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Index to Book Reviews
Acting Characters
Peter Lathan reviews Paul Elsam's introduction to the basic skills of
acting.
Acting From Shakespeare's First Folio
J D Atkinson reviews Don Weingust's book.
The Actor and the Target
Philip Fisher looks at Declan Donnellan's advice to actors.
Actors Speaking
Philip Fisher reviews the book edited by Lyn Haill.
The Actors' Yearbook 2007
Peter Lathan reviews the book which is an essential for any actor's
bookshelf.
The Actors' Yearbook 2008
Philip Fisher reviews the latest edition.
The Arden Shakespeare Hamlet
J D Atkinson reviews two volumes of the Arden Shakespeare, based on
three different versions: the first and second Quartos and the First
Folio.
Arguments with England
Philip Fisher reviews director Michael Blakemore's memoirs.
Arthur Miller: A Life
Philip Fisher reviews Martin Gottfried's biography of the man who is
possibly America's greatest playwright.
The Art of the Actor
A review of the book by Jean Benedetti.
The Art of the Dramatist
Phlip Fisher reviews the collection of writings by J B Priestley.
Are You There, Crocodile?
Philip Fisher reviews Michael Pennington's book about Anton Chekhov.
At the Sharp End
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Peter Billingham, subtitled Uncovering
the work of five contemporary dramatists.
The August Wilson Century Cycle
Philip Fisher introduces the new publication by Nick Hern Books.
British Theatre of the 1990s
Philip Fisher reviews the academic study by Mireia Aragay, Hildegard
Klein, Enric Monforte and Pilar Zozaya.
Broadway, Jeeves? - the diary of a theatrical
adventure
Philip Fisher reviews Martin Jarvis' book about trying to take By
Jeeves to Broadway.
The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
A book review by Peter Lathan.
A Case for Shylock
Philip Fisher reviews Gareth Armstrong's book about the genesis of his
one-man show, Shylock.
Charlotte
Philip Fisher reviews Kathryn Shevelow's book about Charlotte Charke,
daughter of Colley Cibber and collaborator with Henry Fielding.
Christopher Marlowe: Poet and Spy
Philip Fisher reviewsthe book by Park Honan.
Closer - Student Edition
Philip Fisher reviews Methuen's student edition of Patrick Marber's
play.
Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives
on Race and Performance
J D Atkinson reviews the book on cross-race casting in Shakespearean
productions, edited by Ayanna Thompson.
The Coming of Godot
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Jonathan Croall.
Commedia Plays
Philip Fisher reviews Barry Grantham's book, which contains examples
of Commedia dell'Arte plays.
Conversations with Peter Brook 1970-2000
Philip Fisher reviews Margaret Croyden's book.
Dramatists and their Manuscripts
J D Atkinson reviews the book Dramatists and their Manuscripts in
the Age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood - Authorship,
Authority and the Playhouse.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Peter Lathan reviews The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation,
and argues that it is relevant to theatre.
Ellen Terry
Philip Fisher reviews the biography by Joy Melville.
The Essential Shakespeare Handbook
Phlip Fisher looks at another guidebook to Shakespeare.
The Essential Shakespeare Live
Philip Fisher reviews the audio-book from the Royal Shakespeare Company
and the British Library.
The Faber Books of Monologues
Philip Fisher reviews two books of monologues for actors looking for
audition pieces: one for men, the other for women.
The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett
A book review by Philip Fisher.
A Fanny Full of Soap
Philip Fisher reviews Nichola McAuliffe's theatrical novel.
Fanny Kemble: A Reluctant Celebrity
Philip Fisher reviews Rebecca John's biography of the nineteenth century
actress.
Fatty Batter
Philip Fisher reviews the book by actor Michael Simkins, more about
cricket than theatre!
Fences
Philip Fisher reviews the ninth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
From Performance to Print in Shakespeare's
England
J D Atkinson reviews the book edited by Peter Holland and Stephen Orgel.
Gambon - A Life in Acting
Philip Fisher reviews Mel Gussow's book of conversations with Sir Michael
Gambon.
Gem of the Ocean
Philip Fisher reviews the first play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle
Green Shakespeare: From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism
J D Atkinson reviews the book by Gabriel Egan, part of the Accents
on Shakespeare series.
Harold Pinter
Philip Fisher reviws the updated version of Michael Billington's book
on Harold Pinter.
Here We Stand
Philip Fisher reviews Colin Chamber's study of the relationship between
politics and the artist.
The History Boys
Philip Fisher looks at the script of Alan Bennett's play.
The Horse's Mouth
Philip Fisher reviews Mervyn Millar's book, the story behind the National
Theatre production War Horse.
