Bøker i Theater: Theory/Text/Performance-serien

Spotlights spectacular acts of racial violence--from police stops (racial profiling) to lynching campaigns--and shows how African American men and women have employed performance to respond to the intrusion of such events within their daily lives. Masterful

Examines one of the most radical and enduring changes introduced during the Civil Rights era - multiracial and cross-racial casting practices in American theatre. Multiracial casting is explored first through its history, then through its artistic, political, and pragmatic dimensions. It then focuses on case studies from the dominant genres of contemporary American theatre.

A revealing exploration of Northern proslavery sentiment during the period before the Civil War

A guide to the oeuvre of Samuel Beckett, commenting on his work in its original language. Beginning in 1929 with Beckett's earliest work, this book examines the variety of genres in which he worked: poems, short stories, novels, plays, radio pieces, teleplays, reviews, and criticism.

During her lifetime (1755-1831), English actress Sarah Siddons was an international celebrity acclaimed for her performances of tragic heroines. We know what she looked like, but what of her famous voice, reported to cause audiences to hyperventilate or faint? In lively and engaging prose Judith Pascoe takes readers on a journey to discover how the actor's voice actually sounded.

'Sails of the Herring Fleet' traces director and theorist Herbert Blau's encounters with Samuel Beckett. Blau directed Beckett's plays when they were virtually unknown and has remained a leading interpreter of Becket's work over four decades.

Examines how the intertwining paths of avant-garde theater and mainstream drama work to produce provocative new forms.

Meditations on those entities the audience does not see--and their profound significance in the theater

Two key performances by Paul Robeson shed light on the Cold War era

Explores how North Korean state-sponsored propaganda performances - including public spectacles, theater, film, and other visual media including posters - shape everyday practice in a country where the performing arts are not only a means of entertainment but also a forceful institution used to regulate, educate, and mobilize people.

A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world

American history as theater, and theater as the heart of American life

Sheds light on the critical role that women artists have played in the evolution of the American avant-garde