Joseph Roach
Author of Cities of the Dead
About the Author
Joseph Roach is the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Theater at Yale University
Works by Joseph Roach
The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (1986) 44 copies
Critical Theory and Performance (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (1992) — Editor — 37 copies, 1 review
Critical Theory and Performance: Revised and Enlarged Edition (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) (2007) — Editor — 20 copies
Associated Works
Performativity and Performance (Essays from the English Institute) (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 48 copies
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The first comprehensive survey of the major critical currents and approaches in the lively field of performance studies.
Roach: Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Theater and English Chaired the Department of Performing Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, the Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre at Northwestern University, and the Department of Performance Studies at NYU. His books and articles include Cities of the Dead: Circum-Atlantic Performance (Columbia, 1996), which won the James Russell Lowell Prize from MLA and the Calloway Prize from NYU, The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting (Michigan, 1993), which won the Barnard Hewitt Award in Theatre History.… (more)