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Ritual, religion, and theatre / [edited by E. Bert Wallace].
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Gillespie, Justin Kosec, and Kate Stratton; Between Piety and Sacrilege: Muslim Theatre and Performance -- Thomas King; Cave Rituals and the Brain's Theatre -- Mark Pizzato; Excerpts from "The Book of My Awkward Perspective" -- William Doan; Contributors.…”
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Unmasking theatre design : a designer's guide to finding inspiration and cultivating creativity / by Lynne Porter.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Theatre and design -- pt. 2. Deconstructing the creative process -- pt. 3. …”
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Len Jenkin's theatre : wonder and heart / Robert J. Andreach.
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Artaud's theatre of cruelty / Albert Bermel.
Published 2001Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface: Neither Drugs Nor Madness; I: Theatre as Therapy; 1 The Breakaway: Possibilities, Masterpieces, Irrationalities; 2 Redefinitions: The Plague, Culture, Cruelty; 3 Inspiration and Aspirations: Unification, Healing, Temperament and Sexual Attitudes; II: History and Myth as Resources; 4 From Antiquity On: Prior to Aristotle, Aristotle, Seneca, the Jacobeans; 5 Into the Twentieth Century: Epic, Surrealism, Symbolism, Modern Staging; 6 Related Arts: Painting, Film, Dance, Ritual; III: Artaud as Artist.…”
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The Classical Theatre of China.
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Select Bibliography; Contents; I Introduction; II A Short Historical Survey-; Ill The Music of the Ching Hsi Theatre; IV The Actor and his Roles; V The Technique of the Actor; VI The Plays of the Ching Hsi; VII The Playhouse; Glossary of Technical Terms; Index; Chinese Index.…”
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Japan's modern theatre : a century of change and continuity / Brian Powell.
Published 2002Table of Contents: “…Kabuki and the challenges of a changing theatre world -- New acting, new production, some new playwriting -- Artists, ideologues and ideological artists -- Diversity in adversity -- Theatre mobilised -- Consolidation -- One tradition promoted, one challenged and one created.…”
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Research-based theatre : an artistic methodology / edited by George Belliveau and Graham W. Lea.
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Lea -- The ink murderers can't hold it any longer / Betsy Ferrer Okello -- The lives of incarcerated youth in Athabasca's Going Unmanned / Diane Conrad -- Critical plays: an exploration in truth and verisimilitude / Christine Sinclair and Anne Harris -- Considering aesthetics: bringing new awareness to patient safety culture in hospitals -- Communicating about dementia care through theatre: Inside Out of Mind / Tanya Myers and Justine Schneider -- Transitioning home: research-based theatre with returning servicemen and their families / Linda Hassall and Michael Balfour -- No Particular Place to Go / Trudy Pauluth-Penner, Warwick Dobson, Monica Prendergast, and Holly Tuokko -- An ethnographic performance for professional learning / Jane Bird -- Temporarily yours: foreign domestic workers in Singapore / Prue Wales --Harriet's House and Ana's Shadow: learning about other people's families / Tara Goldstein -- Performing autobiography / George Belliveau and Rita L. …”
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Applied theatre: facilitation : pedagogies, practices, resilience / Sheila Preston ; series editors: Michael Balfour and Sheila Preston.
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Responsivity and respond-ability in applied theatre practitioner expertise / Kay Hepplewhite -- The artist as questioner: why we do what we do / Ananda Breed -- 'Ain't you got a right to the tree of life?'…”
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Twentieth Century Theatre : a Sourcebook.
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Theatre history studies. edited by Rhona Justice-Malloy.
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…McMahon; "There Was No Resisting John Canoe":Circum-Atlantic Transracial Performance; "Talking B(l)ack": Construction of Gender and Race in the Plays of Eulalie Spence; Employing Diaspora: Ambivalence and Utopia in Contemporary Cape Verdean Theatre; BOOK REVIEWS; Books Received…”
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Ben Jonson and Theatre : Performance, Practice and Theory.
Published 1999Table of Contents: “…Appendix: The conference 'Ben Jonson and the Theatre', University of Reading, January 1996Bibliography; Index.…”
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Theatre theory and performance : a critical interrogation / by Siddhartha Biswas.
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Beginnings -- Signs and semiotics -- The theatrical text -- Theatre and politics -- Performance and performers -- Three theories of theatre: Brecht, Artaud, Pinter -- The Bhava-Rasa theory -- Syncretic threatre in India -- Postdramatic theatre.…”
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Jewish Drama & Theatre : From Rabbinical Intolerance to Secular Liberalism.
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- Dramatic and Theatrical Creativity; Elements of Jewish theatre; The medium; The narrative; The system of values; The language; Nonverbal codes; The author; Theatre and ritual; Basic notions and analytical tools; Structure of the book; Part I: Tangential Jewish Drama; 1: Jewish Theatre and Ritual Origin; Advent of ancient drama/theatre; Cambridge School of Anthropology; Shamanist theory; Performance theory; Re-creation theory; The charm of ritual theories; 2: The Book of Job as Greek Tragedy.…”
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Physiologie du théâtre : Par un journaliste.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Couverture; Page de Copyright; Page de titre; Introduction; I -- La portière des coulisses; II -- Le foyer des acteurs; III -- Le comique; IV -- Le premier rôle; V -- La première amoureuse; VI -- L'actrice surnuméraire; VII -- La mère d'emprunt; VIII -- La grande utilité; IX -- La figurante et le figurant; X -- De quelques figures du second plan; XI -- Le directeur; XII -- Le régisseur; XIII -- Les auteurs; XIV -- Encore quelques figures de second plan; XV -- Les loges d'acteurs -- Les jolies actrices; XVI -- L'habitué; XVII -- Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un théâtre -- Une première représentation.…”
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The Moscow Art Theatre / by Worrall, Nick.
Published 1996Table of Contents: “…Part Part I THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE --…”
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Scenic Art for the Theatre : History, Tools and Techniques.
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Roman Republican Theatre : a History.
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