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Looking Back by John Osborne
RRP: $39.00$26.25When John Osborne died at Christmas 1994, his obituaries cited his autobiographical writings as perfect examples of undiluted talent and acerbic wit. Now, Osborne's superb autobiographies, A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956 and Almost a Gentleman:... -
'Dearest Squirrel...': The Intimate Letters of John Osborne and Pamela Lane by John Osborne
$54.64A completely fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK's greatest playwrights, the letters between John Osborne and his first wife, actressPamela Lane, are also a love letter to a now defunct system of repertory theatre, and life in post-war Britain... -
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Evan Linder 9780573701160
$22.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573701160Author Evan LinderFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov 9780571307234
RRP: $21.43$14.27- Idea for a story. A beautiful young girl lives by a lake all her life. She loves this lake. She's happy and free, like that bird was once. Then a man comes along and for no reason at all... what do you think he does?- He destroys her.A story about how... -
Love's Victory: By Lady Mary Wroth by Alison Findlay 9781526167170
RRP: $39.00$34.79Love's Victory by Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1651) is the first romantic comedy written in English by a woman. The Revels Plays publishes for the first time a fully-authorised, modern spelling edition of the Penshurst manuscript, the only copy of the play... -
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] by Adam Long 9781493077298
RRP: $25.33$18.74TheatreAbout the AuthorAdam Long (London), Daniel Singer (Southern California), and Jess Winfield (Hollywood) are the original members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.Book InformationISBN 9781493077298Author Adam LongFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
David Hare Plays 2: Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon; The Bay at Nice; The Secret Rapture by David Hare
RRP: $37.03$25.02This second volume of plays by David Hare contains work from the 1970s and 1980s which confirmed him as one of the major contemporary playwrights in the English language. It includes Fanshen, his remarkable 1975 play which focused on the Chinese... -
Frank McGuinness Plays 1: Factory Girls; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; Innocence; Carthiginians; Baglady: Volume 1: by Frank McGuinness 9780571177400
RRP: $38.98$26.23This first collection by Frank McGuinness contains plays from the 1980s, including his major work of that decade, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, a powerful and profoundly moving study of a group of Ulster Protestant volunteers in... -
National Theatre Playscripts: The Wardrobe by Sam Holcroft 9780198418436
$28.22Working in partnership with the National Theatre, these new playscripts bring the theatre alive in the classroom. Each play has been carefully selected to ensure maximum impact and relevance to students, while the activities and teaching support are... -
Staging and Re-cycling: Retrieving, Reflecting and Re-framing the Archive by John Keefe 9780367501754
RRP: $72.13$63.43In Staging and Re- cycling , John Keefe and Knut Ove Arntzen re-visit and reappraise a selection of their work to explore how the retrieval, re-approaching and re-framing of material can offer pathways for new work and new thinking. The book includes a... -
Haunted West End Theatres by Ian Shillito 9780752445212
RRP: $25.33$18.76In researching these theatrical ghost stories the authors have held vigil in dark auditoriums, lonely stairwells and melancholy boxes, behind the scenery and underneath the stages in the search of the theatrical phantoms. From the Lyceum to the Lyric,... -
The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV by Eric Hart 9781032154619
RRP: $72.13$68.00Features step-by-step guides to common processes used by all prop makers.Includes descriptions and images of the most common tools used in various crafts.Covers carpentry, metal-work, plastics fabrication, fabric, upholstery, sculpting, molding and... -
The Lee Strasberg Notes by Lola Cohen 9780415551861
RRP: $62.38$55.24The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg's Method.Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is... -
Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig
$24.92Comedy / 5m, 3f / Unit set. In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo , two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the... -
Julie Hesmondhalgh: A Working Diary by Julie Hesmondhalgh
$52.51Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh's working diary begins in November 2016 at the end of a full and exciting year of theatre-making with her company, Take Back. The company is a northern-based collective creating immediate script-in-hand responses to social and... -
The Whale by Samuel D Hunter
RRP: $21.43$18.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Lambda Literary Awards (Drama) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780573701665Author Samuel D HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher... -
Tales of the Tricycle Theatre by Terry Stoller
$52.51Tales of the Tricycle Theatre provides an inside look at the history of the north London theatre which has achieved renown with its staging of black, Irish, verbatim and political drama. Co-published with the Society for Theatre Research, the book draws... -
Hear Me Now: Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour by Noma Dumezweni
RRP: $31.18$29.70A brand-new collection of original audition pieces written by and for actors of colour, commissioned by Tamasha Theatre Company and edited by Titilola Dawudu, with a foreword by Noma Dumezweni. Hear Me Now is a unique collection of over eighty... -
Hippolytus by Euripides 9780862920746
$49.63This useful edition includes Ferguson's introduction to the history of Greek theatre along with full notes and vocabulary.Book InformationISBN 9780862920746Author EuripidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury... -
BTEC Level 2 First Performing Arts Student Book by Sally Jewers
RRP: $59.26$54.85Bright, engaging Student Book that will inspire students and ensure they succeed in this course. The strong visual approach brings learning to life which helps to inspire and motivate hands-on practical learners.Book InformationISBN 9780435026516Author... -
