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Theatre Book in line for Top Award
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The Society for Theatre Research has today announced its short list for the Theatre Book Prize for books published in 2007.
‘London’s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror’ by the University of Glamorgan's Professors Richard Hand and Mike Wilson is one of six books in the running for the prestigious title.
With 80 theatre books submitted by publishers there were many contenders.
The Theatre Book Prize was first awarded for 1997 to celebrate the Jubilee of the Society for Theatre Research. It was created to encourage the writing and publication of books on theatre history and practice, both those which present the theatre of the past and those which record contemporary theatre for the future.
It is now presented annually for a book on theatre which an independent panel of judges considers to be the best published during the year. All new works of original research first published in English are eligible except for play texts and studies of drama as literature.
This year’s award was judged by actress Siân Phillips, Jeffery Richards Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University and theatre critic Claire Allfree. |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
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