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Abbate, Carolyn, and Parker, Roger. A History of Opera. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. $45 cloth.
Adler, Thomas P.Tennessee Williams: “A Streetcar Named Desire”/“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”—A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism. Reader's Guides to Essential Criticism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $80 cloth, $23 paper.
*Amine, Khalid, and Carlson, Marvin. The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: Performance Traditions of the Maghreb. Studies in International Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. $90 cloth.
*Badiou, Alain. The Incident at Antioch / L'Incident d'Antioche: A Tragedy in Three Acts / Tragédie en trois actes. Intro. Reinhard, Kenneth. Trans. Spitzer, Susan. Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. $69.50 cloth, $22.50 paper, $17.99 e-book.
Barranger, Milly S.Audrey Wood and the Playwrights. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $85 cloth.
Becker, Florian Nikolas, Hernández, Paola S., and Werth, Brenda, eds. Imagining Human Rights in Twenty-First-Century Theater: Global Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
Bennett, Michael Y.Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension between Empiricism and Rationalism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth.
Bennett, Michael Y., and Carson, Benjamin D., eds. Eugene O'Neill's One-Act Plays: New Critical Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth.
Bennett, Susan. Theatre & Museums. Theatre &. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $10 paper.
Berkowitz, Joel, and Henry, Barbara, eds. Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2012. $39.95 paper.
*Bernstein, Robin. Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights. New York and London: New York University Press, 2011. $79 cloth, $24 paper.
Binnerts, Paul. Acting in Real Time. Trans. Binnerts, Paul and Wangh, Stephen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. $85 cloth, $35 paper.
*Brady, Sara. Performance, Politics, and the War on Terror: “Whatever It Takes.” Performance Interventions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth.
Caselli, Daniela, ed. Beckett and Nothing: Trying to Understand Beckett. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. $79.95 cloth, $29.95 paper.
*Catanese, Brandi Wilkins. The Problem of the Color[blind]: Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011. $75 cloth, $28.95 paper, $28.95 e-book.
*Claycomb, Ryan. Lives in Play: Autobiography and Biography on the Feminist Stage. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. $55 cloth, $45 e-book.
Clayton, J. Douglas, and Meerzon, Yana, eds. Adapting Chekhov: The Text and Its Mutations. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. $130 cloth, $130 e-book.
Colleran, Jeanne. Theatre and War: Theatrical Responses since 1991. What Is Theatre? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $90 cloth, $90 e-book.
Cowgill, Rachel, and Poriss, Hilary, eds. The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. $99 cloth, $35 paper.
Cumming, Scott T.Maria Irene Fornes. Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists. London and New York: Routledge, 2012. $120 cloth, $31.95 paper, $29.95 e-book.
*Decker, Todd. “Show Boat”: Performing Race in an American Musical. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. $35 cloth, $24.99 e-book.
Delgado, Maria M., and Gies, David T., eds. A History of Theatre in Spain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. $120 cloth, $96 e-book.
Double, Oliver. Britain Had Talent: A History of Variety Theatre. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $80 cloth, $28 paper.
Erdman, Andrew L.Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2012. $29.95 cloth, $29.99 e-book.
Essin, Christin. Stage Designers in Early Twentieth-Century America: Artists, Activists, Cultural Critics. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth.
Fletcher, John. The Island Princess. Ed. McManus, Clare. Arden Early Modern Drama. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2013. $100 cloth, $19.95 paper.
Foley, Helene P.Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage. Sather Classical Lectures. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. $95 cloth, $95 e-book.
Foster, Verna A., ed. Dramatic Revisions of Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends: Essays on Recent Plays. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2012. $40 paper.
Frederik, Laurie A.Trumpets in the Mountains: Theater and the Politics of National Culture in Cuba. Durham: Duke University Press, 2012. $94.95 cloth, $25.95 paper, $25.99 e-book.
Frick, John W.“Uncle Tom's Cabin” on the American Stage and Screen. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $95 cloth, $95 e-book.
Gordon, Robert. Harold Pinter: The Theatre of Power. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. $49.50 cloth.
