Theatre Bookshelf
Alfred Jarry, Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Judson Dance Theater, and more.
Category Archives: Books
In Print
Books about acting and black theatre, as well as histories, criticism, and guidebooks.
A Tantalizing Image of Anton Chekhov
Review of ‘Late-Blooming Flowers and Other Stories’ by Anton Chekhov; I.C. Chertok and Jean Gardner, trans., Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, NY, 252 pp, $8.95 paper, and ‘The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov,’ edited and with an introduction by Lillian Hellman; Sidonie K. Lederer, trans., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY. 331 pp, $22.50 cloth, $7.95 paper.
Management Bookshelf
New tomes on administration, marketing, and other topics.
From ‘Midsummer’
Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
All Over the Map
The pleasures of both Stanley Kauffman’s ‘Theatre Criticisms’ and Bonnie Marranca’s ‘Theatre Writings.’
New Territory for ‘Salesman’
A review of ‘Salesman in Beijing’ by Arthur Miller, with photographs by Inge Morath, Viking Press, New York, N.Y. 254 pp, $16.95 cloth.
Newspeak Shakespeare
A.L. Rowse cannot ruin the unique grace and style of Shakespeare’s language; but he taints it more than a little.
Threadbare Dreams
A new collection of criticism ranges from infuriating to perceptive, banal to brilliant.
Theatre Bookshelf
A roundup of new publications.
