Books Received
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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
Brennan, Fiona. George Fitzmaurice: 'Wild in His Own Way': Biography of an Abbey Playwright. Chester Springs: Dufour Editions, 2006; pp. 211. $26.95 paper.
Gibbs, A.M. Bernard Shaw: A Life. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005; pp. 554. $39.95 cloth.
Honan, Park. Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005; pp. 420. $32.50 paper.
Londraville, Janis and Richard Londraville. The Most Beautiful Man in the World: Paul Swan, from Wilde to Warhol. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006; pp. 278. $29.95 cloth.
Neighbour, Mary E. Speak Right On. New Milford: The Toby Press, 2006; pp. 350. $24.95 cloth.
Ockman, Carl and Kenneth E. Silver. Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006; pp. 216. $50.00 cloth.
Smallwood, Robert, ed. Players of Shakespeare 5. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006; pp. 234. $65.00 cloth, $29.99 paper
Bibliography and Reference
Hischak, Thomas S. Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreograhpers on the New York Stage. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2006; pp. 141. $45.00 paper.
Kirkland, Michael. Stage Combat Resource Materials: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2006; pp. 343. $94.95 cloth.
Leiter, Samuel L. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2006; pp. 558. $99.00 cloth.
Sjåvik, Jan. Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2006; pp. 359. $85.00 cloth.
Criticism, History, and Theory
**Adler, Steven. On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004; pp. xiii + 250. $29.50 paper.
Andreach, Robert J. Understanding Beth Henley. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006; pp. 192. $34.95 cloth.
*Aughterson, Kate. Aphra Behn: The Comedies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003; pp. 259. $65.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.
**Balfour, Michael, ed. Theatre in Prison: Theory and Practice. Bristol: Intellect, 2004; pp. xi + 206. $49.95 paper.
Bay-Cheng, Sarah. Mama Dada: Gertrude Stein's Avant-Garde Theater. New York: Routledge, 2004; pp. xii + 207. $95.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.
Boal, Augusto. Adrian Jackson, trans. The Aesthetics of the Oppressed. New York: Routledge, 2006; pp. 133. $30.95 paper.
**Bogad, L. M. Electoral Guerilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements. New York: Routledge, 2005; pp. xii + 235. $33.95 paper.
Bogar, Thomas A. American Presidents Attend the Theatre: The Playgoing Experiences of Each Chief Executive. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2006; pp. 433. $75.00 cloth.
Bradley, Laura. Brecht and Political Theatre: The Mother on Stage. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006; pp. 261. $90.00 cloth.
Braunmuller, A.R. and Michael Hattaway, eds. The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama (second edition). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 463. $65.00 cloth, $23.00 paper.
Britland, Karen. Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006; pp. 292. $85.00 cloth.
Brooks, Daphne A. Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006; pp. 475. $94.95 cloth, $25.95 paper.
Buckley, Matthew S. Tragedy Walks the Streets: The French Revolution in the Making of Modern Drama. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006; pp. 191. $49.95 cloth.
*Bush-Bailey, Gilli. Treading the Bawds: Actresses and Playwrights on the Late-Stuart Stage. New York: Manchester University Press, 2006; pp. 226. $74.95 cloth.
*Butterworth, Philip. Magic on the Early English Stage. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 295. $85.00 cloth.
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