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, Julia A. Walker, Performing Arts Department, CB 1108, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis MO 63130, or via e-mail: tjbooks@artsci.wustl.edu. Titles preceded by "*" have been assigned to reviewers; titles preceded by "**" are reviewed in this issue.
Autobiography and Biography
Bigsby, Christopher. Arthur Miller: 1915-1962. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009; pp. 739.
Efros, Anatoly. James Thomas, trans. Beyond Rehearsal: Reflections on Interpretation and Practice, Continued. New York: Peter Lang, 2009; pp. 306.
Smith, Geddeth. Walter Hampden: Dean of the American Theatre. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2008; pp. 430.
Bibliography and Reference
Beard, DeAnna M. Toten. Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine: Promoting Modern American Theatre, 1916-1921. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010; pp. 281.
Dietz, Dan. Off-Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception, and Performance Data of More than 1,800 Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 656.
Hischak, Thomas S. Broadway Plays and Musicals: Description and Essential Facts of More than 14,000 Shows through 2007. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007; pp. 636.
Podewell, Buzz. Shakespeare's Watch: A Guide to Time and Location in Plays, 2 vols. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009; pp. 970.
Suskin, Steven. Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010; pp. 600.
Zarrilli, Phillip B., Bruce McConachie, Gary Jay Williams, and Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei. Gary Jay Williams, ed. Theatre Histories: An Introduction, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2010; pp. 630.
Criticism, History, and Theory
Afari, Kamran. Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009; pp. 249.
American Theatre, eds. The American Theatre Reader. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2009; pp. 615.
Amin, Dina A. Alfred Farag and Egyptian Theater: The Poetics of Disguise, with Four Short Plays and a Monologue. Middle East Literature in Translation Series. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008; pp. 321.
Bak, John S. Homo Americanus: Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, and Queer Masculinities. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickison University Press, 2010; pp. 306.
Bakola, Emmanuela. Cratinus and the Art of Comedy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009; pp. 380.
Bhatia, Nandi, ed. Modern Indian Theatre: A Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008; pp. 487.
Bixler, Jaqueline, and Lauretz Seda, eds. Trans/Acting: Latin American and Latino Performing Arts. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 2009; pp. 266.
Bleeker, Maaike. Visuality in the Theatre: The Locus of Looking. Performance Interventions Series. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008; pp. 228.
Bowditch, Rachel. On the Edge of Utopia: Performance and Ritual at Burning Man. London: Seagull Books, 2010; pp. 365.
Bowsher, Julian, and Pat Miller. The Rose and the Globe—Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark: Excavations 1988-90. London: Museum of London Archaeology, 2009; pp. 275.
Broadhurst, Susan, and Josephine Machon, eds. Sensualities/Textualities and Technologies: Writings [End Page 497] of the Body in 21st-Century Performance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; pp. 220.
Brown, Peter D. G. Oskar Panizza and The Love Council: A History of the Scandalous Play on Stage and in Court, with the Complete Text in English and a Biography of the Author. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 286.
Brustein, Robert. The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009; pp. 280.
Carrión, María M. Subject Stages: Marriage, Theatre, and the Law in Early Modern Spain. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010; pp. 254.
Cohen, Lola, ed. The Lee Strasberg Notes. London: Routledge, 2010; pp. 200.
Cole, Catherine M. Performing South Africa's Truth Commission: Stages of Transition. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010; pp. 227.
*Coppa, Francesca, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck, eds. Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Series. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008; pp. 240.
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