Rethinking the theatre of the absurd : ecology, the environment and the greening of the modern stage /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: greening the absurd / Carl Lavery and Clare Finburgh -- Caryl Churchill's 'Dark Ecology' / Elaine Aston -- The garden in the machine: Edward Albee, Sam Shepard and the American absurd / Stephen Bottoms-- Mutant bodies: the absurd in eastern European experience / Ralph Yarrow -- Recycling Beckett / Joe Kelleher -- Rare butterflies, persecution and pinball machines: enviornment, subjectivity and society in the theatre of Arthur Adamov / Franc Chamberlain -- Ionesco's green lesson: toxic environments, ecologies of air / Carl Lavery -- Nettles in the rose garden: ecocentrism in Jean Genet's theatre / Clare Finburgh -- The secluded voice: the impossible call home in early pinter / Mark Taylor-Batty and Carl Lavery -- Epilogue: 'The ruins of time (I've forgotten this before)' / David Williams -- Index.…”
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Unmasking theatre design : a designer's guide to finding inspiration and cultivating creativity / by Porter, Lynne, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Theatre and design -- pt. 2. Deconstructing the creative process -- pt. 3. …”
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British realist theatre : the new wave in its context 1956-1965 / by Lacey, Stephen, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Representing contemporary Britain: anger, affluence and hegemony -- Institutions and audiences -- Realism, class and culture -- 'Beyond naturalism pure': realism, naturalism and the new wave -- Redefining realism -- The two new waves: realism in theatre and film --In conclusion: the 1960s--new definitions of 'what Britain is like.'…”
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Theatre for Children in Hospital. by Sextou, Persephone

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Introduction; Motivation and beliefs; Arts and health; The structure of the book; Chapter One: A TCH definition and more & Applied theatre in hospitals; Theatre as an 'antidote' to clinical stress; A playful 'marriage' of two cultures, the artistic with the clinical in audience participation; The artist-child synergistic relationship; Ethical concerns; TCH and therapy; Chapter Two: The distinctive features of TCH practice and research; Background information of the study; Understanding the clinical context; The study: Methodology.…”
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Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre : Performance and Liminality in Early Modern Drama. by Weimann, Robert

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Strategies of political theatre : post-War British playwrights / by Patterson, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Strategies of political theatre : a theoretical overview -- 'Reflectionist' strategy : 'kitchen sink' realism in Arnold Wesker's Roots (1959) -- 'Interventionist' strategy : poetic politics in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1959) -- Dialectics of comedgy : Trevor Griffith's Comedians (1975) -- Appropriating middle-class comedy : Howard Barker's Stripwell -- Staging the future : Howard Breton's The Churchill Play (1974) -- Agit-prop revisited : John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Black Oil (1973) -- Brecht revisited : David Hare's Fanshen (1975) -- Rewriting Shakespeare : Edward Bond's Lear (1971) -- Stragegy of play : Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979).…”
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A theatre of affect : the corporeal turn in Samuel Beckett's drama / by Einarsson, Charlotta P.

Table of Contents: “…Phenomenological presentations -- The body as technology -- The corporeal turn -- A theatre of affect -- Meaning…”
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Theatre and performance design : a reader in scenography /

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The Classical Theatre of China. by Scott, A. C.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Select Bibliography; Contents; I Introduction; II A Short Historical Survey-; Ill The Music of the Ching Hsi Theatre; IV The Actor and his Roles; V The Technique of the Actor; VI The Plays of the Ching Hsi; VII The Playhouse; Glossary of Technical Terms; Index; Chinese Index.…”
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Theatre history studies. 2007, Volume 27

Table of Contents: “…McMahon; "There Was No Resisting John Canoe":Circum-Atlantic Transracial Performance; "Talking B(l)ack": Construction of Gender and Race in the Plays of Eulalie Spence; Employing Diaspora: Ambivalence and Utopia in Contemporary Cape Verdean Theatre; BOOK REVIEWS; Books Received…”
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Modern Czech theatre : reflector and conscience of a nation / by Burian, Jarka, 1927-2005

Table of Contents: “…1780-1900: Some Exposition before the Main Action -- 1900-1938: From the Turn of the Century to Munich -- Theatre during the Occupation and War Years -- The Postwar Years and the 1950s -- The Dynamic 1960s, Part One: Significant New Plays -- The Dynamic 1960s, Part Two: Key Productions in New Studio Theatres and Elsewhere -- August 1968: The Trauma and Its Aftermath -- A Gradual Thawing in the 1980s -- 1989 Annus Mirabilis for the Czechs and Their Theatre -- Liberation and Its Pains: The First Year after the November Revolution -- Czech Theatre of the 1990s.…”
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The theatre of August Wilson / by Nadel, Alan, 1947-

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American masters. Series 29, episode 4, American Ballet Theatre : a history

