Reading a range of work from the US and UK over the last two decades, this is an innovative study of theatre's growing obsession with technologies and effects of naming. How does theatre reflect, and intervene in, naming practices across domains such as philosophy, computing, journalism, anthropology, advertising, military training, and genetics?

Andrea Bocelli has sold an astonishing 20 million recordings worldwide. Yet behind his success lies a story of personal triumph. Undeterred by losing his sight at the age of 12, he continued to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a famous tenor, using Braille musical scores and lyric sheets.

An exclusive first look behind the scenes of the No 1 Broadway musical Wicked, packed with beautiful colour photos, inside stories and profiles of the cast and creative team.

An autobiographical trilogy by a cultural icon of Downtown New York.

What was the play that changed your life? What was the play that inspired you; that showed you something entirely new; that was so thrilling or surprising breathtaking or poignant that you were never the same? This book features some of America's foremost playwrights responding to these questions.

Takes you on a journey through the creation and history of Forbidden Broadway , one of the longest-running musical revue in the world. This book offers a glimpse into the evolution of the show in its 20 incarnations to date with zany parodies, hilarious lyrics and behind-the-scenes stories.

Many of the people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences: photos, signed posters, ticket stubs, and, of course the Playbills. This yearbook contains photos and memorabilia from the entire 2008-2009 Broadway season. It also includes chapters on 78 Broadway shows.

AQA Drama & Theatre Studies is the only set of resources to have been developed with and exclusively endorsed by AQA, making them the first choice to support the new AQA specification for AS and A2 through a variety of printed and electronic media.

Presents a survey of Broadway musical theatre stars that covers the period from 1900 onwards, telling the life stories of the top stage luminaries from Al Jolson, George M Cohan, and Fanny Brice, through Zero Mostel, Alfred Drake, Gwen Verdon, to today's Nathan Lane, Patti Lupone, and Audra McDonald.

Offers not only a gallery of actors - including Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Irons, Jude Law, Maggie Smith, Martin Sheen, Felicity Kendal, Kevin Spacey and Ralph Fiennes - but also a meditation on the mystery of the final stage of an actor's journey.

This textbook has been written specifically to meet the needs of students following the Edexcel Drama & Theatre Studies Advanced specification, and provides thorough, structured and up-to-date coverage of the subject content.

Traces the history of opera in British Columbia from its colourful origins in touring companies, to the determined efforts of BC's opera pioneers who laid the foundations for two of Canada's most renowned opera companies, culminating with in-depth reporting on developments at Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria.

A musicological comparison of Richard Wagner's great female characters. This book claims that Wagner was far ahead of his time in terms of equality between the sexes.

Features personal interviews with a collection of prominent American, Canadian, and British performers of Shakespeare onstage. This book features Kevin Kline, Liev Schreiber, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Stacy Keach, Zoe Caldwell, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Tony Church, Nicholas Pennell, and Geoff Hutchings.

Describes Gluck's eventful career all over Europe, and his far-reaching innovations in the field of opera.

Rich picture of civic theatrical life in London, from Roman amphitheatre shows to Tudor pageantry.

tensions tiumphs and tradeoffs with ethnodrama. Ethnodrama is inevitably compromised by blending demands of research with the aesthetic of theatre and agendas like education or therapy. Here the paradoxes of the form and its usefulnes - are explored by researcher/performers brave enough to have their projects critically examined and so produce innovative ways of presenting research.

A comprehensive study of Roman theatrical production including all aspects of Roman performance practice.

A book on classical acting style. Suitable for the actor ready to move beyond contemporary realism into the less familiar acting territory of historical periods and genres, it features exercises to enable both the individual actor and groups to find, explore and achieve convincing 'style'.