[Candrama] Theatre Research International 50.3

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Dear Colleagues,

Theatre Research International Vol. 50 Issue 3 is now available on Cambridge Core.
https://www.cambridge.org/.../theatre.../latest-issue

This is a special issue on Historiography as Metonymy, edited by RASHNA DARIUS NICHOLSON, TANCREDI GUSMAN, DOROTA SOSNOWSKA.
IFTR members may access the journal via Cambridge Core with their existing login and password. From 1 Jan, TRI will be moved to Taylor and Francis. Access will be through members' login at IFTR.org. More information will follow.

Editorial

Editorial: Historiography as Metonymy

RASHNA DARIUS NICHOLSON, TANCREDI GUSMAN, DOROTA SOSNOWSKA

Article

Elephants in the Room: A Metonymic Reading of a Strange Appearance in Early Modern Europe

PETER W. MARX
An Armenian Catalogue as Metonymy: Archiving Performance in the Other Milanese Avant-Garde

FRANCESCO ROSSETTI
Touching Base: Writing for the Boy in Bartley Green

KATE KATAFIASZ
Immanuel’s Prologue to the Machberot: A Medieval Hebrew Poem as a Relic of Performance

SARIT COFMAN-SIMHON

Studio Treasures and Haunted Storerooms: Belasco’s Collections and Psychometric Readings of Theatre History

JOHN M. ANDRICK

Book Review

The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies. Edited by Tracy C. Davis and Paul Rae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Pp. v + 328. £85 Hb.

Devon Baur, Elizabeth McQueen

Inter-Asia in Motion: Dance as Method. Edited by Emily Wilcox and Soo Ryon Yoon. London: Routledge, 2024. Pp. xi + 219. £108/$144 Hb.

Rosemary Candelario

Global Climate Education and Its Discontent: Using Drama to Forge a New Way. Edited by Kathleen Gallagher and Christine Balt. New York: Routledge, 2025. Pp. 337. $180.00 Hb; $32.95 Pb.

Andrea Casals-Hill

Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China. By Tarryn Li-Min Chun. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. Pp. 338 + 44 illus. + 1 table. Open Access.

William Christie
Comedy and Controversy: Scripting Public Speech. By Sarah Balkin and Marc Mierowsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 58. £44.99/$64.99 Hb; £17.00/$22.00 Pb; £16.15/$20.90 E-book.

Oliver Double

Cue Tears: On the Act of Crying. By Daniel Sack. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. Pp. 214. $80 Hb; $29.95 Pb.

Kathleen Gough

Theatre, Activism, Subjectivity: Searching for the Left in a Fragmented World. Edited by Bishnupriya Dutt and Silvija Jestrovic. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. Pp. xxiv + 296. £90 Hb; £30 Pb.

Marcela I. Oteíza Silva

Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest. Edited by Anne Etienne and Chris Megson. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2024. Pp. 266. £95.00 Hb.

Yiğit SümbülDear Colleagues,

Theatre Research International Vol. 50 Issue 3 is now available on Cambridge Core.
https://www.cambridge.org/.../theatre.../latest-issue<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/latest-issue?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExaGU4Z0lJOExiamd5bzh3aHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6Vwa_RyKTZlH4YHx5LkSbTYoTxgJEDaR0akn4UeVp7Kgy9dcuzheXtxj_oCw_aem_vIjbWfFxDx4uccQHM1pD-w>
This is a special issue on Historiography as Metonymy, edited by RASHNA DARIUS NICHOLSON, TANCREDI GUSMAN, DOROTA SOSNOWSKA.
IFTR members may access the journal via Cambridge Core with their existing login and password. From 1 Jan, TRI will be moved to Taylor and Francis. Access will be through members' login at IFTR.org.<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FIFTR.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExaGU4Z0lJOExiamd5bzh3aHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5TvVoeDML1kjwMme4Z-8t1AkB3pswGPc8APGFsXFfx1qXetsL3M_IY3iU_ZQ_aem_oBfe7Kbf1blfvYSq-alWdQ&h=AT2qghni25Z5Kq9y5OAjA4pk8fYTKjOgwpDHl_OhviZWSKTP8vZxwR2cJ0hCFWtuOn_47e1UhvhniSYf-mnDvXLQC7jjwJKxeNc1ZNoQZHN3HeqRrzJf0_1bBwOtpc4s0poKt8MBVIInP8pegN3JWrEhDGS9hE_FC_s&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2u264J5HLbX7WW76DnzncQJu2SJnPnnyhvyDbvzDBG7C5NmxNy17B1INpWLkcNiebbGg1tsz6Vh4F1b1eggJ1MyQiBBkYVH_cfG3EeTFk7eh_bMXz_NQ1aVR5yoI5G_T_aX8Wjhm9n3khJNLOH-jhb0-adq5zadhG0i4aY2Q> More information will follow.