How Plays Work
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Martin Meisel.
It Happened on Broadway
By Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer
Impossible Plays: Adventures with the Cottesloe
Company
Peter Lathan reviews the book on Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company by
Keith Dewhurst and Jack Shepherd.
The Improvisation Book
Philip Fisher reviews John Abbott's guide for teachers.
It's Behind You! - The Story of Panto
Philip Fisher reviews Peter Lathan's book.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Philip Fisher reviews the second play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
John Osborne - A Patriot for Us
Philip Fisher reviews John Heilpern's biography of John Osborne.
Kenneth Branagh
Philip Fisher reviews the biography by Mark White.
Kenneth Tynan - A Life
Philip Fisher reviews Dominic Shellard's biography of critic Kenneth
Tynan.
King Hedley II
Philip Fisher reviews the eighth play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
The Last Cigarette
Philip Fisher reviews the latest instalment of Simon Gray's The Smoking
Diaries.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Philip Fisher reviews the text of the play by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
The Letters of Noël Coward
Philip Fisher reviews the book edited by Barry Day.
London Restaurants 2004 &
Good Cheap Eats in London
Philip Fisher looks at two indispensible books for London theatregoers
The London Stage in the 20th Century
Philip Fisher reviews Robert Tanitch's survey of a century of London
theatre.
London's Theatres
A beautifully illustrated look at 53 theatres in London
Looking Back - Playwrights at the Royal
Court
Philip Fisher reviews the book of interviews with Royal Court playwrights,
edited by Harriet Devine.
Making the Most of the Arts
Ged Quale reviews the guide to managing participatory projects by Gerri
Moriarty.
National Service - A Diary of a Decade
Philip Fisher reviews Richard Eyre's book about his time as director
of the National Theatre.
Paul Newman
Philip Fisher reviews the biography by Daniel O'Brien
Obedience, Struggle and Revolt
Philip Fisher reviews the book of political lectures and essays by David
Hare.
Olivier
Philip Fisher reviews the authorised biography of Laurence Olivier by
Terry Coleman.
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays
A book review by Philip Fisher.
Performances of Mourning in Shakespearean
Theatre and Early Modern Culture
A book review by J D Atkinson.
Performing Shakespeare
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Oliver Ford Davies.
Peter Brook and the Way of the Theatre
Philip Fisher reviews Michael Kustow's new book about Peter Brook.
Pinter in the Theatre
Philip Fisher reviews a new book on Harold Pinter's work.
Playing the Audience
Philip Fisher reviews the book by James B Nicola, director of New York's
Theatre Workshop.
Playing with Canons
The first part of Philip Fisher's review of Martin Denton's book, a
collection of the full scripts of eighteen contemporary American plays.
A Pocket Guide to Alan Ayckbourn's Plays
Philip Fisher reviews Paul Allen's book.
A Pocket Guide to Ibsen Chekhov and Strindberg
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Stephen Unwin and Michael Pennington.
A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays
Another review by Philip Fisher.
The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser
and Jonson
J D Atkinson reviews the book by Mary Ellen Lamb.
Popular Theatre and John McGrath
Includes a review of A Good Night Out
Primo Time
Philip Fisher reviews Antony Sher's book about preparing his one-man
show Primo.
The Problem of Shylock
A new interpretation of The Merchant of Venice
Profiles
Philip Fisher reviews the reprint of Kenneth Tynan's Profiles.
Radioactive Duologues
Philip Fisher reviews the book of audition pieces for radio by Marina
Caldarone and Marilyn Le Conte.
Radio Golf
Philip Fisher reviews the last play in the August Wilson Century
Cycle.
Remembering Arthur Miller
Philip Fisher reviews then tribute to Arthur Miller edited by Christopher
Bigsby.
The Rough Guide to Shakespeare
A review by Philip Fisher.
The Royal Court Theatre Inside Out
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Ruth Little and Emily McLaughlin.
Scene/Unseen: London's West End Theatres
Jill Sharp reviews the book from English Heritage which takes us front
of house and backstage in the West End's theatres.
Shakespeare
Philip Fisher reviews the new book by Bill Bryson.
Shakespearean Afterlifes: Ten Characters
with a Life of their Own
Philip Fisher reviews the book by John O'Connor which looks at what
has happened to ten of Shakespeare's favourite characters in the centuries
since they first appeared.
Shakespeare and Co
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Stanley Wells.
Shakespeare and Cognition
J D Atkinson reviews Shakespeare and Cognition - Aristotle's Legacy
and Shakespearean Drama by Arthur F Kinney.
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Popular Culture
J D Atkinson reviews a new book edited by Stuart Gillespie and Neil
Rhodes.
