Performing Arts

In the world of amateur theatre, the role of director is challenging and wide-ranging. As the leader of a team, you can face problems on any aspect of the production which you will be expected to solve. This book contains all the advice you will need to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360388Author Stephen SondheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879100872Author Stefan SharffFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 250g

Our handbook on Virtual Production is written in conjunction with the Visual Effects Society, guaranteeing the most expert advice in all areas of Virtual Production. It is a first of its kind handbook on this nascent technology, pooling insights from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702570Author Joshua HarmonFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Return to the magic of Hoarder Hill in this spellbinding finale! Praise for THE HOUSE ON HOARDER HILL: 'A ghostly mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat.' BOOKTRUST 'This is a book full of...

Full of inspiration and practical advice, Playwriting: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is a comprehensive companion to writing for the stage. PART 1 includes reflections on the art and the craft of playwriting, guidance on writing for a full range...

Two 8-page color photo insertsBook InformationISBN 9781557837776Author Jason Robert BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 141mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368047487Author Julie HoutsFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

Ask a scientist about Hollywood, and you'll probably get eye rolls. But ask someone in Hollywood about science, and they'll see dollar signs: moviemakers know that science can be the source of great stories, with all the drama and action that...

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019...

When George III's behaviour begins to seem odd, even for Royalty, the collapse of government is imminent. The King is subjected to the horrors of eighteenth-century medicine, the Ministers scrabble to remain in office and the Prince of Wales prepares to...

Getting a new show up and running? Planning a revival? Taking over a long-running show? Going on the road? On Broadway, off Broadway, in regional repertory, or on tour, the only book you need as your professional companion is Peter Lawrence's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081795Author Cindy MarcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 180g

Renowned editor Larry Harbison brings together approximately one-hundred never-before-published women's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both...

'The ultimate guide to every apocalypse movie ever made' - David Quantick The 1980s. A time of fear: fear of the unknown, fear of your neighbours, fear of drugs, fear of sex, fear of strangers, fear of videos, and the very real fear that the world would...

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with George Putting It Together chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George. In 1982, James Lapine, at the...

How many times have you experienced a musical that was fabulous or just didn't work at all, but you had no idea how to communicate why? How do you differentiate between a flaw in the performance portrayal of a character to a structural flaw in the...

Transformative acting remains the aspiration of many an emerging actor, and constitutes the achievement of some of the most acclaimed performances of our age: Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591811725Author Laura SimmsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 320g

Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion and...

David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his work, due largely to frequent depictions of violence against women. Yet others see in Lynch's work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts...

The Harry Potter Film Vault series condenses the rich concept art of the Harry Potter film series into twelve collectible volumes. Harry Potter: The Film Vault compiles the filmmaking secrets and visionary artistry behind the Harry Potter films into a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999527009Author Warner LoughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Howland Tilley PressPublisher Howland Tilley PressWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm)...

In 2004, the Academy Award-nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hotel des Milles Collines during Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of...

Offering a fresh perspective on The General, arguably one of the most successful American films of the silent era, this insightful text analyses its initial critical reception and the thematic and stylistic characteristics of the film that made it...

The theorists of art and film commonly depict the modern audience as aesthetically and politically passive. In response, both artists and thinkers have sought to transform the spectator into an active agent and the spectacle into a communal performance...

What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines the 'toolkit' of the early modern player and suggests...

Homer Vol. IV. Odyssey (Books XIII-XXIV)Book InformationISBN 9780198145325Author D. B. MonroFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 194mm * 130mm * 17mm

In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading of the monstrous that revises our view of the Gothic. Moving from the nineteenth century and the works of Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, and Wilde to contemporary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525622222Author Tara BennettFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Delacorte PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann's groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions...

This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic,...

Great visual storytelling is possible on a minimal budget, but you have to spend a lot of energy thinking and planning. In Understanding Design in Film Production, author Barbara Freedman Doyle demonstrates how to use production design, cinematography,...

Although rarely discussed in its totality, Joan Crawford's contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s is one of her most impressive and far-reaching career achievements. Several of her noir and noir-tinged efforts contain what may very well be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838210Author Adam CesareFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 998gDimensions(mm) 257mm * 203mm...

This collection of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's film scripts vividly evokes the close connection between their influential work as theorists and their work as filmmakers. It includes scripts for all six of Mulvey and Wollen's collaborative films,...

The Group Theatre was perhaps the most significant experiment in the history of American theatre. Producing plays that reflected topical issues of the decade and giving a creative chance to actors, directors, and playwrights who were either fed up with...

Late for a meeting, lost your keys or having romance problems?Sometimes we all need a little guidance, and this new series pitches our favourite super-heroes against tricky situations we will all recognise, from battles with body positivity to pacifying...

In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was...