Bridging Worlds: Bahram Beyzaie’s “Naqqali Trilogy” Wins The 2024 ASTR Translation Award Prize
In November, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) awarded the 2024 Translation Prize...
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Books
Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant at the Royal Court: Provocative Drama About Anti-Semitism Is A Superb Play Of Ideas
Roald Dahl evokes mixed feelings. He’s one of the greatest children’s storytellers, whose macabre...
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Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son
Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
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How I Reunited the Most Important Documents in English Theater History for the First Time in 200 Years
Most of what we know about the beginnings of English professional theater as a financial...
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Happy Birthday, Dracula!
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
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Chennai Theatre Veteran PC Ramakrishna Turns Author with “Find Your Voice”
Theatre veteran PC Ramakrishna turns author with Find Your Voice, a guide on how to navigate a...
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From the Moscow Stage to Monroe and De Niro: How the Method Defined 20th-Century Acting
When an actor is criticized for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to...
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Review: An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre (1900-1950)
The Boy Friend. Oliver!. Cats. Blood Brothers. The Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Billy...
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Shakespeare’s Rulers and Generals Are All Flawed, but the Books on His Leadership Lessons Keep Coming
John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest to use Shakespeare’s works to...
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“New Dramaturgies:” Insights Into Mark Bly’s Playwriting Exercises. Interview with Mark Bly
Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the MFA Playwriting...
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Stripping and Getting Personal: Catharsis and Medical Performance
This excerpt is taken from the concluding chapter of Performance, Medicine and the Human, a book...
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The Cadence of Spoken Word
All India Forward Bloc architect, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and his equally illustrious elder...
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Force Decisions: A Citizen’s Guide to How Police Determine Appropriate Use of Force by Rory Miller – A Book Review from a Fightaturgy Perspective
I have written elsewhere on recommended reading for early-career fight directors, and I would like...
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Theatre That Changed My Life: “Foreign Goods” Authors Share Their Stories
As we come to the end of 2018, it feels like it’s been a stand-out year for diaspora East and...
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Sheetala Bhat Documents The Lives Of Female Performers In Colonial India
Sheetala Bhat’s Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading The Lives Of Women Performers In...
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For The Love of Theatre–How The First Black Othello Changed My Life
Producer and Editor Titilola Dawudu talks about the moment that inspired her love of theatre, and...
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“European Cultural Identity” By Enzo Balboni And Annamaria Cascetta: Law, History, Theatre, And Art
Published in the Canon Of European Drama series for Edizioni ETS, European Cultural Identity. Law,...
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Four Directors Give Four Reasons To Be Graeae
To mark the launch of Graeae’s new book, Reasons to Be Graeae, which charts the history of the...
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Karnad’s New Historical Play To Hit The Stands This Independence Day
Rakshasa-Tangadi centers around the Battle of Talikota. Girish Karnad’s much-anticipated play that...
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Simon Callow On Legendary Play Agent Peggy Ramsay
Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to...
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