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How is madness experienced, treated, and represented? How might art think around - and beyond - psychiatric definitions of illness and wellbeing? Madness, Art, and Society engages with artistic practices from theatre and live art to graphic fiction,...

Performance in the digital age has undergone a radical shift in which a once ephemeral art form can now be relived, replayed and repeated. Until now, much scholarship has been devoted to the nature of live performance in the digital age; Documenting...

This book uses original archival material to consider the theatrical and cultural innovations of Joan Littlewood and her company, 'Theatre Workshop'. Littlewood had a huge impact on the way theatre was generated, rehearsed and presented during the...

Aesthetic theory in the West has, until now, been dominated by ideas of effect, autonomy, and reception. Transformative Aesthetics uncovers these theories' mutual concern with the transformation of those involved. From artists to spectators, readers,...

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations. This compelling examination of the relationship between theatre and empire begins with potential definitions and theories of empire,...

Written by highly respected authors and suitable for a wide range of abilities, this practical and engaging Students' Book offers students complete support. Book InformationISBN 9781846902383Author John DaveyFormat PaperbackPage Count...

At last an accessible and intelligent introduction to the energising and challenging relationship between feminism and theatre. In this clear and enlightening book, Aston discusses wide-ranging theoretical topics and provides case studies including: *...

Little Theatre Comedy Tom Stoppard Characters: 5 male, 3 female Complete Interior Set Riley's a dreamer with all sorts of off beat inventions and his latest one is a double gummed envelope that can be used twice used: once for sending and then...

Comedy Characters: 3 male, 7 female Interior Set Perfect for any theatre group, this is the hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps revising the script...

This book explores the new performativity in art theory and practice, examining ways of rethinking interpretive processes in visual culture. Since the 1960s, visual art practices - from body art to minimalism - have taken contemporary art outside the...

Written to meet the needs of thousands of students and pre-professional singers participating in production workshops and classes in opera and musical theater, Acting for Singers leads singing performers step by step from the studio or classroom through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573706394Author Don ZolidisFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Samuel French, Inc.Publisher Samuel French, Inc.Weight(grams) 86g

Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gender. Best-selling author, Elaine Aston, takes the reader through the various stages of making feminist theatre-...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874403077Author Scott Lynch-GiddingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Baker's PlaysPublisher Baker's PlaysWeight(grams) 101gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is based on the celebrated Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, and covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, regions and traditions; it has a particularly strong focus on...

This varied collection of short sketches and monologues by the author of NOISES OFF, BENEFACTORS and others is essential to any actor's library. Most pieces are comic and all are perfect for classes and auditions. Contents: At the Sign of the Rupture...

Wendy Kesselman Full Length, Drama New Revised Version Characters: 4 female Combination Interior Set Winner of the Playbill Award. This extraordinary drama, produced to acclaim at the Actors Theatre of Louisville originally, and at NYC's Second Stage is...

Dancers are top performance athletes on stage - to keep fit andhealthy proper nutrition is an integral part of an optimal dancetraining. Nutrition for Dancers provides the principles of nutritionfor dancers of all genres. Authors Liane Simmel and...

Performance as Research (PAR) is characterised by an extraordinary elasticity and interdisciplinary drive. Performance as Research: Knowledge, Methods, Impact celebrates this energy, bringing together chapters from a wide range of disciplines and eight...

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It is a passionate, yes-you-can guide designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. Patrick Tucker's classic manual encourages trained and amateur actors alike to look to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573700286Author Marc CamolettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Samuel French, Inc.Publisher Samuel French, Inc.Weight(grams) 109g

World Theatre: The Basics presents a well-rounded introduction to non-Western theatre, exploring the history and current practice of theatrical traditions in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Oceania, the Caribbean, and the non-English-speaking cultures of...

"People of the internet, people of the world, you wanna see your Environment Minister SOLVE some shit, this is the soundtrack..." What happens when the unstoppable force of climate change meets the immovable object of Australian politics? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999616499Author Lessac ArthurFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Lessac Training and Research InstitutePublisher Lessac Training and Research Institute

From Acting to Performance collects for the first time major essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic...

This is a book about the exhilaration and the catastrophe of embodiment. Analyzing different instances of injured bodies, Peggy Phelan considers what sustained attention to the affective force of trauma might yield for critical theory. Advocating what...

Arts Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Venture in the Arts provides the essential tools, techniques, and concepts needed to invent, launch, and sustain a business in the creative sector.Building on the reader's artistic talents and interests, the book...

The Group Theatre was perhaps the most significant experiment in the history of American theatre. Producing plays that reflected topical issues of the decade and giving a creative chance to actors, directors, and playwrights who were either fed up with...

'Hasa Diga Eebowai'In 2011, a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that year's Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant return of the American musical. This book explores the inherent achievements (and failures) of The Book of...

Whether you're in a professional or a community theatre, part of a historical re-enactment, or teaching costume construction, a well-made hat provides a much-needed finishing touch to a costume. Period Reproduction Buckram Hats: The Costumer's Guidebook...

The A to Z of Arts Management, Second Edition covers 97 topics about the management of arts and cultural organisations.Each section offers a theoretical and conceptual introduction to the topic, as well as storytelling and reflections about the meaning...

"Its fusion of passion and mischief remains striking and there is something undeniably heady about its celebration of a kind of sexual liberation that looks a lot like flippancy" - Evening Standard From 1930s bohemian Paris to the dizzying heights of...

Sometimes a lie is a wish. Once upon a time there was a lonely carpenter, a curious cat, and a little wooden puppet who one day came to life... In this spectacular new version of the much-loved classic tale, Pinocchio discovers why it's best to...

Published to great acclaim in association with the Shakespeare Globe Trust, a magisterial account of American actor/director Sam Wanamaker's 25-year battle to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre near its original site by the Thames. With over sixty...

Russian theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold designed Biomechanics--a system of actor training--shortly after the Russian Revolution. Although not always understood, it received wide attention during the twenties and thirties as a result of Meyerhold's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937645093Author David KoteenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Contact EditionsPublisher Contact Editions

Directions for Directing: Theatre and Method lays out contemporary concepts of directing practice and examines specific techniques of approaching scripts, actors, and the stage. Addressed to both young and experienced directors but also to the broader...

In 2022, my first book, 'Fire! Fire! The Theatre's on Fire', was published. It focused on the devastating effect of theatres impacted by fire. It was nominated for 'The STR Theatre Book Prize 2022' which is awarded each year by the Society for Theatre...

Etienne Decroux is the primary creator of Corporeal Mime and one of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators, known for his ground-breaking use of the body as the principal means of expression on stage. This second edition combines: an overview of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557836151Author Leon KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...