Books Received

Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise to the incoming Book Review Editor, James Peck at Muhlenberg College, Department of Theatre and Dance, 2400 Chew Steet, Allentown, PA 18104-5586, or via electronic mail: jimpeck@muhlenberg.edu. (N.B. Those titles preceded by "*" have been assigned to reviewers. Titles preceded by "**" are reviewed in this issue.)

Acting, Directing, and Playwriting

Book, Stephen. Book on Acting: Improvisation Technique for the Professional Actor in Film, Theatre, and Television. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2003; pp. 628. $24.95.

Fantasia, Louis. Instant Shakespeare: A Proven Technique for Actors, Directors, and Teachers. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003; pp. 213. $14.95 paper.

Freeman, John. Tracing the Footprints: Documenting the Process of Performance. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2003; pp. 226. $37.00 paper.

Guskin, Harold. How to Stop Acting. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2003; pp. 175. $15.00.

Guskin, Harold. How to Stop Acting. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2003; pp. 178. $15.00 paper.

*Pavis, Patrice and David Williams, trans. Analyzing Performance: Theatre, Dance, and Film. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003; pp. 362. $24.95.

Zarrilli, Phillip B. Acting (Re)Considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide, Second edition. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 396. $25.95.

Autobiography and Biography

Castleberry, Marion. Horton Foote: Genesis of an American Playwright. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2004; pp. 357. $29.95 cloth.

**Coppa, Francesca. Joe Orton: A Casebook. New York: Routledge, 2003; pp. 181. $85.00.

Edwards, Gwynne. Lorca: Living in the Theatre. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc., 2003; pp. 240. $44.95 cloth.

Fife, Stephen. Best Revenge: How the Theatre Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since. New York: Cune Press, 2003; pp. 240. $27.95 cloth, $17.95 paper.

*Jenkins, Annibel. I'll Tell You What: The Life of Elizabeth Inchbald. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1003; pp. 596. $39.95.

Lima, Robert. The Dramatic World of Valle-Inclan. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer Inc., 2004; pp. 296. $85.00 cloth.

Watson, Charles S. Horton Foote: A Literary Biography. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003; pp. 277. $29.95.

Wood, Gerald C. Conor McPherson: Imagining Mischief. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc, 2004; pp. 173. $21.95 paper.

Bibliography and Reference

Mann, Bruce J., ed. Edward Albee: A Casebook. New York: Routledge, 2003; pp. 150. $85.00.

Meyer-Dinkgrafe, Daniel, ed. Who's Who in Contemporary Theatre. New York: Routledge, 2003; pp. 342. $14.95.

Nelson, Emanuel S., ed. Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-to-Z Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003; pp. 480. $99.95 cloth.

Sauer, David K.and Janice A. Sauer. David Mamet: A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2003; pp. 382.

Costume and Design

Juracek, Judy A. Natural Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002; pp. 351. $89.95 cloth.

Rewa, Natalie. Scenography in Canada: Selected Designers. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2004; pp. 249. $95.00 cloth, $60.00 paper.

Tollini, Frederick Paul. Scene Design at the Court of Louis XIV: The Works of The Vigarani Family and Jean Berain. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2003; pp. 137. $109.95 paper.

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.

Albright, Daniel. Beckett & Aesthetics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 179. $60.00 cloth.

Alexander, Catherine, ed. The Cambridge Shakespeare Library 3 Volume Set: Shakespeare's Times, Texts and Stages; Shakespeare Criticism; Shakespeare Performance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 1,416. $425.00 cloth.

Allen, Emily. Theatre Figures: The Production of the Nineteenth-Century British Novel. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2003; pp. 254. $69.95.

*Aston, Elaine. Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 248. $65.00 cloth.

Baldwin, Jane. Michel Saint-Denis and the Shaping of [End Page...