Subjects: “…American Ballet Theatre History.…”
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Sutra in India

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How to Run a Theatre : Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre. by Volz, Jim

Table of Contents: “…The Artistic Vision and Producing in America's Non-profit TheatresAn Introduction to America's Non-profit Theatre Movement; Beyond Broadway; Non-profits Nationwide; Dramatic Developments; Artistic Visioning, the Artistic Director and the Artistic Team; The Managing Director; The Artistic Director/Managing Director Partnership; Sample Organizational Chart for Non-profit Theatres; A Sampling of Mission and Values Statements from SelectNon-profit Theatre Institutions; A Suggested Arts Planning Schedule; Brainstorming and Strategic Vision.…”
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Another week, another workshop

Subjects: “…Wan Smolbag Theatre.…”
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SNO-KONE and the 7 DOUENS. Part one master

Subjects: “…Little Carib Theatre.…”
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Caribbean Eye. Tape 7, Guyana.

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SNO-KONE and the 7 DOUENS. Part two master

Subjects: “…Little Carib Theatre.…”
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PBS newshour. Theater in rural Appalachian Virginia brings regional themes to the stage

Subjects: “…Barter Theatre (Organization : Abingdon, Va.)…”
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Beyond walls : Theatre Passe Muraille 1968-1975 / by Jobin, Peter, 1944-2018

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Toronto Theatre in 1968 -- Chapter One Busted: Theatre Passe Muraille at Rochdale -- Chapter Two Theatre Passe Muraille in Court -- Chapter Three Passe Muraille at Trinity Square: Part One -- Chapter Four Passe Muraille at Trinity Square: Part Two -- Chapter Five Theatre Passe Muraille on the Road -- Afterword.…”
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History : theatre boxes.

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Huit monologues : Théâtre. by Probst, Jacques

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Acts of Resistance in Late-Modernist Theatre : Writing and Directing in Contemporary Theatre Practice. by Murphet, Richard

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David Hays

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Behind The Mask

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Missoula theatre program gives new meaning to "Playtime" July 23, 2009.

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Henslowe's Rose : the stage & staging by Rhodes, Ernest L.

Subjects: “…Rose Theatre (London, England)…”
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DV8 Physical Theatre.

Table of Contents: “…Dead dreams of monochrome men / created by Lloyd Newson and DV8 Physical Theatre ; music, Sally Herbert ; lighting cameraman, Nic Knowland ; editor, John Costelloe ; producer, Vijay Amarnani ; director, David Hinton ; [produced by] Millennium Productions, in association with DV8 Physical Theatre, for LWT ; edited & presented by Melvyn Bragg (1990, 50 min., b & w).…”
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Calypso Theatre Tape 1.

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Calypso Theatre Tape 4.

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Theatre night. Miss Julie

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Victor Questel at Yard Theatre.

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Guide To Greek Theatre And Drama. by McLeish, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Introduction; ATHENIAN THEATRE; AESCHYLUS; Oresteia; Agamemnon; Libation-Bearers (Choephoroi); Eumenides; Persians; Prometheus Bound; Seven Against Thebes; Suppliants; SOPHOCLES; Ajax; Antigone; Elektra; Oedipus at Kolonos; Oedipus Tyrannos; Philoktetes; Women of Trachis; EURIPIDES; Alkestis; Andromache; Bacchae; Cyclops; Elektra; Hekabe (Hecuba); Helen; Herakles (Hercules); Herakles'' Children; Hippolytos; Ion; Iphigeneia at Aulis; Iphigeneia in Tauris; Medea; Orestes; Phoenician Women; Rhesos; Suppliants; Women of Troy; ARISTOPHANES; Acharnians; Birds; Clouds.…”
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The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre. by Benedetto, Stephen Di

“…Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies, 13.…”
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Kean : Pièce de théâtre. by Dumas, Alexandre

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Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. by Franceschina, John

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Front Row : Evenings at the Theatre. by Bainbridge, Beryl

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Theatre Café Plays Three. by Schober, Holger

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Querying Difference in Theatre History. by Haugo, Ann

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; PREFACE/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; TEN-FOOT POLE HISTORIOGRAPHY; THE PLAY REVIEW AS A MEANS OF QUERYING DIFFERENCE, OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE PERFORMATIVE; WHO IS THE HISTORICAL THEATRE HISTORIAN?; THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBADES; PART II; THE MASTER AND THE MADEMOISELLE; "PEOPLE WHO WENT TO RIDICULE REMAINED TO ADMIRE"; PROXIMITY AND THE DEMARCATION OF THE OTHER; THE PADUANOS AND THE THEATRICAL CONSTRUCTION OF CALIFORNIA'S MEXICAN PAST; HAUNTED LANDSCAPES; PART III; FROM CAMILLE TO LULU BELLE; THE MORAL TETRALOGY.…”
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