|
National performance
|
Erin Hurley |
In National Performance, Erin Hurley examines the complex relationship between performance and national identity. How do theatrical performances represent the nation in which they were created? How i… |
OL15978953W |
|
The actor in costume
|
Aoife Monks |
"How do audiences look at an actor in costume onstage? Monks explores this question, engaging with the main theoretical approaches to the study of actors in performance. The book considers costume's… |
OL18604917W |
|
Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama
|
Rebecca Kate Yearling |
"This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public… |
OL22318763W |
|
Public and performance in the Greek theatre
|
Peter D. Arnott |
Peter Arnott discusses Greek drama not as an antiquarian study but as a living art form. He removes the plays from the library and places them firmly in the theatre that gave them being. Invoking the… |
OL4643568W |
|
Spectator politics
|
Niall W. Slater |
"Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using reception-based performance criticism, Niall Slater elucidates the comi… |
OL4803080W |
|
Reflecting the audience
|
Davis, Jim |
"Davis and Emeljanow thoroughly examine the composition of London's 1841-1880 theatre audiences, their behavior, and their attendance patterns by looking at topography, social demography, police repo… |
OL5203270W |