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New Cambridge Shakespeare 4Shakespeare Survey 7

Players of Shakespeare 9Theatre 10

The Cambridge History of British Theatre 13

American Theatre 15Classical Theatre 16Author and Title Index 17

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FORTHCOMING

PerformingShakespeare’sTragedies TodayThe Actor’s PerspectiveEdited by Michael DobsonBirkbeck College, University of London

What does it mean to performShakespeare’s Elizabethan and Jacobeantragedies in the modern theatre? Thisbook brings together the reflections of anumber of major classical actors,including Sir Antony Sher, Samuel Westand Imogen Stubbs, on how theseworks can most powerfully be realizedfor today’s audiences.

2006 228 x 152 mm 180pp 10 half-tones978 0 521 85509 9 (0 521 85509 8)Hardback c. £40.00978 0 521 67122 4 (0 521 67122 1)Paperback c. £15.99Publication November 2006

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Shakespeare and theAmerican PopularStageFrances TeagueUniversity of Georgia

In Broadway’s history, more musicalshave drawn on Shakespeare than anyother author. Shakespeare musicals likeKiss Me, Kate and West Side Story cantell us much about America’s culture.With discussion of over twentyShakespeare musicals, this studydemonstrates that Shakespeare hasalways been present in popular shows.Contents: Introduction; Part I. Pilgrims,Pioneers, and Parlors: 1. Shakespeare and

the spirit of ‘76; 2. In the pioneer’s hut;3. Shakespeare makes scoundrels;4. Treason, stratagems, and spoils; 5. Howmany ages hence...; Part II. The ShakespeareBroadway Musical: 6. Blackface, blueshows, and beards; 7. Mr Hamlet ofBroadway; 8. A hit and a flop; 9. Brush upyour Shakespeare; 10. Swingin’ out of thetwentieth century; Conclusion; AppendixOne: Production information; Bibliography.

2006 228 x 152 mm 248pp 18 half-tones1 table978 0 521 86187 8 (0 521 86187 X)Hardback c. £48.00978 0 521 67992 3 (0 521 67992 3)Paperback c. £17.99Publication November 2006

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Remembering andImagining theHolocaustThe Chain of MemoryChristopher BigsbyUniversity of East Anglia

This is a meditation on memory and onthe ways in which memory has operatedin the work of writers for whom theHolocaust was a defining event. Writersdiscussed include W. G. Sebald, PrimoLevi, Anne Frank, Arthur Miller, PeterWeiss and Rolf Hochhuth.Contents: 1. The past remembered;2. W. G. Sebald: an act of restitution; 3. RolfHochhuth: breaking the silence; 4. PeterWeiss: the investigation; 5. Arthur Miller:the rememberer; 6. Anne Frank: everybody’sheroine; 7. Jean Améry: home andlanguage; 8. Primo Levi: from the darknessto the light; 9. Elie Wiesel: to forget is todeny; 10. Tadeus Borowski: the world ofstone; 11. Memory theft; Coda.

2006 228 x 152 mm 392pp978 0 521 86934 8 (0 521 86934 X)Hardback c. £25.00Publication October 2006

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The CambridgeIntroduction to EarlyEnglish TheatreJanette DillonUniversity of Nottingham

Covering early English theatre from theearliest recorded vernacular texts in thelate medieval period to the closing ofthe theatres in 1642, this introductiongives an accessible overview of thehistorical development of theatre. Itincludes full chronologies, helpful textboxes and over twenty illustrations.Contents: 1. Places of performance;2. Actors and audiences; 3. Writers,controllers and the place of theatre;4. Genre and tradition; 5. Instruction andspectacle; Appendix 1. Select chronology ofplays and other performances; Appendix 2.Chronology of events; Appendix 3.Dimensions of playing spaces; Bibliography.Cambridge Introductions to Literature

2006 228 x 152 mm 310pp 23 half-tones4 tables978 0 521 83474 2 (0 521 83474 0)Hardback £40.00978 0 521 54251 7 (0 521 54251 0)Paperback £14.99Publication September 2006

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The CambridgeIntroduction to EnglishTheatre, 1660–1900Peter ThomsonUniversity of Exeter

This introduction to English theatre,including illustrative quotations andcarefully selected visual images, guidesthe reader through the turbulent historyof the stage from the restoration ofCharles II to the death of Queen

