Performing Arts

Steve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through the the lens of cinema, it provides a cultural and political snapshot of life in Britain from the 2nd part of the 20th century up to the...

Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one of the leading British authorities in the field, The Documentary Film Book is an essential guide to current...

This collection of essays offers a positive consensus of director Peter Jackson's spectacularly successful adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ,The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King...

More Dance Improvisations builds on the success of its predecessor, Dance Improvisations, and offers 78 brand-new activities that have been tested and refined by author Justine Reeve, a veteran dance instructor and choreographer. This text offers a...

The journeys in EActing and Singing with ArchetypesE are based on the Voices of the Archetypes and Myths workshops that Frankie Armstrong has conducted throughout Europe Australia and the United States. Primarily geared toward theatre teachers ...

Drawing the Line: Technical Hand Drafting for Film and Television is the essential resource for students and aspiring professionals studying and working in film and television design. The book covers all aspects of scenic drafting by hand - a technique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916499836Author Geoff ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Geoff Thompson LtdPublisher Geoff Thompson Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996014205Author Dr William HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Fratelli BolognaPublisher Fratelli BolognaWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Forty years ago, when television legend Susan Lucci first joined the cast of "All My Children", she had only expected to appear on the show every other Tuesday. But she quickly endeared herself to America playing the beautiful, mercurial, and...

World Scenography 1990-2005 is the second volume in a series of large-format, lavishly illustrated books documenting for posterity a collection of significant and influential theatrical set, costume, and lighting designs. This volume covers 1990-2005...

'Theatre is the greatest of collaborative art forms, and Shakespeare its greatest exponent: he used the form better than anyone else ever has to speak truth about the world.' In Exploring Shakespeare, acclaimed theatre director Bill Alexander takes us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780740763663Author Roger EbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941188784Author Judith WestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 648g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692770429Author Douglas M ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Beat by Beat PressPublisher Beat by Beat PressWeight(grams) 172g

David Fincher's Seven (1995) follows two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), as they investigate a series of gruesome murders. One of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, it explores themes of moral decay, human...

A fascinating investigation into the wellsprings of improvisation in theatre, dance and music, from the author of the influential House of Games. Packed with exercises and practical techniques, The Improvisation Game explores how improvisation can be...

A concise introduction to the study of dance ranging from the practical aspects such as technique and choreography to more theoretical considerations such as aesthetic appreciation and the place of dance in different cultures. This book answers questions...

The story of Eastmancolor's arrival on the British filmmaking scene is one of intermittent trial and error, intense debate and speculation before gradual acceptance. This book traces the journey of its adoption in British Film and considers its lasting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692789162Author Jordan Goldman AceFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Jordan GoldmanPublisher Jordan GoldmanWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

On 29 September 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He had no choice but to take her into his...

The Language of the Lens explores the expressive power of the camera lens and the storytelling contributions that this critical tool can make to a film project. This book offers a unique approach to learning how lenses can produce aesthetically and...

Night Mail (1936) is one of the best-loved and best-known films in the canon of British documentary cinema. Bringing together the creative talents of Harry Watt, Basil Wright, W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten, the film gave John Grierson's documentary...

The release of Star Wars in 1977 marked the start of what would become a colossal global franchise. Star Wars remains the second highest-grossing film in the United States, and George Lucas's six-part narrative has grown into something more: a culture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800693258Author Hippo! OrangePage Count 192Imprint Orange Hippos!Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group

The Theatre du Grand-Guignol in Paris (1897 - 1962) achieved a legendary reputation as the 'Theatre of Horror' a venue displaying such explicit violence and blood-curdling terror that a resident doctor was employed to treat the numerous spectators who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423174066Author Marty SklarFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 601g

In this revelatory career-length biography, produced through many hours of interviews with Danny Boyle, he talks frankly about the secrets behind the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games as well as the struggles, joys and incredible perseverance...

"Arji Manuelpillai hits the ground running with this debut and I freaking love it. His poems are funny, irreverent, hugely affecting. He's fidgety, darts moment to moment - you'll rush after him, then suddenly find he's stopped, spun on his heel and...

Underneath that chilled exterior is a potty-mouthed mouser ready to let rip. Sweary Cats features over 60 fabulous felines itching and scratching to tell it like it is, either through withering sarcasm or deeply insulting remarks. Cats may...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101971772Author Moises KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Winner of the Theatre Library Association's Richard Wall Memorial Award Special Jury Prize for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of...

In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929), the Ballets Russes radically transformed the...

Columbo is 50 years old. A global smash in the 1970s, it is now a cult TV favourite. What is the reason for this enduring popularity? In this fascinating exploration of a television classic, David Martin-Jones argues that Columbo reveals how our current...

Time Out of Mind is one of the most ambitious, complex, and provocative albums of Bob Dylan's distinguished artistic career. The present book interprets the songs recorded for Time Out of Mind as a series of dreams by a single singer/dreamer. These...

Han vs the green fellow. Chief Brody vs the very large shark. John McClane vs broken glass, and many, many more...This is Scott Campbell's acclaimed "Great Showdowns" series, showing strangely good-natured confrontations between his favorite movie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064707Author Dan BettridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd

From the early stages of script writing to the final cut, We Have Some Notes... provides a detailed overview of the script editing and development process, emphasising the impact of critical feedback, or 'notes', in the creation of successful films and...

Michel Chion's landmark Audio-Vision has exerted significant influence on our understanding of sound-image relations since its original publication in 1994. Chion argues that sound film qualitatively produces a new form of perception. Sound in...

Since it first aired in 2011, Game of Thrones galloped up the ratings to become the most watched show in HBO's history. It is no secret that creator George R.R. Martin was inspired by late 15th century Europe when writing A Song of Ice and Fire, the...

'Darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises'Daily Mail 'Really funny. David is a great writer' Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping'A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with sharply drawn characters and creeping suspense. David...