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An Ideal Theater

Founding Visions for a New American Art

by Todd London
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013

An Ideal Theater is a wide-ranging, inspiring documentary history of the American theatre movement as told by the visionaries who goaded it into being. This anthology collects over forty essays, manifestos, letters and speeches that are each introduced and placed in historical context by the noted...
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Theatre for Living

The Art and Science of Community-Based Dialogue

by David Diamond, Fritjof Capra
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2008

Winner of the 2008 American Alliance for Theatre and Education "Book of Distinction" Award. Theatre is a primal language that used to be spoken by everyone; everyone included the "living community". Weaving together Systems Theory and the groundbreaking work of Fritjof...
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Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23

Theatre and Youth

by David S. Thompson, Becky K. Becker, Camille L. Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015

The curtain rises on Theatre and Youth, volume 23 of Theatre Symposium with keynote reflections by Suzan Zeder, the distinguished playwright of theatre for youth, and presents eleven original essays about theatre’s reflections of youth and the role of young people in making and performing theatre.   The...
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Theatre as Human Action

An Introduction to Theatre Arts

by Thomas S. Hischak
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019

Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Third Edition is designed for the college student who may be unacquainted with many plays and has seen a limited number of theatre productions. Focusing primarily on four plays, this textbook aims to inform the student about theatre arts, stimulate...
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What is Theatre?

An Introduction and Exploration

by John Brown
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

This major introductory textbook is from one of the leading educators working in theatre today. What Is Theatre? will make its reader a better playgoer, responding more fully to performance, with a keener appreciation of all the resources of theatre-acting, design, direction, organization, theatre...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018

The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance is an outstanding collection of specially written essays that charts the emergence, development, and diversity of African American Theatre and Performance—from the nineteenth-century African Grove Theatre to Afrofuturism. Alongside...
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Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine

Promoting a Modern American Theatre, 1916-1921

by DeAnna M. Toten Beard
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009

In the early decades of the 20th century, Sheldon Cheney was the American theatre's zealous missionary for modernism. In 1916, Cheney founded Theatre Arts Magazine in Detroit with the intent to foster and support a 'renaissance' in America. Through this publication, Cheney gave voice to scores of...
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by Prof. Martin Middeke, Dr. Peter Paul Schnierer, Dr. Greg Homann
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015

South Africa has a uniquely rich and diverse theatre tradition which has responded energetically to the country's remarkable transition, helping to define the challenges and contradictions of this young democracy. This volume considers the variety of theatre forms, and the work of the major playwrights...
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by Michael Haridy
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013

‘ Theatre TODAY ‘ takes you on a panoramic expedition, a journey covering more than 30 countries worldwide. Read, what’s happening in the theatre today with access to more than 2000 videos and more than 750 pages. What under-current movements are seeding the future of theatre in 21 century? How...
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Theatre in Scotland

A Field of Dreams

by Joyce McMillan
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016

‘She has, to my knowledge, an almost unblemished record in never having failed to spot a great new play…’ Philip Howard, from his Foreword Joyce McMillan has been writing about theatre in Scotland for more than three decades. As drama critic successively for The Guardian, Scotland on...
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by Bill Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

A book about a struggling actor who mumbles, tumbles, and fumbles his way through acting school and reperatory and touring theatre in England in the early 20th century A Book for Theatre Lovers This novel takes place in England in the early 20th century. It features numerous on-and-off stage adventures...
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by Francis Grin
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008

Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: H1, University of Melbourne, course: Architecture, Space, and Theatre, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The frontal set-up of the proscenium arch now marks a central point of debate regarding...
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by M A Haridy
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018

'Theatre TODAY' takes you on a panoramic expedition, a journey covering over 30 countries worldwide.  Read and watch, what’s happening in the theatre today with access to over 3000 videos.   What 'undercurrent movements' are seeding the future of theatre in 21 century? How are global...
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The Theatre and the State in Singapore

Orthodoxy and Resistance

by Terence Chong
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the contemporary English-language theatre field in Singapore. It describes Singapore theatre as a politically dynamic field that is often a site for struggle and resistance against state orthodoxy, and how the cultural policies of the ruling People’s...
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