Dramaturg Jane Barnette has put together an essential guide for theatre scholars and practitioners seeking to understand and participate in the process of adaptation for the stage. Employing the term “adapturgy”—her neologism for the art of adaptation dramaturgy—Barnette redefines the dramaturg’s role and thoroughly refutes the commonplace point of view that adapted works are somehow less creative than “original” plays.The dual nature of dramaturgy and adaptation as both process an...

Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy and Casting the Witch for Stage and Screen addresses the Witch as a theatrical type on twenty-first-century-North American stages and screens, seen through the lenses of casting, design, and adaptation, with attention paid to why these patterns persist, and what wishes they fulfil.Witch Fulfillment examines the Witch in performance, considering how actors embody iconic roles designated as witches (casting), and how dramatur...

A knocking. A ringing. A steady drip-drip-drip. These are the sounds that haunt us. Drive us mad. Draw us in like the songs of sirens, hypnotic and deadly. And we must either give in, or resist with everything we have…and hope it's enough.Listen: The Sound of Fear offers ten stories written exclusively by trans and nonbinary authors that explore the chilling, perplexing, terrifying nature of sound.Kill Your Darlings. When two shop workers in 1894 New York discover a haunted...

All children love mysteries that they can solve themselves with just a little investigating. Jane Barnette has always been told that she is a bright, smart, and intelligent girl who could solve almost anything if she just did a little investigating. All children of today should feel the same way as Jane Barnette. They should feel that they can solve any problem if they just take the time to do a little investigating.

Outdoor drama takes many forms: ancient Greek theatre, open-air performances of Shakespeare at summer festivals, and re-enactments of landmark historical events. The essays gathered in "Outdoor Performance," Volume 17 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium, address outdoor theatre's many manifestations, including the historical and non-traditional.Among other subjects, these essays explore the rise of "airdomes" as performance spaces in the American Midwest in the first h...

That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of contemporary live performance.The eleven contributors to this fascinating collection illuminate many aspects of commercial theatre and how best to examine it. George Pate analyze...

All children love mysteries that they can solve themselves with just a little investigating. Jane Barnette has always been told that she is a bright, smart, and intelligent girl who could solve almost anything if she just did a little investigating. All children of today should feel the same way as Jane Barnette. They should feel that they can solve any problem if they just take the time to do a little investigating.

The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM creates dynamics within groups leading toward improved ways of working together; in the interpretation section CMM offers alternative frames to interpret interactions with one another; and in the reflection section CMM is a means to reflect o...

After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her forties, a comment by her doctor that she wouldn' t be " less of a woman" prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result.

Step into the culinary world of the early 20th century with "The Mary Frances Cook Book (Unabridged)" by Jane Eayre Fryer. This timeless classic, first published in 1910, offers a glimpse into the kitchens of yesteryear, providing a treasure trove of recipes, household tips, and culinary wisdom. From classic dishes like roast chicken and apple pie to forgotten gems like oyster soup and mock turtle soup, this book is a culinary time capsule that will transport you to a bygone era.

This full cast presentation includes Part 1 and Part 2 of Shakespeare’s Henry IV.In 1598 appeared a Quarto with the following title:The History of Henrie the Fourth; With the Battell at Shrewsburie, betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henrie Hotspur of the North. With the humorous conceits of Sir John Falstaffe. At London. Printed by P. S. for Andrew Wise, dwelling in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Angell. 1598.This was the Fir...

Volume 25 of 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era investigates the local textures that make up the whole cloth of the Enlightenment. Ranging from China to Cheltenham and from Spinoza to civil insurrection, volume 25 celebrates the emergence of long-eighteenth-century culture from particularities and prodigies. Unfurling in the folds of this volume is a special feature on playwright, critic, and literary theorist John Dennis. Edited by Claude Willan, ...