Performing Arts

Philip Edwards aims to bring the reader, playgoer and director of Hamlet into the closest possible contact with Shakespeare's most famous and most preplexing play. He has concentrated on essentials, dealing succinctly with the huge volume of commentary and controversy which the play has provoked and... More

An audition can be the most frightening - and most important -- ten minutes in a young artist's career. Now comes Don Greene, a remarkable teacher who has worked with Metropolitan Opera musicians, singers from around the country, and athletes including Greg Louganis -- all of whom know what it means... More

John Wilders - literary advisor to the BBC TV Shakespeare series - brings thorough scholarship and a practical understanding of performance needs to this new edition. Clarity, accessibility and rigour are the hallmarks of an edition which will provide invaluable guidance for all its readers. "This e... More

The New Cambridge Shakespeare presents critical edictions in modern-spelling of Shakespeare's individual plays, of his Sonnets, and of his narrative poems.The series has won a high reputation for its lively new emphases, which are constantly supported by the state-of-the art scholarship and judiciou... More

William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (c.1606) is a timeless tale of love, greed and power, which has given rise to heated debates around such issues as the representation of gender roles, political violence and the dramatisation of evil. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's play o... More

The second edition of an important introductory textbook by a prime mover in the field of Performance Studies, which was a defining moment for the discipline. It provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate student... More

This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, looking at how... More

The Eighth Edition of THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE will help you get your students excited about theatre. The combined authorship of an authoritative theatre historian and his former student, an active theatre historian himself, make this the book perfect for your introductory theatre course. In the 35 yea... More

Teaching filmmakers and game developers how to tell a story through an animated production, this book details the modes of the story, and provides in-depth production techniques and tips throughout. The companion CD-ROM provides sample film clips to use, evaluate, and study along with the techniques... More

Professor Sander's edition of Othello provides a full analysis of the textual problem and current theories of transmission, anticipates the problems, both stylistc and racial, which face twentieth-century readers and spectators and offers possible solutions to them. The edition is well illustrated, ... More

In this challenging and lively book, Burt examines the representation of masculinity in twentieth century dance. The Male Dancer has proven to be essential reading for anyone interested in dance and the cultural construction of gender.... More

"This is cultural history at its best. The author's vivid engagement with his material reveals Val Lewton in a bracing new light. Nemerov teases out relationships between film and society with supple writing, imagination, and skill. A critical tour de force."--David M. Lubin, author of "Shooting Ken... More

This revolutionary introductory performance studies coursebook brings together classic texts in critical theory and shows how these texts can be used in the analysis of performance. Themed sections place the reader: * decoding the sign * the politics of performance * the politics of gender and s... More

This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the UnitedStates in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. Itfocuses on representative plays and performance texts that experimentwith form and content, discussing influential playwrights andperformance artists such as Tenn... More

"Talkin' to Myself: Blues Lyrics, 1921-1942" is a compendium of lyrics by the great blues recording artists of the classic blues era. It includes over 2000 songs, transcribed directly from the original recordings, making it by far the most comprehensive and accurate collection of blues lyrics availa... More

This play has been popular on the stage during the last three centuries and has proved itself admirable suited to adaptation as pure farce and musical spectacle.The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable ... More

"Rosemary's baby has grown up and is running Hollywood. One of America's greatest industries has become one of the most destructive. Entertainment titans like Walt Disney, Morrie Ryskind, and Frank Capra have been replaced by people whose idea of a good Christmas movie involves Santa having sex in t... More

Offering both student and theatergoer a guide to one of the most celebrated living American dramatists, this volume covers the complete range of Mamet's writing, as well as his films, such as The Verdict and Wag the Dog. Additional chapters also explore Mamet and acting, Mamet as director, his ficti... More