Books Received

Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise directly to the Book Review Editor, Charlotte Canning at the Department of Theater and Dance, University of Texas at Austin, Winship Building, Austin, TX, 78712–1168, or via electronic mail: <canningc@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu> (N.B. Those titles preceded by a “*” have been assigned to reviewers.)

Acting and Directing

Filichia, Peter. Let’s Put on a Musical: How to Choose the Right Show for Your Theater. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1993; pp. 360. $14.95.

Lesser, Wendy. A Director Calls. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997; pp. 257. $40.00 cloth, $14.95 paper.

Luere, Jeane and Sidney Berger. The Theatre Team: Playwright, Producer, Director, Designers, and Actors. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998; pp. 192. $49.95.

Stagecraft and Design

Bloom, Martin. Accommodating the Lively Arts: An Architect’s View. Lyme, NH: Smith and Kraus, 1997; pp. 112. $16.95.

Peacock, John. Fashion Sourcebooks: The 1930s. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997; pp. 64. $10.95.

Peacock, John. Fashion Sourcebooks: The 1970s. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997; pp. 64. $10.95.

Swinfield, Rosemarie. Period Make-up for the Stage Step-By-Step. Cincinnati: Betterway, 1997; pp. 128. $24.99.

Walters, Graham. Stage Lighting Step-By-Step. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway, 1997; pp. 144. $24.99.

Autobiography and Biography

Chambers, Colin. Peggy: The Life of Margaret Ramsey, Play Agent. New York: St. Martin’s, 1998; pp. 361. $27.95.

Morrison, Michael A. John Barrymore: Shakespeare Actor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997; pp. 416. $29.95.

Sagan, Leontine. Lights and Shadows: The Autobiography of Leontine Sagan. Edited by Loren Kruger. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1996; pp. 270. R120,00.

*Vorlicky, Robert, editor. Tony Kushner in Conversation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997; pp. 286. $44.50 cloth, $16.95 paper.

Bibliography and Reference

Deutsch, Didier. VideoHound’s Soundtracks: Music from the Movies, Broadway, and Television. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1998; pp. 1024. $24.95.

*Gambelli, Delia. Arlecchino a Parigi: Lo Scenario Di Domenico Biancolelli. Rome: Bulzoni, 1997; pp. 874.

Partnow, Elaine with Lesley Hyatt. The Female Dramatist. New York: Facts on File, 1998; pp. 304. $45.00.

Pilkinton, Mark C. Bristol: Records of Early English Drama. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997; pp. 382. $125.00.

Shafer, Yvonne. August Wilson: A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998; pp. 160. $65.00.

Wilmeth, Don B. and Christopher Bigsby, editors. The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Volume 1: Beginnings to 1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997; pp. 525. $69.95.

Criticism, History, and Theory

*Anderlini-D’Onofrio, Serena. The “Weak” Subject: On Modernity, Eros, and Women’s Playwriting. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1998; pp. 352. $48.50.

Barker, Howard. Arguments for a Theatre. Third Edition. New York: Manchester University Press, 1997; pp. 233. $24.95.

Batchelor, John, Tom Cain, and Claire Lamont, editors. Shakespearean Continuities: Essays in Honour of E.A.J. Honigmann. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998; pp. 398. $55.00.

Bigsby, Christopher. The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997; pp. 277. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.

Bini, Daniela. Pirandello and His Muse. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998; pp. 248. $49.95.

Beumers, Brigit. Yury Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre 1964–1994. Amsterdam: Harwood, 1997; pp. 361. $126.00 cloth, $42.00 paper.

Boose, Lynda. Shakespeare the Movie: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, and Video. New York: Routledge, 1998; pp. 277. $22.99.

Bottoms, Stephen J. The Theatre of Sam Shepard: States of Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997; pp. 301. $59.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.

Brown, Rodger Lyle. Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit: The Culture of Festivals in the American South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1997; pp. 204. $17.00.

Bridger, Michael. Hybridity. Performing Arts International Series. Amsterdam: Harwood, 1997; pp. 105. $23.00.

Collins, L. J. Theatre at War, 1914–18. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998; pp. 253. $55.00.

Collins, Michael J. Shakespeare’s Sweet Thunder: Essays on the Early Comedies. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997; pp. 249.

Citron, Stephen. The Musical from the Inside Out. Chicago: Ivan R...