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Theatre and space / [editor, Becky K. Becker].
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…-- The Odeon of Pericles: a tale of the first Athenian Music Hall, the Second Persian Invasion of Greece, theatre space in fifth century BCE Athens, and the artifacts of an empire -- The eyeline of Orestes: exploring the dramaturgy of civic spaced in the Greek theatre -- "It told us what to do": the amthropomorphizing of theatre buildings in contemporary practice -- Wartime collaboration: theatrical space and power in conquered Los Angeles -- Setting their sites on satire: the Algonquin round table's non-theatrical spaces of creative genesis -- Struggling to stage: the contentious issue of theatre space in Kolkata -- "For the children": Doyle and Debbie at the station inn; or, the politics of space in "The Gulch" -- (Un)limited: virtual performance spaces and digital identity -- Theatre symposium 24 closing remarks: Sunday, April 12, 2015.…”
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Regional theatre : the revolutionary stage / Joseph Wesley Zeigler.
Published 1973Table of Contents: “…Saplings: Small Theatres of the 1960s -- 7. Stabs at a National Theatre -- 8. …”
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Jewish theatre : a global view / edited by Edna Nahshon.
Published 2009Table of Contents: “…Introductory essay : what is Jewish theatre? / Edna Nahshon -- Ritual space as theatrical space in the Jewish folk theatre / Ahuva Belkin -- Jacob Gordin's dialogue with Tolstoy : Di Kreytser sonata (1902) / Barbara Henry -- Isaac Bashevis-Singer's attitude to the Yiddish theater as shown in his works / Nathan Cohen -- Józio Grojseszyk : a Jewish city slicker on the Warsaw popular stage / Michael C. …”
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Theatre and empowerment : community drama on the world stage / edited by Richard Boon and Jane Plastow.
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…The process of exploring black masculinities in performance, Great Britain; 5 Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid: Bongani Linda's Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa; 6 Dance and transformation: the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia.…”
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Popular theatre : a sourcebook / edited by Joel Schechter.
Published 2003Table of Contents: “…Part I. What is popular theatre? -- part II. Puppets from Bread and Puppet Theatre to Bunraku and Broadway -- part III. …”
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Pregones Theatre : a theatre for social change in the South Bronx / by Eva C. Vásquez.
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…A Brief History of Puerto Rican Contemporary Theatre --…”
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The roots of theatre : rethinking ritual and other theories of origin / Eli Rozik.
Published 2002Table of Contents: “…THEORIES OF ORIGINS -- Basic Definitions -- The Ritual Origin of Tragedy -- The Ritual Origin of Comedy -- The Shamanistic Source -- The Recreation of Theatre by Christianity -- The Mummers' Plays -- The Adoption of Theatre by Judaism -- Back to Aristotle -- HEDGES AND BOUNDARIES -- Performance Theory -- The "Drama" of Real Life -- The Spirit of Carnival -- Culture as Play/Game -- A THEORY OF ROOTS -- The "Language" of Dreams -- Playing as Thinking -- Mythical Representation -- Retracing the Steps of History -- Reflections and Conclusions.…”
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Stoppard's theatre : finding order amid chaos / by John Fleming.
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American theatre : a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1969-2000 / Thomas S. Hischak.
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Roman theatres : an architectural study / Frank Sear.
Published 2006Table of Contents: “…Roman Theatre Design; 4. Theatres and Related Buildings; 5. …”
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Theatre and consciousness : explanatory scope and future potential / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe.
Published 2005Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1: Consciousness, Inspiration and the Creative Process; 2: Human Consciousness Reflected in Drama; 3: Consciousness and Acting; 4: Indian Theatre Aesthetics; 5: Reception and Audiences; 6: Concepts of Theatre Studies; 7: Vedic Science and Materialism: Comments on Demastes' Staging Consciousness; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index.…”
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Theatre on Terror : Subject Positions in British Drama.
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Theatre world : critical perspectives on Greek tragedy and comedy : studies in honour of Georgia Xanthakis-Karamanos /...
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…The Lemnian Deeds: A Tragic Episode in the Argonautica of Apollonius RhodiusTristan and Isolde and Classical Myth -- IV. Theatre and Music -- The Role of Music in Platoâ#x80;#x99;s Symposium -- Aristotle on Music and Theatre (Politics VIII 6. 1340 b 20â#x80;#x93;1342 b 34; Poetics) -- Notes on Contributors -- Academic Publications of Georgia Xanthakis-Karamanos -- Index Locorum -- General Index…”
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Observing theatre : spirituality and subjectivity in the performing arts / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe.
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Applied theatre : international case studies and challenges for practice / edited by Monca Prendergast and Juliana Saxton.
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…; Part One: Theories, History and Practices of Applied Theatre ; Chapter One: Theories and History of Applied Theatre ; 1.1 Where Do We Find Applied Theatre?…”
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Applied theatre. Gareth White.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Applied theatre, aesthetics and the aesthetic; Terminological drift and clarity; Beauty and engagement; An applied theatre aesthetic?…”
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Theatre and the macabre / edited by Meredith Conti and Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…The Mortification of Harvey Leach : Humour and Horror in Nineteenth-Century Theatre of Disability / Michael Mark Chemers -- The Horrors of the Great War on the London Stage : The Grand Guignol Season of 1915 / Helen E. …”
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Theory/theatre : an introduction / Mark Fortier.
Published 1997Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Theatre, life and language: semiotics, phenomenology and deconstruction; Semiotics; Phenomenology; Post-structuralism and deconstruction; Subjectivity and theatre: psychoanalytic, gender and reader-response theory; Psychoanalytic theory; Feminist and gender theory; Reader-response and reception theory; World and theatre: materialist, postmodern and post-colonial theory; Materialist theory; Postmodern theory; Post-colonial theory; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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