Theater

Worried about short rehearsal time? Think that fluffing your lines will be the end of your career? Are you afraid you'll be typecast? Is there such a thing as acting too much? How should a stage actor adjust performance for a camera? And how should an...

An articulate, exceptionally researched study of Chinese theater." - ChoiceBook InformationISBN 9780824812201Author Colin MackerrasFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i Press

Gomez-Pena Unplugged is an anthology of recent and rewritten classic writings from Guillermo Gomez-Pena, a figure who stands alone as unique and ground-breaking in the history of performance art and as the artistic director of transdisciplinary...

In Negotiating Performance, major scholars and practitioners of the theatrical arts consider the diversity of Latin American and U. S. Latino performance: indigenous theater, performance art, living installations, carnival, public demonstrations, and...

A celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Bush Theatre Two new plays, Mackerel Sky by Hilary Fannin and Caravan by Helen Blakeman, are accompanied by highlights and reminiscences from Bush writers, actors and directors including Alan Plater, Dominic...

Plays from Romania: Dramaturgies of Subversion reflects the diversity of dramatic writing exploring the past and present of Romania, and takes stock thirty years after the collapse of communism. In addition to plays originally written in Romanian, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080521Author Adrea GibbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 505g

This volume examines the development and nature of the theatre in Wales since the late 1970s. The essays cover such topics as: the belated recognition of drama in Wales; the continuing presence of a lively amateur stage; and Wales's particular...

Most writers, composers, librettists, and music directors who make their careers in musical theatre do so without specific training or clear pathways to progress through the industry. Conversations with Women in Musical Theatre Leadership addresses that...

Arguing that the cultures of small nations offer vital insights into the way people relate to national identity in a globalized world, Theatre and Performance in Small Nations features an array of case studies that examine the relationships between...

This pioneering introduction to Stanislavsky's methods and modes of actor training covers all of the essential elements of his System. Recreating 'truthful' behaviour in the artificial environment, awareness and observation, psychophysical work, given...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996985666Author Tess OnwuemeFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint International Images NetPublisher International Images NetWeight(grams) 95g

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 9781566081481Author Suzi ZimmermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 744g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879101268Author David HaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

This edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night reprints the Bevington edition of the play along with seven sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate many different approaches to Shakespeare's play and the early...

The Motional Improvisation of Al Wunder takes readers on a journey through the life history, creative genealogies and unique working processes of one of the master teachers of Euro-American postmodern movement-based improvisational performance who has,...

PUBLIC/PRIVATE blends a behind-the-scenes view of the Public Theater's dazzling history with an affecting memoir of the author's life with Joe Papp. She opens with the Public's beginnings in the Sixties and Seventies and the twenty-five year association...

As the complicated relationship between music and theatre has evolved and changed in the modern and postmodern periods, music has continued to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices. In this study of musicality in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840940008Author Ian HornbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint New Theatre PublicationsPublisher New Theatre Publications

Bullets are not sexy. They are not sexy. Armadillo - little armoured one. [Spanish] A teenage girl disappears from a small town in America where fifteen years earlier, another teenage girl was kidnapped. Now a woman, she watches the news. She...

Dramaturgy of Form examines verse in twenty-first-century theatre practice across different languages, cultures, and media. Through interdisciplinary engagement, Kasia Lech offers a new method for verse analysis in the performance context.The book traces...

A Journey of Art and Conflict is a deeply personal exploration of David Oddie's attempts to uncover the potential of the arts as a resource for reconciliation in the wake of conflict and for the creative transformation of conflict itself. It began when...

This book compares the theatrical cultures of early modern England and Spain and explores the causes and consequences not just of the remarkable similarities but also of the visible differences between them. An exercise in multi-focal theatre history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996758345Author Bob MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Skye Bridge PublishingPublisher Skye Bridge PublishingWeight(grams) 195g

This book explains and provides templates for organizing and managing a prop shop, from pre-production organization to production processes, budgeting, and collaborations with other production areas. It explores how to plan, organize, and maintain a prop...

Directors and Designers explores the practice of scenography-the creation of perspective in the design and painting of stage scenery-and offers new insight into the working relationships of the people responsible for these theatrical transformations...