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Performance, drama and spectacle in the medieval city: essays in honour of Alan Hindley (2010)
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Tudor, A., Emerson, C., & Longtin, M. (2010). A. Tudor, M. Longtin, & C. Emerson (Eds.). Performance, drama and spectacle in the medieval city: essays in honour of Alan Hindley. Peeters Publishers

The growth of urban life in the Middle Ages led to a flourishing of performance, drama and spectacle as we understand them today. Here is presented, for the first time, a collection of commissioned essays whose goal is to bring together a broad varie... Read More about Performance, drama and spectacle in the medieval city: essays in honour of Alan Hindley.

Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625) (2010)
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Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2010). Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625). (1). Masarykova univerzita

The mature plays of John Fletcher, Shakespeare's collaborator and successor with the King's Men, have received little critical attention. This book analyzes the specifics of mature Fletcherian style, proposing a reading that agrees with the Baroque m... Read More about Fletcherian dramatic achievement: a study in the mature plays of John Fletcher (1579-1625).

Interfaces of performance (2009)
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(2009). M. Chatzichristodoulou, & J. Jefferies (Eds.), Interfaces of performance. Routledge

This collection of essays and interviews investigates current practices that expand our understanding and experience of performance through the use of state-of-the-art technologies. It brings together leading practitioners, writers and curators who e... Read More about Interfaces of performance.

Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor (2009)
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Zlámalová, L., Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2009). Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor. Větrné mlýny

An edition of librettos for Bedrich Smetana's opera Dalibor by Pavel Drábek, Josef Wenzig, Ervín Špindler and Rudolf Vonásek. Introductory essays by Miloš Štedron, Pavel Drábek, Michael Tarant, Zdenek Nejedlý, Josef Bartoš, Bohuslav Karásek. Critical... Read More about Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor.

Ifigenie v Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) (2009)
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Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2009). Ifigenie v Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis). Větrné mlýny

The first edition of the translation of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis by Josef Topol with the philological help of Karel Hubka. Introduction, commentary and afterword written by Eva Stehlíková. Edited by Pavel Drábek.

Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635 (2008)
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Billing, C. M. (2008). Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315594194

The significance of human anatomy to the most physical of art forms, the theatre, has hitherto been an under-explored topic. Filling this gap, Christian Billing questions conventional wisdom regarding the one-sex anatomical model and uses a range of... Read More about Masculinity, corporality and the English stage 1580–1635.

Shakespeare and his collaborators over the centuries (2008)
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Kolinská, K., Nicholls, M., Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2008). Shakespeare and his collaborators over the centuries. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

An edited volume of essays on the collaborative nature of Shakespeare's works, originating in the eponymous conference held at Masaryk University (Brno, CZ) on February 8-11, 2006.

A tempest : based on Shakespeare's The tempest ; adaptation for a black theatre / Aimé Césaire ; translated from the French by Philip Crispin (2002)
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(Ed.). (2002). A tempest : based on Shakespeare's The tempest ; adaptation for a black theatre / Aimé Césaire ; translated from the French by Philip Crispin. Oberon Books

A witty and fiercely anti-colonialist revision of Shakespeare's island fling, Césaire turns it into a brilliant assertion of black identity. Prospero is an exiled tyrant, while Caliban becomes a mutinous figure who has clear affinities with Malcolm X... Read More about A tempest : based on Shakespeare's The tempest ; adaptation for a black theatre / Aimé Césaire ; translated from the French by Philip Crispin.

Marie Darrieussecq's textual worlds: self, society, language
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Chadderton, H. Marie Darrieussecq's textual worlds: self, society, language. The University of Hull

This is the first book-length study devoted to the work of the contemporary French author Marie Darrieussecq, one of France’s leading writers, whose work has proved fascinating to both critics and readers for its diversity, her seeming ability to eva... Read More about Marie Darrieussecq's textual worlds: self, society, language.

Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance
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King, E., & Prior, H. Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. The University of Hull

Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. This book highlights theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology and performance. Part I, ‘Listening', addresses familiarity as it relates... Read More about Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance.