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Shakespeare and I by Theodora Papadopoulou
$49.63This is a provocative exploration of how the self is revealed or exposed in the experience of reading, viewing and writing about Shakespeare. Following the ethos and ambition of the "Shakespeare Now!" series, and harnessing the energy, challenge and... -
An Actor's Alphabet: An A to Z of Some Stuff I've Learnt and Some Stuff I'm Still Learning by Julie Hesmondhalgh
RRP: $19.48$14.59In this candid and empowering A to Z of being an actor, Julie Hesmondhalgh draws on her decades of experience on stage and screen - including in massively popular television shows such as Broadchurch, Happy Valley and Coronation Street - to lift the lid... -
Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander 9780367468170
RRP: $64.33$56.86Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media and digital technologies?Since its... -
Under Milk Wood: Including Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas 9781840228410
RRP: $7.78$5.79Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas's best-known and best-loved work, his radio play completed in 1953 at the very end of his life. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is his first collection solely of short stories, published in 1940. These two works show... -
Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring by Jon Burlingame
RRP: $55.56$48.77With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date. Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV... -
Life of Pi by Lolita Chakrabarti
$22.62Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play "Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre" (Times). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a... -
Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema Willow Maclay 9781914420580
RRP: $25.33$17.22In the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as threats to the normal order — relegated to a lost highway of corpses, fools, and monsters. In this book, trans film critics Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn... -
The Playwright's Journey: From First Spark to First Night by Jemma Kennedy 9781848425804
RRP: $29.23$22.04A clear, supportive and comprehensive guide to writing a play - based on the author's long-running playwriting masterclasses, as taught at the UK's National Theatre. This book leads you through everything you need to know, including: The theatrical... -
King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz 9780415267472
RRP: $33.13$29.68Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write... -
The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan by Tom Shone 9780571347995
RRP: $39.00$29.58A rare, intimate portrait of Hollywood's reigning 'blockbuster auteur' whose deeply personal billion-dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock. 'A masterclass . . ... -
The Adventure Time - The Official Cookbook Jordan Grosser 9781785655913
RRP: $44.83$30.26Grab your friends and get cooking in the land of Ooo with Adventure Time: The Official Cookbook, featuring recipes from all your favourite characters and kingdoms. Finn has come together with his friends to complete a cookbook that once belonged to his... -
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Official Companion Book by Titan Comics
RRP: $42.88$31.71The magazine features behind-the-scenes interviews, character profiles, a detailed episode guide, and synopses for all the episodes, all lavishly illustrated with imagery from the Lucasfilm Image Archives and final frames.About the AuthorTitan Magazines... -
Adele: To 30 and Beyond: The Unauthorized Biography by Danny White
RRP: $29.23$19.95120 million records sold. The world's biggest selling album of the twenty-first century. Countless awards and accolades. Adele has captured the hearts of millions and this intimate biography tells the astonishing journey of the Queen of Pop.The trademark... -
Hammer Glamour by Marcus Hearn
RRP: $48.73$36.84The inspiration for Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho. Over fifty years ago, with the release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and Christopher Lee's iconic performance in "Dracula", Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely-restrained... -
Double Indemnity by Richard Schickel 9780851702988
$19.58A new kind of film emerged from Hollywood in the early 1940s, thrillers that derived their plots from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction but with a style all their own. Appearing in 1944, "Double Indemnity "was a key film in the definition of the... -
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production by J. K. Rowling 9780751565355
RRP: $42.90$29.60Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage... -
Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion by Gina McIntyre
RRP: $48.75$38.51THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to Hawkins, Indiana.The official behind-the-scenes companion guide to the first two seasons of Stranger Things and beyond, brought to life with exclusive photos and stunning concept art. Stranger things have happened... -
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland Gerald Clarke 9780751531602
RRP: $29.23$19.60Judy Garland, the girl with the pigtails in THE WIZARD OF OZ, was an entertainer of almost magical power. The woman of half a dozen comebacks and a hundred heartbreaks. To tell her story, Gerald Clarke took ten years, travelled thousands of miles... -
Confessions: Life Re-examined by Edward Stourton
RRP: $39.00$28.29'Thoughtful, witty, occasionally comic, often effortlessly profound - not a conventional journalistic memoir.' Sunday Times'If you value the perspective and judgment of one who has covered, often from the frontline, the major events of the past four... -