Shakespearean Tragedy
Philip Fisher reviews AC Bradley's classic book.
Shakespeare, Authority, Sexuality: Unfinished
Business in Cultural Materialism
J D Atkinson reviews the book by Alan Sinfield.
The Shakespeare Diaries
Philip Fisher reviews J.P. Wearing's book.
Shakespeare for Dummies
A great introduction to the Bard
Shakespeare the Biography
Philip Fisher reviews Peter Ackroyd's new biography of William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Goes to Paris - How the Bard
Conquered France
J D Atkinson reviews the book by John Pemble.
Shakespeare's Entrails: Belief, Scepticism
and the Interior of the Body
J D Atkinson reviews David Hillman's book.
Shakespeare's Hybrid Faith: History, Religion
and the Stage
J D Atkinson reviews Jean-Christophe Mayer's book.
The Shakespeare Secret
Philip Fisher reviews the novel by J. L. Carrell.
Shakespeare's Wife
Philip Fisher reviews Germaine Greer's biography of Ann Shakespeare.
Shakespeare - The Director's Cut
Peter Lathan reviews Michael Bogdanov's provocative look at a number
of popular Shakespeare plays
The Shakespearean Dramaturg: A Theoretical
and Practical Guide
J D Atkinson reviews the book by Andrew James Hartley.
Sir Henry Irving - A Victorian Actor and
His World
J D Atkinson reviews Jeffrey Richards' book about the world of the first
theatrical knight.
The Smoking Diaries
Philip Fisher reviews Simon Gray's autobiographical book.
So You Want to be an Actor?
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Prunella Scales and Timothy West.
So You Want To Be a Playwright?
Philip Fisher reviews Tim Fountain's book in the So You Want To Be...
series from Nick Hern.
So You Want to Be a Theatre Director?
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Stephen Unwin.
Stage Directions
Philip Fisher reviews the Michael Frayn's book.
State of the Nation
Philip Fisher reviews Michael Billington's new book.
Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War
British Playwrights
Steven Barfield reviews Michael Patterson's book on political theatre
in Britain.
A Style and Its Origins
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Howard Barker/Eduardo Houth.
Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark
A book review by Philip Fisher.
Tackling the Text (and Subtext)
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Barbara Houseman.
T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business
of Creativity
Ged Quayle reviews a guide to business for creatives by David Parrish.
The Theatre Guide: A Comprehensive A-Z
of the World's Best Plays and Playwrights
Phlip Fisher reviews this work of reference, which lists over 550 playwrights
that the author believes are likely to be seen on the world's stages
in the future.
Theatregoers' Handbook
A review of the new book from Harden's.
The Theatre of Martin Crimp
Philip Fisher reviews Alex Sierz' book on the British playwright.
The Theatre Reference Shelf
The essential books for a theatre journalist
Theatre Writings
Philip Fisher reviews the collection of writings by Kenneth Tynan, published
by Nick Hern Books.
These Are The Times
Ray Brown reviews Trevor Griffiths' screenplay about the life of Thomas
Paine.
Thin Ice
Philip Fisher reviews the novel about the acting profession by Alan
Ford.
Trevor Griffiths - Theatre Plays I and II
Ray Brown reviews the two volume collection of Trevoir Griffiths' plays.
Tricks of the Trade
Philip Fisher reviews the book by Dario Fo.
The Uncommon Reader
Philp Fisher reviews the short novel by Alan Bennett.
Untold Stories
Philip Fisher reviews Alan Bennett's new autobiographical book.
Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics
1948-2005
Philip Fisher reviews the collection of the non-dramatic writings of
Harold Pinter.
Victorian Sensation
A book review from Philip Fisher.
Waiting for Godot / En Attendant Godot
Philip Fisher reviews a bilingual version of Waiting for Godot.
What's My Motivation?
Philip Fisher reviews actor Michael Simkins' autobiography.
Who Wrote Don Quixote?
Steve Orme reviews the book by Francis Carr, of the Shakespeare Authorship
Information Centre.
Why Is That So Funny?
Philip Fisher reviews John Wright's book on the nature of physical comedy.
Will
Philip Fisher reviews Will, Christopher Rush's fictional biography
of William Shakespeare.
Will and Me
Philip Fisher reviews Dominic Dromgoole's book about his lifelong love
of Shakespeare.
The World of Christopher Marlowe
Philip Fisher reviews David Rigg's book..
The Worst It Can Be Is a Disaster
David Chadderton reviews the autobiography by Braham Murray, joint artistic
director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
The Year of the Jouncer
Philip Fisher reviews the second of playwright Simon Gray's autobiographical
books.
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