Autor: Simon Shepherd

What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as ‚drama‘, ‚theatre‘ or ‚performance‘? Each term identifies a different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities to the …

The first retrospective of this most challenging of artists. This book is the first to be edited by Orlan on her own work, covering her career in performance art and its recurring themes of religion, …

What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as ‚drama‘, ‚theatre‘ or ‚performance‘? Each term identifies a different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities to the …

What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as ‚drama‘, ‚theatre‘ or ‚performance‘? Each term identifies a different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities to the …

Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the …

Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the …

ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks is an in-depth academic account of ORLAN’s pioneering art in its entirety. The book covers her career in performance and a range of other art forms. This single …

ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks is an in-depth academic account of ORLAN’s pioneering art in its entirety. The book covers her career in performance and a range of other art forms. This single …

Is directing an art? Do directors need to be trained? What do directors actually do? These questions and more are answered in this accessibly written survey of the art of theatre direction. Its broad …

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The English Theatrical Avant-Garde, 1900–1925 unearths an extensive range of hitherto forgotten or ignored theatre practices. In doing so it reveals some of the well-known figures of the early twenti …

The English Theatrical Avant-Garde, 1900–1925 unearths an extensive range of hitherto forgotten or ignored theatre practices. In doing so it reveals some of the well-known figures of the early twenti …

Is directing an art? Do directors need to be trained? What do directors actually do? These questions and more are answered in this accessibly written survey of the art of theatre direction. Its broad …

First published in 1989, Coming on Strong addresses itself to anyone, whatever their sexuality, who wants to know why gay men have become one of those most controversial minorities in 1980s Britain. …

First published in 1989, Coming on Strong addresses itself to anyone, whatever their sexuality, who wants to know why gay men have become one of those most controversial minorities in 1980s Britain. …

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (‚pear garden theatre‘), heir and current expression of one of China’s oldest unbroken xiqu (‚Chinese opera‘) …

This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, …

This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, …

This volume assesses the contributions of Andr Antoine, Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis, whose work has influenced theatre and training for over a century. These directors pioneered …

This volume surveys and assesses the contributions of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht to theatre-making, which richly exemplify the range of ways that directors address dramatic …

This volume examines the work of directors Jacques Copeau, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Tyrone Guthrie. It explores in detail many of the directors‘ key productions, including Copeau’s staging of Moli …

In this volume leading scholars assess the contributions of Max Reinhardt, Leopold Jessner and Harley Granville Barker to European theatre. Their work represents the cultural shift from traditional …

This volume provides a fresh assessment of the pioneering practices of theatre directors Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook and Eugenio Barba, whose work has challenged and extended ideas about what …

This volume examines the work of Joan Littlewood, Giorgio Strehler and Roger Planchon, demonstrating how these three directors take up key aesthetic prompts from earlier innovators Stanislavski, the …

This volume offers a compelling account of Jean-Louis Barrault, Ariane Mnouchkine and Peter Stein, who not only won international recognition as directors whose repertoires ranged from classical …

This volume foregrounds Pina Bausch, Romeo Castellucci and Jan Fabre as three leading directors who have each left an indelible mark on post-war European theatre. Combining in-depth discussions of …

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (‚pear garden theatre‘), heir and current expression of one of China’s oldest unbroken xiqu (‚Chinese opera‘) …