Drama

This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. It features the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of an historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works.

Written by highly respected theatre historians, the text has earned its reputation as one of the most comprehensive, authoritative surveys of the theatre.

How has theatre engaged with the nation-state and helped to formulate national identities?

This reference book has 1300 entries that cover theatre in Australia in all its forms since 1788.

John McCallum's new history explores the relationship between 20th century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation.

When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land steeped in tradition and tragedy, while the more modern Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels revealed a brutal yet sharply humorous portrayal of contemporary English life.

In the course of exploring the theatrical cultures of South and East Asia, eminent Shakespeareanist John Russell Brown developed some remarkable theories about the nature of performance, the state of Western 'Theatre' today, and the future potential of Shakespeare's plays.

Under the chairmanship of Cate Blanchett and Julianne Schultz, one hundred selected individuals from the arts, film, the media, architecture and design spent the weekend tossing around ideas to put forward a clear vision of exactly what a Creative Australia might look like.

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama.

What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as 'drama', 'theatre' or 'performance'?