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Identity, Injustice, and the Voice

Ann Cahill & Christine Hamel A provocative study of the everyday voice and its relation to feminist philosophy� Within the framework of feminist philosophy, the authors consider the phenomenon of voice as a lived, sonorous and phonetic experience, delving into where vocality intersects with racism, class, gender and sexism and putting forward theories of vocality, vocal justice and vocal embodiment� Marrying practical and theoretical approaches, Sounding Bodies cuts across philosophy and voice/speech training to present a powerful model of the ways in which theoretical and practical knowledge in this sphere can inform one another�

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 248 pages PB 9781350260498 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350169593 ePub 9781350169609 • £67�50 / $93�42 ePdf 9781350169616 • £67�50 / $93�42 Methuen Drama

Out For Blood

A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical

Chris Adams Featuring over 50 interviews with original cast members, creatives, crew and audience members, Out For Blood pieces together the surprising, hilarious and often-moving inside story of Carrie The Musical to discover how this ‘horror of a Broadway musical’ lived, died and was subsequently resurrected as a mainstream success story�

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 240 pages PB 9781350320536 • £21�99 / $29�95 • HB 9781350320543 • £65�00 / $90�00 ePub 9781350320567 • £19�79 / $27�47 ePdf 9781350320550 • £19�79 / $27�47 Methuen Drama Patsy Rodenburg, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK From one of the world's leading experts on voice work comes this book, which is a call to arms for women to reclaim their voices� Arguing that power and voices are directly linked to breath, Rodenburg makes the case that Western society's oppression of women has diminished their natural ability to breathe� She examines all of these concerns, and many more, to decipher what lies at the heart of female empowerment when it comes to the voice�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 240 pages PB 9781350276543 • £18�99 / $25�95 • HB 9781350276550 • £60�00 / $80�00 ePub 9781350276567 • £17�09 / $24�72 ePdf 9781350276574 • £17�09 / $24�72 Methuen Drama

The Abbott Touch

Pal Joey, Damn Yankees, and the Theatre of George Abbott

Thomas Hischak, Flagler College, USA For 60 years, George Abbott was a vital force in the American theatre: this in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why Abbott's name became synonymous with the 'golden age' of Broadway� Spanning Abbott's work chronologically, each chapter examines a period of creativity in his life leading up to him becoming the multihyphenate artist he is now famously known as�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350340589 • £21�99 / $29�95 • HB 9781350340596 • £65�00 / $90�00 ePub 9781350340602 • £19�79 / $27�47 ePdf 9781350340619 • £19�79 / $27�47 Methuen Drama World English

The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist

A Handbook for Collaboration

Rebecca Applin Warner, Urdang Academy, UK Designed for composers, students of musical theatre and performing arts, and their collaborators, this book encourages collaboration between music and drama� It offers a shared language for talking about music in the creation of musical theatre, practical exercises for both composers and their collaborators, and ways of analysing existing musical theatre scores for those who are versed in musical terminology, and those who are not�

UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 224 pages PB 9781350229402 • £19�99 / $26�95 • HB 9781350229419 • £65�00 / $90�00 ePub 9781350229433 • £17�99 / $24�72 ePdf 9781350229426 • £17�99 / $24�72 Methuen Drama

Careful the Spell You Cast

How Stephen Sondheim Extended the Range of the American Musical

Ben Francis, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Rather than take the established view of Sondheim as a cynic, this book contends that throughout Sondheim's work, letting go of one's illusions is a process that his characters need to go through, that they must cast off illusions and false dreams, without becoming cynical and destroying their genuine dreams in the process� In turn this view aligns Sondheim's work as being aspirational and a logical continuation from the work of his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II�

UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 256 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350281813 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350281820 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350281837 • £76�50 / $105�78 Methuen Drama