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The Death of a Black Man by Alfred Fagon
RRP: £11.99£11.95At least I am my own boss. No regrets. I choose what I do. I am lucky It's 1973 and the West Indies have spectacularly beaten England at their own game, in their own backyard. Shakie, an 18-year-old super-savvy wheeler-dealer, is in his element -... -
Making Connections: Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals by Peggy Hackney
RRP: £44.99£42.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789056995928Author Peggy HackneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Harwood Academic (Performing Arts)Publisher Gordon and BreachWeight(grams) 521g -
Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
RRP: £10.99£7.32Love is just fear I suppose. Masquerading as a fever. Then you explore each other and suddenly you have licence to become totally pedestrian. And ultimately abusive.Militancy in the Suffragette Movement is at its height. Thousands of women of all classes... -
Via Dolorosa by David Hare
RRP: £9.99£9.25'My whole life, it's been assumed, Western civilisation is an old bitch gone in the teeth. And so people say, go to Israel. Because in Israel at least people are fighting. In Israel, they're fighting for something they believe in.' Via Dolorosa. In... -
Making History by Brian Friel
RRP: £10.99£7.32The central character of this play is Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies of Elizabeth I in an attempt to drive the English out of Ireland. The action takes place before and after the Battle of Kinsale,... -
Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History by Arthur W. Bloom 9781476681269
RRP: £24.99£20.29The great nineteenth-century stage actor Edwin Booth began his long career in 1849 as a young teenager, following in his father's footsteps. This biography traces his life and career as a tragic actor, including his childhood; his early acting tours of... -
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes by Stephen Sondheim
RRP: £60.00£39.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679439073Author Stephen SondheimFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1712gDimensions(mm)... -
Theatrical Scenic Art by Emma Troubridge
RRP: £25.00£20.70Theatrical Scenic Art is a detailed guide to the creative process of painting and preparing scenery for theatre. The book offers key insights into the role of the scenic artist, detailing the process from planning, budgeting and developing samples... -
The Boyfriend: Libretto by Sandy Wilson 9780573080074
£11.42Madame Dubonnet's finishing school, near Nice, could exist only in musical comedy. The charming young pupils burst into song at the least provocation, and forbidden boy friends are forever popping through the french windows to make up the numbers. Polly... -
The Theatre of Thomas Ostermeier Peter M Boenisch 9781138914476
RRP: £39.99£35.06Thomas Ostermeier is the most internationally recognised German theatre director of the present. With this book, he presents his directorial method for the first time. The Theatre of Thomas Ostermeier provides a toolkit for understanding and enacting the... -
Charles Dickens by Simon Callow 9780007445318
RRP: £11.99£7.86An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Simon Callow's sparkling biography explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the... -
Being An Actor by Simon Callow
RRP: £12.99£9.80Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow. Being an Actor traces his stage journey from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in... -
Theory/Theatre: An Introduction Mark Fortier (University of Guelph, Canada) 9781138902046
RRP: £39.99£35.06Theory/Theatre is a unique and highly engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance. It is a brilliantly clear and readable examination of current theoretical approaches, from semiotics and poststructuralism, through... -
Love, Love, Love by Mike Bartlett
RRP: £10.99£8.381967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, one couple journeys... -
The Ash Girl by Timberlake Wertenbaker
RRP: £9.99£7.11When an invitation to The Ball arrives at the Ash girl's house, from Prince Amir, she can't bring herself to believe that she, like her sisters, can go. With her mother dead and her father away, she must learn to fight the monsters that have slithered... -
The Open Door: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre by Peter Brook 9781400077878
RRP: £19.00£12.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400077878Author Peter BrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Stitching La Mode: Patterns and Dressmaking from Fashion Plates of 1785-1795 by Carolyn Dowdell 9781032080512
RRP: £36.99£34.87This book provides a deep-dive into the dressmaking of the late Eighteenth Century.By combining the author's experience with drafting patterns from surviving eighteenth-century garments with fashion plates and period-correct reproduction methods this... -
Burgerz Travis Alabanza (Author) 9781350258662
RRP: £11.99£11.02Hurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers. A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the 'burger': the texture, and taste of being... -
Improv Beyond Rules by Adam Meggido
RRP: £14.99£11.13An inspiring, hands-on guide to narrative improvisation, by the co-creator and director of the Olivier Award-winning improv show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Improvisation is a craft that anyone can learn. When freed from endless rules and... -
all of it by Alistair McDowall 9781350168169
