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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