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The Audience by Peter Morgan
RRP: $18.85$12.56For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve prime ministers in a weekly audience at BuckinghamPalace, a meeting like no other in British public life. It is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said.The... -
Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre by Ryan Donovan 9781350247628
RRP: $18.85$15.33Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre introduces readers to a facet of musicals often assumed but misunderstood: how queer approaches in musical theatre extend deeper than fabulosity. Queerness in musicals challenges their typical heteronormativity but... -
100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden
RRP: $29.14$24.37This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners including Sanford Meisner, Constantin... -
Three Uses Of The Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by David Mamet
$29.91Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this is a classic work on the power and importance of drama by renowned American playwright, screenwriter and essayist David Mamet. In this short but arresting series of essays, David Mamet explains... -
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 9781350353497
RRP: $18.85$18.47"Some of [Coward's] most sparkling dialogue ever... This play is about something substantial - the way past relationships come back to haunt us - but it's the gossamer-like nature of the piece, its sheer levity of spirit, that makes it such an enduring... -
Chekhov: The Essential Plays by Anton Chekhov
RRP: $24.00$16.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761348Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Modernism and Opera by Richard Begam 9781421420622
$75.16At first glance, modernism and opera may seem like strange bedfellows-the former hostile to sentiment, the latter wearing its heart on its sleeve. And yet these apparent opposites attract: many operas are aesthetically avant-garde, politically... -
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today by Aleks Sierz 9780571200498
RRP: $25.71$16.81The most controversial and newsworthy plays of British theatre are a rash of rude, vicious and provocative pieces by a brat pack of twentysomethings whose debuts startled critics and audiences with their heady mix of sex, violence and street-poetry... -
After the End by Dennis Kelly 9781350339217
RRP: $18.85$18.49A city under attack from a nuclear blast. As the dust settles, Louise wakes to find herself in a fallout shelter with Mark, the colleague who has saved her life. They have enough water and food to last two weeks. Now they just need to find a way of... -
Thomas Holcroft's Revolutionary Drama: Reception and Afterlives by Amy Garnai
RRP: $61.75$53.16A key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and... -
The Crafty Art of Playmaking by Alan Ayckbourn
RRP: $22.28$14.68With over sixty plays written and premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed... -
Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis by Glenn D'Cruz
RRP: $17.14$15.35"Everything passes/Everything perishes/Everything palls" - 4.48 PsychosisHow on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4.48 Psychosis' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her... -
Theatre and Disability by Petra Kuppers
$13.81This succinct and engaging text examines the complex relationship between theatre and disability, bringing together a wide variety of performance examples in order to explore theatrical disability through the conceptual frameworks of disability as... -
The Big Life: The Ska Musical by Paul Sirett 9781350497108
RRP: $22.28$21.53EROS!! 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... -
The Circus: A Visual History by Pascal Jacob
RRP: $77.19$61.68Winner 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... -
Retrograde by Ryan Calais Cameron 9781350419001
RRP: $18.85$16.57Mr Parks, this isn't just a movie, it's a whole movement. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Behind closed doors, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier is offered a lucrative contract that could make him a superstar. But... -
Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative by Mieke Bal 9781442628342
RRP: $46.30$41.36Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret... -
Steven Berkoff Plays 1: East; West; Greek; Sink the Belgrano!; Massage Lunch; The Bow of Ulysses; Sturm und Drang by Steven Berkoff
RRP: $32.57$22.01Steven Berkoff is a phenomenon. Among the artists working in the theatre today he is probably the most theatrical - his special combination of speech, movement and spectacle is uniquely powerful. This first collection of his plays includes East,... -
Handbook of Set Design by Colin Winslow
RRP: $34.22$28.20"The Handbook of Set Design" is a comprehensive guide to designing scenery of all kinds for a wide variety of stages, large and small. From concept to final dress rehearsal and performance, it takes you through the practical process of turning... -
