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THE THEATRE OF THE HOLOCAUST
Volume 2: Six Plays

Edited by Robert Skloot

Apr 1999 408pp,12 b&w photographs 0-2991-6270-2 Hardback : 0-2991-6274-5 Paperback

This volume is a collection of plays on the Shoah. Editor Skloot presents and comments on six plays that acknowledge the theatrical forms of the postmodern age.
University of Wisconsin Press


UNDERSTANDING AUGUST WILSON
Mary L. Bogumil

Apr 1999 128pp 1-5700-3252-1 Hardback

Understanding Contemporary American Literature

A comprehensive view of the plays of August Wilson. It looks at their thematic structure, places them within the context of American drama, and examines the distinctively African American experiences they dramatise. There are chapters on Fences and The Piano Lesson.
University of South Carolina Press


CLASSICAL GREEK THEATRE
New Views of an Old Subject
Clifford Ashby

Feb 1999 266pp, 52 photographs, 20 drawings 0-8774-5641-0 Hardback

In this study, a theatre historian trained in the practical processes of play production as well as the methods of historical research, takes advantage of this understanding of technical elements to approach his ancient subject from a new perspective. In doing so, he challenges many long-held views.
University of Iowa Press


MOVIE PALACE MASTERPIECE
Saving Syracuse's Loew's State/Landmark Theater
Edited by Alfred Balk

Jan 1999 80pp, 33 colour photographs 0-8156-8123-2 Hardback

This volume documents the history of the Loew's State/Landmark Theater, from its dazzling beginnings on Syracuse's "Little Broadway" in 1928 through its inspiring rescue from demolition and into its new life, which began in 1978 as the nonprofit, citizen-owned Landmark Theater.
Syracuse University Press


THEATER AND MARTIAL ARTS IN WEST SUMATRA
Randai and Silek of the Minangkabau

Kirstin Pauka

Jan 1999 288pp, illustrations, maps 0-8968-0205-1 Paperback

Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, No 103

This text describes the origin, development, and cultural background of randai, a popular theatre tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group in Western Sumatra.
Ohio University Press


WE'RE HEAVEN BOUND!
Portrait of a Black Sacred Drama
Gregory D. Coleman

Jan 1999 216pp, 52 b&w photographs 0-8203-1664-9 Hardback : 0-8203-2112-5 Paperback

This text traces the history of the play Heaven Bound. Based on the recollections of the play's performers as well as on church records and archives, it aims to convey both the expressiveness of African American spirituality and the importance of the play to African American folk culture.
University of Georgia Press


SELECTED BACKLIST

CREATING THE SELF IN THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE
Robert J.Andreach

288pp 0-8093-2178-5 Hardback : Southern Illinois University Press

CROSSCURRENTS IN THE DRAMA
East and West
Edited by Stanley Vincent Longman

139pp 0-8173-0926-8 Paperback : Theatre Symposium, Volume 6 : University of Alabama Press

DRAMA AS RHETORIC/ RHETORIC AS DRAMA
An Exploration of Dramatic and Rhetorical Criticism

Edited by Stanley Vincent Longman

143pp : 0-8173-0887-3 Paperback : Theatre Symposium, Volume 5 : University of Alabama Press

ELECTRA AND THE EMPTY URN
Metatheater and Role Playing in Sophocles

Mark Ringer

272pp : 0-8078-2391-0 Hardback : 0-8078-4697-X Paperback : The University of North Carolina Press

INSIDE THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE, 1956-1981
Artists Talk
Edited by Gresdna A. Doty & Billy J. Harbin

296 pp : 0-8071-1550-9 Hardback : 0-8071-1623-8 Paperback : Louisiana State University Press

INTERPRETING THE THEATRICAL PAST
Essays in the Historiography of Performance
Thomas Postlewait & Bruce A. McConachie

339pp, 5 photographs, 8 drawings 0-8774-5228-8 Hardback : 0-8774-5238-5 Paperback : University of Iowa Press

IRISH DRAMA, 1900-1980
Coilin Owens & Joan A. Radner

754pp : 0-8132-0705-3 Paperback : Catholic University of America Press

JOHN BELL, PATRON OF BRITISH THEATRICAL PORTRAITURE
A Catalogue of the Theatrical Portraits of His Editions of Bell's Shakespeare and Bell's British Theatre
Kalman A. Burnim & Philip H. Highfill Jr.

416pp, 350 illustrations 0-8093-2123-8 Hardback : Southern Illinois University Press

MASK CHARACTERIZATION
An Acting Process
Libby Appel

136pp, illustrations 0-8093-1039-2 Paperback : Southern Illinois University Press

MASK IMPROVISATION FOR ACTOR TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE
The Compelling Image

Sears A. Eldredge

300pp, 24 illustrations 0-8101-1365-1 Paperback : Northwestern University Press

THE MUSICAL
A Concise History

Kurt Gänzl

432pp, illustrations 1-5555-3311-6 Hardback : Northeastern University Press

THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER
Theatrical Discourse and Politics

Edited by Sue-Ellen Case & Janelle Reinelt

306pp,10 photographs 0-8774-5317-9 Hardback : 0-8774-5318-7 Paperback : Studies In Theatre History and Culture : University of Iowa Press

A READER'S GUIDE TO MODERN IRISH DRAMA
Sanford Sternlicht

196 pp : 0-8156-2773-4 Hardback : 0-8156-0525-0 Paperback : Syracuse University Press

THE SHOW AND THE GAZE OF THEATRE
A European Perspective
Erika Fischer-Lichte

426pp: 25 photographs : 0-8774-5607-0 Hardback : 0-8774-5608-9 Paperback : University of Iowa Press

STAGE RIGGING HANDBOOK
Revised Second Edition
Jay O. Glerum

224pp, illustrations 0-8093-1744-3 Paperback : Southern Illinois University Press

THEATER GAMES FOR REHEARSAL
A Director's Handbook

Viola Spolin

117pp : 0-8101-4001-2 Hardback : 0-8101-4002-0 Paperback : Northwestern University Press

THEATER GAMES FOR THE CLASSROOM
A Teacher's Handbook
Viola Spolin

233pp, illustrations; music 0-8101-4004-7 Paperback : Northwestern University Press

THEATRICAL SPACES AND DRAMATIC PLACES
The Re-emergence of the Theatre Building in the Renaissance

Edited by Paul Castagno

151pp, illustrations 0-8173-0854-7 Paperback : Theatre Symposium, Volume 4 : University of Alabama Press

WANDERING STARS
Russian Emigré Theatre, 1905-1940

Edited by Laurence Senelick

263pp,17 Photographs : 0-8774-5389-6 Hardback : Studies in Theatre History and Culture : University of Iowa Press