Performing Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804170840Author Eric LaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Reading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries, major philosophers have come to think of vertigo as intrinsically part of philosophy itself. Fear of the void, terror of heights: everyone...

When it was first published in Germany in 1995, Poetics of Dance was already seen as a path-breaking publication, the first to explore the relationships between the birth of modern dance, new developments in the visual arts, and the renewal of literature...

In 1932, The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, introduced another icon to the classic monster pantheon, beginning a journey down the cinematic Nile that has yet to reach its end. Over the past century, movie mummies have met everyone from Abbott and...

The engaging, passionate, always-honest, and often-hilarious memoir of actor Ron Perlman,his triumphant story of perseverance and determination navigating the slippery slopes of Hollywood, with a foreword by Guillermo del ToroRon Perlman was a kid who...

This "one-of-a-kind" (Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardom-The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air-is perfect for fans of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789774169588Author Viola ShafikFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint The American University in Cairo PressPublisher The American University in Cairo Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737603412Author Daryn KirschtFormat HardbackPage Count 412Imprint Daryn KirschtPublisher Daryn KirschtWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Official companion book to the Netflix TV series featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with cast and crew. Based on the worldwide phenomenon from Sunrise Inc., Cowboy Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910457139Author Raymond HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Silvermoon PublishingPublisher Silvermoon PublishingWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm)...

This Element describes creative sign language in deaf literature. To showcase the exciting developments in Latin American deaf literature, the authors focus upon creative Libras as it is used by the Brazilian deaf community, while emphasising aspects of...

Laurence likes pizza. Laurence is about to go to school. Laurence thinks it's okay to wee on mummy's pillow. Like any couple, Tamora and Martin have big hopes and dreams. But when your child is autistic, non-verbal, and occasionally violent,...

In the expanded second edition of Fine Cuts, Roger Crittenden reveals the experiences of the greatest European film editors through his warm and perceptive interviews. This new edition builds on the foundations laid out in 2005, including interviews with...

Most fans of The Simpsons can distinguish Lenny from Carl without checking their hands. But only real fans recall the Eastern European equivalent of The Itchy & Scratchy Show, know the name of Barney Gumble's submission to the Springfield Film Festival,...

This is the Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters. Since his introduction in August 1962, Spider-Man's pop culture reach has extended from comic books and clothing to video games, toys, and television shows. His strongest impact, however, is in the...

Alan Read asserts that there is no split between the practice and theory of theatre, but a divide between the written and the unwritten. In this revealing book, he sets out to retrieve the theatre of spontaneity and tactics, which grows out of the...

Master director, teacher, and theorist, Jerzy Grotowski's work extended well beyond the conventional limits of performance. Now revised and reissued, this book combines: an overview of Grotowski's life and the distinct phases of his work an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350179493Author James ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953905031Author David BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Hellbound Books PublishingPublisher Hellbound Books PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060527020Author Bruce FeilerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This radical re-reading of Ford's work studies his films in the context of his complex character, demonstrating their immense intelligence and their profound critique of our culture.About the AuthorTed Gallagher's articles have appeared in Sight & Sound,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903102759Author Ann Hutchinson GuestFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Dance BooksPublisher Dance Books Ltd

West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as the "New German Cinema." Yet for domestic and international audiences at the time, German cinema...

A celebration of the last great era of the cinematic sex siren - a time when the cultural revolution resulted in unprecedented liberation in the treatment of nudity on screen. The Sixties and Seventies was an era when actresses were not ashamed to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244903756Author Mila HasanFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

The European Cinema Reader is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of national cinemas in Europe, bringing together classic writings by key filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Bunuel and John Grierson, and critics from Andre...

Drawing out the particularities of working in twos, with a focus on collaborative performance making, this book considers the duet as a particular configuration in which to think, the duo a microcosm of humankind, and presents everyday entanglement of...

Post-Cinematic Affect is about what it feels like to live in the affluent West in the early 21st century. Specifically, it explores the structure of feeling that is emerging today in tandem with new digital technologies, together with economic...

Todd Haynes's 2002 film Far From Heaven has been hailed as a homage to 1950s Hollywood melodrama, although anyone tempted to take the film at face value should be warned that it aims to subvert as much as celebrate that genre. Impeccably constructed,...

Gathered here for the first time are Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this ample selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned...

Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most prolific and popular actresses of the twentieth century. In her more than five hundred appearances on television, film and the stage, Elizabeth Montgomery's talent, charisma, and personality have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060779245Author Rodney DangerfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 254g

This definitive handbook explains how a script is transformed into a motion picture or television program. Readers will learn the methodology and craft of the script supervisor, who ensures that the continuity of a film, its logical progression, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681884738Author BluestreakFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455591954Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345804051Author Walter WangerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932634Author Michael LuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615930852Author Keith GiglioFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 399g

Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in...

Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre You see we are prisoners of a corrupt country that is our own making. But don't pretend you don't participate. You do. Of course you do. American banker Nick...