Victoria. A lively read, the book is idealfor students, teachers and lecturersalike.Contents: Preface; Part I. The TheatreRestored: 1660–1700: 1. The materialcircumstance; 2. The drama; 3. Actors andacting; Part II. The Theatre Reformed:1700–1737: 4. The material circumstance;5. The drama; 6. Actors and acting;Part III. The Theatre Tamed: 1737–1789:7. The material circumstance; 8. The drama;9. Actors and acting; Part IV. Theatre in theAge of Reform: 1789–1843: 10. Thematerial circumstance; 11. The drama;12. Actors and acting; Part V. The TheatreIndustry: 1843–1901: 13. The materialcircumstance; 14. The drama; 15. Actors andacting;Index of plays.Cambridge Introductions to Literature

2006 228 x 152 mm 328pp 32 half-tones978 0 521 83925 9 (0 521 83925 4)Hardback £40.00978 0 521 54790 1 (0 521 54790 3)Paperback £14.99Publication September 2006

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The CambridgeCompanion to MolièreEdited by David BradbyRoyal Holloway, University of London

and Andrew CalderUniversity College London

A broad and detailed introduction toMolière and his plays, this Companionexamines Molière’s life and career, histheatres, comedy and satire in his plays,and his innovative comédies-ballets.Cambridge Companions to Literature


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The CambridgeCompanion to theActressEdited by Maggie B. GaleUniversity of Manchester

and John StokesKing’s College London

A unique collection of essays on thecultural role of performing women onstage and on screen, throughout historyand across continents – from Nell Gwynto Lily Langtry, from Ellen Terry to HalleBerry. Its unique range will fascinate,surprise and instruct theatre-goers,scholars and students alike.Cambridge Companions to Literature

2007 228 x 152 mm 328pp 25 half-tones978 0 521 84606 6 (0 521 84606 4)Hardback c. £45.00978 0 521 60854 1 (0 521 60854 6)Paperback c. £15.99Publication February 2007

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Painting ShakespeareThe Artist as Critic, 1720–1820Stuart SillarsUniversitetet i Bergen, Norway

A critical history of Shakespearepainting in its richest period –1720–1820.

2006 246 x 189 mm 356pp 100 half-tones 16 colour plates978 0 521 85308 8 (0 521 85308 7)Hardback £65.00

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FORTHCOMING

The Winter’s TaleEdited by Susan Snyderand Deborah Curren-Aquino

The Winter’s Tale is one ofShakespeare’s most varied, theatricallyself-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. This edition provides anewly edited text, a comprehensiveintroduction that takes into accountcurrent critical thinking, and a detailedcommentary on the play’s languagedesigned to make it easily accessible tocontemporary readers.The New Cambridge Shakespeare

2007 228 x 152 mm 280pp 30 half-tones978 0 521 22158 0 (0 521 22158 7)Hardback c. £40.00978 0 521 29373 0 (0 521 29373 1)Paperback c. £7.99Publication March 2007

NEW EDITION

The PoemsVenus and Adonis, The Rape ofLucrece, The Phoenix and theTurtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, ALover’s ComplaintSecond editionEdited by John RoeUniversity of York

This updated edition of Shakespeare’spoems contains a new introductorysection on recent critical interpretations.

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Fully annotated, it includes all thepoems which can be confidentlyassigned to Shakespeare, excluding theSonnets. An updated reading listcompletes the edition.‘John Roe offers without doubt thebest treatment of the poems for manyyears …’The Year’s Work in Modern LanguagesThe New Cambridge Shakespeare

2006 228 x 152 mm 326pp 5 half-tones978 0 521 85551 8 (0 521 85551 9)Hardback £40.00978 0 521 67162 0 (0 521 67162 0)Paperback £7.99

NEW EDITION

Measure for MeasureSecond editionEdited by Brian GibbonsUniversität Zürich

This updated edition of Measure forMeasure includes a new introductorysection on recent stage, film and criticalinterpretations by Angela Stock. Anupdated reading list completes theedition.Contents: List of illustrations;Acknowledgements; Preface; List ofabbreviations and conventions;Introduction: Date; Puritanism, politicalallusion and censorship; The sources andtheir shaping; The play; The play on thestage; Note of the text; List of characters;THE PLAY; Textual analysis; Reading list.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


