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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Roald Dahl evokes mixed feelings. He’s one of the greatest children’s storytellers, whose macabre...
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Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...
Read MorePosted by Grace J. Ioppolo | 27th Nov 2022 | Books, Education, Essay, United Kingdom
Most of what we know about the beginnings of English professional theater as a financial...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 14th Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Books, Essay, Musical Theatre
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Danks | 5th Jun 2022 | Acting, Books, Essay, United States of America
When an actor is criticized for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to...
Read MorePosted by Trevor Boffone | 27th Oct 2021 | Books, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom
The Boy Friend. Oliver!. Cats. Blood Brothers. The Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Billy...
Read MorePosted by Robert White | 7th Jul 2021 | Australia, Books
John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest to use Shakespeare’s works to...
Read MorePosted by Mary Davies | 4th Apr 2020 | Books, Dramaturgy, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America
Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the MFA Playwriting...
Read MorePosted by Alex Mermikides | 31st Jan 2020 | Books, London, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom
This excerpt is taken from the concluding chapter of Performance, Medicine and the Human, a book...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 24th Jan 2020 | Books, India, Theatre and Politics
All India Forward Bloc architect, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and his equally illustrious elder...
Read MorePosted by Meron Langsner | 14th Aug 2019 | Books, Dramaturgy, Stage Combat
I have written elsewhere on recommended reading for early-career fight directors, and I would like...
Read MorePosted by Oberon Books | 14th Jan 2019 | Books
As we come to the end of 2018, it feels like it’s been a stand-out year for diaspora East and...
Read MorePosted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 11th Dec 2018 | Books, India, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender
Sheetala Bhat’s Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading The Lives Of Women Performers In...
Read MorePosted by Oberon Books | 3rd Dec 2018 | Books, United Kingdom
Producer and Editor Titilola Dawudu talks about the moment that inspired her love of theatre, and...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 3rd Dec 2018 | Books
Published in the Canon Of European Drama series for Edizioni ETS, European Cultural Identity. Law,...
Read MorePosted by Natasha Sutton Williams | 24th Jul 2018 | Books, Directing, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
To mark the launch of Graeae’s new book, Reasons to Be Graeae, which charts the history of the...
Read MorePosted by Muralidhara Khajane | 17th Jul 2018 | Books, India, Playwriting
Rakshasa-Tangadi centers around the Battle of Talikota. Girish Karnad’s much-anticipated play that...
Read MorePosted by Simon Callow | 15th Jul 2018 | Books, Essay, Playwriting, United Kingdom
Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to...
Read MorePosted by Akarsh Khurana | 27th Jun 2018 | Adaptation, Books, India, Theatre for Young Audiences
Can’t we love a book enough to want to bring it to life on stage? Summer is here, and so are the...
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