stage history

"Explores the sartorial world of the late-16th century, why people wore the clothes they did, and how the dizzyingly eclectic range of fashions (including ruffs, rebatos and French farthingales) was transformed over time"--Back cover.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict what it was like to be a Shakespearean actor during the sixteenth century.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict what it was like to be a Shakespearean actor during the sixteenth century.

An oral history of the Broadway show, 'Angels in America,' as told by the artists who created it and the audiences changed by it, spanning 1978 to 2018.

Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the stage and film productions of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," featuring profiles of directors, actors and actresses, and even backstage personnel, discussing the play's reception by the scandalized public, and including tidbits of gossip and trivia.

Explores the ways in which Shakespeare's works have been imagined throughout history, discussing the changing nature of dramatic representation over the centuries.

Doug Copsey has written a conversational, intimate, thorough and artful book about the remarkable evolution of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. The book is a testament to the hard work, dedication and vision of those intrepid actors, directors and technicians who founded a theater that has survived and prevailed for three decades. No one has more insight and experience than Copsey as the Festival's founding director. Allowing the actors, directors, staff and audience members to have their say adds immediacy and authenticity to this valuable record of the mighty few who saw an opportunity and created art. Alan Minskoff, Director of Journalism Albertson College of Idaho.