Explores how London's theatre works today. Covering the five centuries from Shakespeare's Bankside playhouses to today's West End, this book explores the history & state of the London stage, taking the reader through the streets, squares & alleyways of the theatre capital of the world. ...

All eight episodes of the reality series following a period in the life of London's Theatre Royal Haymarket, from the front of house team dealing with the public, to the production team backstage working to get a new production up & running, to the dramas, disasters & tantrums that can erupt behind the velvet curtain. Filming of the series coincides with the arrival of new artistic director Sean Mathias, & shows him preparing for his first two productions, ' Waiting for Godot' starring Ian Mc Kellen, Simon Callow & Patrick Stewart, & Truman Capote's ' Breakfast at Tiffany's' starring Anna Friel. ...

This is first full-length study to consider Richard Brinsley Sheridan's theatrical & political commitments side by side. It offers a challenging new take on a misunderstood writer & presents important new insights into the relationship between theatre & parliament in the eighteenth century. ...

Mc Dougall looks at people who react to psychological distress through somatic manifestations, & at the psychosomatic potential of individuals in those moments when habitual psychological ways of coping are overwhelmed, & the body pantomimes the mind's distress. ...