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Harai Golomb

Roger Grainger

Mas’ud Hamdan

Shimon Levy

Leslie O’Dell

Eli Rozik

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CONTENTSBREWER, Mary F. 1

FRIESEN, Ryan Curtis 1

GOLOMB, Harai 2

GRAINGER, Roger 3

HAMDAN, Mas’ud 4

LEVY, Shimon 4

O'DELL, Leslie 5

ROZIK, Eli 6

BREWER, Mary F.

SPECIAL OFFER – HARDBACK AT PAPERPACK PRICERACE SEX & GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S THEATREThe Construction of 'Woman'Mary F. Brewer

Focusing on dramatic works by contemporary British and American playwrights, in conjunctionwith feminist political and theoretical texts, this book discusses feminist constructions of thecategory "Woman".

REVIEWS: "With a shrewd grasp of theory and a comprehensive knowledge of British and

American plays, Mary Brewer homes in on controversial issues among women - pornography,rape, mothering, domesticity and work, and debates about the butch/fem model and gender-bending among lesbians." - From the Foreword by Alan Sinfield, Professor of Literature,University of Sussex.

HB 9781902210193 £19.95 January 1999 Sussex Academic Press 218 pages

FRIESEN, Ryan Curtis

SUPERNATURAL FICTION IN EARLY MODERN DRAMA & CULTURERyan Curtis Friesen

Magic and the supernatural are common themes in the philosophy and fiction of the sixteenthand seventeenth centuries. This book explores varieties of scepticism and belief exhibited by aselection of philosophers and playwrights, including Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, GiordanoBruno, John Dee, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and ThomasMiddleton, explicating how each author defines the supernatural, whether he assumes magicto operate in the world, and how he uses occult principles to explain what can be known andwhat is ethical.

HB 9781845193294 £49.95 November 2009 Sussex Academic Press 249 pages


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GOLOMB, Harai

NEW TITLEA NEW POETICS OF CHEKHOV'S MAJOR PLAYSPresence Through AbsenceHarai Golomb

Foreword by Donald Rayfield, Emeritus Professor of Russian, Queen Mary College, University ofLondon; author, Chekhov: A Life; Chekhov, the Evolution of his Art; Understanding Chekhov

Casts new light on how Chekhov’s plays can be interpreted and enacted.

The author explores all the prime components of Chekhov’s theatrical technique: textconstruction, themes and ideas, scenes, dialogue, plot, and interaction between verbaland nonverbal elements.

A rigorous and comprehensive treatment of the many aspects of Chekhov’s artisticuniverse.

All the major works explored.

One century after the death of Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), his plays are celebratedthroughout the world as a major milestone in the history of theatre and drama. Outside theRussian-speaking community, he is undoubtedly the most widely translated, studied andperformed of all Russian writers. His plays are characterised by their evasiveness: tragedy andcomedy, realism and naturalism, symbolism and impressionism, as well as other labels ofschool and genre - all fail to account for the uniqueness of ’Chekhovism’, i.e., the essence of hisartistic system and world view.

Presence through Absence is a bold attempt to map the unique structure and meaning thatcomprise Chekhov’s immensely rich artistic universe. Golomb’s text is an incursion intoChekhov’s vision of unrealised potentials and present absences. His timeless works are shownwith rare insight and clarity to have artistic principles and coherence above and beyond thescope of the individual play.

AUTHOR INFORMATION: Harai Golomb has retired as Professor of Theatre Studies,

Musicology and Multi-disciplinary Studies at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Arts. He haspublished extensively and lectured widely on Chekhov’s plays worldwide. This is his first book-length study on the subject.

REVIEWS: “[Harai Golomb’s work is] A KEY TO CHEKHOV” - Prof. Ronald Hingley (1920-2010),

Chekhov Scholar and Biographer; Translator and Editor: THE OXFORD CHEKHOV

“A blast of fresh air […] this book […] gives audience, reader, actor and director all they need[…] It breaks through the sludge that has formed in the Chekhov pool […]” From the Forewordby Donald Rayfield, Professor-Emeritus of Russian at Queen Mary College, University ofLondon; Author. Chekhov: A Life; Understanding Chekhov

“[This] thorough, profound and innovative work on Chekhov is a model for teachers andstudents […] an inimitable contribution to our understanding of the very nature of literary anddramatic art.” - Benjamin Harshav, Professor Emeritus of Comparative and Slavic Literatures,Yale University; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Author, Explorationsin Poetics

