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Subject Guide – Global Theatre

This subject guide provides a springboard for exploring global theatre and includes links to playtexts, books, video and audio content.

Playtexts

  • Al-Azraki, Amir, and James Al-Shamma, eds. and trans. Contemporary Plays from Iraq: Volume II. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Alston, Adam, and Jane Desmarais, eds. Decadent Plays: 1890–1930. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Bassam, Sulayman Al, and Graham Holderness. "The Al-Hamlet Summit." The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. 2–59. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Basu, Bratya. An Anthology of Contemporary Bengali Plays. Ed. Nandita Banerjee Dhawan and Sam Kolodezh. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Bezerra, Paco. Plays by Paco Bezerra: Cutting Edge Spanish Theatre. Trans. Anton Pujol. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Contemporary Plays by African Women. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Contemporary Plays from Iraq. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Emmert, Richard, and Ashley Thorpe, eds. Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre: Texts and Analyses of English-language Noh. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Flynn, Molly, ed. Ukrainian New Drama after Euromaidan. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Fosse, Jon. Plays Five. Trans. May-Brit Akerholt. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Fosse, Jon. Plays Four. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • ---. Plays One. Trans. Gregory Motton and Louis Muinzer. London: Methuen Drama, 2002. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • ---. Plays Six. Trans. May-Brit Akerholt and Neil Howard. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • ---. Plays Three. Trans. May-Brit Akerholt. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • ---. Plays Two. Trans. Louis Muinzer, Kim Dambæk, and Ann Henning Jocelyn. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Fuchs, Barbara, Robin Kello, and Aina Soley-Mateu, eds. Golden Tongues: Adapting Hispanic Classical Theater in Los Angeles. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Gambaro, Griselda. Selected Plays by Griselda Gambaro. Trans. Gwen MacKeith. London: Methuen Drama, 2022. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Gikandi, Simon, and R. N. Sandberg, eds. Global Theatre Anthologies: Ancient, Indigenous and Modern Plays from Africa and the Diaspora. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Global Voices Theatre, ed. Global Jewish Plays: Five Works by Jewish Playwrights from Around the World. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • González Melo, Abel. Selected Plays by Cuban Playwright Abel González Melo. Trans. William Gregory. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Gregory, William, ed. and trans. The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Plays. London: Oberon Books, 2018. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Howard, Neil, ed. and trans. The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Norwegian Plays. London: Oberon Books, 2018. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Islam in Performance: Contemporary Plays from South Asia. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Khalidi, Ismail. Until I Return: The Selected Plays of Ismail Khalidi. Ed. Hala Baki and Michael Malek Najjar. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Kristóf, Ágóta. Ágóta Kristóf: Collected Plays. Trans. Bart Smet. London: Oberon Books, 2018. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Laera, Margherita, ed. The Methuen Drama Anthology of Contemporary Italian Plays. Trans. Atri Banerjee, Flora Pitrolo, and Marco Young. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Majumdar, Abhishek. Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Martínez Sierra, María. María Martínez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden in Plain Sight: Three Plays from Spanish Theatre's Silver Age. Ed. Richard Nelson and Colin Chambers. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Mellor, Aubrey, and Cheryl Robson, eds. New Iranian Plays 1st Edition. Twickenham: Aurora Metro Publications, 2022. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • The Methuen Drama Anthology of Modern Asian Plays. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Naray, Szilvi, ed. and trans. Plays from Contemporary Hungary: 'Difficult Women' and Resistant Dramatic Voices. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Robson, Cheryl, and Amanda Rogers, eds. British East Asian Plays. Twickenham: Aurora Metro Publications, 2018. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Rodrigues, Nelson. Nelson Rodrigues: Selected Plays. Trans. Daniel Hahn, Susannah Finzi, and Almiro Andrade. London: Oberon Books, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Sosibo, S’fundo W. Staging Black, Queer South Africa: Plays for the Gods!. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Stevens, Sophie, and William Gregory, eds. The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Uruguayan Plays. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Subba Rao, English. Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India. Ed. Rahul Sagar. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Tarnagda, Aristide. The Plays of Aristide Tarnagda: Contemporary Francophone Theatre from Burkina Faso. Ed. Heather Jeanne Denyer and Anna G.R. Miller. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Tume, 'Tosin Kooshima, Ekua Ekumah, and Yvette Hutchison, eds. Gendering Taboos: 10 Short Plays by African Women. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Ya-Chu Cowhig, Frances, and Guan Hanquing. "Snow in Midsummer." Snow in Midsummer. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017. 1–90. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Zeller, Florian, and Christopher Hampton. "The Father." The Mother and The Father. London: Faber and Faber, 2012. 79–155. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.