NEW EDITION

The SonnetsSecond editionEdited by G. Blakemore EvansHarvard University, Massachusetts

Introduction by Stephen Orgel

For this new edition, Stephen Orgeloffers a warmly personal and originalintroduction to Shakespeare’s best-lovedand most widely read poems. Theedition retains the text of the Sonnetsprepared by Gwynne Evans, togetherwith his detailed notes on each, and aline-by-line commentary.Contents: List of illustrations; Preface; Listof abbreviations and conventions;Introduction by Stephen Orgel; Note on thetext; THE SONNETS; Introduction to thecommentary; Commentary; Textual analysis;Appendix: Manuscript copies of theSonnets; Reading list; Index of first lines.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


NEW EDITION

Titus AndronicusSecond editionEdited by Alan HughesUniversity of Victoria, British Columbia

This updated edition of Titus Andronicusincludes a section on recent stage, filmand critical interpretations by Sue Hall-Smith. The text is based on the firstquarto, supplemented by crucialadditions and stage directions from theFolio. An updated reading list completesthe edition.

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Review of the first edition:‘The great strength of Hughes’s editionis its attention to the theatrical aspectsof the play … his discussion of theplay in performance is illuminating.’Studies in English Literature

Contents: List of illustrations; Preface; Listof abbreviations and conventions;Introduction: Date; Sources; Authorship;Early stage history; The Longleatmanuscript; From the Restoration to thenineteenth century; Twentieth-centuryperformance and criticism; Recent stage,film and critical interpretations by Sue Hall-Smith; Note on the text; List of characters;The Play; Textual analysis; Appendix 1. TitusAndronicus at the Rose; Appendix 2.Performance by a small company; Readinglist.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


The Tragedy of KingLearSecond editionEdited by Jay L. HalioUniversity of Delaware

Updated critical edition of King Lear,including a new introductory section onrecent interpretations.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


NEW EDITION

Antony and CleopatraSecond editionEdited by David BevingtonUniversity of Chicago

Updated edition of one of Shakespeare’smost remarkable tragedies, Antony andCleopatra.The New Cambridge Shakespeare

2005 228 x 152 mm 304pp 17 half-tones978 0 521 84833 6 (0 521 84833 4)Hardback £40.00978 0 521 61287 6 (0 521 61287 X)Paperback £7.99

NEW EDITION

King Henry VSecond editionEdited by Andrew GurrUniversity of Reading

Updated edition of Shakespeare’s mostcelebrated war play, Henry V, with anew introductory section.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


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SHAKESPEARE IN PRODUCTION

OthelloSecond editionEdited by Julie Hankey

This revised second edition of Othelloprovides a detailed history of the play inproduction.‘I cannot recommend too highly thewhole series (a bargain at £16.99 foreach play) to all theatre lovers,theatregoers, theatre practitioners, andanybody who enjoys Shakespeare.’Robert Tanitch, What’s on in London


Contents: List of illustrations; Serieseditors’ preface; List of abbreviations; List ofproductions; Introduction; Othello andcommentary; Bibliography; Index.Shakespeare in Production


SHAKESPEARE IN PRODUCTION

CymbelineEdited by Martin ButlerUniversity of Leeds

A new edition of Shakespeare’s lateromantic tragicomedy, Cymbeline.Contents: Introduction (Date, Romance andfolktale, Tragedy and tragicomedy, Thewoman’s part, Romans and Britons,Cymbeline on stage); The play; ‘Hark, hark,the lark’; Textual analysis; Reading list.The New Cambridge Shakespeare


Shakespeare Survey

NEW EDITION

Shakespeare SurveyVolume 59: Editing ShakespeareEdited by Peter HollandUniversity of Notre Dame

The theme for Shakespeare Survey 59 is‘Editing Shakespeare’.Shakespeare Survey, 59

2006 246 x 189 mm 400pp 28 half-tones978 0 521 86838 9 (0 521 86838 6)Hardback £60.00Publication October 2006

Shakespeare SurveyVolume 58: Writing about ShakespeareEdited by Peter HollandUniversity of Notre Dame, IndianaShakespeare Survey, 58

2005 246 x 189 mm 378pp 24 half-tones978 0 521 85074 2 (0 521 85074 6)Hardback £60.00

Shakespeare’sHumanismRobin Headlam WellsRoehampton University, London

An analysis of Shakespeare and otherRenaissance writers through their ownhumanist philosophy.