HB 9781903900475 £75.00 January 2014 Sussex Academic Press 448 pagesPB 9781845196240 £35.00 September 2014 Sussex Academic Press 448 pages


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GRAINGER, Roger

THE DRAMA OF THE RITEWorship, Liturgy & Theatre PerformanceRoger Grainger

REVIEWS: "This is a book of carefully distilled wisdom, valuable both for the student of liturgy

and for the Christian, lay or ordained, seeking to understand the central role and enormousresourcefulness of liturgy for that constant conversion which is the life of faith."Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

PB 9781845193065 £12.99 October 2008 Sussex Academic Press 114 pages 152x229mm

FORTHCOMING TITLETHE OPEN SPACETheatre as Opportunity for LivingRoger Grainger

This book looks at the way theatre works in order to make ‘space for living’. It provides themeans to help one feel more deeply, think more clearly, relate more personally, by givingaudiences and actors the opportunity to rehearse their roles within a setting which is imagined,but to make use of feelings and thoughts which are real. The Open Space: Theatre asOpportunity for Living extends the territory explored by Peter Brook in The Empty Space. It addsa new psychological dimension: recognizing that not only do we ourselves make space fortheatre, but it is also true that theatre makes space for us – a ‘space for living’.

Roger Grainger looks in turn at the different kinds of space theatre creates, using writtensources and the spoken testimony of actors and members of the audience. The author’s owndiscoveries as a professional actor give passion and immediacy to the acting/audienceparticipation opportunities these insights provide. Based on genuine experience of, and lovefor, the theatre, this book does not present plays solely as literature but as particular kinds oftheatrical experience. In so doing the author breaks new ground in theatre studies and providesactors and audience with tools that promote ‘hands-on’ knowledge and experience of thehuman value of drama and theatre.

AUTHOR INFORMATION: Roger Grainger is the author of a number of books, including

The Language of the Rite (Darton, Longman and Todd); The Message of the Rite (Lutterworth);and The Drama of the Rite (published by SAP in 2008), the final book in the trilogy. He has alsowritten about therapeutic theatre, group spirituality, and bereavement; and combines parishwork with his practice as a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. His latest book is Nine Ways theTheatre Affects Our Lives.

PB 9781845196684 £16.95 August 2014 Sussex Academic Press 140 pages


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SUSPENDING DISBELIEFTheatre as Context for SharingRoger Grainger

This is a book about the central principle of drama and theatre -- how we join up with oneanother in order to enjoy a play. It sets out to explain what it is that makes drama in all itsmanifestations - including literature - 'work', and how the engagement with imagination leadsto psychological wholeness.

PB 9781845193980 £11.99 February 2010 Sussex Academic Press 103 pages

HAMDAN, Mas’ud

POETICS, POLITICS & PROTEST IN ARAB THEATREThe Bitter Cup & the Holy RainMas’ud Hamdan

This book highlights the so far unappreciated merit of the Syrian playwrights Durayd Lahhamand Muhammad al-Maghout, whose plays are representative of the new wave of Arabtheatrical realisation in general and Syrian protest plays in particular. 'Ghawwar', the famouscharacter type created by Lahham, combines art with politics, the past with modern times,lower class-consciousness and identity with Pan-Arab nationalism, and East with West. He alsosymbolizes a poetical link between the 'bitter cup' of a miserable present and the 'holy rain' ofa better future.

HB 9781845191061 £49.50 January 2006 Sussex Academic Press 272 pagesPB 9781845192242 £25.00 September 2013 Sussex Academic Press 272 pages

LEVY, Shimon

THE BIBLE AS THEATREShimon Levy

REVIEWS: " This is a book to be read with the Bible at one's side: by treating these texts on a

strictly factual, down-to-earth basis, with due reverence but without uncritical devotion, it notonly deepens one's understanding of a multitude of cultural, social and historical aspects of itscontents, but also re-tells these tremendous stories with riveting detail, emotion andsuspense." Martin Esslin

HB 9781898723509 £49.50 January 2001 Sussex Academic Press 274 pagesPB 9781898723516 £16.95 January 2002 Sussex Academic Press 274 pages


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SAMUEL BECKETT'S SELF-REFERENTIAL DRAMAThe Sensitive Chaos (Second Edition)Shimon Levy

REVIEWS: "... the book's principal value lies in Levy's penetrating observations about the

ontology of the plays in performance, the reflexive, prism-like conundrums in them thatfascinate and frustrate intelligent and attentive spectators and theater practitioners alike...Among the main virtues of this revised and enlarged edition is the addition of productionanecdotes and performer-interviews that set Levy's critical ideas in newly illuminating practicalcontext..." - Journal of Beckett Studies

