The answers to these questions - and much, much more - are to be found in The Changing Room , which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: * tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet * the gender-[...]
These new translations of Chekhov's five major plays and three of his one-act farces include variant readings from earlier versions and manuscript versions. Laurence Senelick's translation closely preserves Chekhov's singular style. Included is the largest collection of Chekhov's commentary on his p[...]
Konstantin Stanislavsky transformed theatre in the West and was indisputably one of the twentieth century's greatest innovators. His life and work mark some of the most significant artistic and political milestones of that tumultuous century, from the emancipation of the serfs to the Russian Revolut[...]