Performing Arts

Drama / Characters: 3m, 4f Pretty Theft is a play about ballerinas, boxes and the dangers of beauty. After losing her father, Allegra falls under the wing of bad girl Suzy, only to find an unexpected friendship with Joe, an autistic savant. When things...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Bookseller's Choice (Picture Book) 1999.Book InformationISBN 9780060245603Author Jamie Lee CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint HarperCollins Children's...

A vastly entertaining and unique history of the interaction between spying and showbiz, from the Elizabethan age to the Cold War and beyond.'A treasure trove of human ingenuity' The TimesWritten by two experts in their fields, Stars and Spies is the...

Basil Rathbone's book about himself...is better written than most books by or about actors and is more intellectually vigorous...Sherlock Holmes fans will be much interested in his remarks on the character with whom he has been so closely identified. ...

Now in its fourth edition, Illustrated Theatre Production Guide delivers a step-by-step approach to the most prevalent and established theatre production practices, focusing on essential issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and...

Award Monologues for Men is a collection of fifty monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608874446Author Becca ZerkinFormat HardbackPage Count 5Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573701160Author Evan LinderFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

TheatreBook InformationISBN 9781617741555Author Adam LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 138mm * 5mm

The lengths to which the underworld will go for a legendary prize is unparalleled. What started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information was soon stolen, traded, and smuggled around the outer rim and shady ports. With each pirate, thief,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907483Author Ric ViersFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 567g

From the fierce and funny Clive James, this is Britain in the twenty-first century - from wheelie bins to plastic surgery, and from Britain's Got Talent to contemporary art.Between 2007 and 2009, Clive James wrote and presented A Point of View for BBC...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941188265Author David SonnenscheinFormat PaperbackPage Count 245Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250102713Author Emma MarriottFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 848gDimensions(mm) 256mm *...

Lutz Koepnick analyzes the complicated relationship between two cinemas--Hollywood's and Nazi Germany's--in this theoretically and politically incisive study. The Dark Mirror examines the split course of German popular film from the early 1930s until the...

This is the story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's most legendary magicians: the eccentric personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fiendishly in the race to make things materialize, levitate and disappear.We meet Harry...

In 1972, a break-in was foiled at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Within days a connection had been made with the White House and President Nixon's closest aides. It unleashed one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982177393Author Elise DoganieriFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Tiller PressPublisher Tiller PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm *...

After "Toy Story", "Ratatouille", "W.A.L.L.E", and other blockbusters, where else could Pixar Animation Studios go but UP? Their latest film is a heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age story about a 78-year-old widower. It features Carl Fredrickson...

The 2nd of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published as a complete set. Behind every great Iron Man stands a dedicated group of artists - and now, their secrets are revealed. In The Art of Iron Man 2, you'll find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692527566Author Douglas M ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Beat by Beat PressPublisher Beat by Beat PressWeight(grams) 113g

The first full-length study of the iconic 1960s film The Great Escape and its place in Hollywood and American history. Caught on film, the iconic jump of escaped POW Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen) over an imposing barbed wire fence on a stolen...

The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Story reveals, for the first time, the design evolution of each new fantastical set, otherworldly machine, and unforgettable character in the film. Packed with hundreds of spectacular images, including production paintings,...

The Sound of Music is firmly embedded in the DNA of a generation. But what was it like to be part of all this? For seven children and young adults, the summer of 1964 was a magical one, spent in Salzburg, Austria, filming. The Sound of Music Family...

Sound Design for Film offers an in-depth study of one of cinema's most powerful storytelling tools, exploring the creative landscape and proposing a variety of contemporary approaches to audio design. Opening up a hidden world of narrative techniques,...

Anthony Neilson is often described as one of the most exciting and challenging voices in contemporary British theatre. For over two decades he has acquired a reputation for innovation and experimentation in both writing and directing having worked with...

'Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon has it all. An amazing read.'GEORGE R.R. MARTINTHE UNTOLD STORY OF A GLOBAL OBSESSION DIRECT FROM THE SHOW'S CAST AND CREATORS...This official, complete history of HBO's Game of Thrones will draw on the author's many long days...

'What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty... I had so little to do in the daylight hours, I stayed up late unbuttoning Levis in back rooms.'In 1984 at the age of 40, the polymath film-maker...

This new edition of A Hitchcock Reader aims to preserve what has been so satisfying and successful in the first edition: a comprehensive anthology that may be used as a critical text in introductory or advanced film courses, while also satisfying...

This book provides a conceptual understanding of objectives and trends of lighting design and technology so that the reader will be able to wisely keep up with the rapid and never-ending expansion of the field.Uniquely explores how quietive practices can...

In this pathbreaking book one of America's most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks' Red River and...

The park is open! Celebrate one of the most thrilling movie sagas of all time with this in-depth look at the making of the Jurassic World trilogy. Following the release of director Colin Trevorrow's smash hit Jurassic World in 2015, the dinosaurs of...

Circesque is a celebration of an idea Christian Tagliavini had in 2008 and resulted in his photographic series of the same title produced in 2019. Exploring the world of the circus, this specially crafted book is a unique invitation for the reader to...

'Quietly transformational'The Times 'A tour de force... I can't recommend this too highly'Patrick Gale'Innovative... an original, at-a-sitting read'Daily Mail'A potent meditation on the intensity of women's lives'Charlotte Wood, author of The Weekend'A...

A new approach to actor training by a senior teacher, this illustrated manual shows how to use the body to produce rich, varied and truthful performances. The approach, rooted in the Michael Chekhov Technique, integrates ancient Qigong knowledge with...

Since the 1920s, an endless flow of studies has analyzed the political systems of fascism, theseizure of power, the nature of the regimes, the atrocities committed, and, finally, the wars waged against other countries. However, much less attention has...

"An engrossing, enthralling and utterly captivating read, The Young Pretender tells a simply remarkable story with bounce, energy, wit, and lively authenticity . . . Michael Arditti's brilliant imaginative achievement offers high comedy, dark tragedy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999717974Author Arawana HayashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Pi PressPublisher Pi PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635571769Author Isaac ButlerFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 784g

"[A] well-plotted survey." Total Film In 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standing, most diverse and most popular genres, representing its rich history from the silent era...