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  • 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, 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. Titles preceded by an “*” have been assigned to reviewers; titles preceded by a “**” are reviewed in this issue.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, PROFILE, AND INTERVIEW

Albright, Daniel, ed. Great Shakespeareans: Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Britten, vol. 11. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2014; pp. 242.
Bartolovich, Crystal, David Hillman, and Jean E. Howard, eds. Great Shakespeareans: Marx and Freud, vol. 10. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2014; pp. 222.
Burnett, Mark Thornton, et al. Great Shakespeareans: Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintev, Zeffirelli, vol. 17. London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2015; pp. 204.
Burton, B. J. The Philadelphia Connection: Conversations with Playwrights. Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2015; pp. 240.
Carpenter, Charles A. Bernard Shaw and Gilbert Murray. Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014; pp. 296.
Cohen, Robert. Falling into Theatre … and Finding Myself. McKinleysville, CA: Fithian Press, 2014; pp. 238.
Craig, George, et al., eds. The Letters of Samuel Beckett, 1957–1965. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014; pp. 772.
Desai, R. W., ed. Shakespeare the Man: New Decipherings. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2014; pp. 278.
Digaetani, John Louis. Richard Wagner: New Light on a Musical Life. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014; pp. 218.
Dowling, Robert M. Eugene O’Neill: A Life in Four Acts. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014; pp. 570.
Eichenbaum, Rose. The Director Within: Storytellers of Stage and Screen. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2014; pp. 284.
*Elsam, Paul. Stephen Joseph: Theatre Pioneer and Provocateur. London: Bloomsbury, 2014; pp. 202.
Hensley, Michelle. All the Lights On: Reimagining Theater with Ten Thousand Things. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014; pp. 222.
Holland, Peter, ed. Great Shakespeareans: Garrick, Kemble, Siddons, Kean, vol. 2. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2014; pp. 218.
King-Dorset, Rodreguez. Black British Theatre Pioneers: Yvonne Brewster and the First Generation of Actors, Playwrights, and Other Practitioners. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014; pp. 220.
Kolin, Philip C., and Harvey Young, eds. Suzan-Lori Parks in Person: Interviews and Commentaries. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2014; pp. 228.
Lloyd, Stephen. Constant Lambert: Beyond the Rio Grande. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, 2014; pp. 584.
Luckhurt, Mary. Caryl Churchill. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2015; pp. 208.
Mansbridge, Joanna. Paula Vogel. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014; pp. 222.
Marranca, Bonnie. Conversations with Meredith Monk. New York: PAJ, 2014; pp. 130.
Neely, Jack. The Tennessee Theatre: A Grand Entertainment Palace. Knoxville: Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation, 2015; pp. 212.
Parker, Stephen. Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life. London: Bloomsbury, 2014: pp. 690.
Perelman, Ala Zuskin. The Travels of Benjamin Zuskin. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Universit Press, 2015; pp. 315.
Poole, Adrian, ed. Great Shakespeareans: Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Auden, Beckett, vol. 7. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2014; pp. 226.
———. Great Shakespeareans: Scott, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, vol. 5. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2014; pp. 212.
Rose, Jonathan. The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014; pp. 516.
Sauter, Willmar, and David Wiles. The Theatre of Drottningholm—Then and Now: Performances Between the 18th and 21st Centuries. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press, 2014; pp. 296.
Shelley, Peter. The Life and Films of Sandy Dennis. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014; pp. 224.
Watermeier, Daniel J. American Tragedian: The Life of Edwin Booth. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2015; pp. 464.
Weintraub, Stanley. Bernard Shaw before His First Play: The Embryo Playwright. Greensboro, NC: ELT Press, 2015; pp. 214.
Wells, Stanley. Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015; pp. 308.
Zeruk, James, Jr. Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014; pp. 246.
Zimmers, Tighe E. Lyrical Satirical Harold Rome: A Biography of the Broadway Composer-Lyricist. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014; pp. 264. [End Page 590]
Bryer, Jackson R., and Robert M. Dowling, eds. Eugene O’Neill: The Contemporary Reviews. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014; pp. 992.
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