HB 9781902210544 £42.50 January 2002 Sussex Academic Press 187 pagesPB 9781902210469 £16.95 January 2002 Sussex Academic Press 187 pages

THEATRE & HOLY SCRIPTEdited by Shimon Levy

The interrelationships between myth, religion, and theatre are explored by investigating theunique treatment of theatricality, ritual and performance in the Holy Scriptures, and in othersacred traditions. Traditional Jewish Halachic oppositions towards theatre are discussed, as wellas the way theatre was harnessed to promote Christian values.

HB 9781898723530 £45.00 January 1999 Sussex Academic Press 272 pages

O'DELL, Leslie

THE CHARISMATIC CHAMELEONThe Actor as Creative ArtistLeslie O'Dell

REVIEWS: "O’Dell provides tools for actors and acting teachers to understand and master the

processes through which outstanding acting is achieved … An insightful resource for thoseinterested in furthering their acting skills" - Platform, Department of Drama and Theatre,Royal Holloway, University of London

PB 9781845194123 £19.95 June 2010 Sussex Academic Press 309 pages


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ROZIK, Eli

COMEDYA Critical IntroductionEli Rozik

REVIEWS: "Rozik offers a complex critical introduction to comedy in 14 chapters. He argues

that comedy is a function of ‘mood’ rather than of genre, structure, or other elements, and heemploys this conceit to study comic structure, character, range, and the relationships betweencomedy and carnival, joke telling, ‘tangential genres’, and different media. He summarizesmany of the major theories of comedy, laughter, and humor and offers solid critiques of whythese theories are incomplete or inadequate.… Rozik argues for a ‘pivotal role' for commedia dell’arte as both reflecting comedy’s originsand influencing later comedy, thus displaying a bias toward the West.… The volume will be of interest to scholars. " - Choice

HB 9781845194772 £55.00 August 2011 Sussex Academic Press 264 pagesPB 9781845194789 £18.95 August 2011 Sussex Academic Press 264 pages

THE FICTIONAL ARTSAn Inter-Art Journey from Theatre Theory to the ArtsEli Rozik

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of fictional worlds in a set of fifteenarts, including theatre, opera, figurative ballet, mime, audio drama, figurativedrawing/painting, figurative sculpture, strip cartoon, animation, puppet theatre, stillphotography, photo-novel, silent movie, cinema and TV drama.

The text-book format of the volume has been purposefully designed to address the needs ofundergraduate and postgraduate students, suiting the structure of university courses andproviding all necessary information to access the images/artistic works discussed in the volumevia the web and Google. This inter-art journey from theatre theory to the arts is compellingreading for all those involved and engaged in artistic creativity.

HB 9781845194253 £55.00 February 2011 Sussex Academic Press 304 pagesPB 9781845194260 £18.95 February 2011 Sussex Academic Press 304 pages

FICTIONAL THINKINGA Poetics & Rhetoric of Fictional Creativity in TheatreEli Rozik

REVIEWS: "The helpful structure and tone of this book confidently leads the expert and

uninitiated alike through the potentially difficult terrain of the ways in which fictional worldsare created and presented to the spectator, and how a variety of theoretical approaches canenhance understanding and analysis of the oft-contested questions of dramatic structure andaudience response." - Platform, Karen Quigley, c/o Department of Drama and TheatreRoyal Holloway, University of London

HB 9781845193263 £55.00 July 2009 Sussex Academic Press 323 pagesPB 9781845193270 £18.95 July 2009 Sussex Academic Press 323 pages


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GENERATING THEATRE MEANINGA Theory & Methodology of Performance AnalysisEli Rozik

REVIEWS: "In conclusion, this brilliant book is an absolute must-read for anyone who wishes

to analyze performances not only intuitively, but also systematically and on the basis of a soundmethodology. Because of its systematic structure, the plausibility of its arguments and its clearlanguage, it is relevant not only to specialists but also to students. Whoever teaches a class onperformance analysis will be well advised to use this book. It will help students of theater andperformance studies to understand and locate the problems of performance analysis andprovide them with the tools to help them find solutions. It is certain that this book is alandmark in the field of performance analysis." Erika Fischer-Lichte, Freie Universität, Berlin;Comparative Drama, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2009

