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  • Books Received

Theatre Journal publishes primarily reviews of scholarly works of theatre criticism, history, and theory. Its companion publication, Theatre Topics, publishes primarily reviews of works relevant to theatre pedagogy and praxis. All books received are listed here as a courtesy to publishers. Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers for Theatre Journal should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise to the Book Review Editor, Ryan Claycomb, Dept. of English, Colson Hall, West Virginia University, PO Box 6296, Morgantown, WV 26506, 304-293-9710, or via e-mail: tjbookreviews@gmail.com. Interested reviewers for Theatre Topics should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise to the Book Review Editor, Megan Sanborn Jones, Associate Professor of Theatre & Media Arts, Brigham Young University, D-581 Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT 84602, or via e-mail: msjones@byu.edu. Titles preceded by an “*” have been assigned to reviewers for Theatre Journal; Titles preceded by an “†” have been assigned to reviewers for Theatre Topics; titles preceded by a “**” are reviewed in this issue.

CRITICISM, HISTORY, AND THEORY

Albuquerque, Severino J. and Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez, eds. Performing Brazil: Essays on Culture, Identity, and the Performing Arts. Madison, WI: U of Wisconsin P, 2015; pp. 305.

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Anan, Nobuko. Contemporary Japanese Women’s Theatre and Visual Arts: Performing Girls’ Aesthetics. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; pp. 229.

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Anderson, David K. Martyrs and Players in Early Modern England: Tragedy, Religion and Violence on Stage. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2014; pp. 242.

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Andreach, Robert J. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2014; pp. 192.

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Aragay, Mireia, and Enric Monforte, eds. Ethical Speculations in Contemporary British Theatre. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014; pp. 216.

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Armstrong, Jolene. Cruel Britannia: Sarah Kane’s Post-modern Traumatics. Bern: Peter Lang, 2015; pp. 234.

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Aston, Elaine and Mark O’ Thomas. Royal Court: International. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015; pp. 229.

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Bak, John S., ed. Tennessee Williams and Europe: Intercultural Encounters, Transatlantic Exchanges. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2014; pp. 400.

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Baker-White, Robert. The Ecological Eugene O’Neill:s Nature’s Veiled Purpose in the Plays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015; pp. 225.

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Balfour, Michael, Penny Bundy, Bruce Burton, Julie Dunn, and Nina Woodrow. Applied Theatre: Re-settlement, Drama, Refugees and Resilience. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015; pp. 231.

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Banhan, Martin, Femi Osofisan, and Kimani Njogu, eds. African Theatre: Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Wole Soyinka. Woodbridge, UK: James Currey, 2014; pp. 128.

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Bank, Rosemarie K. and Michal Kobialka, eds. Theatre/Performance Historiography: Time, Space, Matter. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015; pp. 270.

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*Barnett, David. A History of the Berliner Ensemble. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015; pp. 528.

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*———. Brecht in Practice: Theatre, Theory and Performance. London: Methuen Drama, 2014; pp. 245.

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Bay-Cheng, Sarah, Jennifer Parker-Starbuck, and David Z. Saltz. Performance and Media: Taxonomies for a Changing Field. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015; pp. 179.

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Belsey, Catherine. Romeo and Juliet: Language and Writing. London: Bloomsbury, 2014; pp. 174.

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Bennett, Michael Y., ed. Oscar Wilde’s Society Plays. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015; pp. 212.

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*———. Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension between Empiricism and Rationalism. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012; pp. 180.

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Bérard, Stéphanie, translated by Tessa Thiery and Jonathan S. Skinner. Theater of the French Caribbean: Traditions and Contemporary Stages. Pompano Beach, FL: Caribbean Studies Press, 2014; pp. 330.

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*Berends, Sabine and Paul Clements, eds. Brecht, Music and Culture: Hanns Eisler in Conversation with Hans Bunge. London: Methuen Drama, 2014; pp. 289.

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*Bezio, Kristin M. S. Staging Power in Tudor and Stuart English History Plays: History, Political Thought, and the Redefinition of Sovereignty. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2015; pp. 228.

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*Bharucha, Rustom. Terror and Performance. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2014; pp. 236.

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Bhattacharya, Arnab and Mala Renganathan. The Politics and Reception of Rabindranath Tagore’s Drama: The Bard on Stage. London and New York: Routledge, 2015; pp. 272.

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