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All Change Please: A Practical Guide to Achieving Gender Equality in Theatre

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300 Thoughts for Theatremakers: A Manifesto for the Twenty-First-Century Theatremaker

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Immersive Theatres: Intimacy and Immediacy in Contemporary Performance

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: The National Theatre, 1963–1975: Olivier and Hall

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 8: Bausch, Castellucci, Fabre

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1: Antoine, Stanislavski, Saint-Denis

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Out For Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical

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Careful the Spell You Cast: How Stephen Sondheim Extended the Range of the American Musical

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African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre

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Decolonizing the Theatre Space: A Conversation

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A Century of South African Theatre

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Reader in Comedy

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The Theatre of Martin Crimp

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Kattaikkuttu: A Rural Theatre Tradition in South India

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