Performing Arts

Bond Plays: 10 brings together recent work by the writer of the classic stage plays Saved, Lear, The Pope's Wedding and Early Morning. The volume comprises four previously unpublished plays, one previously published play and a comprehensive introduction...

A 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Love at first sight, whirlwind marriages, break-ups, divorces, remarriage... What accounts for the enduring success of the Hollywood madcap comedies of the 1930s? Directed by masters of comedy (Hawks,...

The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showing readers how to manage each step in taking a film, TV, or media project from production to final delivery, from scheduling and...

In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl is diagnosed with flat feet, knock knees, and weak legs. In short order, Lilian Alicia Marks would become a dance prodigy, the cherished baby ballerina of Sergei Diaghilev, and the youngest ever soloist at...

The Oberon Book of Modern Monologues for Women is an essential resource for actors participating in acting classes, contests, auditions, and rehearsals. This book collects over fifty speeches from some of the finest plays of the last twenty years,...

Analysing Gender in Performance brings together the fields of Gender Studies and Performance Analysis to explore how contemporary performance represents and interrogates gender. This edited collection includes a wide range of scholarly essays, as well...

Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer/directors. Blazing a trail in the examination of controversial issues such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm) and homosexuality (Advise and Consent), Preminger broke the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838528874Author IgloobooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Igloo BooksPublisher Igloo BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 248mm * 244mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647864354Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

Much of our time at the movies is spent in other people's homes. Cinema is, after all, often about everyday life. Spectacle of Property is the first book to address the question of the ubiquitous conjuncture of the moving image and its domestic...

I am getting nearer to something. The answer to the question. Who am I? A woman who leaves her husband very suddenly for an old lover and heads to a cottage in Kerry? I needed someone strong. Someone who would sweep me along. Keep me here. In this...

Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the show's cultural relevance through a book that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932283Author Christopher KenworthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

First published in 1957, this seminal work of film theory analyzes the process-"the mysterious alchemy"-by which novels are transformed into films. Beginning with a discussion of the aesthetic limits of both the novel and the film, George Bluestone goes...

The cinema of Theo Angelopoulos is celebrated as challenging the status quo. From the political films of the 1970s through to the more existential works of his later career, Vrasidis Karalis argues for a coherent and nuanced philosophy underpinning...

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It is a passionate, yes-you-can guide designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. Patrick Tucker's classic manual encourages trained and amateur actors alike to look to the...

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 9781905674121Author Naomi GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

"The L Word" captured international attention when it first appeared on American screens in January 2004. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679772828Author Eric LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

World Theatre: The Basics presents a well-rounded introduction to non-Western theatre, exploring the history and current practice of theatrical traditions in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Oceania, the Caribbean, and the non-English-speaking cultures of...

The official art book for the animated movie Luck. The Art and Making of Luck showcases, in beautifully illustrated detail, the concept art behind the story of the unluckiest girl in the world: Sam Greenfield. When Sam stumbles into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780368185854Author AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 127g

Shortlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design & Scenography 2023 This book uses digital media theory to explore contemporary understandings of expanded scenography as spatial practice. It surveys and analyses a selection of...

An accessible introduction to Harold Pinter's work, covering his entire career and drawing on his own archives to shed new light on his methods and processes. Aimed at undergraduate students studying modern and contemporary drama, playwriting and...

This book introduces readers to the widespread phenomenon of how social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok become an extension of long-standing aspects of musical theatre engagement. Although casual observers may dismiss social...

Now available in Bloomsbury Revelations series, Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings about the craft of acting and realising texts for the stage. It crystallises and makes concrete many of...

From its crudely drawn vignettes on The Tracey Ullman Show to its nearly 700 episodes, The Simpsons has evolved from an alternative programming experiment to a worldwide cultural phenomenon. At 30 seasons and counting, The Simpsons boasts the distinction...

This is the first major collection of criticism on Black American cinema. From the pioneering work of Oscar Micheaux and Wallace Thurman to the Hollywood success of Spike Lee, Black American filmmakers have played a remarkable role in the development of...

'Georges Franju' is the fullest study to date of this little-known French director, the co-founder of the Cinematheque francaise, and the first book on him in English since 1967. Born in 1912, but only enjoying his real debut as a director in 1948 with...

'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me'MARILYN MONROEIn July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller, to make The Sleeping Prince (later released as The Prince and the...

In recent years Clare Barron has emerged as one of the most acclaimed and exciting new voices in American drama. The first ever collection of her work, this volume contains I'll Never Love Again, You Got Older, Dance Nation and Dirty Crusty. I'll...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620236093Author Todd MuffattiFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Atlantic Publishing GroupPublisher Atlantic Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615735597Author Lynette HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Lynette HarrisPublisher Lynette HarrisWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364017Author Deborah ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 196gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

An imagination of possibilities, of miscalculations, of futures off-kilter "Probability is a chimera, its head is true, its tail a suggestion. Futurologists attempt to compel the head to eat the tail (ouroboros). Here, though, we will try to wag the...

Robin Wood, the renowned scholarly critic and writer on film, has prepared a new introduction and added three essays to his classic text ""Personal Views."" This important book contains essays on a wide range of films and filmmakers...

"This is a bold, lucid, fiercely intelligent book, a vital addition to the study of contemporary cinema by one of the UK's brightest young film critics." * Screen Existing critical traditions fail to fully account for the impact of Austrian...

A Young Actor Prepares provides a constructive form for young people to create with their own life experiences, imagination, and emotions through acting. It provides a step-by-step approach to help kids tackle emotionally challenging roles and portray...

"Boom and Bust" traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. It discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends...