The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.0329 Thursday, 20 February 2003
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Date: Wednesday, 19 Feb 2003 09:37:52 EST
Subject: Call for Reviewers: NETJ
CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS
for the
2003 NEW ENGLAND THEATRE JOURNAL
New England Theatre Journal (a publication of the New England Theatre
Conference) invites Book Reviews for its year 2003 edition. A refereed
publication, New England Theatre Journal is concerned with advancing the
study and practice of theatre and drama by printing articles of the
highest quality on a broad range of subjects, including traditional
scholarship, performance theory, pedagogy, and articles on theatre
performance, design and technology.
NETJ prints two types of Book Reviews: Full reviews (1000 words) and
Briefly Noted (175-200 words each). Following are listed books
available for either type and a few that are offered only for Brief
notice (indicated by an "*" ).
If you are interested in being considered as a prospective Reviewer for
NETJ, please contact the Book Reviews Editor: Alycia Smith-Howard,
Ph.D., Mount Holyoke College (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Please
indicate your preferred title(s) for review, a brief outline of your
qualifications and your snail-mail address.
The deadline for Book Review submissions is May 15, 2002. All
contributions to NETJ should conform to MLA Handbook guidelines. Reviews
should be judicious and informative - total pans will not be accepted.
Billingham Peter. Theatre of Conscience 1939-53. A Study of Four Touring
British Community Theatres. London: Routledge, 2002. 156 pp
Blumenfeld, Robert. Accents. A Manual for Actors. New York: Limelight,
2002. 415 pp
* Carilli, Theresa. Familial Circles. Toronto: Guernica, 2001. 96 pp
Carlyon, David. Dan Rice. New York: Public Affairs, 2001. 416 pp
Chapman, Vernon. Who's in the Goose Tonight? An Anecdotal History of
Canadian Theatre. Toronto: ECW Press, 2001. 602 pp
* Chekhov, Anton. Uncle Vanya. (trans.) Curt Columbus Chicago, IL: Ivan
R. Dee, 2002. 78 pp
Coppa, Francesca. Joe Orton. A Casebook. New York: Routledge, 2003. 166
pp
Fallon, Robert Thomas. A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Themes.
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. 258 pp
Feinberg, Anat. Embodied Memory. The Theatre of George Tabori. Iowa
City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1999. 346 pp
Fesmire, Julia A. (ed.) Beth Henley. A Casebook. New York: Routledge,
2002.153 pp
Fisher, James. The Theater of Tony Kushner. Living Past Hope. New York:
Routledge, 2001. 265 pp
Gaines, James F. (ed.) The Moliere Encyclopedia. Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 2002, 523 pp
Mason, Jeffrey and J. Ellen Gainor. (eds.) Performing America. Cultural
Nationalism in American Theater. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan
Press, 1999. 237 pp
Ganzl, Kurt. Lydia Thompson. Queen of Burlesque. New York: Routledge,
2002. 221 pp
Ganzl, Kurt. William B. Gill. From the Goldfields to Broadway. New York:
Routledge, 2002. 280 pp
George, David. Theatre in Madrid and Barcelona 1892-1936. Cardiff:
University of Wales Press, 2002. 179 pp
Grippo, Charles. The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide. New
York, Allworth Press: 2002. 222 pp
Haedicke, Susan C. and Nellhaus, Tobin (eds.) Performing Democracy.
International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Peformances. Ann
Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2002. 346 pp
Harding, Frances (ed.). The Performance Arts in Africa. A Reader.
London: Routledge, 2002. 357 pp
Harris, Susan Cannon. Gender and Modern Irish Drama. Bloomington,
Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2002. 272 pp
Herrington, Joan. (ed.) The Playwright's Muse. New York: Routledge,
2002. 292 pp
Holderness, Graham. Visual Shakespeare. Essays in film and television.
Hatfield, England: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2002. 196 pp
Knowles, Ric. The Theatre of Form and the Production of Meaning.
Contemporary Canadian Dramaturgies. Toronto: ECW Press, 1999. 228 pp
Lamb, Andrew. Leslie Stuart. The Man Who Composed Florodora. New York:
Routledge, 2002. 286 pp
* Lamedman, Debbie. 111 One-Minute Monologues. Young Actors Series.
Hanover NH: Smith, 2002. 117 pp
Lepidus, D. L. (ed.) Women Playwrights. The Best Plays of 2000. Hanover,
NH: Smith, 2002. 305 pp
Lepidus, D. L. (ed.) Women Playwrights. The Best Plays of 2001.
Hanover, NH: Smith, 2002. 274 pp
Lowenthal, Cynthia. Performing Identities on the Restoration Stage.
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003.
McCarthy, Gerry. The Theatres of Moliere. New York: Routledge, 2002. 214
pp
* Mann, Abby. Judgment at Nuremberg. New York: New Directions, 2002. 110
pp
Mertz, Annelise (ed.) The Body Can Speak. Essays on Creative Movement
Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama. Carbondale, IL: Southern
Illinois Press, 2002. 136 pp
Mulcahy, Lisa. Building the Successful Theater Company. New York:
Allworth Press, 2002. 231 pp
Ozieblo, Barbara and Miriam Lopez-Rodriguez. (eds.) Staging a Cultural
Paradigm. The Political and the Personal in American Drama. Brussels:
Peter Lang, 2002. 372 pp
Plunka, Gene A. The Black Comedy of John Guare. Newark, NJ: Associated
University Presses, 2002. 234 pp
Ramczyk, Suzanne M. Delicious Dissembling. A Compleat Guide to
Performing Restoration Comedy. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002. 171 pp
Ruby, Thelma and Peter Frye. Double or Nothing. Two Lives in the
Theatre. The Autobiography of Thelma Ruby and Peter Frye. London: Janus,
1997. 327 pp
Schechner, Richard. Performance Studies. An Introduction. New York:
Routledge, 2002. 272 pp
Wilmer, S. E. Theatre, Society and the Nation. Staging American
Identities. Cambridge: CUP, 2002. 202 pp
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Alycia Smith-Howard, Ph.D.,
Book Reviews Editor, New England Theatre Journal
Mount Holyoke College
Laura Blaguszewski
Editorial Assistant (Book Reviews), New England Theatre Journal
Mount Holyoke College
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