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The Art of Writing for the Theatre

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Theatre and Translation

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1606 Shakespeare and the Year of Lear

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Did I Ever Tell You This?

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The Theatrical Notebook of Samuel Beckett: The Shorter Plays

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The Lodger, Shakespeare on Silver Street

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Actioning and How To Do It

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African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre

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Mastering the Shakespeare Audition

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Costume: Readings in Theatre Practice

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Modern London Map: Guide to Modern Architecture

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After Black Lives Matter

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Welcome to the Club

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Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre

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Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

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Contemporary British Musicals: 'Out of the Darkness'

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Brecht on Theatre

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A Teacher's Guide to Musical Theatre

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Decolonizing the Theatre Space: A Conversation

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Black History for Every Day of the Year

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Hamilton and Me

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From Mohair Suits to Kinky Boots

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Words into Action

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Fair or Foul: The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition

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First ACT Shakespeare

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Kattaikkuttu: Forms of Drama

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My Shakespeare: A Director's Journey through the First Folio

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Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice and Text Work

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Dance in Musical Theatre: A History of the Body in Movement

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Conversations in Color

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Theater of Lockdown Digital and Distanced Performance in a Time of Pandemic

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The Theatre of Anthony Neilson

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Modern British Playwriting: The 1950s Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

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Who Am I, Again?

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William Shakespeare: A Brief Life

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Theatre Across Borders

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The Jobbing Actor

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