Books by John D. Mitchell

Celebrating the debt artists owe to their predecessors, these two plays - an original by Mitchell, and a translation from Eugene Labiche's "Money's a Meddler", seek to illustrate the obvious and not so apparent chain of influence from writer to writer, that stretches across the ages.

Vivid tales and anecdotes about the theatre told by John D. Mitchell, founder of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts.

Vivid tales and anecdotes about the theatre told by John D. Mitchell, founder of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts.

A free-verse translation of Bhasa's Sanskrit play dating back to 400 B. C. Accompanied by directorial notes of Mrinalini Sarabhai, along with line drawings of the mudras or hand gestures essential to the authenticity of expression in Sanskrit plays, with the original and the translation on facing pages.

This new translation is annotated with the comments of Yuri Zavadski, one of Russia's most acclaimed and decorated stage directors. Drawing fro his extensive experience directing under the aegis of both Stanislovski and Vakhtagnov, Zavadski illumi-nates the text of Chekhov's dramatic masterpiece.

This timeless Spanish Morality play is an exciting and humorous 17th Century look at the follies and vices of human beings. Written by José de Valdivieso in 1602, the play is included with director's notes from the 1972 IASTA production and exceptional illustrations of the expressionistic costumes used in the production.

A collection of twenty-five years of research on theatre styles from around the world, Theatre, The Search for Style contains interviews with over twenty acclaimed directors on the Commedia Dell'Arte, Peking Opera, Kabuki and Noh theatre, Sanskrit, The Spanish Golden Age, Greek theatre, American Musical Comedy, Phedre, Chekhov, Brecht, and Racine.