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Drag: A British History by Jacob Bloomfield 9780520393325
RRP: £25.00£19.59"A must-read for anyone interested in the history of drag performance."- Publishers WeeklyA rich and provocative history of drag's importance in modern British culture. Drag: A British History is a groundbreaking study of the sustained popularity and... -
Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts by Roger T. Dean
RRP: £31.00£25.65This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research. The book considers how creative... -
Out For Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical by Chris Adams 9781350320536
RRP: £21.99£17.59Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience members, Out For Blood pieces together the surprising, hilarious and often-moving inside story of Carrie The Musical to discover how this 'horror of a Broadway... -
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Tim Kelly 9780573610417
RRP: £10.99£9.59Mystery Tim Kelly Characters: 5 male, 5 female Interior Set Holmes' most spine chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version with suspense, humor and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the vast Baskerville fortune, a legacy that comes with a... -
The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan: 20th Anniversary Edition by Ian Bradley
RRP: £52.00£48.66Ian Bradley's Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan has established itself across the world as the authorized and definitive 'Bible' for all those interested in the Savoy operas. Originally published in two Penguin paperbacks in the 1980's, a... -
Historical Pattern Archive: Women's Clothing 1837-1969 Thomas John Bernard 9781138708518
RRP: £36.99£32.93Historical Pattern Archive: Women's Clothing 1837-1969 is the first book of its kind to capture such a wide range of women's period patterns in one book, featuring 83 patterns spanning over a century of clothing.The book offers an accurate pattern of... -
Art of Coarse Acting, or, How to Wreck an Amateur Dramatic Society, Th by Michael Green
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573110023Author Michael GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers Tan Huaixiang (Tenured Associate Professor in Costume and Makeup Design, University of Central Florida's Conservatory Theatre, Orlando) 9781138211711
RRP: £44.99£39.16Character Costume Figure Drawing is an essential guide that will improve your drawing skills and costume renderings. Step-by-step visuals illustrate the how-tos of drawing body parts, costumes, accessories, faces, children, and different character... -
The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre: The First Four Hundred Years Aleks Sierz 9781350301764
RRP: £11.99£11.02British theatre is booming. But where do these beautiful buildings and exciting plays come from? And when did the story start? To find out we time travel back to the age of the first Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, four hundred years ago when there... -
Death of England by Roy Williams
RRP: £11.99£11.95He wanted you to be a better man. He wanted to be a better man himself. He was lied to. Just like you are being lied to. A family in mourning. A man in crisis After the death of his dad, Michael is powerless and angry. In a state of... -
Extremities by William Mastrosimone
£11.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573608759Author W. MastrosimoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu by Simon Callow
RRP: £14.99£10.95A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane. Vivid, vastly entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.Insightful, incisive &... -
Polly Stenham: Plays 1: That Face; Tusk Tusk; No Quarter; Hotel by Polly Stenham
RRP: £18.99£12.83Polly Stenham's explosive That Face, written at the age of nineteen, was staged at the Royal Court before transferring to London's West End. Tusk Tusk and No Quarter followed, also for the Royal Court. Her fourth play, Hotel, opened at the National... -
Creating Worlds: How to Make Immersive Theatre by Jason Warren
RRP: £14.99£11.13A practical guide to creating successful immersive theatre productions, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner. Placing the audience at the heart of a production - not as passive bystanders but as active participants - is the impetus behind... -
The New Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style by David P. DeVenney 9780810869431
RRP: £54.00£47.58This is a completely revised and expanded second edition of The Broadway Song Companion, the first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mind, the volume... -
Theatre Spaces 1920-2020: Finding the Fun in Functionalism Iain Mackintosh 9781350056244
RRP: £29.99£24.33In this lavishly illustrated hands-on account of the creation of new theatre spaces spanning a century, Iain Mackintosh offers a compelling history that is part memoir, part impassioned call to rethink the design of our theatre spaces and the future of... -
Mullarkey Plays: 1 by Rory Mullarkey
RRP: £21.99£21.04A remarkable writer - an original fresh voice, with a sharp political edge (Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director the Royal Court Theatre). British writer Rory Mullarkey is the winner of the Harold Pinter Commission, the James Tait Black Prize for... -
Frank and Percy Mr Ben Weatherill 9781350438798
RRP: £10.99£9.66People cross our paths for a reason. That, no doubt, reads like a horrible cliche but I never claimed to be a good writer, only an honest one. I believe the reason I met you was to become comfortable in my own skin. Ever seen a couple of old boys on a... -
I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein
RRP: £25.00£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320525Author Harvey FiersteinFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Gays on Broadway by Ethan Mordden