Books

  • Aquilina, Stefan. Amateur and Proletarian Theatre in Post-Revolutionary Russia: Primary Sources. London: Methuen Drama, 2021. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Aquilina, Stefan. Modern Theatre in Russia: Tradition Building and Transmission Processes. London: Methuen Drama, 2020. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Artaud, Antonin. Revolutionary Messages 1st Edition. Trans. Joel White. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Artaud, Antonin. The Theatre and Its Double. Ed. Mark Taylor-Batty. London: Methuen Drama, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Braun, Edward. Meyerhold on Theatre. Intro. Jonathan Pitches. London: Methuen Drama, 2016. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Carnicke, Sharon Marie. Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and Their Legacy. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Carter, Danielle. Discovering the Michael Chekhov Technique: In the Studio with Ted Pugh and Fern Sloan. London: Methuen Drama, 2026. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Chekhov, Michael. The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered 1st Edition. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Citron, Atay, Sharon Aronson-Lehavi, and David Zerbib. Performance Studies in Motion: International Perspectives and Practices in the Twenty-First Century. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Goodlander, Jennifer. Puppets and Cities: Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia. London: Methuen Drama, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Griffero, Ramón. The Dramaturgy of Space. Trans. Adam Versényi. London: Methuen Drama, 2022. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Huerta, Jorge. "Luis Valdez." The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights. Ed. Martin Middeke, Peter Paul Schnierer, Christopher Innes and Matthew C. Roudané. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. 354–371. Guides to Contemporary Drama. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Joubin, Alexa Alice. Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare 1st Edition. London: The Arden Shakespeare, 2024. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • King, Barnaby. Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia: Ridicule and Resistance. London: Methuen Drama, 2017. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Kruger, Loren. A Century of South African Theatre. London: Methuen Drama, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Lecoq, Jacques. The Moving Body: Teaching creative theatre. London: Methuen Drama, 2000. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Majumdar, Abhishek. Theatre Across Borders. London: Methuen Drama, 2023. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • McAvinchey, Caoimhe, Lucy Richardson and Fabio Santos. Phakama: Making Participatory Performance. London: Methuen Drama, 2018. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Najjar, Michael Malek. Middle Eastern American Theatre: Communities, Cultures, and Artists. London: Methuen Drama, 2021. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Pitches, Jonathan and Stefan Aquilina. Stanislavsky in the World: The System and its Transformations Across Continents. London: Methuen Drama, 2017. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Plastow, Jane, and Katie McQuaid. Community-based Arts, Research and Activism in Uganda: We Are Walukuba. London: Methuen Drama, 2025. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Refskou, Anne Sophie, Marcel Alvaro de Amorim, and Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, eds. Eating Shakespeare: Cultural Anthropophagy as Global Methodology. London: The Arden Shakespeare, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Skinner, Amy, ed. Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director’s Guide. London: Methuen Drama, 2019. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Szuchmacher, Rubén. The Uncapturable: The Fleeting Art of Theatre. Trans. William Gregory. London: Methuen Drama, 2020. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr, Siyuan Liu, and Erin B. Mee. Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900–2000. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014. Critical Companions. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.

Video

  • Atölyesi, Oyun. Antony and Cleopatra. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Brecht, Bertolt. Baal: Five Directors and Forty Actors. Serge Tampalini. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Carroll, Jacqui and John Nobbs. Artaud: To Have Mostly Done With the Judgement of God. Ozfrank. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Chiten. Coriolanus. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Collie, Therese. A One Woman Show: Chinese Take Away - The Stage Play. Anna Yen. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Fortas, Meno. Hamlet. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Habima National Theatre. The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • McMullen, Larry. Acting Techniques of the Noh Theatre of Japan. Michigan State University. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Musilli, John. Compaigne Philippe Genty: Puppets in the French Style. Creative Arts Television. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Tampalini, Serge. Affective Design: Richard III ... A Bollywood Musical. Serge Tampalini. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.

Audio

  • Reza, Yasmina. The Unexpected Man, L.A. Theatre Works. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.
  • Rivera, Jose. Each Day Dies With Sleep, L.A. Theatre Works. Drama Online. Web. 13 Oct. 2026.

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