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FANGS OF MALICE
Hypocrisy, Sincerity, and Acting

Matthew H. Wikander
May 2002 252pp 0-87745-809-X Hardback

Studies in Theatre History and Culture The idea that actors were hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This book examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting, as it appears in anti-theatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. University of Iowa Press

FATHER HARTKE
His Life and Legacy to the American Theater

Mary Jo Santo Pietro
Feb 2002 500pp, illustrations 0-8132-1082-8 Hardback

This biography chronicles the life of the flamboyant showman, respected statesman, and devout Dominican priest Father Hartke. It tells of his experiences and achievements and offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in Washington D.C. from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Catholic University of America Press

IMAGINING MEDEA
Rhodessa Jones and Theater for Incarcerated Women

Rena Fraden

Dec 2001 288pp,19 illustrations

0-8078-2659-6 Hardback
0-8078-4984-7 Paperback

Gender and American Culture

"This ain't no Dreamgirls," Rhodessa Jones warns participants in the Medea Project, the theatre program for incarcerated women that she founded. This work chronicles the collaborative process of transforming incarcerated women's stories into productions that include dance and music.

The University of North Carolina Press

ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
The Destruction of Soviet Film, Theater, and Literary Arts in the 1930s

Edited by Katherine Bliss Eaton

Dec 2001 288pp, 12 halftones 0-8101-1769-X Hardback

Studies in Russian Literature and Theory

A history of the Stalinist attack on the arts during the Great Purge. This book offers an overview of the status of the arts and a broad portrait of cultural policy during the Stalin era.

It describes what was lost, speculates about what might have been lost and discusses why some work survived.

Northwestern University Press

THE PLAYS TO 1942
Mulatto to The Sun Do Move

Langston Hughes
Edited by Leslie.Sanders

Dec 2001 616pp = 0-8262-1369-3 Hardback

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 5

This volume contains the plays written by Langston Hughes between 1930 and 1942, alone and in collaboration. Almost all the plays were performed during the same period; a few have never seen the stage, but are included because they indicate the range of Hughes's artistic and political concerns.

University of Missouri Press

REFLECTING THE AUDIENCE
London Theatregoing, 1840-1880

Jim Davis & Victor Emaljanow

Dec 2001 316pp, 15 drawings 0-8774- 5781-6 Hardback

Studies In Theatre History and Culture

This work begins to fill a large gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of nineteenth-century British theatre audiences. In an attempt to bring some order to the enormous amount of available primary material, Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow focus on London from 1840 to 1880.

University of Iowa Press

UNDERSTANDING NEIL SIMON

Susan Koprince

Dec 2001 160pp 1-57003-426-5 Hardback

Understanding Contemporary American Literature

Widely known as Broadway's king of comedy, Neil Simon has written such plays as Barefoot in the Park The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in Yonkers. This guide to his work offers an overview of his career and analyses of his major works.

University of South Carolina Press

ACTING BETWEEN THE LINES
The Field Day Theatre Company and Irish Cultural Politics, 1980-1984

Marilynn J. Richtarik

Nov 2001 356pp 0-8132-1075-5 Paperback

A study of the early years of the Field Day Theatre Company, which has been a vital presence on the Irish cultural and intellectual scene since its inception in 1980. Drawing on reviews, pre-production publicity and personal interviews, it discusses Field Day's evolving aims and achievements.

Catholic University of America Press

THE REAL NICK AND NORA
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics

David L. Goodrich

Nov 2001 320pp, 22 illustrations 0-8093-2408-3 Hardback

This text is an assemblage of anecdotes, featuring some of the most talented writers and the brightest lights of American stage and screen, concerning Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett who wrote the screenplays for some of America's most treasured movies.

Southern Illinois University Press

COLORS OF ENCHANTMENT
Theater, Dance, Music and the Visual Arts of the Middle East

Edited by Sherifa Zuhur

Oct 2001 352pp, 50 íllusirations 977-424-607-1 Paperback

In this volume, the editor has gathered authoritative papers from note-worthy scholars from around the globe that explore the visual and performing arts in the Middle East. The book has an emphasis on Arab theatre from the early modern period to the present.

The American University in Cairo Press

NEW PLAYS FROM THE ABBEY THEATRE
Volume 2,1996-1998

Edited br Judi Friel & Sanford Sternlicht

Sep 2001 352pp, 4 photographs 0-8156-2928-1 Hardback 0-8156-0723-7 Paperback

Irish Studies

This anthology -a companion volume to New Plays From the Abbey Theatre, 1993-1995-takes up where the first volume left off, with the best new plays from Ireland's Abbey Theatre. The plays illustrate the variety of Irish drama today as well as the talent of the playwrights, both seasoned veterans and those beginning to build reputations on the stages of the Abbey Theatre.

Syracuse University Press

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NEW PLAYS FROM THE ABBEY THEATRE, 1993-1995

Edited hr Christopher Fitz-Simon & Sanford Sternlicht

1996 300pp,10 photographs 0-8156-0345-2 Paperback

Syracuse University Press

RENAISSANCE DRAMA Volume 30

Edited by Jeffrey Masten & Wendy Wall

Sep 2001 200pp

0-8101-1886-6 Hardback

This text is an annual publication devoted to understanding drama as a central feature in Renaissance culture. This volume is an examination of Renaissance texts in relation to the institutions that shaped early modern culture - the printing industry, the marketplace of both texts and fashions and theatrical companies.

Northwestern University Press

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