RRP: £22.99£19.56A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on the topic From the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The... -
Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature by Anna Beer
RRP: £20.00£14.29Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Austen. Warned not to write - and certainly not to bite - these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. 'Smart, funny and highly readable... a tour de force.' A.L... -
Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art by Jim Shumway
RRP: £34.99£30.85Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art shares the secrets of performer flying in entertainment history and provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a performer flying effect from scratch.This book sheds light on all aspects of... -
Alan Bennett Plays 1: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy by Alan Bennett
RRP: £18.99£12.83A collection of four Alan Bennett plays, with an introduction by the author which describes the background to their writing and performance.Alan Bennett Plays 1 includes Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy.About the AuthorALAN BENNETT has... -
Japanese No Masks: With 300 Illustrations of Authentic Historical Examples by Friedrich Perzynski 9780486440149
RRP: £11.99£7.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486440149Author Friedrich PerzynskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Being a Playwright: A Career Guide for Writers by Chris Foxon
RRP: £12.99£9.26The essential playwriting career guide, from the team behind acclaimed new writing theatre company Papatango. Writing a good play is only a small part of making it as a successful playwright; understanding the business side of building a career is... -
Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland
RRP: £11.99£11.95Gerry Adams has disguised himself as a newborn baby and successfully infiltrated my family home. Eric Miller is a Belfast Loyalist. He believes his five-week old granddaughter is Gerry Adams. His family keep telling him to stop living in the past... -
Disgraced by Mr Ayad Akhtar
RRP: £10.99£8.38"A continuously engaging, vitally engaged play about thorny questions of identity and religion in the contemporary world, with an accent on the incendiary topic of how radical Islam and the terrorism it inspires have affected the public discourse." The... -
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
RRP: £10.99£7.32Liubov Ranevskya, a widowed landowner returns home more or less insolvent after five years abroad. Everything appears just as she remembers, but hers is a diminishing world. Her vast and beautiful cherry orchard is soon to be sold off against her... -
Black Watch by Gregory Burke
RRP: £10.99£7.32Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror, and what it means to make the journey home.This book contains Gregory Burke's... -
Arguments with England by Michael Blakemore
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Some of the most exhilarating writing about theatre ever committed to paper, a beady and original analysis of Britain (and incidentally British theatre) in the 50s and 60s, a profound account of the evolution of modern Australia, and a darkly frank one... -
Good Grief Ugly Bucket 9781350355811
RRP: £12.99£11.86Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama's Untapped Award 2022 A dying man's last wish: for his friends to create a show about death. Will it be subtle? Will it be sophisticated? Probably not, but it's his funeral. Literally. ... -
Les Miserables: The Story So Far of the World's Longest Running Musical Benedict Nightingale 9781787391406
RRP: £22.00£14.56Ever since its first performances in 1985, Les Miserables has been a smash success, and is now the longest running musical in the world with an award-winning Hollywood movie to its name. Les Miserables takes a look back through the storied life of this... -
The Knight of the Burning Pestle: Francis Beaumont by Sheldon Zitner
RRP: £14.99£11.12This play is a celebration of London life and theatre in which Francis Beaumont's comic genius is given free rein. A grocer, his wife and their two apprentices attending the theatre in holiday mood interrupt and finally replace a fatuous love comedy with... -
tick tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
RRP: £11.99£8.92Before the revolutionary rock musical ERentE Jonathan Larson had another story to tell... his own. Etick tick ... BOOM!E is a three-chapter pop rock musical about facing crossroads in life and holding on to your dreams that was first produced off... -
Pygmalion & Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw
RRP: £10.99£7.51George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion.Part of the... -
Beginning by David Eldridge 9781350146174
RRP: £10.99£8.38"A wry, funny and touching meditation on loneliness, that private shame of the singleton in the era of the dating app and of fraudulent boasting on social media ... written with a real depth of insight, humour, compassion and a keen sense of the... -
Theatre & Protest by Lara Shalson
RRP: £9.99£9.35How does protest engage with theatre? What does theatre have to gain from protest? Theatre and protest are often closely interlinked in the contemporary cultural and political landscape, and the line between protest and performance is often difficult... -
Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth by Richard Schenkman
£12.66Richard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear... -
On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide by Kevin Winkler 9780197668320
RRP: £22.99£22.34Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Musical Theatre Script and Song Analysis Through the Ages James Olm 9781350199323
£24.21How many times have you experienced a musical that was fabulous or just didn't work at all, but you had no idea how to communicate why? How do you differentiate between a flaw in the performance portrayal of a character to a structural flaw in the...