Direction & Production

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...

Since his emergence from the Flemish avant-garde movement of the 1980s, Ivo van Hove's directorial career has crossed international boundaries, challenging established notions of theatre-making. He has brought radical interpretations of the classics to...

Merging the theoretical framework with the practical elements of staging an ancient Greek play, this indispensable guide offers directors and actors an excellent starting point for mounting their production. Considering the conditions of ancient...

The Literary Manager's Toolkit is a clear and comprehensive guide to the role of the literary manager in theatre and beyond, focusing on the key skills, networks, and processes that underpin a successful career in this and associated roles.This book...

Offering one of the first scholarly examinations of digital and distanced performance since the global shutdown of theaters in March 2020, Barbara Fuchs provides both a record of the changes and a framework for thinking through theater's transformation. ...

With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and...

Russian theatre director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, has been called the Picasso of modern theatre. A ceaseless experimenter with new forms and techniques and the leader of an aesthetic revolution, he left no body of theoretical writings. What takes their place...

DreamWork: A Training for Directors provides a theoretical basis and a highly detailed, practical, step-by-step blueprint for developing a directorial concept for a play.Directing is a complex, multi-staged artistic process which, for the most part, is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080361Author David GroteFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312227463Author Elizabeth SchaferFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439145777Author Mickey RapkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm * 20mm

The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You...

The Director's Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to the role of the theatrical director. Following the chronology of the directing process, the book discusses each stage in precise detail, considering the selection and analysis of the script, the audition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559365741Author Barry EdelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U...

A Working Costume Designer's Guide to Color provides readers with the skills and knowledge to create coherent color schemes for costumes.Drawing on decades of experience in the costume shop, the author guides readers through every step of the process,...

A ground-floor guide to the practice and philosophy of directing that is open to all, including newcomers to the field. Through a series of concise and engaging essays, Directing Your Heart Out will inspire the next generation of theatre directors by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571199945Author Michael BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Faber & FaberPublisher Faber & FaberWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 141mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930452742Author Arthur BartowFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

What is physical dramaturgy? While the traditional dramaturg shares research intellectually, the physical dramaturg does so viscerally and somatically. By combining elements of text, history, dramatic structure, and the author's intent with movement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763507844Author Dorita HannahFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams)...

Directing for Community Theatre is a primer for the amateur director working in community theatre. With an emphasis on preparedness, this book gives the amateur director the tools and techniques needed to effectively work on a community theatre...

A Poetics of Third Theatre offers an in-depth, critical analysis of Third Theatre, a transnational community of theatre groups and artists united by a shared set of values and a laboratory attitude.This book takes a genealogical account of Third Theatre...

A 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...

Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy offers fresh perspectives on how dramaturgs can support a production beyond rigid disciplinary expectations about what information and ideas are useful and how they should be shared.The...

The Director as Collaborator teaches essential directing skills while emphasizing how directors and theater productions benefit from collaboration. Good collaboration occurs when the director shares responsibility for the artistic creation with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472076215Author Monique MojicaFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970677334Author Joshua Logan BrylsteenFormat PaperbackImprint Nmd BooksPublisher Nmd BooksWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996758338Author Bob MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Skye Bridge PublishingPublisher Skye Bridge PublishingWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648369806Author MR Richard BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Academy of Improvisation PressPublisher Academy of Improvisation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578519906Author Laurel WensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Laurel WensonPublisher Laurel WensonWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Because of our film-oriented culture, the study of cinema's potential influence on the theater has become particularly relevant. When applied to the stage and space of theater, film theory and aesthetics open new possibilities, heightening the theater's...

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America. Tina...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736395738Author Richard GarteeFormat HardbackPage Count 458Imprint Lake and Emerald Publications, LLCPublisher Lake and Emerald Publications,...

This book explores the development of Robert Lepage’s distinctive approach to stage direction in the early (1984-1994) and middle (1995-2008) stages of his career, arguing that globalisation had a defining effect on shaping his aesthetic and his...

The first edition of Directing in the Theatre represented a pioneering effort in its field. Now, the revised edition offers an expanded array of materials for use in the study of directing. There are new cases about censorship, non-traditional casting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559363525Author Jason LoewithFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Towards Embodied Performance invites directors and other generative performance makers to experiment with making their own original, visually stunning, sonically immersive, and physically rigorous embodied performance.Through historical context, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082334Author David GroteFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Meriwether PublishingPublisher Meriwether PublishingWeight(grams) 522g

Though stage directing has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, the number of women directors in the United States has grown significantly in recent years. In this work, 35 contemporary women stage directors, with regional, national and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082204Author John AhartFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Meriwether PublishingPublisher Meriwether PublishingWeight(grams) 558g