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Character by Robert McKee 9781455591954
RRP: $45.15$28.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455591954Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 33mm -
Yes So I Said Yes by David Ireland
$14.25It's harder to kill people when there's a peace process on. Ulster Loyalist Alan Black is kept awake every night by his neighbour McCorrick's dog barking. To add to his difficulties, McCorrick refuses to acknowledge that he even owns a dog, let alone... -
Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the 40s and 50s by Len Rothe
RRP: $24.50$17.18Following the tremendous success of his first book on the subject, The Queens of Burlesque, Len Rothe has again pulled from his collection of original photographs of entertainers this delightful selection of over 100 images of Burlesque stars. Together... -
Digital Media, Projection Design, and Technology for Theatre by Alex Oliszewski
RRP: $50.30$42.79Digital Media, Projection Design, and Technology for Theatre covers the foundational skills, best practices, and real-world considerations of integrating digital media and projections into theatre. The authors, professional designers and university... -
Unexpected Twist by Roy Williams 9781350414488
RRP: $14.18$12.46No matter how hard we try, we just can't get out. It's like we are not allowed to. Some give up and say, "alright then, if you won't give, I will bloody well take." And you know what Shona, I don't blame them. Shona and her class are studying the... -
Audience by Michael Frayn
RRP: $16.76$15.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573620683Author Michael FraynFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Fairy Tale Courtroom by Dana Proulx
$15.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874401400Author Dana ProulxFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Baker's PlaysPublisher Baker's PlaysWeight(grams) 66gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 2mm -
Charles Macklin and the Practice of Enlightenment by Ian Newman
RRP: $35.41$31.61Charles Macklin (1699?-1797) was one of the most important figures in the eighteenth-century theatre. Born in Ireland, he began acting in London in around 1725 and gave his final performance in 1789 - no other actor can claim to have acted across seven... -
Vectorworks for Entertainment Design: Using Vectorworks to Design and Document Scenery, Lighting, Rigging and Audio Visual Systems by Kevin Lee Allen
RRP: $58.04$51.96Vectorworks for Entertainment Design covers the complete design process for using Vectorworks in entertainment industry from developing ideas, visualizing ideas, and evolving them for execution. This second edition has been extensively revised and... -
From the Greek Mimes to Marcel Marceau and Beyond: Mimes, Actors, Pierrots and Clowns: A Chronicle of the Many Visages of Mime in the Theatre by Annette Bercut Lust 9780810845930
RRP: $74.82$65.78Annette Bercut Lust has spent a lifetime developing the knowledge to produce this definitive work on mime. One of the few studies covering the historical flow of mime from its beginnings to postmodern movement theatre, this book explores the evolution... -
The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays, 2019 by Lawrence Harbison 9781493053292
RRP: $19.34$14.87Renowned editor Larry Harbison brings together approximately one-hundred never-before-published men's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both... -
The Right Light: Interviews with Contemporary Lighting Designers by Nick Moran
$38.91How do theatre lighting designers decide what is 'the right light' for each moment of a production? What informs their choices? Why does the audience respond more strongly when the lighting feels 'right'? By interviewing nineteen prominent lighting... -
Reframing the Musical: Race, Culture and Identity by Sarah Whitfield
$34.09This critical and inclusive edited collection offers an overview of the musical in relation to issues of race, culture and identity. Bringing together contributions from cultural, American and theatre studies for the first time, the chapters offer fresh... -
Blackout by Gary Lennon 9780573662362
$15.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573662362Author Gary LennonFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
The Actor and the Character: Explorations in the Psychology of Transformative Acting by Vladimir Mirodan
RRP: $47.72$41.96Transformative acting remains the aspiration of many an emerging actor, and constitutes the achievement of some of the most acclaimed performances of our age: Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter -... -
Classical Tragedy Greek and Roman: Eight Plays with Critical Essays by Robert W. Corrigan
RRP: $19.34$18.09A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: The Oresteia a Aeschylus; Prometheus Bound a Aeschylus; Oedipus the King a Sophocles; Antigone a Sophocles; Medea a Euripides; The Bakkhai a Euripides; Oedipus a... -
Jacques Lecoq by Simon Murray
RRP: $50.30$44.14This volume offers a concise guide to the teaching and philosophy of one of the most significant figures in twentieth century actor training. Jacques Lecoq's influence on the theatre of the latter half of the twentieth century cannot be overestimated.Now... -
Technical Theater for Nontechnical People by Drew Campbell
RRP: $21.92$19.01Here is help for actors, directors, stage managers, producers, and event planners who want to understand every aspect of technical theater-from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management.In this thoroughly revised new edition,... -
Theatre and the Digital by Bill Blake 9781137355775
$14.34Why should the digital bring about ideas of progress in the theatre arts? This question opens up a rich seam of provocative and original thinking about the uses of new media in theatre, about new forms of cultural practice and artistic innovation, and... -
What's the Story: Essays about art, theater and storytelling by Anne Bogart 9780415750004
RRP: $38.69$34.37Anne Bogart is an award-winning theatre maker, and a best-selling writer of books about theatre, art, and cultural politics. In this her latest collection of essays she explores the story-telling impulse, and asks how she, as a 'product of... -
