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Stays and Corsets Volume 2: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body by Mandy Barrington
RRP: £38.99£34.62In this second volume of Stays and Corsets, Mandy Barrington continues to create historical patterns for a modern body shape. This book contains all new corset patterns with a range of silhouettes that span over 300 years, from the late 16th century to... -
A Very Expensive Poison by Lucy Prebble
RRP: £11.99£11.95A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life. At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, A Very Expensive Poison sends us careering... -
Linda by Penelope Skinner
RRP: £10.99£7.38I'm an award-winning business woman. I'm happily married with two beautiful daughters and I still fit in the same size-ten dress suit I did fifteen years ago. What could possibly threaten me?Linda Wilde has dedicated her life to changing the world. She's... -
The Man in the Glass Booth by Robert Shaw 9780573612176
RRP: £10.99£9.59Goldman, a boastful, self-made real estate mogul who enjoys a fully-staffed garden penthouse overlooking Manhattan's Central Park, is living the American Dream. As a German Jew who flaunts this fact far and wide, his inbred paranoia means a handgun is... -
The Oxford Guide to Plays by Michael Patterson
RRP: £17.49£12.93Anyone with an academic, professional, amateur, or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want to look up details of particular plays sometimes - perhaps to check on the author, or on when they were first performed, or perhaps to see how many... -
Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism by Jonathan Dollimore 9780719043529
RRP: £19.99£15.23The new wave of cultural materialists in Britain and new historicists in the United States here join forces to depose the sacred icon of the "eternal bard" and argue for a Shakespeare who meditates and exploits political, cultural and ideological forces... -
Global Queer Plays: Seven LGBTQ+ Works From Around the World by Danish Sheikh
RRP: £21.99£20.59A unique anthology bringing together stories of queer life from international playwrights, these seven plays showcase the dazzling multiplicity of queer narratives across the globe: the absurd, the challenging, and the joyful. From the legacy of... -
Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide by Michael Dobson
RRP: £16.99£12.28Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide is your essential companion to all Shakespeare's extant works (as well as those known to be lost). Two of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars guide us through his sonnets, his poems, and his plays, providing... -
Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard 9780571390700
RRP: £10.99£7.32The new and updated edition of 'Tom Stoppard's extraordinary, epic drama of politics, persecution and protest in twentieth-century Czechoslovakia' (Evening Standard).Rock 'n' Roll spans the years from 1968 to 1990 from the double perspective of Prague,... -
Collins Musicals - Roald Dahl's Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: A glittering galloping musical Roald Dahl 9780713672619
RRP: £26.99£25.76Roald Dahl's Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs is a safe bet for a winning end of term performance. The expandable cast list includes starring parts for twelve players with dozens of opportunities to shine in more roles both off-stage and on. And everyone... -
The Performance Claire Thomas 9781474616980
RRP: £14.99£8.54'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... -
The High Table by Temi Wilkey
RRP: £11.99£11.95Winner of Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards 2020 That's actually what me and Leah came here to talk to you about. Look- there's no easy way of saying this, but... Leah and I are getting married. The dresses are chosen, the venue's been booked... -
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour by Lee Hall
RRP: £9.99£6.70Listen, girls, if we stick together there's no ways we'll even get to the second round... Young, lost and out of control, a bunch of Catholic schoolgirls go wild for a day in the big city, the singing competition a mere obstacle in the way of sex,... -
The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson 9781350370012
RRP: £10.99£9.66Life's full of clatter, but none of it matters, only who'll hold your paw when you die. What would you do if you lost an hour from your day? How far would you go to rescue what you've lost? In search of a lost hour that has tipped the balance of... -
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness
RRP: £10.99£7.32On 1 July 1916, the 36th (Ulster) Division took part in one of the bloodiest battles in human history, the Battle of the Somme. This enduring war play is a powerful portrayal of mortality, love and loss. In the extraordinary circumstances of World War I,... -
Making Contemporary Theatre: International Rehearsal Processes by Jen Harvie 9780719074929
RRP: £19.99£14.52Making contemporary theatre reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made. The book opens with an introductory chapter which contextualises recent trends in approaches to theatre-making. In the ensuing... -
Plaza Suite by Neil Simon
£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573614071Author Neil SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Social Media in Musical Theatre Trevor Boffone 9781350358560
RRP: £10.99£9.01This book introduces readers to the widespread phenomenon of how social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok become an extension of long-standing aspects of musical theatre engagement. Although casual observers may dismiss social... -
Stanislavski and the Actor: The Final Acting Lessons, 1935-38 by Jean Benedetti
RRP: £17.99£17.02Stanislavski and the Actor offers a clear, modern presentation of Konstantin Stanislavski's methods of actor training and rehearsal. It is based on the course Stanislavski designed and taught with a team of hand-picked assistants in the last three years... -
People by Alan Bennett
