Performance Art

Originally published in 1986. This volume points to the rich variety of critical responses to the Henry IV plays and their complexity. It includes ...

‘We have good reason to be wary of mise en scène, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images from a perform...

Voice Studies brings together leading international scholars and practitioners, to re-examine what voice is, what voice does, and what we mean by "...

‘Zbigniew Cynkutis’ writings constitute invaluable testimony of his work with Jerzy Grotowski during the ‘theatre of productions’ phase and beyond....

This collection of interviews offers unprecedented insight into the plays and creative works of Suzan-Lori Parks, as well as being an important com...

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it ha...

Originally published in 1993. Presenting excerpts and articles on the themes and characters from the most famous story of young lovers, this collec...

How does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age? André Lepecki surveys a decade of exp...

‘Zbigniew Cynkutis’ writings constitute invaluable testimony of his work with Jerzy Grotowski during the ‘theatre of productions’ phase and beyond....

In recent years we have witnessed an increasing convergence of work in International Politics and Performance Studies around the troubled, and ofte...

First published in 1985, The Subject of Tragedy takes the drama of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as the starting point for an analysis of...

What role can provocation play in the process of renewal, both of individuals and of societies? Provocation in Popular Culture is an investigation ...

Voice Studies brings together leading international scholars and practitioners, to re-examine what voice is, what voice does, and what we mean by "...

Originally published in 1984. With selections organised chronologically, this collection presents the best writing on one of Shakespeare’s most stu...

Originally published in 1995. In three parts – introduction, criticism and reviews – this volume examines the goriest of Shakespeare’s works. The e...

‘We have good reason to be wary of mise en scène, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images from a perform...

This book offers a study of post-9/11 anti-war organizations in the United States and their role in domestic foreign policy debates. The moment of ...

This impressive new book from Sue-Ellen Case looks at how science has been performed throughout history, tracing a line from nineteenth century alc...

Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion...

Performance Studies: The Basics offers an overview of the multiple, often overlapping definitions of performance, from performance art, performance...

The mention of the term "melodrama" is likely to evoke a response from laymen and musicians alike that betrays an acquaintance only with the popula...

Staging 21st Century Tragedies: Theatre, Politics, and Global Crisis is an international collection of essays by leading academics, artists, writer...

This book chronicles the child performer as part of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American theatre experience. Borderlands Children’s Theatre explores the ...

Relevance and Marginalisation in Scandinavian and European Performing Arts 1770–1860: Questioning Canons reveals how various cultural processes hav...