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Sofia was recently hired as an empathy coach at a debt collection agency and clearly she has her work cut out for her. These employees can barely identify what an emotion is much less practice deep radical compassion for others. And while they...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorElaine Aston is Professor of Theatre at Lancaster University. She has a distinguished record of publication in the field of feminism, theatre, theory and...

"There is a mystery in every play that is written, no matter whether classical and poetic or modern and demotic, and it is the sound and the rhythm of the writing which take us there." Cicely Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Voice Director,...

Thomas Ostermeier is the most internationally recognised German theatre director of the present. With this book, he presents his directorial method for the first time. The Theatre of Thomas Ostermeier provides a toolkit for understanding and enacting the...

An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis...

Why is everything we learn everything we do About men Just a big bunch of men killing each other Just ...swords and dicks Where are all the girls? School is a nightmare, boys are infuriating and maccies is the only place open after 6pm. Growing...

'Draws on a vital history of trans performance - an emerging canon that may no longer be ignored.' - Morgan M Page, from her foreword _x000D_ Seven turbulent years. Five radical performances. One landmark publication. _x000D_ None of Us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312457525Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bedford/Saint Martin'sPublisher Macmillan LearningDimensions(mm) 214mm * 138mm *...

This book was commissioned by The Theatres Trust, the body charged by Acts of Parliament with 'the better protection of theatres'. After decades of destruction, theatres are now recognised as significant records of the societies that produced them and...

Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art shares the secrets of performer flying in entertainment history and provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a performer flying effect from scratch.This book sheds light on all aspects of...

This visual bonanza shines the spotlight on 750 striking advertising posters for the musicals and plays of Broadway's golden age and shares untold behind-the-scenes stories Fans of the theatre will be thrilled to discover the original posters for ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573619410Author Neil SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc

Staging Voice is a unique approach to the aesthetics of voice and its staging in performance. This study reflects on what it would mean to take opera's decisive attribute-voice-as the foundation of its staged performance. The book thinks of staging...

Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience members, Out For Blood pieces together the surprising, hilarious and often-moving inside story of Carrie The Musical to discover how this 'horror of a Broadway...

Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors are required to perform monologues regularly throughout their career: preparing for drama school entry, showcasing skills for agents or auditioning for a role. Following on from the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERLet Dame Judi Dench take you behind the scenes of a life loving the Bard - as she shares her story with, and enduring affection for, William Shakespeare. 'A wonderful mixture of appreciation and anecdote' Financial...

Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the Rehearsal Room is both an instructional and conceptual examination of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and...

A book packed with one hundred monologues, aimed at young performers from pre teens to young adults. The book has been written by a drama teacher with over twenty years' experience which includes heading up a performing arts faculty in a secondary...

The definitive guide to the life and work of Antonin Artaud Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty is one of the most vital forces in world theatre, yet the concept is one of the most frequently misunderstood. In this incisive study, Albert Bermel looks...

This exciting new title in the Theatre And series explores how theatre and the environment have informed and continue to inform each other, considering both what theatre can do for the environment and what the environment can do for theatre. Drawing on a...

Winner of the STR Theatre Book Prize 2014 The National Theatre Story is filled with artistic, financial and political battles, onstage triumphs - and the occasional disaster. This definitive account takes readers from the National Theatre's...

In this acclaimed autobiography, John Fraser takes us from the council estates of prewar Glasgow to the glamour of 1960 s Hollywood and beyond. Funny, honest and acutely observant about himself, his family and his friends, John Fraser presents such...

What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the years, and to what effect? What is its relationship to truth and reality, and defining moments of civic unrest and political change? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692664360Author Denver CasadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Beat by Beat PressPublisher Beat by Beat PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972443Author Woody AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629338026Author Derek ScullthorpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 440g

In 1972, a break-in was foiled at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Within days a connection had been made with the White House and President Nixon's closest aides. It unleashed one of the...

Comedy / Characters: 10 male, 16 female Scenery: 3 interiors A great success in New York and London. Mrs. Bennett is determination to get her daughters married. Jane, Elizabeth and Lydia are likely looking girls in a period when a woman's one possible...

What is good acting? How does one create believable characters? How can an actor understand a character if they do not understand themselves?In The Science of Acting, Sam Kogan uses his theories on the relationship between neuroscience, psychology and...

A thoughtful and deeply personal book by a master theatre-maker. In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we...

Since the 1920s, an endless flow of studies has analyzed the political systems of fascism, theseizure of power, the nature of the regimes, the atrocities committed, and, finally, the wars waged against other countries. However, much less attention has...

Features step by step instructions on how to create a variety of different masksDetailed full-color photographs illustrate each stepCovers a wide range of materials, including latex, paper and fabric mache, cold foam, thermoplastics, urethane and EVA...

'I have been thinking I might go berserk.'When Claire, a priest, survives an atrocity she sets out on a quest to answer the most difficult question of all: 'Why?' It's a journey that takes her to the edge of reason, science, politics and faith.David...

The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 is the first volume to inclusively document burlesque costume from its birth in the 1860's through the global burlesque movement in 2018. This lushly illustrated book presents the history and development of this...

This title is a comprehensive guide to drama education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching. Michael Anderson explores the history, practice and research in drama education to create a foundation for effective...

Beckett’s plays have attracted a striking range of disability performances – that is, performances that cast disabled actors, regardless of whether their roles are explicitly described as ‘disabled’ in the text. Grounded in the history of disability...

This title offers the gender-bending performances of Dlane Torr, creator of the Man for a Day workshops. For nearly twenty years, performance artist Diane Torr has been teaching women how to dress and pass as men on city streets around the world. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573694240Author William FinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

"The Judson Dance Theatre "explores the work and legacy of one of the most influential of all dance companies, which first performed at the Judson Memorial Church in downtown Manhattan in the early 1960s. There, a group of choreographers and...