This book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre.

Focusing on the clown Will Kemp, this book shows how Shakespeare and other dramatists wrote speci...

David Wiles considers theatrical activity 'happening' in churches, streets, pubs and galleries, a...

Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. Da...

Petrov Madiski, Polish by birth, fled Poland at the start of World War II. After lying about his ...

This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance character...

Scholars, amateur historians and actors have shaped theatre history in different ways at differen...

Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? In this book, first published in ...

At the start of World War II, the British government determined the railway in East London would ...

Shaped by political concerns of today, this is an informed but provocative take on theatre histor...

Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? David Wiles provides the first bo...

Robin Hood was the subject of many fifteenth and sixteenth century folk-plays, of which only trac...