HB 9781845192525 £55.00 December 2007 Sussex Academic Press 292 pagesPB 9781845193300 £19.95 August 2010 Sussex Academic Press 292 pages

NEW TITLEJEWISH DRAMA & THEATREFrom Rabbinical Intolerance to Secular LiberalismEli Rozik

Jewish drama and theatre has followed a tortuous path from extreme rabbinical intolerance toeventual secular liberalism, with its openness to the heritages of both Judaism as a culture andprominent foreign cultures, to the extent of multicultural integration. No wonder, therefore,that since biblical times until the seventeenth century there are only examples of tangentialtheatre practices. This initial intolerance, shared by the Church, was rooted in paganconnotations of theatre rather than in the neutral nature of the theatre medium, capable offormulating and communicating contrasting thoughts.

Whereas by the tenth century the Church understood that theatre could be harnessed to itsown ends, Jewish theatre was only created seven centuries later through spontaneous andamateurish theatrical practices, such as the Yiddish purim-shpil and the purim-rabbi. Due totheir carnivalesque and cathartic nature these practices were tolerated by the rabbinicalestablishment, albeit only during the Purim holiday. But as a result, Jewish drama and theatrewere created and emerged despite rabbinical antagonism.

Under the influence of the Jewish Enlightenment, Yiddish-speaking theatres were increasinglyestablished, a trend that became central in the cultural enterprise of the Jews in Israel. Thisprocess involved a renewed use of Hebrew as a spoken language, and the transition from aprofound religious identity to a secular Jewish one, characterized by a basic liberalism to theextent of openness to cultures traditionally perceived as archetypal enemies of Judaism. Thisbook sets out to analyze play-scripts and performance-texts produced in the Israeli theatre inorder to illustrate these trends, and concludes that only a liberal society can bring about the fullrealization of theatre’s potentialities.

HB 9781845195984 £60.00 July 2013 Sussex Academic Press 320 pages


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THEATRE SCIENCESA Plea for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theatre StudiesEli Rozik

Traditional theatre semiotics promoted a scientific approach to theatre studies, albeit viewingsemiotics as the unique discipline of research. Theatre Sciences: A Plea for a MultidisciplinaryApproach to Theatre Studies suggests instead a multi-disciplinary approach, including thefollowing theoretical disciplines: narratology, mythology, pragmatics, ethics, theatre irony,theory of genres, aesthetics, semiotics, theory of nonverbal figures of speech, rhetoric,psychoanalysis, reception theory, history, and sociology – with semiotics being only one amongequals. These disciplines are presented from the perspective of their possible contributions to asound methodology of theatre-texts analysis.

Traditional theatre semiotics, moreover, holds the view that the actual performance on stage isthe genuine text of theatre, instead of the play-script. Despite this paradigmatic shift, however,this viewpoint has failed to produce commendable analyses of such texts. The alternativepresupposition put forward in this volume entails a series of novel perceptions of the theatre-text and its possible impact on the experiencing spectator, whose role in reading, interpretingand experiencing the theatre-text is not less crucial than that of the text itself. This viewpresupposes that the theatre-text is a description of a fictional world generated by the theatremedium.

The author also contests the age-old view that a theatre/fictional-text reflects a simplenarrative structure, and suggests instead a complexity that consists of seven layers: personified,mythical, praxical, naïve, ironic, modal and aesthetic – with each one of them re-structuring theprevious layer. Prof. Rozik also presents and describes a semiotic layer that lendscommunicative capacity to the description of a fictional world, and two additional metaphoricand rhetoric layers, which structure the theatre experience. The underlying purpose is toillustrate the application of the aforementioned disciplines to these fictional layers, andeventually their joint application to entire theatre/fictional texts. Organization of the bookreflects the structure of a university course.

AUTHOR INFORMATION: Eli Rozik is Ph.D. and professor emeritus of theatre studies. He

was twice head of the Department of Theatre Studies and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts at TelAviv University. He specializes in theatre theory, particularly in non-verbal communication inperformance analysis; and has published numerous articles in international leading journals inEurope and the US. His books include The Language of Theatre (1992), The Roots of Theatre -Rethinking Ritual and Other Theories of Origin (2002), Metaphoric Thinking (2008), GeneratingTheatre Meaning (2008), Fictional Thinking (2009), Comedy: A Critical Introduction (2011) andmost recently Jewish Drama & Theatre: From Rabbinical Intolerance to Secular Liberalism(2013).

HB 9781845196288 £65.00 February 2014 Sussex Academic Press 340 pages


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