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Contemporary European Theatre Directors

Edited by Maria M. Delgado, Dan Rebellato

'An invaluable book that we shall all be using for a long time to come' - Michael Billington

Contemporary European Theatre Directors is an ambitious and…

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March 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46251-8 (Routledge)

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Actor Training

2nd Edition

By Alison Hodge

Actor Training expands on Alison Hodge’s highly-acclaimed and best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even…

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January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47168-8 (Routledge)

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The Lee Strasberg Notes

Edited by Lola Cohen

The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document…

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January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55186-1 (Routledge)

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How to do Shakespeare

By Adrian Noble

'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns Shakespeare gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of Shakespeare…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54927-1 (Routledge)

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Tadeusz Kantor

By Noel Witts

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43487-4 (Routledge)

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On Directing and Dramaturgy

Burning the House

By Eugenio Barba

"A theatre which is able to speak to each spectator in a different and penetrating language is not a fantastic idea, nor a utopia. This…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54921-9 (Routledge)

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Stanislavsky in America

An Actor's Workbook

By Mel Gordon

Stanislavsky in America explores the extraordinary legacy that Constantin Stanislavski’s system of actor-training has left on acting in the US.

Mel Gordon outlines the journey of…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49670-4 (Routledge)

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The DbD Experience

Chance Knows What it's Doing!

By Rachel RosenthalEdited by Kate Noonan

First, pick up a copy of Rachel Rosenthal’s inspiring The DbD Experience; Part manual, part manifesto, part memoir, then head for Los Angeles…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55102-1 (Routledge)

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Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting

By Jonathan Pitches

Providing new insight into the well-known tradition of acting, Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting is the first book to contextualise the Stanislavsky tradition…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54403-0 (Routledge)

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Marina Abramovic

By Mary Richards

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43208-5 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Theatre and Performance Design: A Reader in Scenography
By Jane Collins, Andrew Nisbet
To be published March 31st 2010

Acting: The Basics
By Bella Merlin
To be published April 14th 2010

The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre
By Stephen Di Benedetto
To be published April 16th 2010

The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare
Edited by John Russell Brown
To be published May 3rd 2010

Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work: The Legacy of Jerzy Grotowski
By Giuliano Campo, Zygmunt Molik
To be published May 17th 2010

ORLAN: A Hybrid Body of Artworks
Edited by Simon Donger, Simon Shepherd
To be published June 22nd 2010

Engaging Performance: Theatre as call and response
By Jan Cohen-Cruz
To be published July 29th 2010

Notes From An Odin Actress: Stones of Water
By Julia Varley
To be published July 30th 2010

Acting: The First Six Lessons: Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
By Richard BoleslavskyEdited by Rhonda Blair
To be published July 30th 2010

Maria Irene Fornes
By Scott T. Cummings
To be published July 30th 2010

The Theatre of the Bauhaus: The Modern and Postmodern Stage of Oskar Schlemmer
By Melissa Trimingham
To be published August 5th 2010

August Strindberg
By Eszter Szalczer
To be published August 15th 2010

Anton Chekhov
By Rose Whyman
To be published August 15th 2010

Russians in Britain
Edited by Jonathan Pitches
To be published September 30th 2010

The Vakhtangov Sourcebook
Edited by Andrei Malaev-Babel
To be published September 30th 2010

Yevgeny Vakhtangov
By ANDREI MALAEV-BABEL
To be published September 30th 2010

Radical Performance Pedagogy: Exercises for Rebel Artists and Border Crossers
By Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Roberto Sifuentes
To be published October 15th 2010

Supporting Roles
By Shannon Jackson
To be published October 15th 2010

Voice: Onstage and Off
By Robert Barton, Rocco dal Vera
To be published November 30th 2010

Brian Friel
By Anna McMullan
To be published January 1st 2011

Laban Sourcebook
Edited by Dick McCaw
To be published January 1st 2011

An Introduction to Theatre Design
By Stephen Di Benedetto
To be published January 30th 2011

The Singing and Acting Handbook: Games and Exercises for the Performer
By Thomas De Mallet Burgess, Nicholas Skilbeck
To be published February 1st 2011

Twentieth Century Performance: An Introduction
By PEGGY PHELAN
To be published February 28th 2011

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