Style for actors : a handbook for moving beyond realism / Robert Barton. by Barton, Robert, 1945-

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The Body in the Mirror : Shapes of History in Italian Cinema. by Dalle Vacche, Angela

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Don Pasquale : opera buffa in three acts / by Gaetano Donizetti ; libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti. by Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Staging the Ottoman Turk : British drama, 1656-1792 / Esin Akalin. by Akalin, Esin

Table of Contents: “…New Beginnings -- 4.2. Commedia dell'Arte Scenarios (1611); 4.3. Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670); 4.4. …”
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The Cambridge introduction to theatre directing / Christopher Innes, Maria Shevtsova. by Innes, Christopher, 1941-, Shevtsova, Maria

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Directors of theatricalityVsevolod Meyerhold: commedia dell'arte to biomechanics; Theatricality, stylization and the grotesque; The director as engineer: constructivism and biomechanics; Aleksandr Tairov: aestheticized theatricalization; Yevgeny Vakhtangov: 'festivity' and spectacle; Revisiting Meyerhold: Valery Fokin; The politics of theatricality: Ariane Mnouchkine; 'Masters'; Theatricality, metaphor and the 'East'; Directing in a collectivity of equals; Frank Castorf and Thomas Ostermeier: theatricality and violence; Eastern European directors: theatricality as resistance…”
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Nuevos itinerarios e investigaciones en la literatura y cultura italiana / Daniele Cerrato (edición e introducción).

Table of Contents: “…ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS -- LA TRANSMISIÓN DEL TOPOS DE LA FORTUNA A TRAVÉS DE DANTE -- UNO SCRITTO MISOGINO INEDITO DI FINE CINQUECENTO: "LA VERA NARRATIONE DELLE OPERATIONI DELLE DONNE" -- MARGARITA CANTELMO EN LAS OBRAS DE GIAN GIORGIO TRISSINO Y MARIO EQUICOLA -- UNA VENEZIA ROMENA: LA COSTRUZIONE DI UN PAESAGGIO LETTERARIO DA PIETRO BURATTI A VASILE ALECSANDRI -- LA COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE: TEATRO MIGRANTE, ESPECTÁCULO E INTERCULTURALIDAD EN EUROPA Y ESPAÑA -- GIULIO CESARE CROCE Y LA COMPAÑÍA TEATRAL AMBULANTE DE PIETRO SICILIAN -- EROS Y THANATOS EN LA NARRATIVA DE ERCOLE PATTI -- UNGARETTI CRITICO E MEDIATORE E IL CONCETTO DI CANONE LETTERARIO -- IL CANONE FEMMINILE: LA RICEZIONE ANTOLOGICA DELLE OPERE DI ELSA MORANTE NEGLI ULTIMI DECENNI; ANALISI E SPUNTI DI CONFRONTO -- ALERAMO E CAMPANA. …”
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The reluctant film art of Woody Allen / Peter J. Bailey. by Bailey, Peter J., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…That old black magic: Woody Allen's ambivalent artistry -- Strictly the movies: Play it again, Sam -- Getting serious: the antimimetic emblems of Annie Hall -- Art and idealization: I'll fake Manhattan -- Strictly the movies ii: how Radio days generated nights at the movies -- Life stand still here: Interiors dialogue -- In the stardust of a song: Stardust memories -- Woody's mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose -- The fine art of living well: Hannah and her sisters -- If you want a Hollywood ending: Crimes and misdemeanors -- Everyone loves her/his illusions: The purple rose of Cairo and Shadows and fog -- Poetic license, bullshit: Bullets over Broadway -- Let's just live it: Woody Allen in the 1990s -- Because it's real difficult in life: Husbands and wives -- Rear condo: Manhattan murder mystery -- That voodoo that you do so well: Mighty Aphrodite -- And what a perfect plot: Everyone says I love you and Zelig -- How we choose to distort it: Deconstructing Harry -- From the neck up: Another woman and Celebrity -- Allen and his audience: Sweet and lowdown -- Confrontation and escape: Allen's twenty-first-century meditations on comedy and tragedy -- The magic of luck: Scoop, Magic in the moonlight, and Match point -- The heart still wants what it wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You will meet a tall dark stranger -- "People reinvent themselves, don't they?"…”

The reluctant film art of Woody Allen / Peter J. Bailey. by Bailey, Peter J., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…That old black magic: Woody Allen's ambivalent artistry -- Strictly the movies: Play it again, Sam -- Getting serious: the antimimetic emblems of Annie Hall -- Art and idealization: I'll fake Manhattan -- Strictly the movies ii: how Radio days generated nights at the movies -- Life stand still here: Interiors dialogue -- In the stardust of a song: Stardust memories -- Woody's mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose -- The fine art of living well: Hannah and her sisters -- If you want a Hollywood ending: Crimes and misdemeanors -- Everyone loves her/his illusions: The purple rose of Cairo and Shadows and fog -- Poetic license, bullshit: Bullets over Broadway -- Let's just live it: Woody Allen in the 1990s -- Because it's real difficult in life: Husbands and wives -- Rear condo: Manhattan murder mystery -- That voodoo that you do so well: Mighty Aphrodite -- And what a perfect plot: Everyone says I love you and Zelig -- How we choose to distort it: Deconstructing Harry -- From the neck up: Another woman and Celebrity -- Allen and his audience: Sweet and lowdown -- Confrontation and escape: Allen's twenty-first-century meditations on comedy and tragedy -- The magic of luck: Scoop, Magic in the moonlight, and Match point -- The heart still wants what it wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You will meet a tall dark stranger -- "People reinvent themselves, don't they?"…”
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