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

**Barranger, Milly S. Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004; pp. 367. $35.00 cloth.

**Ben-Zvi, Linda. Susan Glaspell: Her Life and Times. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005; pp. 476. $45.00 cloth.

Gorney, Sondra K. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Life of Composer Jay Gorney. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005; pp. 155. $29.95 paper.

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

**Peters, Margot.Design for Living: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003; pp. 394. $30.00 cloth.

Bibliography and Reference

Griffiths, Huw, ed. Hamlet: A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; pp. 178. $60.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

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

**Kolin, Philip, ed. The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2004; pp. 350. $89.95 cloth.

Mitter, Shomit and Maria Shevtsova, eds. Fifty Key Theatre Directors. New York: Routledge, 2005; pp. 286. $22.95 paper.

Patterson, Michael. The Oxford Dictionary of Plays. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005; pp. 523. $45.00 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.

Criticism, History, and Theory

Abbotson, Susan C. W. Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005; pp. 227. $45.00 cloth.

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

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

Aldgate, Anthony and James C. Robertson. Censorship in Theatre and Cinema. New York: Edinburgh University Press, 2005; pp. 195. $80.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

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

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

Archer, John Michael. Citizen Shakespeare: Freemen and Aliens in the Language of the Plays. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; pp. 211. $65.00 cloth.

*Baldwin, Jane. Michel Saint-Denis and the Shaping of the Modern Actor. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003; pp. 218. $49.95 cloth.

**Barker, Howard. Death, The One and the Art of Theatre. London: Routledge, 2005; pp. 105. $22.95 cloth.

Barker, Simon, ed. Shakespeare's Problem Plays: All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; pp. 237. $24.95 paper, $75.00 cloth.

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.

Berghaus, Günter. Avant-Garde Performance: Live Events and Electronic Technologies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; pp. 374. $90.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.

Bigsby, Christopher. Arthur Miller: A Critical Study. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 514. $85.00 cloth, $29.99 paper.

*Blackadder, Neil. Performing Opposition: Modern Theater and the Scandalized Audience. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003; pp. 228. $69.95 cloth.

Bottoms, Stephen, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 263. $65.00...