New Theatre Quarterly 62: Volume 16, Part 2

New Theatre Quarterly 62: Volume 16, Part 2
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2000-08-17
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521789028

New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. It shows that theatre history has a contemporary relevance, that theatre studies need a methodology, and that theatre criticism needs a language. The journal publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theatre studies. Articles in volume 62 include: Staging and Storytelling, Theatre and Film: Richard III at Stratford; The Theatrical Biosphere and Ecologies of Performance; The Afro-Caribbean Identity and the English Stage; A Riposte to David Mamet: Heresy and Common Sense in True and False; Form as Weapon: the Political Function of Song in Urban Zimbabwean Theatre; 'Aphrodite Speaks': on the recent Performance Art of Carolee Schneemann; Theatre and Urban Space: the Case of Birmingham Rep; Across Two Eras: Slovak Theatre from Communism to Independence; Whatever Happened to Gay Theatre?

Magic Words

Magic Words
Author: Craig Conley
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1609250508

Magic Words: A Dictionary is a oneofakind resource for armchair linguists, popculture enthusiasts, Pagans, Wiccans, magicians, and trivia nuts alike. Brimming with the most intriguing magic words and phrases from around the world and illustrated throughout with magical symbols and icons, Magic Words is a dictionary like no other. More than sevenhundred essay style entries describe the origins of magical words as well as historical and popular variations and fascinating trivia. With sources ranging from ancient Medieval alchemists to modern stage magicians, necromancers, and wizards of legend to miracle workers throughout time, Magic Words is a must have for any scholar of magic, language, history, and culture.

New Theatre Quarterly 61: Volume 16, Part 1

New Theatre Quarterly 61: Volume 16, Part 1
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2000-02-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521789011

Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.

New Theatre Quarterly 66: Volume 17, Part 2

New Theatre Quarterly 66: Volume 17, Part 2
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2001-05-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521001472

Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.

New Theatre Quarterly 46: Volume 12, Part 2

New Theatre Quarterly 46: Volume 12, Part 2
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1996-10-03
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521565028

One of a series discussing topics of interest in theatre studies from theoretical, methodological, philosophical and historical perspectives. The books are aimed at drama and theatre teachers, advanced students in schools and colleges, arts authorities, actors, playwrights, critics and directors.

New Theatre Quarterly 78: Volume 20, Part 2

New Theatre Quarterly 78: Volume 20, Part 2
Author: Simon Trussler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2005-03-21
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521603270

Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.

New Theatre Quarterly 59: Volume 15, Part 3

New Theatre Quarterly 59: Volume 15, Part 3
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1999-11-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521655972

One of a series discussing topics of interest in theatre studies from theoretical, methodological, philosophical and historical perspectives. The books are aimed at drama and theatre teachers, advanced students in schools and colleges, arts authorities, actors, playwrights, critics and directors.

New Theatre Quarterly 74: Volume 19, Part 2

New Theatre Quarterly 74: Volume 19, Part 2
Author: Simon Trussler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2003-09-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521535892

New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. Articles in volume 74 include: Joan Littlewood's Key to Creativity: 'Go on Stage to Fail'; Grandfathers and Orphans: the Family Saga of European Theatre; Decoding Myths in the Nepalese Festival of Indra Jatra; Theatre in Education in Britain: Current Practice and Future Potential; From Object to Subject: the Israeli Theatre of the Battered Women; 'The Spirits Wouldn't Let Me Be Anything Else': Shamanic Dimensions in Theatre Practice Today; The Contaminated Audience: Researching Amateur Theatre in Wales before 1939.

New Theatre Quarterly 73: Volume 19, Part 1

New Theatre Quarterly 73: Volume 19, Part 1
Author: Simon Trussler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2003-08-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521535885

New Theatre Quarterly provides a lively international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet, and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. It shows that theatre history has a contemporary relevance, that theatre studies need a methodology, and that theatre criticism needs a language. Articles in volume 73 include: Performance, Embodiment, Voice: the Theatre/Dance Cross-overs of Dodin, Bausch, and Forsythe; The Performative Self: Improvisation for Self and Other; The Events of June 1848: the 'Monte Cristo' Riots and the Politics of Protest; Culture, Memory, and American Performer Training; 'The Maker and the Tool': Charles Parker, Documentary Performance, and the Search for a Popular Culture; Simple Pleasures: the Ten-Minute Play, Overnight Theatre, and the Decline of the Art of Storytelling; Archive or Memory? The Detritus of Live Performance; NTQ Reports and Announcements; NTQ Book Reviews.