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Fifty Key Theatre Directors by Shomit Mitter
RRP: £22.99£20.16Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential... -
What is Scenography? Pamela Howard 9781138504783
RRP: £42.99£38.59The third edition of Pamela Howard's What is Scenography? expands on the author's holistic analysis of scenography as comprising space, text, research, art, performers, directors and spectators, to examine the changing nature of scenography in the... -
Theatre Management: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century by Anthony Rhine 9781352001747
£29.35An essential introductory textbook that provides a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the key processes involved in developing and managing a theatre in the 21st century. It covers a complete range of topics fundamental to successful... -
Histories of Performance Documentation: Museum, Artistic, and Scholarly Practices Gabriella Giannachi 9781138184145
RRP: £36.99£32.53Histories of Performance Documentation traces the many ways in which museums have approached performance works from the 1960s onwards, considering the unique challenges of documenting live events. From hybrid and interactive arts, to games and virtual... -
Taking on the Empire: How We Saved the Hackney Empire for Popular Theatre by Roland Muldoon 9781907352065
£15.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907352065Author Roland MuldoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Just PressPublisher Just PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Labanotation: The System of Analyzing and Recording Movement by Ann Hutchinson Guest
RRP: £42.99£37.99A definitive book for students of dance and movement studies, Labanotation is now available in a fourth edition, the first complete revision of the text since 1977. Initiated by the movement genius Rudolf Laban, and refined through fifty years of work... -
Voice by Jane Boston
RRP: £29.99£28.50This wide-ranging volume explores the technical and physical aspects of voice as a craft, questioning its definitions, its historical presence, training practices and its publications. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Jane Boston presents a selection... -
Clown: The Physical Comedian by Joe Dieffenbacher
£28.95Clown: The Physical Comedian is a detailed and comprehensive workbook for those interested in the art of clowning and physical theatre, including actors, directors, improvisers, stand-up comedians, circus artists, mask performers and devisers of new work... -
Mask Making Techniques: Creating 3-D Characters from 2-D Designs for Theatre, Cosplay, Film, and TV by Mary C. McClung 9781032379913
RRP: £36.99£33.84Features 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... -
Psychophysical Acting: An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski by Phillip B. Zarrilli
RRP: £42.99£37.59Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today's actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to... -
How to Read a Play: Script Analysis for Directors by Damon Kiely
RRP: £38.99£34.22How to Read a Play outlines the cruicial work required for a play before the first rehearsal, the first group reading or even the before the cast have met. Directors and dramaturgs must know how to analyze, understand and interpret a play or performance... -
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting Steven Louis Shelley (Lighting Designer; Production Manager; and Stage Manager, New York, NY, USA) 9780415812009
RRP: £52.99£45.06Combining theory and application, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting provides a comprehensive analysis of lighting systems along with examples and illustrations of the technical tools and methods used in the industry. An entertaining and educational... -
The Life of the Drama by Eric Bentley 9781557831101
RRP: £12.99£9.61Eric Bentley's radical new look at the grammar of theatre...is a work of exceptional virtue... The book justifies its title by being precisely about the ways in which life manifests itself in the theatre...This is a book to be read again and again. a... -
The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy by Magda Romanska
RRP: £36.99£33.53Dramaturgy, in its many forms, is a fundamental and indispensable element of contemporary theatre. In its earliest definition, the word itself means a comprehensive theory of "play making." Although it initially grew out of theatre, contemporary... -
Theatre and the Digital by Bill Blake 9781137355775
£10.97Why should the digital bring about ideas of progress in the theatre arts? This question opens up a rich seam of provocative and original thinking about the uses of new media in theatre, about new forms of cultural practice and artistic innovation, and... -
A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre by Christopher Innes 9780415152297 [USED COPY]
RRP: £36.99£2.26A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Christopher Innes has selected three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular: * Henrik Ibsen - A Dolls... -
A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre by Christopher Innes 9780415152297
RRP: £36.99£32.53A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre provides essential primary sources which document one of the key movements in modern theatre. Christopher Innes has selected three writers to exemplify the movement, and six plays in particular: * Henrik Ibsen - A Dolls... -
The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre by Eila Mell 9780762484416
RRP: £45.00£31.01Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre Wings' archives, and interviews with major honorees like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, and Hugh Jackman, The Tony Awards is the... -
Scenic Art for the Theatre by Susan Crabtree
RRP: £51.99£44.25Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists. With new information on scenic design using Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other... -
Present Past Past Present: A Personal Memoir by Eugene Ionesco 9780306808357
£14.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorEugene Ionesco (1910-1994), a Romanian-born Frenchman, was central to the theatre of the Absurd, a dramatic movement that abandons logical plot development,... -