Greenspan, David. “The Myopia” and Other Plays by David Greenspan. Ed. Robinson, Marc. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. $85 cloth, $32.50 paper, $32.50 e-book.
Hillman, Richard. French Origins of English Tragedy. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2012. $80 cloth, $21.95 paper.
*Hohman, Valleri J.Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891–1933. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. $90 cloth, $90 e-book.
Hooper, Michael S. D.Sexual Politics in the Work of Tennessee Williams: Desire over Protest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. $99 cloth, $79 e-book.
Houssami, Eyad, ed. Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre. London: Pluto Press, 2012. $95 cloth, $29 paper.
James, C.L.R.“Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History”: A Play in Three Acts. The James, C.L.R. Archives. Ed. and intro. by Høgsbjerg, Christian. Foreword by Dubois, Laurent. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013. $84.95 cloth, $23.95 paper, $23.95 e-book.
Johnson, Dominic. Glorious Catastrophe: Jack Smith, Performance and Visual Culture. Rethinking Art's Histories. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. $95 cloth.
Johnson, Stephen, ed. Burnt Cork: Traditions and Legacies of Blackface Minstrelsy. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. $80 cloth, $28.95 paper.
*Kester, Grant H.The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2011. $89.95 cloth, $24.95 paper, e-book $24.95.
*Kippola, Karl M.Acts of Manhood: The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
*Leask, Margaret. Lena Ashwell: Actress, Patriot, Pioneer. Hatfield, Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2012. $50 cloth, $29.95 paper, $23.99 e-book.
Ledger, Adam J.Odin Teatret: Theatre in a New Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
Lee, Esther Kim, ed. Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2012. $94.95 cloth, $26.95 paper, $24.95 e-book.
*Ley, Graham, and Dadswell, Sarah, eds. British South Asian Theatres: A Documented History. Exeter Performance Studies. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2012. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. $105 cloth w/ DVD, $37.25 paper w/ DVD.
Ley, Graham, and Dadswell, Sarah, eds. Critical Essays on British South Asian Theatre. Exeter Performance Studies. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2012. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. $48 paper.
Lin, Erika T.Shakespeare and the Materiality of Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
McAuley, Gay. Not Magic but Work: An Ethnographic Account of a Rehearsal Process. Theatre: Theory–Practice–Performance. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. $90 cloth.
*McConachie, Bruce. Theatre & Mind. Theatre &. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $10 paper.
MacDonald, Russ, Nace, Nicholas D., and Williams, Travis D., eds. Shakespeare Up Close: Reading Early Modern Texts. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2012. $29.95 paper, $19.99 e-book.
McInnis, David. Mind-Travelling and Voyage Drama in Early Modern England. Early Modern Literature in History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
*Majer, Michele, ed. Staging Fashion 1880–1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, Billie Burke. Exh. cat. New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2012. Distributed by Yale University Press. $40 paper.
Makaryk, Irena R., and McHugh, Marissa, eds. Shakespeare and the Second World War: Memory, Culture, Identity. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. $65 cloth, $65 e-book.
*Martin, Carol, ed. Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $100 cloth, $29 paper.
*Martin, Randall, and Scheil, Katherine, eds. Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama: Essays in Honour of Jill L. Levenson. Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 2011. $65 cloth.
*Mitchell, Koritha. Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890–1930. New Black Studies. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2011. $40 cloth, $28.00 paper, $25.20 e-book.
*Nahshon, Edna. Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012. $189 cloth.
Nielsen, Lara D., and Ybarra, Patricia, eds. Neoliberalism and Global Theatres: Performance Permutations. Studies in International Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $90 cloth, $90 e-book.
*Noonan, Ellen. The Strange Career of “Porgy and Bess”: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. $39.95 cloth, $39.95 e-book.
Nooter, Sarah. When Heroes Sing: Sophocles and the Shifting Soundscape of Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. $95 cloth, $76 e-book.
Nuss, Melynda. Distance, Theatre, and the Public Voice, 1750–1850. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
O'Berski, Jay. Middleton and Rowley: “The Changeling” – A Guide to the Text and the Play in Performance. The Shakespeare Handbooks: Shakespeare's Contemporaries. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $75 cloth, $20 paper.
