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Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare (2018)
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Havlíčková Kysová, Š., & Billing, C. (Eds.). (2018). Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare. Brno: Masarykova univerzita = Masaryk University

This volume of essays examines the history of scenography for Shakespeare in Central Europe and explores theoretical models for understanding the space, place and performance of Shakespeare using phenomenology, Structuralist semiotics, sociologic... Read More about Czech and Slovak scenography for Shakespeare.

Theatrical Reality: Space, Embodiment and Empathy in Performance (2016)
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Edinborough, C. (2016). Theatrical Reality: Space, Embodiment and Empathy in Performance. Bristol: Intellect

Performance, dramaturgy, and scenography are often explored in isolation, but in Theatrical Reality, Campbell Edinborough describes their connectedness in order to investigate how the experience of reality is constructed and understood during perform... Read More about Theatrical Reality: Space, Embodiment and Empathy in Performance.

Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance (2015)
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Skinner, A. (2015). Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance. Bristol: Intellect

This book offers a rich analysis of collage practices in the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Focusing on the philosophical and formal tenets of the form, and supporting her analysis with wide-ranging examples from both theatre and fine art, Amy Skinne... Read More about Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance.

Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain (2014)
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Peacock, L. (2014). Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137438973

Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, televi... Read More about Slapstick and Comic Performance: Comedy and Pain.

Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography (2013)
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Baugh, C. (2013). Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography. Palgrave Macmillan

Chris Baugh explores how developments and changes in technology have been reflected in scenography throughout history. Taking into account the latest research, his new edition examines moving light technologies, the internet as a platform of performa... Read More about Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography.

Haggis Hunting: fifty years of new playwrighting in Scotland (2013)
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McKean, K. S. M., & McCartney, N. (2013). N. McCartney, & K. S. Morgan McKean (Eds.). Haggis Hunting: fifty years of new playwrighting in Scotland. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Guest editors Nicola McCartney and K.S Morgan McKean have created a wonderful theatre-based issue of the Review, which tied in beautifully with the Haggis Hunting: 50 Years of New Playwriting in Scotland conference.

Intimacy across visceral and digital performance (2012)
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Chatzichristodoulou, M., & Zerihan, R. (2012). R. Zerihan, & M. Chatzichristodoulou (Eds.). Intimacy across visceral and digital performance. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283337

Intimacy Across Visceral and Digital Performance is an edited collection designed to address a diverse set of critical responses to and practical interrogations of the notion of being intimate in emergent and hybrid performance practices, aiming to e... Read More about Intimacy across visceral and digital performance.

České pokusy o Shakespeara : dějiny českých překladů Shakespeara doplněné antologií neznámých a vzácných textů z let 1782-1922. (Czech attempts at Shakespeare) (2012)
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Drábek, P. (2012). České pokusy o Shakespeara : dějiny českých překladů Shakespeara doplněné antologií neznámých a vzácných textů z let 1782-1922. (Czech attempts at Shakespeare). Větrné mlýny

A History of Czech Translations of Shakespeare with an Anthology of Unknown and Rare Texts from the Years 1782-1922. The history of Czech translations of Shakespeare dates back to the 1780s when the first versions of Shakespeare’s plays were printed.... Read More about České pokusy o Shakespeara : dějiny českých překladů Shakespeara doplněné antologií neznámých a vzácných textů z let 1782-1922. (Czech attempts at Shakespeare).

Czech stage art and stage design (2011)
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Drábek, P., Billing, C., & Drabek, P. (2011). Czech stage art and stage design. Masarykova univerzita

A special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Theatralia/Yorick on Czech scenography, stage design and historical periods of Czech stage art. Co-edited and introduction co-written with Christian M. Billing.