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Representing the Past
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Pages: 429
Authors: Charlotte M. Canning
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-15 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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"Representing the Past is required reading for any serious scholar of theatre and performance historiography: original in its conception, global in its reach, t
High Stakes
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Jessica Cattelino
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-04 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in North America. At the time, their annual budget stood at less than $2 mi
Mobility and Identity in US Genre Painting
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Sports Plays is a volume about sports in the theatre and what it means to stage sports. The chapters in this volume examine sports plays through a range of crit