Books by Robert Leach

In 1992 Glenn Buglass, then Director of Lichfield Arts Centre, was given £2000 to make a community arts project. His dream was to stage some of the medieval mystery plays, and he invited Robert Leach to become Artistic Director of the project while he became Executive Producer.They began with the 'Lichfield Fragments', now in the possession of Shrewsbury School. This document, dating back to 1430, seems to be the script of one actor who was Third Shepherd in the play of The Shepherds and Third Mary in The Resurrection. It also contains several sung interludes from other pageants which were probably originally performed in Lichfield.Using these as a very partial skeleton, Robert created a whole integrated cycle of dramas from other existing medieval mystery plays, editing and adapting as necessary.The final complete Lichfield Mysteries is divided into three parts: Of Heaven and Hell and Middle Earth, telling the story of the Old Testament, The Getting of Grace, centring on Jesus's nativity, and Drops Of Blood, which recounts Jesus's passion, death and resurrection. The plays (or 'pageants') are preceded by a Prologue and concluded with an epilogue, Doomsday. The first part thus has an epic quality ranging from the Creation through the escape of the Israelites from Egypt to the time of the prophets; the second part is an intimate family drama (though with obvious wider implications); and the third part is - dramatically speaking - a tragedy.

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. This first volume spans from the earliest forms of performance to the popular theatres of high society and the Enlightenment.

Russian Futurist Theatre' explores is the first book to comprehensively uncover the Russian futurist theatre in all its virtuosity and diversity.

Contemporary local governance in Britain comprises a complex network of organisations working in partnership to formulate policies to address local needs and issues. Within this, local government continues to play an important part in policy and practice and in the structures and processes of local democracy.

The key theatre-makers who shaped the drama of the last century are Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud. This new book is the first detailed introduction to the work of these practitioners.

Featuring interviews with leading contemporary designers, including Paul Smith, Stephen Jones, and Maria Cornejo and education professionals, this title enables readers both to understand the vital role of research and to discover the techniques the designers have adapted for themselves.

Ratios provide an extremely effective method of understanding company accounts. This book looks at ratios from the perspective of an investor, providing a toolkit for investors to use to accurately analyse a company from its accounts. It also offers a simple explanation of how to calculate each ratio, and what the ratio means.

This book traces the career of the Russian revolutionary theatre director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, from his early years as a founding member of the Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavsky, through his Symbolist period, his experiments with commedia dell'arte and other popular forms, to his demise in the Stalin era.