Paavolainen, Teemu. Theatre/Ecology/Cognition: Theorizing Performer–Object Interaction in Grotowski, Kantor, and Meyerhold. Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $90 cloth, $90 e-book.
Paulin, Diana Rebekkah. Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. $75 cloth, $25 paper, $25 e-book.
Pavis, Patrice. Contemporary Mise en Scène: Staging Theatre Today. Trans. Anderson, Joel. New York: Routledge, 2012. $141 cloth, $45.95 paper, e-book $45.95.
*Perry, Gill, with Roach, Joseph and West, Shearer. The First Actresses: From Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011. $50 cloth.
Plunka, Gene A.Staging Holocaust Resistance. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $95 cloth, $90 e-book.
Quintero, Maria Cristina. Gendering the Crown in the Spanish Baroque Comedia. New Hispanisms: Cultural & Literary Studies. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012. $99.95 cloth, $99.95 e-book.
Reynolds, Dee, and Reason, Matthew, eds. Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices. Fishponds, Bristol: Intellect Ltd., 2012. $50 paper.
Roche, Anthony. Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $95 cloth, $29 paper, $29 e-book.
Rovit, Rebecca. The Jewish Kulturbund Theatre Company in Nazi Berlin. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2012. $41 paper.
Ruscio, Al. “So Therefore...”: A Practical Guide for Actors. London and New York: Routledge, 2012. $120 cloth, $27.95 paper, $25.95 e-book.
*Rutter, Tom. The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. $75 cloth, $19.99 paper, $16 e-book.
San Pablo Burns, Lucy Mae. Puro Arte: Filipinos on the Stages of Empire. New York and London: New York University Press, 2013. $70 cloth, $22 paper, $17.50 e-book.
*Scheil, Katherine West. She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America. Ithaka and London: Cornell University Press, 2012. $45 cloth, $45 e-book.
*Scott, Shelley. Nightwood Theatre: A Woman's Work Is Always Done. Canadian Play. Edmonton: Athabasca University Press, 2010. $43.95 paper.
*Schülting, Sabine, Müller, Sabine Lucia, and Hertel, Ralf, eds. Early Modern Encounters with the Islamic East: Performing Cultures. Transculturalisms, 1400–1700. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012. $99.95 cloth, $99.95 e-book.
Sell, Mike. The Avant-Garde: Race, Religion, War. London: Seagull Books, 2012. $25 paper.
Shaughnessy, Nicola. Applying Performance: Live Art, Socially Engaged Theatre and Affective Practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
Shepherd, Simon. Direction: Readings in Theatre Practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $85 cloth, $32 paper.
*Sidiropoulou, Avra. Authoring Performance: The Director in Contemporary Theatre. What Is Theatre? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. $90 cloth, $85 e-book.
Smith, Susan Harris. Plays in American Periodicals, 1890–1918. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $95 cloth, $28 paper.
Strindberg, August. Selected Plays, Volume I. Trans. Sprinchorn, Evert. Intro. Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and Anna Westerståhl Stenport. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. $25 paper.
Strindberg, August. Selected Plays, Volume II. Trans. Sprinchorn, Evert. Intro. Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and Anna Westerståhl Stenport. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. $25 paper.
van de Water, Manon. Theatre, Youth, and Culture: A Critical and Historical Exploration. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
*Volpp, Sophie. Worldly Stage: Theatricality in Seventeenth-Century China. Cambridge, MA; Harvard University Press (for Harvard University Asia Center), 2011. $44.95 cloth.
Warden, Claire. British Avant-Garde Theatre. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. $85 cloth, $85 e-book.
Walsh, Fintan. Theatre & Therapy. Theatre &. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. $10 paper.
*Welton, Martin. Feeling Theatre. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. $90 cloth, $85 e-book.
Wynne, Catherine, ed. Bram Stoker and the Stage: Reviews, Reminiscences, Essays and Fiction. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2012. $335 cloth (2-volume set).
*Wyles, Rosie. Costume in Greek Tragedy. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011. $34.95 paper.
*Young, Harvey, ed. The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre. Cambridge Companions to Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. $90 cloth, $29.99 paper.
