Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and CleopatraThis books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers pick up the play's themes of desire and delinquency, exoticism and erotic politics to locate the most ambituous love story ever told in a new present. Is the play tragedy? Comedy? Farce? Rutter shows it's all three.

Yet amid all the anxiety

As the gatekeepers of Gotham

the Angel of History

This is the first full-length study of the screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin

exposing the problems and arguing that a radical overhaul is crucial for a sustainable future

blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines

Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer explores how this continued devotion is internalized

Some of America’s most exciting film directors have emerged from the theater world

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Robert Bresson

including the origins of cinema in Barcelona

She is a playwright whose plays perform like dramatic poems that are wondrous to the ear and moving to the heart

the roles played by the dominant figures