13: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical by Jason Robert Brown
RRP: $25.33$20.14Two 8-page color photo insertsBook InformationISBN 9781557837776Author Jason Robert BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 141mm * 9mm -
Lucid Body: A Guide for the Physical Actor by Fay Simpson 9781621537243
RRP: $29.23$24.02"From Fay's methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways." -Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, and Nine DaysEngaging Mind and Body to Develop the Complete Physical Nature of Characters Actors are... -
The Haunting Of Lin-manuel Miranda by Ishmael Reed
RRP: $25.33$16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576879245Author Ishmael ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Pow!Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S. -
The Selected Plays of Helene Cixous by Helene Cixous
RRP: $72.13$63.43Cixous' work as a playwright - working mainly with Theatre du Soleil and their director Ariane Mnouchkine - establishes her as a participant in some of the most adventurous European theatre making of the last 40 years.This collection brings together for... -
Special Talents, Special Needs: Drama for People with Learning Disabilities by Ian McCurrach
RRP: $68.25$65.81'A wonderful book to help set up a drama group for those with learning difficulties, to help them express themselves through drama. It is a step by step guide to running a group from the basics of finding the setting right through to the final... -
Making Solo Performance: Six Practitioner Interviews by Misri Dey 9781137603258
$64.47Focusing specifically on solo making and performing, this unique and exciting text allows the experts to speak for themselves. In interviews with Misri Dey, six recognised solo performers working across a range of performance genres - including theatre,... -
An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre: 1900 - 1950 Sean Mayes 9781350232686
RRP: $42.88$35.30A radically urgent intervention, An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre: 1900 - 1950 uncovers the hidden Black history of this most influential of artforms. Drawing on lost archive material and digitised newspapers from the turn of the... -
Young Chekhov: Platonov; Ivanov; The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
RRP: $33.13$22.58Anton Chekhov is one of the undisputed masters of world drama. He is usually thought to hide himself behind his characters and stories, keeping his own personality well off-stage. But when he was young he wrote three plays - Platonov, Ivanov and The... -
Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In Their Own Words by John Mayer
$58.81In 1974, a group of determined, young high school actors started doing plays under the name of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, eventually taking residence in the basement of a church in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. Thus began their unlikely journey... -
Theater Games for the Lone Actor: A Handbook by Viola Spolin
RRP: $38.90$26.83This handbook presents theatre games and side coaching for the solo player. It contains over 40 exercises which allow actors to side coach themselves, at home, in rehearsal, or in performance. The author asks the actor to develop the ability to enter... -
Stephen Ward: A Musical by Christopher Hampton 9780571314515 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$5.48Stephen Ward charts the rise and fall from grace of the man at the centre of the Profumo Scandal. Friend to film stars, spies, models, government ministers and aristocrats, his rise and ultimate disgrace coincided with the increasingly permissive... -
Audience by Michael Frayn
RRP: $25.33$22.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573620683Author Michael FraynFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Fences by A Wilson
RRP: $21.43$18.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573619052Author A WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 97Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Francis Kilvert by David Lockwood 9781854110336 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.50$3.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854110336Author David LockwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 255g -
Moves: A Sourcebook of Ideas for Body Awareness and Creative Movement Katya Bloom 9789057021336
RRP: $72.13$63.43First Published in 1998. The aim of this book is to reawaken awareness of the body feels; rekindle imagination; provide starting points for both developing greater self-awareness and creating expressive movement. 'Moves' suggests a wealth of exercises... -
Circus Bodies: Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance by Peta Tait
RRP: $72.13$63.43This pioneering study is one of the major publications in the increasingly popular and largely undocumented area of circus studies.Through photographs and illustrations, Peta Tait presents an extraordinary survey of 140 years of trapeze acts and the... -
A Tailoring Guide to Pattern Drafting: 1850-1900 Menswear for Theatre and Film, Volume 1 by Katerina Lawton
RRP: $76.03$66.73A Tailoring Guide to Pattern Drafting offers pattern drafting instructions for men's most popular tailored garment styles from 1850 to 1900, used in theatres and film productions today.The book features a wide range of 19th-century garments, providing... -
Management and the Arts by William J. Byrnes
RRP: $95.53$83.19The sixth edition of Management and the Arts has been revised and updated with the latest concepts, theories, and practices to meet the evolving demands faced by arts managers in cultural organizations around the world.This comprehensive textbook covers... -
Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras 9780571231003
RRP: $21.43$14.27One must strive a little for the epic, old boy.It's 1959 and Philippe, Gustave and Henri, three veterans from the first world war, dream of making their escape from the soldiers' home, if not to Indochina then at least as far as the poplar trees on the... -
The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Monologues for Men by Chrys Salt 9780413772923
$35.28This book of contemporary monologues for women includes pieces from the best of the last three decades of contemporary playwriting, from Howard Brenton and Bryony Lavery to Charlotte Jones and Mark Ravenhill. Including extracts from plays by...