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

Gibbs, A. M. Bernard Shaw: A Life. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005; pp. 554. $39.95 cloth.

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

Moore, James Ross. André Charlot: The Genius of Intimate Musical Revue. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2005; pp. 187. $39.95 paper

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.

Bibliography and Reference

Leiter, Samuel L. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006; pp. 558. $99.00 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: St. Martin's Press, 2005; pp. 523. $45.00 cloth.

Criticism, History, and Theory

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

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

Aughterson, Kate. Aphra Behn: The Comedies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003; pp. 259. $65.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

**Babbage, Frances. Augusto Boal. London: Routledge, 2004; pp. 155. $90.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

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. $75.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

*Barnett, David. Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German Theatre. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 300. $90.00 cloth

**Begley, Varun. Harold Pinter and the Twilight of Modernism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005; pp. vii + 207. $55.00 cloth.

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

*Bial, Henry. Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage and Screen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005; pp. 195. $24.95 paper.

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

Bogad, L.M. Electoral Guerilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements. New York: Routledge, 2005; pp. 235. $33.95 paper.

Bottoms, Stephen, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 263. $65.00 cloth, $25.99 paper.

**Brater, Enoch, ed. Arthur Miller's America: Theatre and Culture in a Time of Change. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005; pp. xi + 268. $55.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

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.

*Brewer, Mary F. Staging Whiteness. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2005; pp. 236. $65.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Butterworth, Philip. Magic on the Early English Stage. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005; pp. 295. $85.00 cloth.

**Canning, Charlotte...