2005 228 x 152 mm 288pp978 0 521 82438 5 (0 521 82438 9)Hardback £48.00

FORTHCOMING

Shakespeare, Memoryand PerformanceEdited by Peter HollandUniversity of Notre Dame, Indiana

Shakespeare, Memory and Performanceis the first collection of essays to providea meeting between the flourishing fieldsof memory studies and Shakespeareperformance studies. The chapters, byleading Shakespeare critics, explore awide range of topics, includingShakespeare’s own use of memory andmemories evoked by costumes andprops.

2006 228 x 152 mm 392pp 51 half-tones978 0 521 86380 3 (0 521 86380 5)Hardback c. £50.00Publication October 2006



FORTHCOMING

Poor Women inShakespeareFiona McNeillUniversity of Oklahoma

Poor women do not fit easily into thehousehold in Shakespeare. They shift inand out of marriages and households;never the main character but alwaysevoking the ever-present problem offemale poverty in early modern England.McNeill considers how their dramas areplayed out in the plays of Shakespeare.

2006 228 x 152 mm 280pp 6 half-tones1 table978 0 521 86886 0 (0 521 86886 6)Hardback c. £48.00Publication December 2006

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Shakespeare’s LateStyleRuss McDonaldUniversity of North Carolina, Greensboro

A detailed study of the difficult poetryspoken in such plays as The Winter’sTale and The Tempest, Shakespeare’sLate Style considers new ways ofthinking about some of Shakespeare’sfavourite topics in his last phase: art,language, men and women, the theatre,and his own career.

2006 228 x 152 mm 272pp978 0 521 82068 4 (0 521 82068 5)Hardback £48.00

Racism, Misogyny, andthe Othello MythInter-racial Couples fromShakespeare to Spike LeeCelia R. DaileaderUniversity of Alabama

A discussion of inter-racial sexualrelations in Anglo-American literaturefrom the English Renaissance to today.


Service andDependency inShakespeare’s PlaysJudith WeilUniversity of Manitoba, Canada

A study into how service interacted withother forms of dependency inShakespeare’s drama.

2005 228 x 152 mm 220pp978 0 521 84405 5 (0 521 84405 3)Hardback £45.00

Shakespeare’sTragediesViolation and IdentityAlexander LeggattUniversity of Toronto

Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation andIdentity traces the linked themes ofviolation and identity through sevenShakespearean tragedies. Written in aclear, accessible style, it will appeal notjust to specialists but to students andgeneral readers with an interest inShakespeare.

2005 228 x 152 mm 238pp978 0 521 84624 0 (0 521 84624 2)Hardback £45.00978 0 521 60863 3 (0 521 60863 5)Paperback £17.99


Shakespeare andLanguageEdited by Catherine M. S. AlexanderShakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham

Selection of the best essays from thelast forty years on Shakespeare’s use oflanguage.


PronouncingShakespeareThe Globe ExperimentDavid Crystal

The story behind the production ofRomeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’sGlobe in original, Shakespearianpronunciation.

2005 198 x 130 mm 206pp978 0 521 85213 5 (0 521 85213 7)Hardback £12.99

Shakespeare, NationalPoet-PlaywrightPatrick CheneyPennsylvania State University

An important new book whichreassesses Shakespeare as a poet anddramatist.

2004 228 x 152 mm 336pp 6 half-tones2 tables978 0 521 83923 5 (0 521 83923 8)Hardback £48.00

Players ofShakespeare

Players of Shakespeare 6Essays in the Performance ofShakespeare’s History PlaysEdited by Robert Smallwood

This sixth volume of essays by membersof the Royal Shakespeare Company andthe National Theatre is the first to focuson a single group of Shakespeare’splays. The productions represented coverthe period 2000–2003 and the twelveessays discuss fourteen roles in tenplays.‘… rich and searching volume …’The Times Literary SupplementPlayers of Shakespeare


Players of Shakespeare 5Edited by Robert Smallwood

The fifth volume in this popular series ofessays by actors with the RoyalShakespeare Company and the NationalTheatre.Players of Shakespeare




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The First Quarto ofOthelloEdited by Scott McMillinCornell University, New York

The first modernized and edited versionof the 1622 Othello.The New Cambridge Shakespeare Quartos

