Theater

Finalist in the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards for the LGBTQ Anthology category The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays for the Stage is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. This edited...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983141266Author Linda JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Writers Tribe BooksPublisher Writers Tribe BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This title takes you through the process of making shows happen from the point of view of the production manager - the person responsible for everything on stage that is not an actor. It describes different types of productions, from small-scale amateur...

"Fine reading and a superb resource." -Ms."Highly recommended." -Library Journal"Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-oriented introduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context." -Choice"As well as being...

Stage Fright in the Actor explores the phenomena of stage fright-a universal experience that ranges in intensity from a relatively easy-to-conceal sense of anxiety to an overwhelming feeling of terror-from the actor's perspective, unearthing its social,...

Do you get to design your boobs? Is it like Build-A-Bear? Meet Lucy and Jess; two best friends who obsess over boys, booze and their boobs. But when her mother dies of breast cancer, Lucy is forced to make a decision that will change her body forever...

When Dr Stockmann discovers the town's famous spa waters are poisoned, she expects to be treated as a hero for averting an environmental catastrophe. Instead, she's accused by her brother the mayor of threatening the town's livelihood. Public and media...

D'Oyly Carte: Through the Lens is a beautiful book of photographs of the world-renowned D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, most of which have never previously been seen. The iconic company, which presented the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan around the world...

Steve Waters examines how the very idea of film has defined him as a playwright and a person in this book. Through the the lens of cinema, it provides a cultural and political snapshot of life in Britain from the 2nd part of the 20th century up to the...

Eugenio Barba is one of Europe's leading theatre directors, at the forefront of experimental and group theatre for more than twenty years. Ian Watson provides the most comprehensive and systematic study of Barba's work, including his training methods,...

Prop Building for Beginners outlines the basic concepts of prop building by featuring step-by-step instructions to create twenty of the most commonly featured items in theatrical and filmed productions. This book uses a combination of projects to expose...

African Theatres & Performances looks at four specific performance forms in Africa and uses this to question the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. The book examines:masquerade theatre in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702419Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787056688Author Maureen WhittakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

In this book, world-renowned theatre artist Pamela Howard OBE shows how her life has always been part of the art of making theatre. Part memoir, part a personal account of artistic creation, it is a work of art in its own right. Its 12 chapters,...

Above all don't use the word good as though it meant something in evolutionary science.Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If...

'Theatre is the greatest of collaborative art forms, and Shakespeare its greatest exponent: he used the form better than anyone else ever has to speak truth about the world.' In Exploring Shakespeare, acclaimed theatre director Bill Alexander takes us...

Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Guides conveniently gather indispensable resources and tips for successful understanding and writing all in one place, preparing students to approach...

What is it that you would want to be preserved for eternity? A man wakes in the middle of the night to discover that the world has stopped. Through the crack in his bedroom curtains he can see no signs of life at all...other than a light in the...

How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The answer is one: Little Shop of Horrors. Roger Corman's monster movie opened in 1960, played the midnight circuit, and then disappeared from view. Two decades...

This is the first major collection of critical responses to performance lighting and includes contributions from award-winning lighting designers, researchers and artists. Showcasing recent examples of work - with case studies of lighting practices in...

Since its first publication in 2002, The Performance Studies Reader has become the leading anthology of key writings on performance studies. Now in its third edition, it continues to offer an unparalleled selection of work by the foremost in this...

Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media and digital technologies?Since its...

Analysing Gender in Performance brings together the fields of Gender Studies and Performance Analysis to explore how contemporary performance represents and interrogates gender. This edited collection includes a wide range of scholarly essays, as well...

When Helen Daniels from Neighbours died, Robert shut his door on the world. And he's not opened it since. Now his only connection to the outside world is through his younger sister Isla, who looks after them both whilst their father is away in Ibiza on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080989Author Charles I SwiftFormat PaperbackPage Count 161Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 252g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573618284Author Neil SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc

In So Much Wasted, Patrick Anderson analyzes self-starvation as a significant mode of staging political arguments across the institutional domains of the clinic, the gallery, and the prison. Homing in on those who starve themselves for various reasons...

What is the role of a Director? Tyrannical dictator or creative persuader? Why does the audience matter when interpreting a play? How do you get the best out of actors and what do they expect from you? Directing for the Stage addresses the key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783000591136Author J CollisFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Jonathon CollisPublisher Jonathon CollisWeight(grams) 140g

Available for the First Time in Paperback!THFrom Aristotle's EPoeticsE to Vaclav Havel the debate about the nature and function of theatre has been marked by controversy. Daniel Gerould's landmark work ETheatre/Theory/TheatreE collects history's most...

Shakespeare is at the heart of the British theatrical tradition, but the contribution of Ira Aldridge and the Shakespearean performers of African, African-Caribbean, south Asian and east Asian heritage who came after him is not widely known. Telling the...

The first detailed, student centred introduction to modernist avant garde performance. This textbook introduces you to modernist avant garde theatre. It clearly explains the key terms as well as the major movements, including Expressionism, Dadaism,...

An essential introductory textbook that provides a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the key processes involved in developing and managing a theatre in the 21st century. It covers a complete range of topics fundamental to successful...

How does the world of theatre and the performing arts intersect with the climate and environmental crisis? This timely book is the first comprehensive account of the sector's response to the defining issue of our time. The book documents a sector in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644627167Author John BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Page Publishing, Inc.Publisher Page Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385066174Author Bennett CerfFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspirations. Conversations in Color unveils the untold stories and perspectives of remarkable artists of color shaping the stage today...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517581077Author 510 ClassicsFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

In a new edition of this now-classic work, Robert Brustein argues that the roots of the modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and...