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Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold (2008)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2008). Craving the whole essence: The photograph as document, artwork, and framework in the theatre of Vs. E. Meyerhold. About Performance, 8, 111-123

Report presented discusses the photographs of the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold as a document and artwork. Report aims at finding the hierarchical relationship between theatre and photo-documentation.

George Peele, Babská povídacka nebo též Báchorka u krbu: alžbetinský quodlibet (George Peele, The old wives tale: an Elizabethan quodlibet) (2008)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2008). George Peele, Babská povídacka nebo též Báchorka u krbu: alžbetinský quodlibet (George Peele, The old wives tale: an Elizabethan quodlibet). Divadelní revue, 19(4), 71 - 72

An introductory essay to the translation of the curious and problematic Elizabethan play by George Peele, The Old Wives Tale (printed in 1595). The essay elaborates the notion of the Elizabethan quodlibet, a specific theatrical genre.

Translating Kyogen into Czech (2008)
Journal Article
Hýbl, O., & Drabek, P. (2008). Translating Kyogen into Czech. Engekigaku ronso : studies of theatre arts and performances, 9(3), 18 - 28

An article on the problems of translating and performing Kyogen into Czech, based on the experience of translating several classical Japanese farces into Czech.

Representations of Greek tragedy in ancient pottery : a theatrical perspective (2008)
Journal Article
Billing, C. M. (2008). Representations of Greek tragedy in ancient pottery : a theatrical perspective. New Theatre Quarterly, 24(3), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X08000298

In this article, Christian M. Billing considers the relationship between representations of mythic narratives found on ancient pottery (primarily found at sites relating to the Greek colonies of south Italy in the fourth century BC, but also to certa... Read More about Representations of Greek tragedy in ancient pottery : a theatrical perspective.

Active differences: disability and identity beyond postmodernism (2008)
Journal Article
Conroy, C. (2008). Active differences: disability and identity beyond postmodernism. Contemporary Theatre Review, 18(3), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/10486800802123625

This article looks at the recent examples of the uses disabled performers have made of freaks. It examines the strategy of linking freaks and disabled political subjects through the discussion of three performances: Graeae and Fittings' production of... Read More about Active differences: disability and identity beyond postmodernism.

K Yorkshirská tragédie (A Yorkshire Tragedy) (2008)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2008). K Yorkshirská tragédie (A Yorkshire Tragedy). Divadelní revue, 19(2), 113 - 124

A Czech translation (by Pavel Drábek) of A Yorkshire Tragedy (c1607), attributed to Thomas Middleton.

A Second Life for online performance: Understanding present developments through an historical context (2008)
Journal Article
Sant, T. (2008). A Second Life for online performance: Understanding present developments through an historical context. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 4(1), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1386/padm.4.1.69_1

An understanding of the histories of performance on the Internet in text-based online environments, such as IRC, MUDs and MOOs, and 2D graphic chat networks like The Palace, is highly useful in approaching similar work in the 3D massively multi-user... Read More about A Second Life for online performance: Understanding present developments through an historical context.