2005 228 x 152 mm 160pp978 0 521 61594 5 (0 521 61594 1)Paperback £15.99

Shakespeare, 'ALover's Complaint',and John Davies ofHerefordBrian Vickers

The first full study of the origins andauthorship of A Lover's Complaint

2007 228x152mm 300pp 3 half-tones978 0 521 85912 7 (0 521 85912 3)Hardback c. £50.00Publication January 2007

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Drama at the Courts ofQueen Henrietta MariaKaren BritlandKeele University

Employing innovative research, KarenBritland considers Queen HenriettaMaria’s patronage of drama in Englandin the light of her French heritage.Unlike previous studies, it takes intoconsideration the queen’s nationality,

discussing her actions in England in thelight of her upbringing at the Frenchcourt.


Magic on the EarlyEnglish StagePhilip ButterworthUniversity of Leeds

An original investigation into conjuringtricks and stage magic on the medievalstage.

2005 228 x 152 mm 318pp 18 half-tones978 0 521 82513 9 (0 521 82513 X)Hardback £48.00

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DramaturgyA Revolution in TheatreMary LuckhurstUniversity of York

Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre isthe first substantial history of the originsof dramaturgs and literary managers.Mary Luckhurst examines the majortheorists and practitioners, arguing thatBrecht, Granville Barker and Tynan havecentral places in this history, andquestions whether dramaturgs arementors or censors.Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre

2006 228 x 152 mm 312pp 2 linediagrams978 0 521 84963 0 (0 521 84963 2)Hardback £48.00

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Rainer WernerFassbinder and theGerman TheatreDavid BarnettUniversity College Dublin

A study of Fassbinder’s work in thetheatre, as a playwright and as adirector.Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre


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Print and the Poeticsof Modern DramaW. B. WorthenUniversity of California, Berkeley

Print and the Poetics of Modern Dramaasks how the print form of drama bearson how we understand its dual identity– as play texts and in performance.Playwrights discussed includeShakespeare, Shaw, Gertrude Stein,Pinter, Beckett and Sarah Kane.


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The Victorian ClownJacky BrattonRoyal Holloway, University of London

and Ann FeatherstoneRoyal Holloway, University of London

The Victorian Clown is a study of thelife and work of two professionalVictorian clowns. Their previouslyunpublished manuscripts – JamesFrowde’s account of his young life withthe famous Henglers’ circus in the1850s and Thomas Lawrence’s 1871gag book – offer unique access to theroots of popular entertainment.

2006 228 x 152 mm 288pp 10 half-tones1 plan978 0 521 81666 3 (0 521 81666 1)Hardback £48.00

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Playing Spaces in EarlyWomen’s DramaAlison FindlayLancaster University

Playing Spaces explores the use ofvenue and setting in women’s dramafrom 1376 to 1705, concentrating onfive key sites: homes, gardens, courts,convents and cities. Findlay investigatesthe rich inter-textuality of spatialpractices invoked by scripts andperformances, providing a richerunderstanding of how early women’sdrama works.


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Chekhov: The CherryOrchardJames N. LoehlinUniversity of Texas, Austin

One of the greatest modern plays, TheCherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is apoignant comedy about a family losingits ancestral home. This study examinesa wide range of performances, from the1904 premiere at Stanislavsky’s MoscowArt Theatre to experimental productionsworldwide a century later.Plays in Production


FORTHCOMING

Law andRepresentation inEarly Modern DramaSubha MukherjiUniversity of Cambridge

Through a set of interconnected studiesof dramatic treatments of marriage law,evidence, and court-room practice, thisbook addresses the dialogue betweenlaw and drama in Renaissance Englandboth from a structural and a socialperspective. Plays discussed includeWebster’s The White Devil andHeywood’s A Woman Killed WithKindness.

2006 228 x 152 mm 272pp 4 half-tones3 maps978 0 521 85035 3 (0 521 85035 5)Hardback £50.00Publication October 2006

FORTHCOMING

A History of ItalianTheatreEdited by Joseph FarrellUniversity of Strathclyde

and Paolo PuppaUniversity of Venice

This is a history of Italian theatre fromits origins to the present day. Itdiscusses the impact of all the elementsand figures integral to the collaborativeprocess of theatre-making. Thedistinctive nature of Italian theatre isexpressed in the individual chapters,written by highly-regarded scholars fromseveral countries.

