Staging the Old Faith. Queen Henrietta Maria and the Theatre of Caroline England, 1625-1642, Hardback - Rebecca Bailey

Examines Caroline theatre as a space where the concerns of the English Roman Catholic community are staged. This title juxtaposes an analysis of Qu...

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This compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the Church of England and demonst...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Leanda de LisleNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 240 x 160 x 43Cover type: HardbackRede...

The use of film and video is widespread in contemporary theatre. Staging the Screen explores a variety of productions, ranging from Piscator to For...

Through an examination of six plays, this book presents an innovative analysis of political developments in the last decade of Elizabethan rule.Pub...

Based on conversations with directors and actors who knew her, this book is a study of the British post-war dramatist, Sarah Kane. It covers all he...

This study explores Beckett's representation of physical pain in his theatre plays in the long aftermath of World War II, emphasising how the issue...

Anti-democracy in England 1570-1642 is a detailed study of anti-democratic ideas in early modern England. By examining the rich variety of debates ...

DescriptionThe Model as Performance investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present from a scenogra...

Reducere. Musical theatre choreography has indisputably evolved over the years and choreographers develop methods of working and philosophical approaches tha...

This book is the first substantial study of Steven Berkoff's career, examining the construction and projection of his notorious public persona thro...

This book analyses beautiful and varied style of Edwardian domestic architecture within a broad context, including Edwardian political thought and ...

Harry R. McCarthy's innovative study draws on theatre history and present-day performance to foreground how boys' physical skills shaped the plays ...

The Black Death was the worst pandemic in recorded history. This book presents a major reevaluation of its immediate impact and longer-term consequ...

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Reducere. As tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities lo...

Reducere. The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume 1, Hardcover

Drawing on diaries, photos, and interviews, this book recreates the evolution of nine of Max Stafford-Clark's famous and influential productions, t...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Jeffrey CochranIllustration(s): 20 b/w illusNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 159 ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Carolina Maria de JesusTranslator: David St ClairAfterword by: Robert M. LevineThe powerful firsthand account of life in th...

Nineteenth-century stoneware by enslaved and free potters living in Edgefield, South Carolina, highlights the central role of Black artists in the ...

From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP - this book includes translations of a further ...

Reducere. Even a monarch needs a best friend and Queen Elizabeth II found one in a corgi pup she named Susan. From princesshood to queendom the pair forged a...

King Edward VIII abdicated his throne for her in one of the world's great love stories - but who was Wallis Simpson?Born into a poor southern famil...

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During the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the Christian Church will take centre stage once again, as the established religion in England. But shoul...

'Impeccably researched and beautifully written, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of the most controversial queens in history. Not to be ...

Based on meticulous research in the archives of some of the most prominent Italian avant-garde writers, Poetry on Stage examines the literary and i...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 8 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 233 x 20Cover type: Pape...

I know because I've seen most of them at close quarters.'As one of just a few judges licensed to try murder cases at the Old Bailey, the author has...

Reducere. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancesto...

I know because I've seen most of them at close quarters.' As one of just a few judges licensed to try murder cases at the Old Bailey, the author ha...

How was medieval English theatre performed? This book analyses dormant evidence of theatrical processes such as casting, doubling of parts, rehears...

Reducere. Renowned senior member of the adult development, leadership, and organization transformation fields, award-winning researcher, consultant, and teac...

The Theatre of Les Waters: More Like the Weather combines original writings from Les Waters with short essays by a wide range of his collaborators,...

Examines the life of Catherine of Aragon, focusing on her personal possessions and the items she bequeathed to those she left behind, to better und...

Maria Baldwin held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England schoo...

Reducere. Advance Praise""Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic...

Catherine Parr and Anne Askew: united in faith and danger, divided in death

Reducere. D. L. Moody's reaction was quick and to the point. "No A thousand times no I have no intentions of standing off here in New York City and approving...

In July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller, to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Oliv...

Reducere. Between 1935 and 1939, the United States government paid out-of-work artists to write, act, and stage theatre as part of the Federal Theatre Projec...