Theatre&
Small books on theatre & everything else
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The Theatre& series is a major innovation in theatre scholarship: for the first time, A-list scholars mould cutting-edge thinking about theatre into an easy-to-digest and easy-to-afford form for consumption by everyone.
By selecting the key issues, but not shying away from the more complex debates, Theatre& brings the very frontiers of theatre scholarship into the hands of any curious reader, allowing every theatre student and lover to take part in these exciting and challenging discussions.
Each book is written by a high-profile theatre scholar and represents the latest critical thinking in the discipline. Additionally, the series is edited by two of the leading thinkers in theatre studies and features forewords by some of today's most important theatre-makers including Edward Bond, Mark Ravenhill, Tim Etchells, Rabih Mroué and Lois Weaver.
'...Palgrave Macmillan's excellent new outward-looking, eclectic Theatre& ... series.These short books, written by leading theatre academics, do much to reintroduce some of the brightest names in theatre academia to the general reader. Plus, the matrix of references to bigger books soon builds quite a comprehensive catch-up reading list for those of us who graduated more than a decade ago and are interested in where contemporary thinking is at...'
- Guardian Theatre Blog
'They succeed in their stated aim to stimulate curiosity among a wide readership about how theatre and performance practices interact with a variety of concerns affecting a wide range of people's lives.' - Fintan Walsh, Theatre Research International
Series Editors: Jen Harvie and Dan Rebellato
Dan Rebellato - Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London, international award-winning playwright and author of the acclaimed book on post-war British theatre, 1956 and All That.
Jen Harvie - Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University of London, and successful author of important theatre books including Staging the UK, co-author of The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance and co-editor of Making Contemporary Theatre.
'Theatre & is a long series of short books which hopes to capture the restless interdisciplinary energy of theatre and performance. The books are challenging, pugnacious, visionary sometimes and, above all, clear. We hope you enjoy them.' - Series Editors, Preface, June 2009
Out Now
Theatre & Feeling
By Erin Hurley
'An excellent book.the writing is extraordinarily lucid, without ever simplifying the issues at hand. The effect is really pleasurable'. - Nicholas Ridout, Reader in Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary, University of London
Foreword by Anne Bogart
July 2010 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Interculturalism
By Ric Knowles
'In an increasingly global context this book engages with the impact culture, politics, economics and postcolonial histories have on intercultural interaction. The author not only signals key texts and debates, but also makes accessible what are often complex arguments surrounding approaches to intercultural exchange.' - Yvette Hutchison, University of Warwick
July 2010 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Ireland
By Lionel Pilkington
'This is a valuable, concise book written by a fine scholar whose work is widely known and admired. It will prove an excellent addition to reading lists for courses in modern drama and Irish Studies.' - Stephen Myers Watt, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Drama, Indiana University
Foreword by Fiona Shaw
July 2010 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Nation
By Nadine Holdsworth
'Nadine Holdsworth's excellent book offers a persuasive overview of the ways nation and national identity have been present in a whole range of theatrical practices.' - Nicholas Hytner, Director, The National Theatre, London
Foreword by Nicholas Hytner
July 2010 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Sexuality
By Jill Dolan
'Jill Dolan's marvellous book demonstrates how central questions of sexuality have been for the modern theatre, explaining the major arguments and debates with great clarity and force.' - David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theatre, The City University of New York, USA
Foreword by Tim Miller
July 2010 Paperback £5.99
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Out Now
Theatre & the Body
By Collette Conroy
'This book rightly complicates how we think of the body today.' - Marina Abramovic
Foreword by Marina Abramovic
November 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & the City
By Jen Harvie
'Harvie's engagingly presented and well organized study.offers an introduction to this important subject that should prove attractive to students, scholars, and general readers alike.' - Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature, City University of New York.
Foreword by Tim Etchells
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Globalization
By Dan Rebellato
'Its arguments are clear, committed and engaging. And there are some very good jokes. You're in for a treat.' - Mark Ravenhill
Foreword by Mark Ravenhill
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Education
By Helen Nicholson
'.a wide-ranging but precise account of the movement for creating theatre for young audiences. It records its history and examines its various, often conflicting, philosophies.' - Edward Bond
Foreword by Edward Bond
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Audience
By Helen Freshwater
'This book is about us. It documents our presence, articulates our position and questions our experience as casual on-lookers, silent witnesses, engaged spectators, willing participants, in this glorious activity called audience. See for yourself.' - Lois Weaver
Foreword by Lois Weaver
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Human Rights
By Paul Rae
'With an intense display of knowledge and expertise, Paul Rae weaves a delicately precise web, connecting the dots between the theatre and human rights, and creates a tapestry of learning that begins with Antigone and extends all the way to contemporary events.' - Rabih Mroué
Foreword by Rabih Mroue
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Ethics
By Nicholas Ridout
'The accomplishment of Theatre & Ethics is to develop a theory of ethics in performance that can be applied to such a broad range of plays, performances, and cultures. While there are a number of remarkable insights in Nicholas Ridout's book, the most significant is simply to have brought together these two terms - "theatre" and "ethics" - in an approachable, compelling volume.' - D.J.Hopkins, Head of Theatre Studies, San Diego State University
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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Theatre & Politics
By Joe Kelleher
'On the evidence of this tour de force Joe Kelleher demonstrates why so many consider him to be the most lucid commentator on contemporary theatre operating in the English language.' - Alan Read, Professor of Theatre, King's College London
June 2009 Paperback £5.99
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