenance. The form has been shrouded I mystery and the book tries to demystify the elaborately defined body kinetics and the eloquent hand gestures enh... More

Tim Ramteke has spent years developing this modern introduction to voice and data networks. He has combined current industry standards with the courses he teaches in advanced electronic communications technology. The result is this insightful text. Divided into four separate parts, the book provides... More

Today, entertainment includes the entire gamut from radio programs to reality TV, and the entertainment industry is gearing up to meet its challenges. This book explores the Indian entertainment sector, film and music industries, and piracy. The book also has interesting case studies of Rupert Murd... More

Kathak, north India's most popular dance from originated in the Indo Gangetic plains. This text on Kathak provides an excellent overview of the form, incorporating a wealth of information on its origin and salient features. Tracing its over 2000-year-old history, it answers many of the questions tha... More

The definitive study of the life and work of India’s greatest filmmaker Satyajit Ray was India’s first filmmaker to gain international recognition as a master of the medium, and today he continues to be regarded as one of the world’s finest directors of all time. His first film Pat... More

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This book contains four plays - Sanyasi or The Ascetic (Prakriti Protishodh), Malini, Sacrifice (based on Bisarjan) and The King and the Queen. The range is wide and colourful with Tagore having himself enacted the roles of Raghupati and Jayasingha at different times while having stage productions o... More

This book, perhaps the first illustrated dictionary of its kind, is a compilation of the terms used in Kathakali. It attempts as wide a coverage as would be relevant and useful to students, scholars and enthusiasts of the art for whom it is chiefly intended. Explanations are simple and where necessa... More

Kuchipudi, from Andhra Pradesh, was originally a dance-drama form. This is a first-ever attempt to demystify the nuances of a form that has always been the preserve of the males. The dramatic content of the form was passed from one generation to the other without a written script. It was only in the... More

One of the seven Indian classical dance forms, Mohiniyattam or the dance of the enchantress, traces it’s origins to Kerala. The role of Mohini is exclusively to enchant – moham or enchantment being one of the noble and divine feminine qualities. Many of the Puranic legends described Lord Vishnu,... More

What makes Shakespeare great? Why do we still read and perform his works? In this deft and witty introduction, David Bevington argues that Shakespeare continues to live among us today because his representations of the human condition are believable, endearing, and touchingly human. The book is stru... More

Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.... More

The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introd... More