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The English Theatrical Avant-Garde 1900 - 1925 brings to light an extensive range of hitherto forgotten or ignored theatre practices, uncovering a new look at some of the well-known figures of the early Twentieth-Century English theatre.

The English Theatrical Avant-Garde 1900 - 1925 brings to light an extensive range of hitherto forgotten or ignored theatre practices, uncovering a new look at some of the well-known figures of the early Twentieth-Century English theatre.

The Great European Stage Directors Set 2 offers an authoritative account of the work, lineage and legacy of the major European theatre directors from the second half of the twentieth century. Across the four volumes and the companion series Set 1: Pre-1950, it provides a uniquely rich study of the genealogy and development of a practice through focus on individual directors and the wider context and artform in which they worked. For profession...

The Great European Stage Directors Set 1 offers an authoritative account of the work, lineage and legacy of the major theatre directors from the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Across the four volumes and the companion series Set 2: Post-1950, it provides a uniquely rich study of the genealogy and development of a practice through focus on individual directors and the wider context and artform in which they worked. F...

Drama is a medium in which one group of bodies watches another group of bodies. The theatre is a place which exhibits what a human body is, what it does, what it is capable of. It requires special things of bodies, putting pressure on its audience as well as its performers. It creates and manipulates pleasure in relation to bodies.Part theatre history, part dramatic criticism, part theoretical tour de force, the central argument in "Theatre, B...

This book provides a comprehensive account of the cutlural history of English drama. Drawing upon new empirical research and the latest theoretical models, Shepherd and Womack show how the character of a given theatrical ′age′, as traditionally described, is packed with contradictions and uneven in development.

What does 'performance theory' really mean and why has it become so important across such a large number of disciplines, from art history to religious studies and architecture to geography? In this introduction Simon Shepherd explains the origins of performance theory, defines the terms and practices within the field and provides new insights into performance's wide range of definitions and uses. Offering an overview of the key figures, their ...

What should we call the study of the performing arts? 'Drama', 'theatre' and 'performance' each identify with a different tradition of thought and offer different possibilities to the student or practitioner.This book examines the history and use of the terms 'Drama', 'theatre' and performance' and investigates the different philosophies, politics, languages and institutions with which they are associated.Simon Shepherd and Mick Wallis: *Analy...

What does 'performance theory' really mean and why has it become so important across such a large number of disciplines, from art history to religious studies and architecture to geography? In this introduction Simon Shepherd explains the origins of performance theory, defines the terms and practices within the field and provides new insights into performance's wide range of definitions and uses. Offering an overview of the key figures, their ...

Drama is a medium in which one group of bodies watches another group of bodies. The theatre is a place which exhibits what a human body is, what it does, what it is capable of. It requires special things of bodies, putting pressure on its audience as well as its performers. It creates and manipulates pleasure in relation to bodies.Part theatre history, part dramatic criticism, part theoretical tour de force, the central argument in "Theatre, B...

Bringing together buildings, people and plays, this Introduction examines the features which characterise modern British theatre, from 1900 to today.

Bringing together buildings, people and plays, this Introduction examines the features which characterise modern British theatre, from 1900 to today.