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943 by Max Hastings
RRP: $48.75$32.82THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Moehne and Eder dams in... -
Be Funny or Die: How Comedy Works and Why It Matters by Joel Morris 9781800183100
RRP: $37.03$24.78Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse.Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life's most... -
The Country Wife William Wycherley 9781408179895
RRP: $19.48$17.67'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery,... -
Anatomy of a Song: The Inside Stories Behind 45 Iconic Hits by Marc Myers
RRP: $21.43$14.70Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits transcend commercial value, touching a generation of listeners and altering the direction of music. In Anatomy of a Song, writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories behind... -
Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
RRP: $25.33$18.21'Enlightening ... Funny, smart, original and provocative ... It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Week recognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema' NEW STATESMAN 'Few standups have come close to capturing a... -
Plays by Anton Chekhov 9780140447330
RRP: $19.48$14.47Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics.At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by... -
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp 9780743269773
RRP: $33.15$24.36Anthony Rapp's first audition for the workshop production of Rent begins a journey that takes him all the way to Broadway as the star of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, experiencing tragedy, loss, and enlightenment along the way. When Rent's... -
No Shame: the hilarious and candid memoir from one of our best-loved comedians by Tom Allen 9781529348941
RRP: $21.43$15.17'Excellent - I inhaled it, I absolutely loved it!... it's moving, and funny...It's a beautiful, beautiful read...for anyone who wants to laugh and be charmed'CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN, BBC Radio 2'Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell'SARAH... -
Firefly: A Celebration by Joss Whedon
RRP: $68.25$52.81Titan's three bestselling Firefly titles collected together at last, just in time for the 10th anniversary of Joss Whedon's beloved series. This huge, 544 page full colour volume is simply one of the most lavish books ever produced for a TV show, and is... -
Cocktails of the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to Cinematic Mixology by Will Francis
RRP: $25.33$18.21Take a journey through Hollywood's lifelong love affair with cocktails, celebrating the greatest characters and their iconic drinks through original illustrations and easy-to-follow recipes. From Marilyn Monroe's Manhattan in Some Like It Hot to The... -
Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being by Romesh Ranganathan 9780552173704
RRP: $21.43$16.79THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER____________Straight Outta Crawley is the hilarious and irreverent autobiography from comedian Romesh Ranganathan.At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday camp talent... -
Theatre: A Very Short Introduction by Marvin A. Carlson
RRP: $17.53$12.97From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this complex art has utilized all other art forms such as dance, literature, music, painting,... -
Making Simple Marionettes by John Roberts
RRP: $19.48$19.23Marionettes are loved by puppeteers and audiences for what they can do on stage, but they can be challenging to design, make and perform. This beautiful book clearly explains the process from making the puppets to putting them on strings and bringing... -
Sanford Meisner On Acting by Dennis Longwell
RRP: $35.10$20.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394750590Author Sanford MeisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Wicked: The Grimmerie by David Cote 9781401308209
$63.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401308209Author David CoteFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 1440gDimensions(mm) 310mm * 238mm * 30mm -
The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney
RRP: $25.33$17.16Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles's Philoctetes tells of the wounded hero marooned upon an island by the Greeks during the Siege of Troy. As the conflict comes to a climax, the Greeks begin to realise they cannot win the Trojan war without... -
Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal
RRP: $70.18$61.80Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and bestselling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal.It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate... -
Friends: The Official Central Perk Cookbook by Kara Mickelson 9781789098501
RRP: $44.83$21.14Gather your friends on your favorite couch and prepare over 50 recipes inspired by the iconic Central Perk cafe from the beloved hit sitcom Friends. Friends: The Official Central Perk Cookbook offers a variety of recipes for chefs of all levels. From... -
The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan 9781854594235
RRP: $21.43$15.89Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it. The play opens with the failed suicide of Hester Collyer (Peggy Ashcroft in the first... -
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness
$24.65An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis... -
The Woman, the Mink, the Cod and the Donkey: An affectionate parody of a little-known book by Margerie Swash 9780751584318
RRP: $19.48$13.96She was looking for wine. Instead she found friendship. (Okay, it was with three animals, but she really hadn't drunk any wine at that point, promise.) --- Come, dearest reader, and dive into this book. It's warm and safe in here, which you will have...