Books Received

Theatre Journal publishes primarily reviews of scholarly works of theatre criticism, history, and theory. All books received are listed here as a courtesy to publishers. Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise to the Book Review Editor, James Peck, at Muhlenberg College, Department of Theatre and Dance, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18104-5586, or via electronic mail: jimpeck@muhlenberg.edu. Titles preceded by an "*" have been assigned to reviewers. Titles preceded by a "**" are reviewed in this issue.

Autobiography and Biography

Alexander, Doris. Eugene O'Neill's Last Plays: Separating Art from Autobiography. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005; pp. 246. $39.95 cloth.

Barnet, Anne Alison. Extravaganza King: Robert Barnet and Boston Musical Theatre. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004; pp. 223. $28.95 cloth.

Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004; pp. 406. $26.95 cloth.

Greene, Alexis. Lucille Lortel: The Queen of Off Broadway. New York: Proscenium Publishers Inc., 2004; pp. 374. $32.50 paper.

Kelley, Jeff. Childsplay: The Art of Alan Kaprow. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004; pp. 249. $45.00 cloth.

Kustow, Michael. Peter Brook: A Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005; pp. 324. $27.95 paper.

Monette, Paul. Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story. New York: First Perennial Classics, 2004; pp. 278. $13.95 paper.

Roper, John Herbert. Paul Green: Playwright of the Real South. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003; pp. 320. $34.95 cloth.

Snelson, John. Andrew Lloyd Webber. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004; pp. 251. $30.00 paper.

Bibliography and Reference

Hutchings, William. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot: A Reference Guide. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2005; pp. 167. $99.95 cloth.

*Kolin, Philip C., ed. The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia. Westport: Greenwood, 2004; pp. 384. $89.95 cloth.

Plotkins, Marilyn J. The American Repertory Theatre Reference Book: The Brustein Years. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2005; pp. 282. $94.95 cloth.

Smith-Howard, Alycia and Greta Heintzelman. Tennessee Williams: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2005; pp. 436. $65.00 cloth.

Wearing, J. P., ed. Bernard Shaw and Nancy Astor. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005; pp. 235. $60.00 cloth.

Criticism, History, and Theory

*Abel, Lionel. Tragedy and Metatheatre: Essays on Dramatic Form. New York: Holmes & Meier, 2003; pp. 250. $40.00 cloth, $18.00 paper.

*Aebischer, Pascale. Shakespeare's Violated Bodies: Stage and Screen Performance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004; pp. 221. $65.00 cloth.

* * Albuquerque, Severino J. Tentative Transgressions: Homosexuality, AIDS, and the Theater in Brazil. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004; pp. 255. $21.95 paper.

Alexander, Catherine M. S., ed. Shakespeare and Language. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004; pp. 294. $70.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.

Alexander, Catherine M. S., ed. Shakespeare and Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004; pp. 268. $70.00 cloth, $24.99 paper.

Anderson, Alan. The Songwriter Goes to War: The Story of Irving Berlin's World War II All-Army Production of THIS IS THE ARMY. Pompton Plains: Limelight Editions, 2004; pp. 361. $27.95 cloth.

Appignanesi, Lisa. The Cabaret. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004; pp. 265. $35.00 cloth.

Babbage, Frances. Augusto Boal. New York: Routledge, 2004; pp. 155. $17.95 paper.

* * Banham, Martin, ed. A History of Theatre in Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004; pp. 478. $130.00 cloth.

Benedetti, Jean. Stanislavski: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2004; pp. 112. $18.95 paper.

Bennett, Benjamin. All Theater is Revolutionary Theater. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005; pp. 241. $39.95 cloth.

*Ben-Zvi, Linda, ed. Drawing on Beckett: Portraits, Performances, and Cultural Contexts. Tel Aviv: Assaph Books, Tel Aviv University, 2003; pp. 343. $30.00 cloth.

* * Bhatia, Nandi. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004; pp. 206. $49.50 cloth.

Bigsby, Christopher. Arthur Miller: A Critical Study. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 514. $85.00 cloth...