Mechanical Design for the Stage Alan Hendrickson 9780240806310
RRP: £46.99£39.62Scenic effects involving rotating turntables, tracking stage wagons, and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small... -
Theatre and Tourism Margaret Werry 9781350349957
RRP: £9.99£8.23How does tourism impact theatre? How do theatrical ways of seeing, knowing, and acting shape tourism? How do economic and political processes like colonization or neoliberalization influence them both? And what is the future of these twinned global... -
The Art of Film Acting: A Guide For Actors and Directors by Jeremiah Comey
RRP: £31.99£28.30This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to... -
Draping Period Costumes: Classical Greek to Victorian: (The Focal Press Costume Topics Series) Sharon Sobel (Professor of Theatre and Costume Design, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA) 9780240821337
RRP: £32.99£28.34Draping Period Costumes provides you with the skill set you need to break away from two-dimensional patterns to drape three dimensional costumes. The basics of draping are explained in precise detail, followed by step-by-step draping projects from... -
A Small Family Business by Alan Ayckbourn 9780571315703
RRP: £10.99£7.32Well, that's one down, isn't it. Nine to go. Next! Thou shalt not kill. What about that then? Let's have a crack at that one next, shall we? Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his... -
Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment by Rebecca Schneider
RRP: £39.99£35.06'At last, the past has arrived! Performing Remains is Rebecca Schneider's authoritative statement on a major topic of interest to the field of theatre and performance studies. It extends and consolidates her pioneering contributions to the field through... -
FORCE Fabric: How to Draw Clothes by Mike Mattesi 9781138485419
RRP: £36.99£33.84The nude figure defines the best way to learn the fundamentals of drawing, yet the end goal of most art presents clothed figures, be it animation, video games, film, or fine art. This sixth book in the 'FORCE' series instructs artists on how to... -
Muscle Works: Physical Culture and the Performance of Masculinity Broderick D.V. Chow 9780810147362
£32.96Men’s fitness as a performance—from nineteenth-century theatrical exhibitions to health and wellness practices today This book recounts the story of fitness culture from its beginnings as spectacles of strongmen, weightlifters, acrobats, and wrestlers... -
TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age Trevor Boffone 9780197743676
RRP: £22.99£19.56Are you a musical theatre fan who loves TikTok? Or are you curious about how this social media app has changed musical theatre fandom - and even the concept of the musical itself? TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age takes readers... -
Between the Lines: A Philosophy of Theatre Michael Y. Bennett 9780197691670
RRP: £59.00£53.25In Between the Lines: A Philosophy of Theatre, theatre theorist, Michael Y. Bennett offers a systematic account of theatre--thinking about theatre metaphysically, epistemologically, and ethically. To investigate theatre and its in-between spaces, Bennett... -
The Evolution of Theatre and Drama in the Middle East and North Africa Ali Kiani 9798881800956
£82.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881800956Author Ali KianiFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers -
Theatre and Performance in Contemporary Scotland Trish Reid 9783031611902
RRP: £59.99£53.75This textbook offers a detailed and expansive account of theatre and performance in contemporary Scotland. It considers the underlying historical and cultural developments that have enabled the recent renaissance in Scottish theatre and the emergence of... -
Humana Festival 2019: The Complete Plays by Amy Wegener 9781538136362
RRP: £30.00£26.68The Humana Festival of New American Plays has been a leading home for extraordinary playwrights and their imaginations for more than four decades, making Actors Theatre of Louisville one of the nation's preeminent powerhouses for new play development... -
Liyuanxi - Chinese 'Pear Garden Theatre' by Josh Stenberg 9781350157385
£29.35This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (‘pear garden theatre’), heir and current expression of one of China’s oldest unbroken xiqu (‘Chinese opera’) traditions. It considers the genre’s history prior to... -
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble Fiona Ritchie 9781350352421
£29.35Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare’s characters and their... -
Empathy and Performance: Enactments of Power in Latinx America Laura V. Sández 9780826506740
£86.55Empathy and Performance advances a study of spectators and audiences by examining works from Latin American and Latinx underrepresented author-actors. SÁndez studies the dramatized dilemma of cultural understanding in “Our America,” a term that refers to... -
Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice Carrie J. Preston 9780197693407
RRP: £25.99£23.38In this incisive critique of the ways performances of allyship can further entrench white privilege, author Carrie J. Preston analyses her own complicit participation and that of other audience members and theater professionals, deftly examining the... -
100 Greatest American Plays by Thomas S. Hischak 9781442256057
RRP: £51.00£45.62Theatre in America has had a rich history-from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the past few centuries, significant works by American playwrights have been produced, including... -
Empathy and Performance: Enactments of Power in Latinx America Laura V. Sández 9780826506733
£30.42Empathy and Performance advances a study of spectators and audiences by examining works from Latin American and Latinx underrepresented author-actors. SÁndez studies the dramatized dilemma of cultural understanding in “Our America,” a term that refers to... -
Labyrinth 2: Plays by Don Nigro: 2001-2011 by Jim McGhee 9780761859802
RRP: £38.00£33.51Labyrinth 2 provides a taxonomy of the plays Don Nigro has written over the past ten years. For those interested in producing Nigro's work, this book provides a summary of the action of each script, characters required, costume, set, lighting, and sound...