Book Reviews

Rebecca Schneider. Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment. Routledge, 2011.

• T. Nikki Cesare. “Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment (review).” Modern Drama, Volume 55, Number 2 (Summer 2012), pp. 283-285. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Sara Brady. “Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment (review).” Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Volume 26, Number 2 (Spring 2012), pp. 223-225. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Thomas Postlewait and Bruce A. McConachie, eds. Interpreting the Theatrical Past. University of Iowa Press, 1989.

• Rosemarie Bank. “Interpreting the Theatrical Past: Essays in the Historiography of Performance by Thomas Postlewait, Bruce A. McConachie.” Theatre Journal, Volume 42, Number 2 (May 1990), pp. 272-274. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Bernard F. Dukore. Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to Grotowski.Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.

• Laurence Senelick and Edward Pixley. “Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to Grotowski by Bernard F. Dukore.” Educational Theatre Journal, Volume 28, Number 2 (May 1976), pp. 271-275. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Henry Bial. The Performance Studies Reader. 2^nd ed. Routledge, 2007.

• Adam D. Frank. “The Performance Studies Reader (review).” Journal of American Folklore, Volume 124, Number 493 (Summer 2011), pp. 225-227. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Jonathan Hicks. “Linda Ben-Zvi and Tracy C. Davis, eds. Considering Calamity: Methods for Performance Research. The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University: Asaph Books, 2007; Henry Bial, ed. The Performance Studies Reader. 2nd edn. London and New York: Routledge, 2007; Tracy C. Davis, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008,” Cambridge Opera Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1 (March 2009), pp. 89-99. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Marvin Carlson. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present. Cornell University Press, 1993.

• Thomas Postlewait. “Theories of the Theatre, A Historical And Critical Survey, From The Greeks To The Present. By Marvin Carlson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1984. Pp. 529. $45.00; $14.95,” Theatre Research International, Volume 12, Issue 03 (September 1987), pp. 261-263. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Ronald W. Vince. “Marvin Carlson, Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1984. 528 pp. $49.50 cloth, $14.95 paper.” Theatre Survey, Volume 27, Issue 1-2 (November 1986), pp. 167-168. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Janelle Reinelt and Joseph Roach. Critical Theory and Performance. Revised and Enlarged Edition. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

• James M. Harding. “Critical Theory and Performance. Edited by Janelle Reinelt & Joseph Roach. University of Michigan Press, 1992. Pp. 455. $49.50; 18.50.” Theatre Research International, Volume 21, Issue 01 (March 1996), pp. 89-90. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Mick Wallis, Janelle G. Reinelt and Joseph R. Roach, eds. Critical Theory and Performance Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992. 456 p. £18.95 (pbk). ISBN 0-472-06458-4, New Theatre Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 38 (May 1994), pp. 202 – 203. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Mark Fortier. Theory/Theatre: An Introduction. Routledge, 1997.

• Brian Singleton. “Theatre/Theory: An Introduction. By Mark Fortier. London & New York: Routledge, 1997. Pp. vii + 195. £35 Hb; £10.99 Pb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 23, Issue 2 (June 1998), pp. 191-192. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Christopher McCullough. “Theory/Theatre: An Introduction,” The Modern Language Review, Volume 96, Number 2 (April 2001), pp. 602-603. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Leigh Clemons, Branding Texas: Performing Culture in the Lone Star State. University of Texas Press, 2008.

• Rollo Newsom. “Branding Texas: Performing Culture in the Lone Star State (review).” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 113, Number 1 (July 2009), pp. 121-122. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Matthew McMahan. “Branding Texas: Performing Culture in the Lone Star State (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 63, Number 4 (December 2011), pp. 668-669. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Bonnie Marranca. Performance Histories. PAJ Publications, 2008.

• Paul Rae. “Performance Histories (review).” TDR: The Drama Review, Volume 54, Number 3 (Fall 2010), pp. 178-180. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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