2006 228 x 152 mm 432pp 29 half-tones978 0 521 80265 9 (0 521 80265 2)Hardback c. £65.00Publication November 2006

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Early AmericanWomen CriticsPerformance, Religion, RaceGay Gibson CimaGeorgetown University, Washington DC

Early American Women Critics providesa new history and analysis of thecommentaries, written and spoken,circulated by early American womenbetween the First and Second GreatReligious Awakenings (1730s–1840s).Cima introduces readers to where, how,and why women critics launched theircommentaries on race, religion, gender,and nation.

2006 228 x 152 mm 254pp978 0 521 84733 9 (0 521 84733 8)Hardback £48.00

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Stage Fright, Animals,and Other TheatricalProblemsNicholas RidoutQueen Mary, University of London

Things nearly always go wrong in thetheatre. This study looks at the thingsthat shouldn’t happen: stage fright,embarrassment, animals on stage,getting the giggles and bumping intothe furniture. All these turn out to beneither anomalies nor accidents, but areinstead what makes theatre, theatre.Theatre and Performance Theory


Women on Stage inStuart DramaSophie TomlinsonUniversity of Auckland

Sophie Tomlinson examines theemergence of the actress and herprofessional acceptance through ananalysis of the play texts, masques, andprivate productions of early modernEngland. More than half a centurybefore the true actress appeared onstage, playwrights explored the issue offemininity and its portrayal on stage.


Memory andForgetting in EnglishRenaissance DramaShakespeare, Marlowe, WebsterGarrett A. Sullivan, Jr.Pennsylvania State University

A study of the concepts of memory andforgetting in Renaissance drama.Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literatureand Culture, 50

2005 228 x 152 mm 196pp 1 half-tone978 0 521 84842 8 (0 521 84842 3)Hardback £45.00

The CambridgeHistory of BritishTheatre

The Cambridge Historyof British TheatreEdited by Jane MillingPeter ThomsonJoseph Donohueand Baz Kershaw

The three-volume set of The CambridgeHistory of British Theatre, general editor:Peter Thomson.

Milling and Thomson/vol.1: Origins to 1660 978 0 521 65040 3 (0 521 65040 2)Donohue/vol. 2: 1660 to 1895 978 0 521 65068 7 (0 521 65068 2)Kershaw/vol. 3: Since 1895 978 0 521 65132 5 (0 521 65132 8)

The Cambridge History of British Theatre2004 228 x 152 mm 978 0 521 82790 4 (0 521 82790 6)3 Volume Hardback Set £300.00

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Children of theQueen’s RevelsA Jacobean Theatre RepertoryLucy MunroKeele University

The first book-length study of theJacobean theatre company Children ofthe Queen’s Revels.


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Early Responses toRenaissance DramaCharles WhitneyUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas

In this study of early responses to theplays of Shakespeare, Marlowe, andother Renaissance dramatists, CharlesWhitney uses old compilations of earlymodern dramatic allusions to provide anew concept of pre-1660 reception. Thebook demonstrates how that receptionis essential for understanding EnglishRenaissance drama.


The French Actress andher English AudienceJohn StokesKing’s College London

A detailed study of how Frenchactresses were received by Englishaudiences.


The CambridgeCompanion to EdwardAlbeeEdited by Stephen BottomsUniversity of Leeds

A comprehensive survey of the work ofone of America’s greatest livingplaywrights, Edward Albee.Cambridge Companions to Literature


Performing Blacknesson English Stages,1500–1800Virginia Mason VaughanClark University, Massachusetts

An unusual study of the tradition ofblackface in stage performance.

2005 228 x 152 mm 204pp 10 half-tones978 0 521 84584 7 (0 521 84584 X)Hardback £45.00

Actresses and WhoresOn Stage and in SocietyKirsten PullenUniversity of Calgary

This book offers new insight into theconnection between actresses andprostitutes.


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FORTHCOMING

A History of AsianAmerican TheatreEsther Kim LeeUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Based on over seventy interviews andarchival findings, this book surveys thehistory of Asian American theatre from1965 to 2005. Subjects included in thestudy are: actors, playwrights, audiences,alternative performances and the MissSaigon controversy. It is the first studyto document the history of AsianAmerican theatre.Cambridge Studies in American Theatre andDrama


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Sisters in SinBrothel Drama in America,1900–1920Katie N. JohnsonMiami University

A unique contribution to the study ofAmerican theatre, Sisters in Sin recoversa slice of theatre history indemonstrating how the prostitute wascentral to American realist theatre.Introducing previously unexaminedarchival documents and unpublishedplay scripts, Johnson provides anoriginal examination of the forgotten‘brothel drama’.

