Direction & Production

Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts is a step-by step manual on how to create inclusive theatre, including how and where to find actors, how to publicize productions, run rehearsals, act intricate scenes like fights and...

A stunning backstage photographic study of Mark Rylance and the cast of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.About the AuthorMary McCartney's photographic work focusses on discovering those rare moments of unguarded, emotionally charged intimacy that offers us a...

A pioneer of stage naturalism, David Belasco has come to be universally recognized as one of the first important directors in the history of the American stage. Lise-Lone Marker's book is a full-length stylistic analysis and re-evaluation of his scenic...

Chance is a photography magazine and serialized art book that looks at the world through the lens of theater and design. A calm, noise-free place to engage with the aesthetics of design in detail, Chance integrates all of the arts, material and...

Chance is a photography magazine that looks at the world through the lens of theater and design. We produce and original photo shoot of nearly every production we cover, and believe that superior documentation can change the way we think and write about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770912724Author Debbie NymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Playwrights Canada Press,CanadaPublisher Playwrights Canada Press,Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932658Author Peter D. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080149Author ConverseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 530g

A Working Costume Designer's Guide to Fit explores the concept of fit in theatrical costumes - what it is, how to assess it, and how to achieve it.Being able to assess whether a costume fits or not is a learned skill, which takes practice as well as...

Provides a step-by-step approach, a blueprint, to assembling a director's prompt book in a graphically dynamic and creative waySuitable for students in theatre directing, stage management, and producing courses, along with aspiring professional...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and...

"A truly fun, emotional, and sometimes magical first experience . . . guided by a sagacious, knowledgeable, and intuitive educator."-Library Journal The Taming of the Shrew: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers eight scenes from this broad comedy. Opening...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823098026Author Thomas A. KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Back Stage Books,U.S.Publisher Watson-Guptill PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963651785Author Frances GrimbleFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Lavolta PressPublisher Lavolta PressWeight(grams) 1070gDimensions(mm) 278mm * 216mm...

Working with Actors provides the key to unlocking the honest, dynamic performance every actor has within them. It offers a well-articulated formulation of the Meisner Technique easy for directors and actors to use within a working context. Through...

Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique to the craft of directing.Lee Cohn lays out a step-by-step, no-nonsense methodology for the director that includes a deep dive into the...

In 1971 college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the creation of one of the greatest Broadway musicals EFolliesE. Needing college credit to graduate on time he kept a journal of everything he saw and heard...

Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 A LA Times Best Theater Book of 2022 Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard, by most accounts the leading British playwrights of our time, might seem to come from very different aesthetic, cultural and...

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...

Since the late 1990s, Rupert Goold has garnered a reputation as one of the UK's most exciting and provocative theatre directors. His exhilarating, risk-taking productions of both classic texts and new plays have travelled from regional stages to the...

Now available in Bloomsbury Revelations series, Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings about the craft of acting and realising texts for the stage. It crystallises and makes concrete many of...

Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way is the first work of scholarship to comprehensively examine the history and production practices of Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), the theatrical producing arm of the studio...

- Each historical chapter is followed by a process chapter giving the explication of a detailed rehearsal methodology useful to both directors and actors.- The process chapters include objectives, examples from the practice of other directors and actors,...

Dramaturgy in Motion innovatively examines the work of the dramaturg in contemporary dance and movement performance. Katherine Profeta, a working dramaturg for more than fifteen years, shifts the focus from asking "Who is the dramaturg?" to...

This book is an essential guide to making traditional 16mm and 8mm films, from production to post, using both analog and digital tools. Focusing on low-budget equipment and innovative techniques, this text will provide you with the steps to begin your...

Provides concrete strategies for designing for devised productions that haven't yet been collected in one resource.Offers lessons learned from multiple experiences and perspectives through interviews with working practitioners.Gives step by step...

Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia, this book situates the contemporary practice of stage management within its historical and social contexts. Questioning the notions of the invisible...

The Beginner's Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices specifically for opera productions, providing an invaluable step-by-step guide.Beginning with a brief history of opera and detailing its...

Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts is a step-by step manual on how to create inclusive theatre, including how and where to find actors, how to publicize productions, run rehearsals, act intricate scenes like fights and...

For more than thirty years, the Wing has produced the "Working in the Theatre" seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. It is now available in book form for the first time, compact, and at an affordable paperback price.Spanning the...

Contemporary Scenography investigates scenographic concepts, practices and aesthetics in Germany from 1989 to the present. Facing the end of the political divide, the advent of the digital age and the challenges of globalization, German-based designers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559369978Author Bob MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615433998Author Curt JacksonFormat PaperbackImprint Moosehead PublishingPublisher Moosehead PublishingWeight(grams) 200g

Expert, Practical Advice for Everyone in Show Business Now updated and expanded, this second edition of The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide is the ultimate survival kit for anyone presenting live entertainment. The information contained in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733934503Author Albert PolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Albert PolandPublisher Albert PolandWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Eugenio Barba is recognized as one of the most important theatre practitioners working today. Along with the company he founded over fifty years ago, the world-acclaimed Odin Teatret, he continues to produce extraordinary theatre performances that tour...

In the early 1970s, London's National Theatre, led by Sir Laurence Olivier, launched an infamous avant garde production of The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria. Concerned that his classical approach would clash with the ""enfant terrible"" director,...

Script Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production provides theatre students and emerging theatre artists with the tools, skills and a shared language to analyze play scripts, communicate about them, and collaborate with...

Innovation & Digital Theatremaking introduces a blueprint for how to think differently about Theatre, how to respond creatively in uncertainty, and how to wield whatever resources are available to create new work in new ways.In 2020, the COVID-19...