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<span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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The new issue of Theatre Research International 50.1 is now available on <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/latest-issue">
Cambridge Core</a>.<br>
IFTR members may access using their Cambridge Core account.<br>
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</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Editorial<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/editorial-cultural-forms-interpretive-communities-and-social-imaginaries/675A6980AFF25B7517EA1BF660C206A6"><span style="color:#006FCA">Editorial:
Cultural Forms, Interpretive Communities and Social Imaginaries</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=LISA%20FITZPATRICK&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">LISA
FITZPATRICK</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Article<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/actionisms-afterlife-christoph-schlingensief-revisited/5880931F0520FEBCCBE40A897D65D550"><span style="color:#006FCA">Actionism's
Afterlife: Christoph Schlingensief Revisited</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=EVELYN%20ANNU%E1%BA%9E&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">EVELYN
ANNUẞ</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/playification-of-theatre-game-play-ludic-activities-and-being-playful-in-the-great-gatsby-an-immersive-theatrical-experience/8D1BE01C8914BB20DC9D6854C6BBDF82"><span style="color:#006FCA">Playification
of Theatre: Game Play, Ludic Activities and Being Playful in </span><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">The Great Gatsby: An Immersive Theatrical Experience</span></i></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=JIHAY%20PARK&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">JIHAY PARK</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/social-imaginaries-and-a-culture-of-circulation-sanna-kvinnor-in-late-nineteenthcentury-nordic-theatre/DFE5716C542E45A77331F8E873D44F13"><span style="color:#006FCA">Social
Imaginaries and a Culture of Circulation: </span><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Sanna kvinnor</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA"> in Late Nineteenth-Century Nordic Theatre</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=BIRGITTA%20LINDH%20ESTELLE&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">BIRGITTA
LINDH ESTELLE</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/athenian-male-gayze-desire-and-spectatorship-in-ancient-greek-tragedy/0EE12A49CAD336D9EE443F9A60FF8749"><span style="color:#006FCA">The
Athenian Male Ga</span><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">y</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">ze: Desire and Spectatorship in Ancient Greek Tragedy</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=WILL%20SH%C3%9CLER&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">WILL
SHÜLER</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/house-of-hecuba-tragicqueer-disidentifications-of-colour-and-the-siege-of-aids/C46030F36DA45A9E98DCA17CF0A0A7D9"><span style="color:#006FCA">The
House of Hecuba: Tragic/Queer Disidentifications of Colour and the Siege of AIDS</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=OLIVER%20BALDWIN&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">OLIVER
BALDWIN</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Book Review</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/transoceanic-blackface-empire-race-performance-by-kellen-hoxworth-evanston-il-northwestern-university-press-2024-pp-280-20-illus-100-hb-36-pb/487034F20A558C40D0B2E24704ADD9E0"><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Transoceanic
Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. By Kellen Hoxworth. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2024. Pp. 280 + 20 illus. $100 Hb; $36 Pb.</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Marlon%20Ariyasinghe&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">Marlon
Ariyasinghe</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/hope-in-a-collapsing-world-youth-theatre-and-listening-as-a-political-alternative-by-kathleen-gallagher-with-andrew-kushnir-and-his-original-script-towards-youth-a-play-on-radical-hope-toronto-university-of-toronto-press-2022-pp-376-3995-pb/D73DB009EF45836F2D2CA4C7A416EDA4"><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Hope
in a Collapsing World: Youth, Theatre, and Listening as a Political Alternative</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. By Kathleen Gallagher, with Andrew Kushnir and his original script </span><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Towards Youth:
A Play on Radical Hope</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. Pp. 376. $39.95 Pb.</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Gail%20A.%20Bulman&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">Gail
A. Bulman</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/theatre-across-borders-by-abhishek-majumdar-london-bloomsbury-2023-pp-viii-211-2299-pb-2069-ebook-collected-plays-dweepa-pahla-djinns-of-eidgah-muktidham-9-kinds-of-silence-by-abhishek-majumdar-london-methuen-drama-bloomsbury-2024-pp-275-2499-pb-2249-ebook/F9623648598661E7B7E09FC1CBA072A1"><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Theatre
across Borders</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. By Abhishek Majumdar. London: Bloomsbury, 2023. Pp. viii + 211. £22.99 Pb; £20.69 Ebook. - </span><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Collected Plays: Dweepa; Pah-La; Djinns of Eidgah;
Muktidham; 9 Kinds of Silence</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. By Abhishek Majumdar. London: Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury, 2024. Pp. 275. £24.99 Pb; £22.49 Ebook.</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Asha%20Kuthari%20Chaudhuri&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">Asha
Kuthari Chaudhuri</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/exporting-jim-crow-blackface-minstrelsy-in-south-africa-and-beyond-by-chinua-thelwell-amherst-and-boston-university-of-massachusetts-press-2020-pp-vi-283-12-bw-illus-90-hb-2795-pb/B04DCE0A5ECEE3906E87CC96E6DECEE1"><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Exporting
Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. By Chinua Thelwell. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pp. vi + 283 + 12 b&w illus. $90 Hb; $27.95 Pb.</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Kellen%20Hoxworth&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">Kellen
Hoxworth</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/performance-resistance-and-refugees-edited-by-suzanne-little-samid-suliman-and-caroline-wake-abingdon-routledge-2023-pp-204-125-hb-3499-pb/E62E59AE972C6A42A2152FCD141CB1BC"><i><span style="color:#006FCA;text-decoration:none">Performance,
Resistance and Refugees</span></i><span style="color:#006FCA">. Edited by Suzanne Little, Samid Suliman and Caroline Wake. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. Pp. 204. £125 Hb; £34.99 Pb.</span></a><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Szabolcs%20Musca&eventCode=SE-AU"><span style="color:#006FCA">Szabolcs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Marcus TAN (Dr)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <br>
Associate Professor | </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.nie.edu.sg/our-people/academic-groups/visual-and-performing-arts"><span style="color:#0563C1">V</span></a><a href="https://www.nie.edu.sg/our-people/academic-groups/visual-and-performing-arts"><span style="color:#0563C1">isual
and Performing Arts</span></a><span style="color:black"> |</span><a href="https://www.nie.edu.sg"><span style="color:blue"> </span><span style="color:#0563C1">National Institute of Education</span></a><span style="color:black"> | </span><a href="https://www.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0563C1">Nanyang
Technological University</span></a><span style="color:black"> Singapore<br>
NIE 3-03-61, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616 <br>
T: (65) 6790-3552 GMT+8h | F: (65) 6896-9279 | E: marcus.tan@nie.edu.sg<br>
</span><a href="https://www.nie.edu.sg/profile/tan-cheng-chye-marcus"><span style="color:#0563C1">Profile</span></a><span style="color:black"> | Programme Leader, Practicum | Secretary-General (Communications), </span><a href="https://www.iftr.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">International
Federation for Theatre Research</span></a><span style="color:black"> | Assistant Editor, </span><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international"><span style="color:#0563C1">Theatre Research International </span></a><span style="color:black">(Cambridge)
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