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Remaking AmericanTheaterCharles Mee, Anne Bogart andthe SITI CompanyScott T. CummingsBoston College, Massachusetts

Focusing on two of the most importantcontemporary American theater artists,the playwright Charles Mee, the directorAnne Bogart, and also the actors anddesigners of the SITI Company, thisbook considers how theater is made. Arare account of modern theater practicein its most collaborative and dynamicform.Cambridge Studies in American Theatre andDrama, 25


The ProvincetownPlayers and theCulture of ModernityBrenda MurphyUniversity of Connecticut

A study of the most influential theatregroup of the twentieth century, theProvincetown Players.Cambridge Studies in American Theatre andDrama, 23


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Drama, Theatre, andIdentity in theAmerican NewRepublicJeffrey H. RichardsOld Dominion University, Virginia

A study into American identity asrevealed in the plays of post-revolutionary America.Cambridge Studies in American Theatre andDrama, 22

2005 228 x 152 mm 404pp978 0 521 84746 9 (0 521 84746 X)Hardback £50.00

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The Cambridge Historyof American TheatreEdited by Don B. Wilmethand Christopher Bigsby

A unique three-volume history coveringall aspects of American theatre.Cambridge History of American Theatre

2006 228 x 152 mm 1575pp 95 half-tones978 0 521 67986 2 (0 521 67986 9)3 Volume Paperback Set £70.00

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A History of AfricanAmerican TheatreErrol G. HillDartmouth College, New Hampshire

and James V. HatchCity University of New York

The first definitive account of African-American performance and theatre fromslavery to the present.Cambridge Studies in American Theatre andDrama, 18

2005 228 x 152 mm 632pp 43 half-tones978 0 521 62472 5 (0 521 62472 X)Paperback £22.99978 0 521 62443 5 (0 521 62443 6)Hardback £80.00

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Found in TranslationGreek Drama in EnglishJ. Michael WaltonUniversity of Hull

Through discussion of specific ‘casestudies’ such as Sophocles’ OedipusTyrannus and Euripides’ Medea, Foundin Translation considers the practice andtheory of translating plays into Englishfrom Classical Greek. It includes anAppendix of every translation of Greektragedy and comedy into English fromthe 1550s to the present day.

2006 228 x 152 mm 328pp978 0 521 86110 6 (0 521 86110 1)Hardback £50.00

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Performance andIdentity in theClassical WorldAnne DuncanArizona State University

Performance and Identity in theClassical World traces attitudes towardsactors in Greek and Roman culture as ameans of understanding ancientconceptions of, and anxieties about, theself.

2006 228 x 152 mm 250pp978 0 521 85282 1 (0 521 85282 X)Hardback £45.00

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The Stagecraft andPerformance of RomanComedyC. W. MarshallUniversity of British Columbia

A comprehensive survey of Romantheatrical production, this bookexamines all aspects of Romanperformance practice. Chapters focus onthe experience of Roman actors and theRoman audience, paying particularattention to doubling, masks, stageaction, music, and improvisation in theplays of Plautus and Terence.

2006 228 x 152 mm 320pp 2 figures978 0 521 86161 8 (0 521 86161 6)Hardback £50.00Publication October 2006

Author andTitle Index

AActresses and Whores...........................14Alexander, Catherine M. S. ......................9Antony and Cleopatra.............................6

BBarnett, David ......................................11Bevington, David ....................................6Bigsby, Christopher ...........................2, 16Bottoms, Stephen .................................14Bradby, David .........................................3Bratton, Jacky .......................................11Britland, Karen......................................10Butler, Martin..........................................7Butterworth, Philip................................10

CCalder, Andrew .......................................3Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee,

The ....................................................14Cambridge Companion to Moliere, The ...3Cambridge Companion to the Actress, The

...........................................................4Cambridge History of American Theatre,

The ....................................................16Cambridge History of British Theatre, The ..

