Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre : Performance and Liminality in Early Modern Drama. by Weimann, Robert

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French theatre today : the view from New York, Paris, and Avignon / by Edward Baron Turk. by Turk, Edward Baron

Table of Contents: “…A festival turns sixty -- Recap and coda : French theatre tomorrow.…”
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The Russian folk theatre / by Elizabeth A. Warner. by Warner, Elizabeth, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Ritual drama -- pt. 2. The puppet theatre -- pt. 3. Nonritual drama -- pt. 4. The folk actor and his art.…”
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The American theatre reader : essays and conversations from American theatre magazine /...

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Theatre for Children in Hospital. by Sextou, Persephone

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Introduction; Motivation and beliefs; Arts and health; The structure of the book; Chapter One: A TCH definition and more & Applied theatre in hospitals; Theatre as an 'antidote' to clinical stress; A playful 'marriage' of two cultures, the artistic with the clinical in audience participation; The artist-child synergistic relationship; Ethical concerns; TCH and therapy; Chapter Two: The distinctive features of TCH practice and research; Background information of the study; Understanding the clinical context; The study: Methodology.…”
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Theatre and political process : staging identities in Tokelau and New Zealand / Ingjerd Hoëm. by Hoëm, Ingjerd

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Future theatre research : origin, medium, performance-text, reception and acting / Eli Rozik. by Rozik, Eli

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Theatre Medium; 1 Basic Iconic Units; Imagistic definition of 'iconicity'; Basic iconic units; Real objects on stage; Part I Iconic Figures of Speech; 2 Stage Metaphor; Verbal Metaphor; Iconic metaphor; Imagistic metaphor; Stage symbol; 3 Theatre Experience as Metaphor; Stage metaphor; Metaphoric fictional world; Paradox of double reference; Mechanism of textual metaphor; Sophocles' Oedipus the King; García Lorca's Yerma; 4 Stage Allegory; Metaphoric stage allegory.…”
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Conscious theatre practice : yoga, meditation and performance / by Lou Prendergast. by Prendergast, Lou

Table of Contents: “…Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- Part 1 Research -- Chapter 1 Know Thyself: Conscious Theatre Practice as Self-Realisation Process -- 1 Know Thyself -- 2 Social Self -- 3 Feminist Self -- 4 Sick Self -- 5 Outline of Chapters -- Chapter 2 Bodymind: Yoga, Meditation and Theatre Practice -- 1 Bodymind -- 2 Philosophical Contexts of Yoga and Meditation -- 3 Conscious Theatre Practitioners -- 4 Konstantin Stanislavski -- 5 Nicolás Núñez -- 6 Peter Brook -- 7 Jerzy Grotowski…”
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Equivocation in the theatre of the absurd : discourse analysis / Haidar K. Al-Abedi. by Abedi, Haidar K. al-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- 1 The Theatre of the Absurd and Language Equivocation -- 1.1 Preliminaries -- 1.2 Equivocation of the Absurd Theatre -- 1.2.1 Definition of Equivocation -- 1.2.2 Uses of Equivocation -- 1.2.3 Types of Equivocation -- 1.3 Hypotheses -- 1.4 Objectives of the Study -- 1.5 Significance of the Study -- 1.6 Pedagogical Implication of the Study -- 1.7 Data of the Study -- 2 Lexical Equivocation -- 2.1 Preliminaries -- 2.2 What is &amp -- apos -- Lexical Equivocation&amp -- apos -- ? …”
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Chinese shadow theatre : history, popular religion, and women warriors / Fan Pen Li Chen. by Chen, Fan-Pen Li, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The history and culture of Chinese shadow theatre -- 1. An introduction to shadow theatre -- 2. …”
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The semiotics of theatre and drama / Keir Elam. by Elam, Keir

Table of Contents: “…Concluding comments : theatre, drama, semiotics.…”
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Classical Greek theatre : new views of an old subject / Clifford Ashby. by Ashby, Clifford

Table of Contents: “…The Orientation of Greek Theatres; 8. Dawn Performances: Three Days in a Row?…”
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Colombian theatre in the vortex : seven plays / edited by Judith A. Weiss ; introductory essay by María Mercedes Jaramillo.

Table of Contents: “…Death by history : translating texts from the edge of the vortex / Judith A. Weiss -- Colombian theatre / María Mercedes Jaramillo -- Soldiers / C.J. …”
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Monkey Business Theatre / by Robert M. Laughlin and Sna Jtz'ibajom. by Laughlin, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…Febrero Loco: A Live Theatre in the Making -- 3. The Theatre on the Road: The Great Adventure -- 4. …”
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Irony and the Modern Theatre. by Storm, William

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Irony personified: Ibsen and The Master Builder; 2 The character of irony in Chekhov; 3 Irony and dialectic: Shaw's Candida; 4 Pirandello's "Father" -- and Brecht's "Mother"; 5 Absurdist irony: Ionesco's "anti-play"; 6 "Ironist First Class": Stoppard's Arcadia; 7 American ironies: Wasserstein and Kushner; 8 Irony's theatre; Notes; Works cited; Index.…”
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Maoist model theatre : the semiotics of gender and sexuality in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) / by Rosemary A. Roberts. by Roberts, Rosemary A.

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An introduction to theatre design / Stephen Di Benedetto. by Di Benedetto, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The theatre designer's job -- Traditions of stage design -- The vocabulary of visual thinking -- The artistry of the set -- The artistry of the costume -- The artistry of light -- The artistry of sound -- The collaborative process.…”
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Theatre, body and pleasure / Simon Shepherd. by Shepherd, Simon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : theatrically imagined bodies -- Script as a discipline of the body -- Theatre and bodily value -- The wrong dog (an account of significant inaction) -- Just at that very moment : the organisation of body rhythm -- "Look out behind you" -- Strutting, bellowing, muscles and noise -- Lolo's breasts and a wooden Christ -- Dissipation.…”
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William Godwin and the Theatre. by O'Shaughnessy, David

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Text in Contemporary Theatre : the Baltics Within the World Experience. by Reinsone, Sanita

Table of Contents: “…Table of contents; list of illustrations; preface; acknowledgements; editor''s introduction -- text in contemporary theatre; part i -- traditional texts in contemporary theatre; chapter one -- the russian hamlets; chapter two -- hamlet; chapter three -- dialectics between classical texts and their staging in contemporary latvian theatre; chapter four -- ivan goncharov''s oblomov, directed by alvis hermanis; chapter five -- text and context; chapter seven -- observations on the uses of text in the chinese contemporary theatre; chapter eight -- at the crossroads of texts.…”
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