Editorial
Editorial: Historiography as Metonymy<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/editorial-historiography-as-metonymy/E07EE769DE3C99E0ABB3FBF8F3E45543>
RASHNA DARIUS NICHOLSON<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=RASHNA%20DARIUS%20NICHOLSON&eventCode=SE-AU>, TANCREDI GUSMAN<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=TANCREDI%20GUSMAN&eventCode=SE-AU>, DOROTA SOSNOWSKA<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=DOROTA%20SOSNOWSKA&eventCode=SE-AU>

Article
Elephants in the Room: A Metonymic Reading of a Strange Appearance in Early Modern Europe<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/elephants-in-the-room-a-metonymic-reading-of-a-strange-appearance-in-early-modern-europe/1F7F26DD998EEF93883601561DE27B66>
PETER W. MARX<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=PETER%20W.%20MARX&eventCode=SE-AU>
An Armenian Catalogue as Metonymy: Archiving Performance in the Other Milanese Avant-Garde<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/an-armenian-catalogue-as-metonymy-archiving-performance-in-the-other-milanese-avantgarde/66609432A4BBDCD54FC2C75DD634B098>
FRANCESCO ROSSETTI<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=FRANCESCO%20ROSSETTI&eventCode=SE-AU>
Touching Base: Writing for the Boy in Bartley Green<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/touching-base-writing-for-the-boy-in-bartley-green/1BE7F5EDC62A76F0D4AAD4A6EFFABD99>
KATE KATAFIASZ<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=KATE%20KATAFIASZ&eventCode=SE-AU>
Immanuel’s Prologue to the <https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/immanuels-prologue-to-the-machberot-a-medieval-hebrew-poem-as-a-relic-of-performance/742F201E1229EE66156C978245D9DBF6> Machberot<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/immanuels-prologue-to-the-machberot-a-medieval-hebrew-poem-as-a-relic-of-performance/742F201E1229EE66156C978245D9DBF6>: A Medieval Hebrew Poem as a Relic of Performance<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/immanuels-prologue-to-the-machberot-a-medieval-hebrew-poem-as-a-relic-of-performance/742F201E1229EE66156C978245D9DBF6>
SARIT COFMAN-SIMHON<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=SARIT%20COFMAN-SIMHON&eventCode=SE-AU>

Studio Treasures and Haunted Storerooms: Belasco’s Collections and Psychometric Readings of Theatre History<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/studio-treasures-and-haunted-storerooms-belascos-collections-and-psychometric-readings-of-theatre-history/19BE1C794CC8F10D967EBFDC53FBB2EE>

JOHN M. ANDRICK<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=JOHN%20M.%20ANDRICK&eventCode=SE-AU>

Book Review
The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/cambridge-guide-to-mixed-methods-research-for-theatre-and-performance-studies-edited-by-tracy-c-davis-and-paul-rae-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2024-pp-v-328-85-hb/21F17F713DECD564BADD6DF0925B83E9>. Edited by Tracy C. Davis and Paul Rae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Pp. v + 328. £85 Hb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/cambridge-guide-to-mixed-methods-research-for-theatre-and-performance-studies-edited-by-tracy-c-davis-and-paul-rae-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2024-pp-v-328-85-hb/21F17F713DECD564BADD6DF0925B83E9>
Devon Baur<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Devon%20Baur&eventCode=SE-AU>, Elizabeth McQueen<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Elizabeth%20McQueen&eventCode=SE-AU>
Inter-Asia in Motion: Dance as Method<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/interasia-in-motion-dance-as-method-edited-by-emily-wilcox-and-soo-ryon-yoon-london-routledge-2024-pp-xi-219-108144-hb/3B724D59563B512DC11690778E45E6B8>. Edited by Emily Wilcox and Soo Ryon Yoon. London: Routledge, 2024. Pp. xi + 219. £108/$144 Hb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/interasia-in-motion-dance-as-method-edited-by-emily-wilcox-and-soo-ryon-yoon-london-routledge-2024-pp-xi-219-108144-hb/3B724D59563B512DC11690778E45E6B8>
Rosemary Candelario<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Rosemary%20Candelario&eventCode=SE-AU>
Global Climate Education and Its Discontent: Using Drama to Forge a New Way<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/global-climate-education-and-its-discontent-using-drama-to-forge-a-new-way-edited-by-kathleen-gallagher-and-christine-balt-new-york-routledge-2025-pp-337-18000-hb-3295-pb/9FC3EC007D008BD69BEA12ADCE629203>. Edited by Kathleen Gallagher and Christine Balt. New York: Routledge, 2025. Pp. 337. $180.00 Hb; $32.95 Pb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/global-climate-education-and-its-discontent-using-drama-to-forge-a-new-way-edited-by-kathleen-gallagher-and-christine-balt-new-york-routledge-2025-pp-337-18000-hb-3295-pb/9FC3EC007D008BD69BEA12ADCE629203>
Andrea Casals-Hill<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Andrea%20Casals-Hill&eventCode=SE-AU>

Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China. By Tarryn Li-Min Chun. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. Pp. 338 + 44 illus. + 1 table. Open Access.

