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Theatre Blogging: the emergence of critical culture
Editor: Megan Vaughan | Reference: P4125 | ISBN: 978-1-350-06881-0 | Type: Publication

Tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post to today’s digital newsletters and social media threads.

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Infinite Record: Archive, Memory, Performance
Editor: Karmenlara Ely, Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann | Reference: P3791 | ISBN: 978-1936767410 | Type: Publication

Documents an international artistic research project initiated by Norwegian Theatre Academy/Østfold University College.

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Man Enough to be a Woman: The Autobiography of Jayne County
Artist/Author: Jayne County | Reference: P3666 | ISBN: 978-1852423384 | Type: Publication

Wild, hilarious and shameless account of Jayne’s life from her cissy-boy childhood in Georgia to her 90s renaissance, as a new wave of superstars claim her as their inspiration.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041)

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Actors and the Art of Performance: Under Exposure
Artist/Author: Susanne Granzer | Reference: P3599 | ISBN: 978-1137596338 | Type: Publication

The author draws on her experience as both a theatre actor and a university professor whose teachings in the art of acting rely heavily on her own experience and also on her philosophical knowledge.

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Encounters in Performance Philosophy
Editor: Laura Cull, Alice Lagaay | Reference: P3589 | ISBN: 978-1137462718 | Type: Publication

A collection of 14 essays by international scholars and practitioners from across the disciplines of Philosophy, Literature and Theatre and Performance Studies, addressing the nature of the relationship between philosophy and performance.

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The Oberon Book of Queer Monologues
Editor: Scottee | Reference: P3570 | ISBN: 978-1786823472 | Type: Publication

Combining classical and contemporary stage plays with spoken word and performance art, this anthology features over forty extracts from some of the most exciting stage works in the English-speaking world. 

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Theatres of Learning Disability: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?
Artist/Author: Matt Hargrave | Reference: P3526 | ISBN: 978-1349700233 | Type: Publication

The first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).

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To All Appearances: Ideology and Performance
Artist/Author: Herbert Blau | Reference: P3507 | ISBN: 978-0415013659 | Type: Publication

The author’s concerns – which include the social meaning of illusion and the cultural manifestation of power – take the reader from Eleanora Duse to Laurie Anderson; from the puppet theatre of Kleist to Kantor’s theatre of the dead; and from the Kutiyattam temple dancers in Kerala to Womanhouse in Los Angeles.

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From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism
Artist/Author: Philip Auslander | Reference: P3503 | ISBN: 978-0415157870 | Type: Publication

Surveys the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980s.

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It’s All Allowed: The Performances of Adrian Howells - review
Artist/Author: Antje Hildebrandt | Reference: A0736 | Type: Article

Book review.

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