Stage Rights!: The Actresses’ Franchise League, Activism and Politics 1908–58 by Naomi Paxton
RRP: $32.25$26.19Stage rights! explores the work and legacy of the first feminist political theatre group of the twentieth century, the Actresses' Franchise League. Formed in 1908 to support the suffrage movement through theatre, the League and its membership opened up... -
Fifty Key Theatre Directors by Shomit Mitter
RRP: $29.66$26.01Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential... -
The Other National Theatre: 350 Years of Shows in Drury Lane by Robert Whelan 9780957598003
RRP: $25.80$19.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957598003Author Robert WhelanFormat HardbackPage Count 564Imprint Jacob TonsonPublisher Jacob TonsonDimensions(mm) 240mm * 152mm * 46mm -
In Comes I: Performance, Memory and Landscape by Mike Pearson 9780859897884
RRP: $25.80$22.73`In Comes I' explores performance and land, biography and locality, memory and place. The book reflects on performances past and present, taking the form of a series of excursions into the agricultural landscape of eastern England, and drawing from... -
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal 9780930452490
$18.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930452490Author Augusto BoalFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S... -
Sound and Music for the Theatre: The Art & Technique of Design by Deena C. Kaye
RRP: $47.72$40.71Covering every phase of a theatrical production, this fourth edition of Sound and Music for the Theatre traces the process of sound design from initial concept through implementation in actual performances. The book discusses the early evolution of sound... -
Historical Wig Styling: Ancient Egypt to the 1830s by Allison Lowery
RRP: $46.43$42.17Historical Wig Styling: Ancient Egypt to the 1830s, 2nd edition, is a guide to creating beautiful, historically accurate hairstyles for theatrical productions and events. This volume covers hairstyles from Ancient Egypt through Romantic/Biedermeier... -
Performance and Ecology: What Can Theatre Do? by Carl Lavery
RRP: $50.30$44.14In comparison with Literary Studies and Media and Film Studies, the disciplines of Theatre and Performance, with their strong anthropocentric heritage, have been relatively slow in responding to such things as climate change, species extinction, or... -
The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors by Karen Kohlhaas 9780879102913
RRP: $23.21$17.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102913Author Karen KohlhaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 218mm... -
A Museum in Baghdad by Hannah Khalil
RRP: $15.47$15.42This is about my responsibility. Doing what is right. Being where I'm needed. I've started a job and I must finish it. I owe it to the people of Iraq. In 1926, the nation of Iraq is in its infancy, and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell is founding... -
Woza Shakespeare: "Titus Andronicus" in South Africa by Antony Sher 9780413702807
$45.43"A fascinating account of the trials and tribulations behind what turned into a triumphant South African production of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy, Titus Andronicus" (Independent) "Shakespeare in Tarantino mode" is how actor... -
Birch Plays: 1 by Brad Birch
RRP: $28.37$27.14Birch Plays: 1 celebrates the work of Welsh writer Brad Birch. Winner of the 2016 Harold Pinter Commission for the Royal Court Theatre Birch is the writer in residence at Undeb Theatre and is currently on attachment at the Royal Shakespeare Company and... -
Owen McCafferty: Plays 2: Absence of Women; Titanic; Quietly; Unfaithful; Death of a Comedian; Beach by Owen McCafferty
RRP: $24.50$17.49Owen McCafferty's second collection includes plays that span from the sinking of the Titanic to the lingering aftermath of the Troubles in twenty-first-century Belfast.Absence of Women'A fine example of theatre at its small-scale best.' Evening... -
Fatherland by Simon Stephens
$16.50Fatherland is a bold, ambitious show about contemporary fatherhood in all its complexities and contradictions. Created by Frantic Assembly's Scott Graham, Karl Hyde from Underworld and playwright Simon Stephens (Punk Rock, The Curious Incident of the Dog... -
Roy Williams Plays 5: Kingston 14; The Firm; Advice for the Young at Heart; Death of England; Death of England: Delroy by Roy Williams
RRP: $25.79$22.87In his fifth collection of Plays, the work ranges from a spirited, raging drama that investigates police corruption in Jamaica through to two thrilling monologue plays written either side of the Covid-19 pandemic, first presented at London's National... -
Decentered Playwriting: Alternative Techniques for the Stage by Carolyn M. Dunn 9781032218083
RRP: $45.14$39.80Decentered Playwriting investigates new and alternative strategies for dramatic writing that incorporate non-Western, Indigenous, and underrepresented storytelling techniques and traditions while deepening a creative practice that decenters hegemonic... -
Art Isn't Easy: The Theater Of Stephen Sondheim by Joanne Gordon
$27.13The musical theatre of Stephen Sondheim probes deeply into the most disturbing issues of contemporary life. By challenging his audience with intricate music, biting wit, and profound themes, he flouts the traditional wisdom of the musical theatre... -
The Noh Theatre of Japan by Ernest Fenollsa 9780486436999
RRP: $21.92$16.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486436999Author Ernest FenollsaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Getting Directions: A Fly-on-the-Wall Guide for Emerging Theatre Directors by Russ Hope
RRP: $16.76$11.95The theatre rehearsal room is a sacred place. What goes on there is mysterious, alchemical and closely guarded. So how are aspiring theatre directors supposed to learn their craft? In Getting Directions, Russ Hope gives us the benefit of... -
The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together by Twyla Tharp 9781416576518
$14.13* An important and useful skill: In education, collaborative classroom learning is replacing head-to-head competition. In business, the best leaders are team-builders who can inspire great group efforts. Tharp uses her decades of experience to explain...