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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904031048Author Marco Van BeekFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Entertainment Technology Press LtdPublisher Cambridge Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904031048Author Marco Van BeekFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Entertainment Technology Press LtdPublisher Cambridge Media Group

You don't need a white tiger, expensive props, or hours of preparation to do magic. With a little practice, some clever misdirection (which lays at the heart of all magic tricks), and showmanship, you can surprise family, friends, and coworkers using a...

Make a career out of your voice? Easy. Voice acting is like acting, but just using your voice! It's a unique career where the actor's voice can be heard worldwide-in commercials, on audiobooks, in animated movies, documentaries, online videos, telephone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670095278Author Neena GuptaFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 570gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm...

Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Monroe. Yet few know who Orry-Kelly really was - until...

In Fassbinder, Christian Thomsen, a close friend of the director, illuminates Fassbinder's body of work while revealing his insider views of a man who, despite a furious temper, manic working habits, and rampant drug addiction, supported an extended...

Went the Day Well? is one of the most unusual pictures Ealing Studios produced,a distinctly unsentimental war film made in the darkest days of World War II, and nothing like the loveable comedies that later became the Ealing trademark.Its clear-eyed view...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312346348Author Hugh VickersFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 91g

During the eighty years from approx. 1535 many thousands of Italian madrigals were composed. Here are 55 for mixed voices covering the whole range of types, and the whole period. All have been chosen for their musical value - they are small masterpieces...

The most popular series of movies in the history of cinema, the Star Wars trilogy altered forever our notion of what the movies could do.Return of the Jedi is the trilogy's concluding section. With its myriad peculiar creatures, it seems, at first, to be...

This finely illustrated book offers a simple yet comprehensive 'grammar' of a new discipline. Performance Art first became popular in the fifties when artists began creating 'happenings'. Since then the artist as a performer has challenged many of the...

Signs of Performance provides the beginning student with working examples of theatrical analysis. Its range covers the whole of twentieth century theatre, from Stanislavski to Brecht and Samuel Beckett to Robert Wilson. Colin Counsell takes an historical...

Signs of Performance provides the beginning student with working examples of theatrical analysis. Its range covers the whole of twentieth century theatre, from Stanislavski to Brecht and Samuel Beckett to Robert Wilson. Colin Counsell takes an historical...

The League of GentlemenPart sitcom, part sketch show, part 'Kitchen Sink', part 'Northern Gothic', The League of Gentlemen is one of British television's most innovative and enduring comedy series. Set in the northern town of Royston Vasey, the series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486212524Author Jean HugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm)...

Waters dispenses useful advice: how not to make a movie, how to become famous, how to have a sense of humour even if you've been sentenced to life in prison, and perhaps most appropriately, how to most effectively shock and attract the nation's public...

A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture-by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we...

'Dr. Radosavljevic has an excellent and extensive grasp of her subject, and deep understanding of not only the history of these groups, but how they function, and how each contributes to the field of ensemble theatre.' - David Crespy, University of...

Until 1951, when Kurosawa's Rashomon won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival, Japanese cinema was isolated from world distribution and the international discourse on film. After this historic event, however, Japanese cinema...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262527521Author Steve DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 828Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 29mm

At the close of the twentieth century the stereotyping and demonization of 'others', whether on religious, nationalist, racist, or political grounds, has become a burning issue. Yet comparatively little attention has been paid to how and why we fabricate...

In this book, Erika Fischer-Lichte traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. In setting performance art on an equal footing with the traditional art object, she heralds a new aesthetics.The peculiar mode of experience that a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060938376Author Richard ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1230gDimensions(mm)...

Theatre and war have long been bedfellows. This brief study looks beyond theatre that is about war, and instead focuses on the relationship between theatre and war: how they feed into and inform one another, from rehearsal to post-production analysis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816637812Author Barry ParisFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Integrative Performance serves a crucial need of 21st-century performers by providing a transdisciplinary approach to training. Its radical new take on performance practice is designed for a climate that increasingly requires fully rounded artists. The...

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has invited some of the world's greatest living artists to delight and often challenge crowds in spaces of all shapes and sizes; from disused railway stations to atmospheric concert halls. It's crossed boundaries...

The Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the inter-relationships between audiences and performance.This study considers audiences contextually and historically, through both...

In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best. "Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi's life and carefully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434376695Author Victor RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 148gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

A heart-in-mouth YA horror-thriller, perfect for teen fans of The Haunting of Hill House ... Iris is obsessed with star YouTube ghost hunting duo, Zach and Lucas, who disappeared at an undisclosed location several months...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615271996Author Peter K ElkusFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Peter K ElkusPublisher Peter K ElkusWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Theatre/Archaeology is a provocative challenge to disciplinary practice and intellectual boundaries. It brings together radical proposals in both archaeological and performance theory to generate a startlingly original and intriguing methodological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780733324024Author Craig SchuftanFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint ABC BooksPublisher ABC BooksWeight(grams) 475g

Martin Shingler presents the mother volume for Palgrave's Film Stars series in three easily-navigable chapters in which he provides a summative and instructive account of star studies for today's film student. Via a critical evaluation of the work of...

When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land steeped in tradition and tragedy, while the more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845832063Author Stephen James WalkerFormat HardbackImprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780868192116Author Michael GowFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 137mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804250129Author David PollockFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Luath Press LtdPublisher Luath Press LtdDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 20mm