True West by Sam Shepard
RRP: $18.85$12.56Austin, working on his Hollywood screenplay, is disturbed by the arrival of his estranged brother, Lee, just returned from three months in the desert. During a brief spell of uneasy cohabitation in their absent mother's house, Lee employs himself as a... -
The 14th Tale by Inua Ellams
$17.961988: at four-years-old, he short-circuited his home with a silver spoon and a Betamax video player. 1989: stopped a 700-strong student assembly with a tantrum. 1995: was chased through jungle growth by a crazed, frustrated French teacher called... -
Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook by Tanya Pollard 9781405111942
RRP: $75.39$65.90Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater... -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: $32.57$27.75"Harry Edward was a hugely talented athlete and an extraordinary man who fought all his life for justice and fairness in the face of repeated prejudice. His story is as powerful today as it was when he lived it and I urge everyone to read this book... -
The 101 Greatest Plays: From Antiquity to the Present by Michael Billington
RRP: $25.71$16.81Having surveyed post-war British drama in State of the Nation, Michael Billington now looks at the global picture. In this provocative and challenging new book, he offers his highly personal selection of the 101 greatest plays ranging from the Greeks to... -
Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume: 'Period Dress' in Twenty-First-Century Performance by Ella Hawkins
$47.10The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, have doublets, hose, ruffs and farthingales featured in many Shakespeare productions staged since the turn of the 21st century? This... -
Stage Management: The Essential Handbook by Gail Pallin
RRP: $29.14$20.89"Stage Management: The Essential Handbook" is aimed at students, graduates and all aspirants to stage management, amateur or professional, whether the production is on a large or small scale. Complete with charts and helpful checklists, it... -
Stage Lighting Design: The Art, The Craft, The Life by Richard Pilbrow
RRP: $46.30$33.93The definitive text for today's and tomorrow's lighting designers, covering the complete history, theory and practice of lighting design. With over four hundred illustrations and nearly sixty colour photographs, as well as interviews with many... -
The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration by Rebecca Applin Warner
RRP: $34.29$28.37Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration offers techniques for approaching a musical with the... -
Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women by Euripides 9781603847353
RRP: $22.28$18.51Diane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and... -
National Theatre Connections 2023: 10 Plays for Young Performers by Simon Longman 9781350382695
RRP: $34.29$30.41National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions... -
Theatre Craft: A Director's Practical Companion from A to Z by John Caird 9780571237371
RRP: $42.88$30.17'This book is written with such humour and common sense that I may have to carry it around with me all the time.' JUDI DENCHA definitive guide to contemporary theatre practice from a world-renowned director.Theatre Craft is an all-encompassing, practical... -
Brecht On Theatre by Bertolt Brecht
RRP: $42.87$39.90Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since,... -
Theatre & Protest by Lara Shalson
RRP: $17.14$16.04How 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... -
The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney
RRP: $22.28$14.68Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles's Philoctetes tells of the wounded hero marooned upon an island by the Greeks during the Siege of Troy. As the conflict comes to a climax, the Greeks begin to realise they cannot win the Trojan war without... -
So You Want To Be A Playwright by Tim Fountain
RRP: $22.28$15.47How to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights. Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know,... -
Stage Makeup by Laura Thudium 9780823088393
RRP: $44.58$38.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823088393Author Laura ThudiumFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Back Stage Books,U.S.Publisher Watson-Guptill PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed To Ask, Dear) by West End Producer
RRP: $22.28$15.47Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the West End... West End Producer, the masked man of Theatreland and author of the definitive guide to acting*, returns with the ultimate guide to the theatregoing experience - for anyone who's ever been... -
Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi
RRP: $17.14$11.39A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they were gay when,... -
Disgraced by Mr Ayad Akhtar
RRP: $18.85$13.98"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... -
Social Media in Musical Theatre by Trevor Boffone 9781350358560
RRP: $18.85$15.45This 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...