9 must-read theatre books like A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Barba

Cover of A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Barba

A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer

By: Eugenio Barba

4.22

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

If you liked the theatre plot in A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Barba , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander, Hayden Carruth

1. Nausea

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth

3.94

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more

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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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2. Dr. Faustus

By: Christopher Marlowe

3.80

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more

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  • theatre
"Hell is just a frame of mind."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Be silent then, for danger is in words."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."

-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus

Cover of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Catherine Belsey

3. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

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"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"How now, spirit! Whither wander you?"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Cover of Towards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba

4. Towards a Poor Theatre

By: Jerzy Grotowski , Eugenio Barba

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1968, Jerzy Grotowski's groundbreaking book is available once again. As a r… read more

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  • theatre
  • nonfiction
"The main point then is that an actor should not try to acquire any kind of recipe or build up a "box of tricks." This is no place for collecting all sorts of means of expression."

-Jerzy Grotowski, Towards a Poor Theatre

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5. La Cantatrice chauve

By: Eugène Ionesco

3.76

Format: 149 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Tout le monde la connaît. Peu peuvent l'expliquer. C'est ce que fait à merveille Emmanuel Jacquart,… read more

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  • theatre
"Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale ? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver."

-Eugène Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve

Cover of Yerma by Federico García Lorca, Gwynne Edwards, Chris Megson

6. Yerma

By: Federico García Lorca , Gwynne Edwards , Chris Megson

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lo… read more

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  • theatre
Cover of A Behanding in Spokane by Martin McDonagh

7. A Behanding in Spokane

By: Martin McDonagh

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dingy motel room. Small-town America. Carmichael travels with a suitcase full of hands, but he wa… read more

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  • theatre
Cover of Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Salm

8. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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9. The Theater and Its Double

By: Antonin Artaud , None

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

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10. The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate

By: Peter Brook

3.87

Format: 309 pages,

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11. Theatre of the Oppressed

By: Augusto Boal , None

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Boal and his work are marvelous examples of the post-modern situation-its problems and its opportu… read more

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12. Antonin Artaud

By: Martin Esslin

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Martin Esslin is one of the most respected and knowledgeable writers on serious drama and literatur… read more

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13. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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14. The Cherry Orchard

By: Anton Chekhov , Tom Murphy

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy … read more

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15. Salomé

By: Oscar Wilde , Aubrey Beardsley , Robert Baldwin Ross , Alfred Bruce Douglas

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned … read more

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16. The Invisible Actor

By: Yoshi Oida

4.30

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Yoshi Oida is completely unique. A Japanese actor and director who has worked mainly in the West as… read more

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  • theatre
  • nonfiction
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17. Meyerhold on Theatre

By: Vsevolod Meyerhold

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A major reissue of a book which is used by students of Meyerhold across the world This was the firs… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer

By: Eugenio Barba

4.22

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. read more

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