William Christie<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=William%20Christie&eventCode=SE-AU>
Comedy and Controversy: Scripting Public Speech<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/comedy-and-controversy-scripting-public-speech-by-sarah-balkin-and-marc-mierowsky-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2025-pp-58-44996499-hb-17002200-pb-16152090-ebook/14729742C544527B1DA06207286B594D>. By Sarah Balkin and Marc Mierowsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 58. £44.99/$64.99 Hb; £17.00/$22.00 Pb; £16.15/$20.90 E-book.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/comedy-and-controversy-scripting-public-speech-by-sarah-balkin-and-marc-mierowsky-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2025-pp-58-44996499-hb-17002200-pb-16152090-ebook/14729742C544527B1DA06207286B594D>
Oliver Double<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Oliver%20Double&eventCode=SE-AU>
Cue Tears: On the Act of Crying<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/cue-tears-on-the-act-of-crying-by-daniel-sack-ann-arbor-university-of-michigan-press-2024-pp-214-80-hb-2995-pb/221A5E8D78D2DBE32634E5B1F750C52B>. By Daniel Sack. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. Pp. 214. $80 Hb; $29.95 Pb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/cue-tears-on-the-act-of-crying-by-daniel-sack-ann-arbor-university-of-michigan-press-2024-pp-214-80-hb-2995-pb/221A5E8D78D2DBE32634E5B1F750C52B>
Kathleen Gough<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Kathleen%20Gough&eventCode=SE-AU>
Theatre, Activism, Subjectivity: Searching for the Left in a Fragmented World<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/theatre-activism-subjectivity-searching-for-the-left-in-a-fragmented-world-edited-by-bishnupriya-dutt-and-silvija-jestrovic-manchester-manchester-university-press-2024-pp-xxiv-296-90-hb-30-pb/FED92D9C09914D299970A15E04662E4A>. Edited by Bishnupriya Dutt and Silvija Jestrovic. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. Pp. xxiv + 296. £90 Hb; £30 Pb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/theatre-activism-subjectivity-searching-for-the-left-in-a-fragmented-world-edited-by-bishnupriya-dutt-and-silvija-jestrovic-manchester-manchester-university-press-2024-pp-xxiv-296-90-hb-30-pb/FED92D9C09914D299970A15E04662E4A>
Marcela I. Oteíza Silva<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Marcela%20I.%20Ote%C3%ADza%20Silva&eventCode=SE-AU>
Theatre Censorship in Contemporary Europe: Silence and Protest<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/theatre-censorship-in-contemporary-europe-silence-and-protest-edited-by-anne-etienne-and-chris-megson-exeter-university-of-exeter-press-2024-pp-266-9500-hb/EEFB306E07F9870E9F4AAE060A84C791>. Edited by Anne Etienne and Chris Megson. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2024. Pp. 266. £95.00 Hb.<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international/article/theatre-censorship-in-contemporary-europe-silence-and-protest-edited-by-anne-etienne-and-chris-megson-exeter-university-of-exeter-press-2024-pp-266-9500-hb/EEFB306E07F9870E9F4AAE060A84C791>
Yiğit Sümbül<https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?filters%5BauthorTerms%5D=Yi%C4%9Fit%20S%C3%BCmb%C3%BCl&eventCode=SE-AU>

Marcus TAN (Dr) | Associate Professor | Visual and Performing Arts | National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University | Chair, NIE Visiting Artist Programme<https://www.ntu.edu.sg/nie/about-us/academic-departments/visual-and-performing-arts/visiting-artist-programme> | Programme Leader, Practicum | Assistant Editor, Theatre Research International<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international> (Cambridge) | Secretary-General (Communications)<https://www.iftr.org/organisation/executive-committee>, International Federation for Theatre Research |

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Forthcoming Publications:

Tan, Marcus Cheng Chye, ‘What’s in a Name: The (Un)Making of a Singapore Theatre Company’, Theatre Research International 51.1 (Mar 2026)

Tan, Marcus Cheng Chye, Theatrimusicality: Spectauralising Performance (Palgrave, 2026)

Havelkova, Tereza and Marcus Cheng Chye Tan, Music Theater and Politics: Restaging Histories, Decentering Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2026)

Duffy, Peter, Beth Murray, Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare, Zeki Ozer, Richard Sallis, Chris Summers, Marcus Cheng Chye Tan and Wang Wan-jung, Devising in Times of Crisis: Practices for a Post-Pandemic World (Routledge, 2026)

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