Books Received
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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, Julia A. Walker, Performing Arts Department, C.B. 1108, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis MO 63130, 314-935-3568, or via e-mail: tjbooks@artsci.wustl.edu. Titles preceded by an "*" have been assigned to reviewers; titles preceded by a "**" are reviewed in this issue.
Autobiography, Biography, Profile, and Interview
Barry, Paul. A Lifetime with Shakespeare: Notes from an American Director of All 38 Plays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 241.
*Bennett, Alma J. American Women Theatre Critics: Biographies and Selected Writings of Twelve Reviewers, 1753-1919. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 186.
Bigsby, Christopher. Arthur Miller: 1915-1962. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009; pp. 739.
Boulton, Agnes, and W. D. King. Part of a Long Story: "Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love." Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011; pp. 275.
Brown, Mark, ed. Howard Barker Interviews 1980-2010: Conversations in Catastrophe. Chicago: Intellect, 2011; pp. 214.
Cantrell, Tom, and Mary Luckhurst. Playing for Real: Actors on Playing Real People. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010: pp. 162.
Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. René Blum and the Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011; pp. 277.
Clinton, Craig. Cora Urquhart Potter: The Victorian Actress as Provocateur. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 251.
*Cohen, Lola, ed. The Lee Strasberg Notes. London: Routledge, 2010; pp. 200.
Dircks, Phyllis T. A Literary Edward Albee Companion. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 173.
*Efros, Anatoly. James Thomas, trans. Beyond Rehearsal: Reflections on Interpretation and Practice, Continued. New York: Peter Lang, 2009; pp. 306.
*Kear, Lynn. Laurette Taylor: American Stage Legend. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. 278.
*King, William Davies. Another Part of a Long Story: Literary Traces of Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010; pp. 328.
Lambert, Philip. To Broadway, to Life! The Musical Theater of Bock and Harnick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011; pp. 361.
Scheijen, Sjeng. Diaghilev: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009; pp. 552.
*Solomon, Rakesh H. Albee in Performance. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010; pp. 303.
Starr, Larry. George Gershwin. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010; pp. 194.
Stiles, Kristine, ed. Correspondence Course: An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her Circle. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010; pp. 514.
Strom, Robert. Lady of Burlesque: The Career of Gypsy Rose Lee. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011; pp. 235.
Vakhtangov, Yevgeny. Andrei Malaev-Babel, ed. The Vakhtangov Sourcebook. London: Routledge, 2011; pp. 366.
Zeami. Tom Hare, trans. Zeami: Performance Notes. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011; pp. 504.
Bibliography and Reference
Beard, DeAnna M. Toten. Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine: Promoting Modern American Theatre, 1916-1921. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010; pp. 281.
Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011; pp. 684.
Podewell, Buzz. Shakespeare's Watch: A Guide to Time and Location in Plays, vols. 1-2. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009; pp. 970.
Zarrilli, Phillip B., Bruce McConachie, Gary Jay Williams, and Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei. Theatre Histories: An Introduction, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2010; pp. 630.
Criticism, History, and Theory
*Afari, Kamran. Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009; pp. 249.
Albanese, Denise. Extramural Shakespeare. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010; pp. 181.
*Allain, Paul. The Theatre Practice of Tadashi Suzuki. London: Methuen Drama, 2009; pp. 214.
Al-Shamma, James. Sarah Ruhl: A Critical Study of the Plays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011; pp. 220.
*Altschuler, Bruce E. Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays about the Presidency. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010; pp. 193.
American Theatre, eds. The American Theatre Reader. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2009; pp. 615.
Anderson, Joseph L. Enter a Samurai: Kawakami Otojio and Japanese Theatre in the West, vols. 1-2. Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, 2011; pp. 825. [End Page 488]
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