RRP: £10.99£7.32A sale? Why not? Release all your wonderful treasures onto the open market and they are there for everyone to enjoy. It's a kind of emancipation, a setting them free to range the world... a sale room here, an exhibition there; art, Lady Stacpoole, is a... -
Lyonesse by Penelope Skinner 9780571389124
RRP: £10.99£7.38What I'm asking is, is she a sympathetic heroine? Are we going to be on her side?Elaine, a once-famous actress who disappeared thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances, is ready to tell her story. She summons Kate, a young film executive, to her... -
Digital Costume Design and Collaboration: Applications in Academia, Theatre, and Film Rafael Jaen 9781138935723
RRP: £34.99£29.94Digital Costume Design and Collaboration gives in-depth instruction on how to draw, render, and fully design costumes using online tools and software. Grounded in the use of Photoshop, the book explains the process of building a costume design from... -
Waiting for Godot/En Attendant Godot by Samuel Beckett 9780802144638
RRP: £11.99£11.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802144638Author Samuel BeckettFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
we were promised honey! by Sam Ward
£12.73The show that we're about to do is a story about the future. The story that we're going to tell is the story of us; the story of our future. It's a story that we are going to tell together. I hope that sounds okay. From the makers of Five Encounters... -
Working with Actors: Meisner Technique for Directors and Actors Stephen Bayly 9781350295285
RRP: £16.99£14.21Working with Actors provides the key to unlocking the honest, dynamic performance every actor has within them. It offers a well-articulated formulation of the Meisner Technique easy for directors and actors to use within a working context. Through... -
The Stage Manager's Toolkit: Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance by Laurie Kincman
RRP: £31.99£28.33The Stage Manager's Toolkit, Third Edition provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live theatre with a focus on both written and verbal communication best practices. The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and... -
Who Cares by Ruth Cochrane
RRP: £11.99£11.95In Salford alone, 34,000 children are caring for someone. Adapted from real-life testimonies, this bold and pertinent piece of documentary theatre examines our failing care system, the impact of austerity and what happens when a child becomes the... -
Stage Lighting Handbook by Francis Reid 9780878301478
RRP: £34.99£31.18The Stage Lighting Handbook is well established as the classic practical lighting guide. The book explains the process of designing lighting for all forms of stage production and describes the equipment used. This new edition includes up-to-date... -
The Theatre of Katie Mitchell Benjamin Fowler 9781138600058
RRP: £18.99£16.87This first volume in the 4x45 series investigates the work of theatre director Katie Mitchell. Pausing to reconsider a career in progress, it engages with some of Mitchell's most recent work in the UK and Europe across theatre, opera, and Live Cinema. It... -
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525618645Author Harvey FiersteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
Simon Gray: Plays 3: Quartermaine's Terms; Stage Struck; Close of Play; Rear Column; Month in the Country; Tartuffe by Simon Gray
RRP: £18.99£12.83'The brave little lives that Gray so compassionately illuminates could be lived by any of us, and that's why they arouse emotions that are anything but small.'New York Times on Quartermaine's TermsSimon Gray: Plays 1 includes Quartermaine's Terms; Stage... -
At Left Brain Turn Right: An Uncommon Path to Shutting Up Your Inner Critic, Giving Fear the Finger & Having an Amazing Life! by Anthony Meindl 9780615534862
RRP: £9.95£8.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615534862Author Anthony MeindlFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Meta CreativePublisher Meta CreativeWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov 9781350262782
RRP: £11.99£11.02Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups... -
The Children's Hour (Acting Edition) by Lillian Hellman 9781684115976
RRP: £7.64£5.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684115976Author Lillian HellmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)... -
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan by John Lahr 9780747558415
RRP: £20.00£14.29A brilliant and feared critic, Kenneth Tynan was a nabob of the National Theatre alongside Laurence Olivier, and he was also the daring impresario who created "Oh Calcutta". He was a notorious eccentric, a louche sophisticate: connoisseur of cuisine,... -
Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard 9780571175567
RRP: £9.99£6.70Flora Crewe, a young poet travelling India in 1930, has her portrait painted by a local artist. More than fifty years later, the artist's son visits Flora's sister in London while her would-be biographer is following a cold trail in India.The... -
Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals by Adam Lenson 9781914228025
RRP: £9.99£6.75"This book is a fascinating cri de coeur and made me question everything I think about musicals" Alan Cumming A book for those who can't stand musicals, those who love them, and every theatregoer, academic, practitioner and student in between... -
Mel Gordon's Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early 20th Century Paris by Mel Gordon 9781907222269
RRP: £26.00£16.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222269Author Mel GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing by William Ball 9780896760820
RRP: £15.99£12.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896760820Author William BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Quite Specific Media GroupPublisher Quite Specific Media Group LtdWeight(grams)... -
Death Takes a Holiday by Alberto Cassella 9780573607882
£12.78Drama / Casting: 7m, 6f / Scenery: Interior Produced with great success on Broadway, this striking drama has established itself among the important plays of our time. It is based on the poetic conception of death suspending all activities for three days...