Book Reviews

Susan Haedicke, Deirdre Heddon, Avraham Oz, and E.J. Westlake. Political Performances: Theory and Practice. Rodopi, 2009.

  • Pia Wiegmink. “Political Performances: Theory and Practice (review).” Theatre Research International. Volume 35, Issue 2 (July 2010), pp. 213 – 214. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Kimberly Jannarone. Artaud and His Doubles. University of Michigan Press, 2010.

  • Lara Cox. “Artaud and his Doubles. By Kimberley Jannarone. (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. 272 pp. Hb $55.00.” French Studies, Volume 65, Issue 4 (October 2011), pp. 550-551. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Heather S. Nathans. Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage: 1787-1861: Lifting the Veil of Black. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

  • Felicia Hardison Londré. “Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787–1861: Lifting the Veil of Black. By Heather S. Nathans. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009; pp. x+275, 9 illustrations. $98 cloth.” Theatre Survey. Volume 52, Issue 1 (May 2011), pp. 185-187. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
  • Judie Newman. “Heather S. Nathans, Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787–1861: Lifting the Veil of Black (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, $99.00). Pp. xi+275. isbn 978 0 5218 7011 5.” Journal of American Studies, Volume 43, Issue 3 (August 2009), pp. 553-554. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Erin B. Mee. Theatre of Roots: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage. Seagull Books, 2008.

  • Sreenath Nair. “Theatre of Roots: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage. By Erin B. Mee. London, New York, Calcutta: Seagull, 2008. Pp. xviii + 412. £16.99/$29.95 pb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 35, Issue 03 (October 2010), pp. 303-305. Available online.. [may require subscriber login]

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Peter P. Reed.  Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

  • Laura L. Mielke. “Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 4 (December 2010), pp. 703-704. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Schanke, Robert A. Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

  • James Fisher “Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans (review)”.  FORTHCOMING,  Theatre History Studies 32 (2012) .pdf available here Used with permission.

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Andrew Sofer, The Stage Life of Props. University of Michigan Press. 2003.

  • John Bell. “The Stage Life of Props (review)”. TDR: The Drama Review 49.2(T186) (Summer 2005): 161-162. Available online [may require subscriber login]
  • Michael M. Chemers. “The Stage Life of Props”. Theatre Survey. 45.2 (Nov 2004): 319. Available online [may require subscriber login]
  • Heather May. “The Stage Life of Props. By Andrew Sofer. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. Pp. xiii + 278 + illus. $19.95 Pb”. Theatre Research International. 29:3 (October 2004): 289-290. Available online [may require subscriber login]

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Bruce McConachie, Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

  • Vanessa Ford. “Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (review).” Theatre Journal 62.2 (2010): 303-304. Available online [may require subscriber login]

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David Savran, Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class. University of Michigan Press, 2010.

  • Randy Gener. “The Invention of American Drama”. American Theatre 26.10 (Dec 2009): 54-55. Available online [may require subscriber login]
  • Mariis Schweitzer. “Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class”. The Journal of American History. 97.3 (Dec 2010): 844. Available online [may require subscriber login]

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Diana Taylor and Sarah J. Townsend, eds. Stages of Conflict: A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance. University of Michigan Press, 2008.

  • Carla Beatriz Melo. “Stages of Conflict: A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance (review).” Theatre Journal 61.3 (2009): 499-500. Available online [may require subscriber login]
  • Jorge Huerta. “Stages of Conflict: A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance.” Theatre History Studies 30 (2010): 254+. Available online [may require subscriber login]

Access the anthology’s accompanying website through www.hemisphericinstitute.org.

 

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