£12.60Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta BBBBBBBBBB Face Faces Smile Smiling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bbbbbbbbb A short play for one performer about all of it. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court in February 2020, performed... -
The Art of Resonance by Anne Bogart 9781350155893
RRP: £19.99£15.31What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and one's art? This latest book of essays from legendary theatre director Anne Bogart, considers the creation of resonance in the artistic endeavour, with a focus on the performing... -
Shakespeare’s House: A Window onto his Life and Legacy by Professor Richard Schoch 9781350409354
RRP: £25.00£18.88In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' - remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not... -
Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera
RRP: £25.00£16.43The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera-three-time Tony Award-winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa... -
The Big Life: The Ska Musical by Paul Sirett 9781350497108
RRP: £12.99£12.55EROS!! Do your thing! It's 1950s London, and Ferdy, Bernie, Dennis and Lennie arrive from the West Indies full of expectations and aspirations. Eager to make successes of themselves, they are optimistic about what the future holds. Building this... -
Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre Christine Riley (Marymount Manhattan College, USA) 9781350001756
RRP: £27.99£22.77Musical theatre students and performers are frequently asked to learn musical material in a short space of time; sight-read pieces in auditions; collaborate with accompanists; and communicate musically with peers, directors, music directors and... -
Eleanor Powell: Born to Dance Paula Broussard 9780813197883
RRP: £36.00£33.12When considering the best dancers in Hollywood's history, some obvious names come to mind - Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Bill Robinson. Yet often overlooked is one of the most gifted and creative dancers of all time, Eleanor Powell. Powell's... -
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 9781350455498
RRP: £10.99£9.66'She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together... -
Close up by J Fraser 9781840025040
£19.04In this acclaimed autobiography, John Fraser takes us from the council estates of prewar Glasgow to the glamour of 1960 s Hollywood and beyond. Funny, honest and acutely observant about himself, his family and his friends, John Fraser presents such... -
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by David Hare
RRP: £9.99£6.70It's not just that rich people don't know what they've got. They don't even know what they throw away. India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, amakeshift slum. It's home to foul mouthed... -
Still Life by Sir Noel Coward 9780573624902
RRP: £15.95£11.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573624902Author Sir Noel CowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Emma Rice's Feminist Acts of Love by Lisa Peck 9781009287227
RRP: £17.00£14.72This is a love story but not as you know it. Should an academic study be framed in this way? Love seems an unlikely bedfellow for critical thinking. Watching an Emma Rice production and being in her rehearsal room you feel the love: a warm and generous... -
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573619410Author Neil SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia by Selina Busby 9781350232815
£29.07Shortlisted for the 2022 TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia offers a critical consideration of long-term applied and participatory theatre projects. In doing so, it provides a timely analysis of concepts that... -
The Circus: A Visual History by Pascal Jacob
RRP: £45.00£36.99Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus... -
Ivo van Hove: From Shakespeare to David Bowie Professor Sonia Massai (Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy, and King's College, London, UK) 9781350031548
RRP: £32.99£29.23This book offers a wealth of resources, critical overviews and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera and musicals in our time. Stunning production photos capture the power of van... -
Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical by Richard Rodgers
RRP: £12.99£11.46EThe King and IE opened on Broadway on March 29 1951. The musical is based on a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon EAnna and the King of SiamE which in turn was adapted from the real-life reminiscences of Anna Leonowens as recounted in her own books EThe... -
The Faber Book of Monologues: Women by M/s Jane Edwardes
RRP: £10.99£7.32Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy monologues, or a student in need of the right speech for workshop, The Faber Book of Monologues for Women offers an impressive array of... -
The History Boys GCSE Student Guide by Steve Nicholson
£12.58Premiered at the National Theatre and winner of both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play, Alan Bennett's The History Boys confronts issues of education, sexuality, and peer pressure through a group of boys preparing for their Oxbridge exams. ... -
Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body by Evelyn Tribble 9781472576026
RRP: £25.99£22.61What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines the 'toolkit' of the early modern player and suggests... -
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical by James Kirkwood
RRP: £17.99£15.68EA Chorus LineE is purely and simply magnificent capturing the very soul of our musical theatre. a Martin Gottfried U In case you missed EA Chorus LineE on Broadway you can still catch it between the hard covers ... the first volume to contain the...