Books

An experiment in writing about performance from the conviction that our entire beings (thoughtbodies) make theory and politics.

A bibliography of critical studies in english on the theory and practice of comedy in drama, theatre, and performance.

An innovative collection of plays based on bizarre and macabre episodes from history and legend.

This collection contains four full-length works by Sa‘dallah Wannous, available in English for the first time.

This volume of monologues is the second collection of works by Jan Fabre for the theatre in an English translation.

A collection of contemporary Italian plays, presented in English.

A volume of previously uncollected writings by Daniel Gerould from Comparative Literature, Modern Drama, PAJ, TDR, SEEP, yale/theater and other journals.

A stimulating eyewitness account of modern Egyptian drama by Nehad Selaiha.

Capturing 10 years of the contemporary performances and conversations of the Segal Center's PRELUDE festival.

A collection of recent work by Tunisian playwright and actress Jalila Baccar and director co-author Fadhel Jaibi, capturing the complexity and depth of grand themes prevalent in Arab societies.

Collection of plays from Claudio Tolcachir’s Timbre 4 company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The first anthology of new Romanian drama published in the United States

This volume contains two new American translations of works by Valère Novarina

Contains the first English translation of short plays by leading Egyptian playwrights.

Jumping off from Shakespeare’s tragedy, the Arab Hamlet tradition has produced bitter and hilarious political satire, musical comedy, and farce.

A collection of dramatic texts from the Flemish writer and playwright Hugo Claus.

A story of basic and perverse family dynamics, the play is an all-female human comedy in three acts.

This selection of plays offers insight into the evolution of Spanish art and culture in the context of the country’s current situation.

Volume 4 of Nehad Selaiha's analysis of Egyptian Theatre focuses on cultural relationships.

An exciting collection of Jean-François Ducis' radical reworkings of William Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, penned on the eve of the French Revolution.

A varied collection of Arabic explorations of one of the central dramas of the European canon.

A comprehensive catalogue of New York City research facilities available to theatre scholars.

A collection of two plays by Catalan playwright Josep M. Benet i Jornet.

This book brings US readers cutting-edge work from one of Latin America’s most vibrant theatrical scenes:

The first English-language anthology of Czech plays written after the 1989 “Velvet Revolution.

This anthology captures the tendencies of contemporary European playwriting at the beginning of the new millennium.

An examination of the censorship of LiIllian Hellman's The Children's Hour.

This collection features an anthology of three contemporary plays from Italy.

A collection of dramas from French theatre director and playwright René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt.

Nehad Selaiha chronicles the rise of the Free Theatre Movement in Egypt in the late 1980s.

Hungarian language anthology of five contemporary American theater plays.

A survey of contemporary theatre to demonstrate its political potential in both form and content.

The first-ever English translation of three of Ibn Dāniyāl’s saucy puppet plays.

An English-translation anthology of seven of Witkiewicz’s most important plays.

A Collection of New Works by Catalan Playwrights

A snapshot of the vibrant New York dance scene, through their manifestos.

A collection of dramatic texts from the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa.

Seven works from the Flemish-Dutch theatre artist Jan Fabre.

A collection of contemporary Italian plays presented in English.

A unique anthology playwrights from Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Romania in the backdrop of rebellion, war and revolution.

Nehad Selaiha draws attention to important performers, directors, dramaturges, critics and managers of Egyptian Theatre.

A collection of the Ta'ziyeh passion play of Iran, one of the world's most elaborate, wide-spread and long-lasting traditions of religious drama.

Four French Comedies of the 17th and 18th Centuries

A collection of poems from Syrian playwright and filmmaker Liwaa Yazji.

This volume contains the proceedings of the “Zeami and the Nô Theatre in the World” symposium, held in New York City in October 1997