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Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis Glenn D'Cruz 9781138097476
RRP: $12.89$11.55"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... -
Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah 9781350171916
RRP: $14.18$12.46An eye for an eye. It's very simple. You choose your homeland like a hyena picking and choosing where he steals his next meal from. Scavenger. Yes you grovel to the feet of Mengistu and when his people spit at you and kick you from the bowl you scuttle... -
Network: based on the Paddy Chayefsky film by Lee Hall
RRP: $14.18$9.44I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.Howard Beale, news anchorman, isn't pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast he unravels live on screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seize on their newfound populist prophet, and... -
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time GCSE Student Edition by Simon Stephens
RRP: $14.18$12.46Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or... -
Directing - a Handbook for Emerging Theatre Directors Rob Swain (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) 9781408127650
RRP: $29.66$27.71The theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from... -
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John 9780571290109
RRP: $14.18$10.02Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John depicts the vibrant, cosmopolitan of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - a world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth.Esther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some... -
Plays Volume Two by W. Somerset Maugham
RRP: $21.92$15.84Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. Somerset Maugham's talent as a playwright. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For... -
Plays Volume One by W. Somerset Maugham
RRP: $21.92$15.84In his day, W. Somerset Maugham was most celebrated as a playwright, and the breadth of his ability is manifested in this collection of his most popular plays. Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The... -
Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 2: The Freedom of the City; Volunteers; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations by Brian Friel
RRP: $25.79$17.35This second collection of Brian Friel's work contains:The Freedom of the City (1973) Volunteers (1975) Living Quarters (1977) Aristocrats (1979) (March) Faith Healer (1979) (April) Translations (1980)About the AuthorBrian Friel (9 January 1929 - 2... -
The Playwright's Guidebook by Stuart Spencer
RRP: $24.50$16.55During the more than ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective handbook for his courses. Although most of the currently popular guides contain useful ideas, they all suffer from the same problems: poor... -
David Wood Plays for 5-12-Year-Olds: The Gingerbread Man; The See-Saw Tree; The BFG; Save the Human; Mother Goose's Golden Christmas David Wood 9781350174924
RRP: $25.79$22.87Looking for a whizzpoppingly wonderful collection of plays for your whole class? Want some ready-made, delumptious lesson plans to accompany them? Biffsquiggled at the thought of how to stage these pieces? Well, look no further because this is a... -
Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal Giles Terera 9781848429994
RRP: $21.92$14.29'Stand. Breathe. Look. Try to empty my mind. Somehow, for some reason, I have been brought to this place to tell this story, now. So tell it. That's all.' When Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton opened in London's West End in... -
Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays: Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays by Various
RRP: $12.89$8.77God's creations of man in a lyrical dramatization; Noah's cantankerous and hilariously funny wife refusing to leave without her friends; the Massacre of the InnocentsMiracle Plays were a popular form of entertainment throughout the Middle Ages, and part... -
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings by Damon Runyon 9780141186726
RRP: $33.54$25.80From Dave the Dude to Al Capone: a defining collection from the world of Damon Runyon Damon Runyon grew up in the West, moved to New York City, and became one of the leading voices of American popular culture. From sports writing to short fiction, this... -
Othello: The 30-Minute Shakespeare by Nick Newlin 9781935550105
RRP: $10.31$7.10Othello: The 30-Minute Shakespeare is a gripping seven-scene interpretation of this Shakespearean masterpiece.There is a dramatic build as each successive event draws Othello closer to jealous rage. Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has been... -
Beginning by David Eldridge 9781350146174
RRP: $14.18$10.81"A wry, funny and touching meditation on loneliness, that private shame of the singleton in the era of the dating app and of fraudulent boasting on social media ... written with a real depth of insight, humour, compassion and a keen sense of the... -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: $24.50$20.87"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 Mime Book by Claude Kipnis
$20.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916260552Author Claude KipnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Meriwether Publishing,U.S.Publisher Christian Publishers LLC -
Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training: A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R) by Andrea Caban
RRP: $41.27$36.55Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training is a beginner's guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R), a method that focuses on universal and inclusive speech training for actors from all language, racial, cultural, and... -
Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire by Philip C. Kolin 9780521626101
RRP: $39.98$34.53One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative... -
Plays by Anton Chekhov 9780140447330
RRP: $12.89$9.16Five masterful dramatic works from one of the world's best-loved playwrights, Anton Chekhov's Plays is translated with notes by Peter Carson, and an introduction by Richard Gilman in Penguin Classics.At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by... -
Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
RRP: $14.18$9.44Professor Coghill was invited to prepare this annotated edition of Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot himself, and he approved his introduction. Coghill discusses Eliot's subject matter, and the play's importance in his oeuvre. Forty pages of notes... -
Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick: Plays, Painting and Performance by Robin Simon 9781913645441
RRP: $70.95$51.91In London in 1770 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) remarked, 'What a work could be written on Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick! There is something similar in the genius of all three.' Two-and-a-half centuries on, Robin Simon's highly original and... -
The Crafty Art of Playmaking by Alan Ayckbourn
RRP: $16.76$11.04With 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... -
Harold Pinter Plays 2: The Caretaker; Night School; The Dwarfs; The Collection; The Lover by Harold Pinter
RRP: $24.50$16.55The second volume of Harold Pinter's collected work includes The Caretaker.The CaretakerIt was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is a classic comic creation, and his uneasy relationship with... -
Towards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy Grotowski 9780413349101
RRP: $29.66$26.12"One of the century's most impressive theatrical manifestos" - Irving Wardle Jerzy Grotowski created the Theatre Laboratory in Opole, South-West Poland, in 1959. His work since then, with a small permanent company, became one of the most potent sources... -
Funny Money by Ray Cooney 9780573695605
RRP: $24.45$18.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573695605Author Ray CooneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Connections 500: Blackout; Eclipse; What Are They Like?; Bassett; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Gargantua; Children of Killers; Take Away; It Snows; The Musicians; Citizenship; Bedbug by Snoo Wilson
$30.44Drawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the Connections festival with a retrospective selection of plays. Featuring work by some of the most prolific... -
Theatre and Human Rights by Paul Rae
$10.38Act of violence or show of strength? In a world of spectacular suffering and power plays - large and small - what is theatre's role in protecting human dignity? With its impassioned plays, inspired activism and outspoken artists, the theatre has long... -
Rough Girls Tara Lynne O'Neil 9781350293717
RRP: $15.47$14.22'Football is all very well as a game for Rough Girls but it is hardly suitable for delicate boys.' Oscar Wilde The making of Belfast's first all-female football team. This is the untold story of the Belfast women who stepped onto a pitch in... -
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today by Aleks Sierz 9780571200498
RRP: $19.34$12.64The 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... -
Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin
RRP: $51.59$45.23There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte. And it remians a central part of many drama school courses. In Commedia dell'arte in the Twentieth Century John Rublin first examines the orgins of this vital theatrical form and... -
A Bit of Me: From Basildon to Broadway, and back Denise Van Outen 9781529109979
RRP: $25.80$18.43Denise Van Outen, original 90s 'ladette', West End star and primetime TV favourite, reveals for the first time the true story of grit and graft beneath the famous Essex sparkle.In this refreshingly candid memoir, Denise speaks openly and sensitively... -
Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes Mary McClung (Professor of Costume Design, West Virginia University.) 9781138016439
RRP: $46.43$39.68Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam. Step-by-step instructions, photographs, and explanations... -
Tartuffe by Frank McGuinness 9780571384839
RRP: $12.89$8.64Let's see how crafty a picture you paint. You're making a demon out of a saint.In this spectacular dramatic comedy, the villainous Tartuffe shocks and enthrals with his deceptive powers. Charming to some, a danger to others, one family risks losing... -
The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin
RRP: $32.24$28.10The 'Theatre of the Absurd' has become a familiar term to describe a group of radical European playwrights - writers such as Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter - whose dark, funny and humane dramas wrestled profoundly with the... -
Spider's Web by Agatha Christie 9780573702334
RRP: $24.45$17.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702334Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Secret Life of Plays by Steve Waters
RRP: $19.34$14.13A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters. Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic... -
The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Russell Davies 9780006380900
RRP: $24.50$17.76'I'll put you in my diary!' comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it. For... -
Essential Acting: A Practical Handbook for Actors, Teachers and Directors Brigid Panet (RADA, UK) 9781138022119
RRP: $51.59$45.23How do actors fuse thought, emotion and action within their creative process?Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop. RADA's Brigid Panet has distilled nearly 60...