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Drama & 2 015 Performance Studies Discover.Read.Study.Perform. — A complete digital library of — THE MOST STUDIED, PERFORMED & CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PLAYS 2014 — from the last 2,500 years — STATIONERS' INNOVATION EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER ‘Drama Online blazes the trail for a new era of digital theatre publishing.’ — dr cHris meGson, roYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Designed for the Literature and Theatre classroom FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @DRAMAONLINELIB LEARN MORE AT WWW.DRAMAONLINELIBRARY.COM CONTACT US AT [email protected] A PARTNERSHIP FROM: Contents Bloomsbury Head Offices & Distributors Letter from the Editors. 2 UK, Europe & Rest of World Modern Drama . .3 Bloomsbury Publishing 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK Modern Plays . .3 Tel: +44 (0)207 631 5600 Modern Classics �������������������������������������������������������� 16 Fax: +44 (0)207 631 5800 [email protected] Anthologies . 19 Student Editions. 23 UK Trade Orders Macmillan Distribution (MDL) New Mermaids . 25 Brunel Road, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, RG21 6XT, UK Tel: +44 (0)1256 302692 The Arden Shakespeare ���������������������������������������������� 27 Fax: +44 (0)1256 812521 / 812558 Arden Early Modern Drama . 27 [email protected] The Arden Shakespeare Third Series. 28 US, Canada, Latin America Bloomsbury USA Studying Shakespeare ������������������������������������������������ 30 1385 Broadway, 5th Floor Theatre Studies . 34 New York, NY 10018, USA Tel: +1 212-419-5300 Applied Theatre . 35 [email protected] Critical Companions �������������������������������������������������� 36 US Trade Orders Methuen Drama Engage . 38 Bloomsbury USA MPS/BUSA Orders Bertolt Brecht ���������������������������������������������������������� 39 16365 James Madison Highway, British Theatre. 40 Gordonsville, VA 22942, USA Tel: +1 888-330-8477 American Theatre. 41 Fax: +1 800-672-2054 [email protected] Performance Studies. 42 [email protected] Dramaturgy . 42 Performance and Technique ���������������������������������������� 43 Index . 48 Representatives, Agents & Distributors . .51 Proposals If you have a book proposal, please contact one of the editors listed on page 2 or submit your proposal using forms available at www.bloomsbury.com/academic/forauthors EBooks Inspection / Exam Copies EBook availability is indicated under each book entry: Individual eBook: available for your e-reader Books with this symbol are available on inspection / as exam copies and Library eBook: available for institution-wide access are particularly suitable for course use. 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Whilst we endeavour to ensure that prices, publication dates and other Bloomsbury Academic is a division of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. details in this catalogue are correct on going to press, they are subject to Registered in England No. 01984336. change without further notice. www.bloomsbury.com • USA, Canada, Latin America • 888-330-8477 • [email protected] 1 Letter FROM THE EDITORS ORS DIT Award-winning Publishing from E Bloomsbury Drama THE Incorporating Methuen Drama and The Arden Shakespeare Welcome to the new Bloomsbury Drama & Performance Studies catalogue, including Methuen Drama and The Arden Shakespeare. As part of the Academic & Professional Division at Bloomsbury, we are proud to have picked up the Bookseller Industry Award for Academic, FROM Educational & Professional publisher of the year for the second year running. From The Bookseller: From a shortlist displaying an abundance of energy and innovation, the judges’ winner stands apart 'for the scale and range of its ambition’ … By delving deep into its rich archives of content, it has driven the legacy of publishing at its disposal into exciting new realms. The judges said, 'It leads from the front in re-imagining the way content can be used and sold'. etter Digital Highlights L Since launch, Drama Online has been shortlisted for three industry awards for digital innovation and won the Stationers' Livery Company Award for Innovation Excellence. Featuring 1000+ plays, 100+ scholarly works, and essential tools like character grids, we are continually adding more content: January 2015 sees the addition of Nick Hern Books as a content partner and 400+ audio files from L.A. Theatre Works. See the inside front cover and www.dramaonlinelibrary.com for more. www.actorsandperformers.com provides advice and contacts for actors and performers at all stages of their careers. And, in collaboration with Faber, The Sonnets by William Shakespeare app contains all 154 poems read by an all-star cast including Patrick Stewart and Stephen Fry. In 2014 we launched Bloomsbury Collections. This eBooks platform delivers instant access to quality research and provides libraries with a flexible way to build their collections across the humanities and social sciences. 4,000 eBook titles will be on the platform by spring 2015, featuring content from Bloomsbury’s latest research publications as well as a 100+ year legacy including Continuum, T&T Clark, Bristol Classical Press, Berg, Hart Publishing and The Arden Shakespeare (excludes the plays, which are available on Drama Online). Sign up for an institutional trial or updates at www.bloomsburycollections.com. Book Highlights This year Arden publishes several of the acclaimed Great Shakespeareans reference series in paperback, together with revised editions of Much Ado About Nothing (p. 28) and Two Noble Kinsmen (p. 28), as well new close reading guides for undergraduates, Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing (p. 30). In Theatre Studies we are launching new volumes in our innovative new Applied Theatre Series (p. 35), and Methuen Drama Engage series (p. 38). We’re also proud to publish the first English language Brecht biography for twenty years: Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life (p. 39), described by the Literary Review as ‘an astonishing tour de force based on impressive scholarship’. On the Performance list we have a major new text and video resource: Actor Movement (p. 43) three new practical guides in our RADA series on Dramatic Dance, Singing on Stage and Genre (all p. 47) and a new Alexander technique book, Physical Expression on Stage and Screen (p. 45) from US coach, Bill Connington. Finally we are excited to publish the very best new modern plays, including the highly successful Birdland by Simon Stephens (p. 4), Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo (p. 11), Dark Vanilla Jungle by Philip Ridley (p. 6) and Kingston 14 by Roy Williams (p. 9). Who is Bloomsbury Academic? Publishing around 1,200 books each year, with a backlist of 20,000 titles, Bloomsbury’s Academic Division has grown through strategic acquisitions as well as establishing a home-grown list. Continuum, Berg and Bristol Classical Press are now part of the Bloomsbury brand, while Methuen Drama, The Arden Shakespeare, T&T Clark and Fairchild Books (including former AVA titles) remain as imprints under the Bloomsbury umbrella. Bloomsbury is committed to academic excellence, peer-review, the quality of our authors, digital publishing, speed to market and innovation. We hope you enjoy reading our latest catalogue. Jenny Ridout, Editorial Director, Drama [email protected] Margaret Bartley, Publisher, The Arden Shakespeare [email protected] Mark Dudgeon, Senior Commissioning Editor, Theatre Studies [email protected] Anna Brewer, Commissioning Editor, Drama [email protected] @Methuendrama • @Ardenpublisher • @Dramaonlinelib 2 www.bloomsbury.com • UK, Europe, ROW • +44 (0)1256 302692 • [email protected] M MODERN plays ODERN Modern Plays The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. DRAMA A Doll's House A Life of Galileo Henrik Ibsen Bertolt Brecht Translated by Simon Stephens Translated