13Cambridge Introduction to Early English

Theatre, The .........................................3Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre,

1660-1900, The ...................................3Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard................12Cheney, Patrick .......................................9Children of the Queen's Revels .............14Cima, Gay Gibson.................................12Crystal, David .........................................9Cummings, Scott T.................................15Curren-Aquino, Deborah .........................4Cymbeline ..............................................7

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DDaileader, Celia R. ..................................8Dillon, Janette.........................................3Dobson, Michael.....................................2Donohue, Joseph ..................................13Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta

Maria.................................................10Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the

American New Republic .....................16Dramaturgy ..........................................10Duncan, Anne .......................................17

EEarly American Women Critics...............12Early Responses to Renaissance Drama .14Evans, G. Blakemore................................5

FFarrell, Joseph.......................................12Featherstone, Ann .................................11Findlay, Alison.......................................11First Quarto of Othello, The ...................10Found in Translation..............................16French Actress and her English Audience,

The ....................................................14

GGale, Maggie B. ......................................4Gibbons, Brian ........................................5Gurr, Andrew ..........................................6

HHalio, Jay L. ............................................6Hankey, Julie...........................................6Hatch, James V......................................16Headlam Wells, Robin .............................7Hill, Errol G. ..........................................16History of African American Theatre, A...16History of Asian American Theatre, A .....15History of Italian Theatre, A ...................12Holland, Peter .........................................7Hughes, Alan ..........................................5

JJohnson, Katie N...................................15

KKershaw, Baz ........................................13King Henry V ..........................................6

LLaw and Representation in Early Modern

Drama ...............................................12Lee, Esther Kim.....................................15Leggatt, Alexander..................................8Loehlin, James N...................................12Luckhurst, Mary ....................................10

MMagic on the Early English Stage ..........10Marshall, C. W. .....................................17McDonald, Russ......................................8McMillin, Scott......................................10McNeill, Fiona ........................................8Measure for Measure..............................5Memory and Forgetting in English

Renaissance Drama............................13Milling, Jane .........................................13Mukherji, Subha ...................................12Munro, Lucy..........................................14Murphy, Brenda ....................................15

OOrgel, Stephen........................................5Othello ...................................................6

PPainting Shakespeare..............................4Performance and Identity in the Classical

World ................................................17Performing Blackness on English Stages,

1500–1800 .......................................14Performing Shakespeare's Tragedies Today

...........................................................2Players of Shakespeare 5 ........................9Players of Shakespeare 6 ........................9

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Playing Spaces in Early Women's Drama11Poems, The .............................................4Poor Women in Shakespeare ...................8Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama.11Pronouncing Shakespeare .......................9Provincetown Players and the Culture of

Modernity, The ...................................15Pullen, Kirsten ......................................14Puppa, Paolo ........................................12

RRacism, Misogyny, and the <I>Othello</I>

Myth....................................................8Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German

Theatre ..............................................11Remaking American Theater..................15Remembering and Imagining the

Holocaust ............................................2Richards, Jeffrey H. ...............................16Ridout, Nicholas ...................................13Roe, John................................................4

SService and Dependency in Shakespeare's

Plays....................................................8Shakespeare and Language.....................9Shakespeare and the American Popular

Stage...................................................2Shakespeare, Memory and Performance ..7Shakespeare, National Poet-Playwright....9Shakespeare Survey ................................7Shakespeare, William.............4, 5, 6, 7, 10Shakespeare's Humanism........................7Shakespeare's Late Style .........................8Shakespeare's Tragedies..........................8Sillars, Stuart...........................................4Sisters in Sin .........................................15Smallwood, Robert .................................9Snyder, Susan .........................................4Sonnets, The ...........................................5Stage Fright, Animals, and Other Theatrical

Problems ...........................................13Stagecraft and Performance of Roman

Comedy, The ......................................17Stokes, John......................................4, 14Sullivan, Jr., Garrett A............................13

TTeague, Frances ......................................2Thomson, Peter .................................3, 13Titus Andronicus .....................................5Tomlinson, Sophie.................................13Tragedy of King Lear, The ........................6

VVaughan, Virginia Mason ......................14Victorian Clown, The.............................11

WWalton, J. Michael ................................16Weil, Judith.............................................8Whitney, Charles...................................14Wilmeth, Don B. ...................................16Winter's Tale, The....................................4Women on Stage in Stuart Drama.........13Worthen, W. B.......................................11

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