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This Wooden 'O': Shakespeare's Globe Reborn by Barry Day
$47.84Published 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... -
Meyerhold, Eisenstein and Biomechanics: Actor Training in Revolutionary Russia by Alma Law 9780786467501
RRP: $30.86$25.51Russian 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... -
Caught Falling: The Confluence of Contact Improvisation, Nancy Stark Smith, and Other Moving Ideas by David Koteen 9780937645093
$57.22Apologies 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 by Avra Sidiropoulou
RRP: $61.73$52.85Directions 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... -
Final Curtain Call?: A History of Vulnerable British Theatres by Rodney Hardcastle 9781739890810
RRP: $25.73$19.49In 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 by Thomas Leabhart
RRP: $63.45$55.80Etienne 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... -
Classical Monologues: Women: From the Restoration to Bernard Shaw (1680s to 1940s) by Leon Katz 9781557836151
$14.89Apologies 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)... -
Management and the Arts by William J. Byrnes
RRP: $84.03$73.17The 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... -
Performance and the Politics of Space: Theatre and Topology by Erika Fischer-Lichte 9781138937024
RRP: $68.59$60.14From its very beginnings, theatre has been both an art and a public space, shared by actors and spectators. As a result, its entity and history is intimately tied to politics: a politics of inclusion and exclusion, of distributions and placements, of... -
British Realist Theatre: The New Wave in its Context 1956 - 1965 by Stephen Lacey
RRP: $68.59$60.14The British `New Wave' of dramatists, actors and directors in the late 1950s and 1960s created a defining moment in post-war theatre. British Realist Theatre is an accessible introduction to the New Wave, providing the historical and cultural background... -
Monologues from the Edge: Great Audition Pieces for Unconventional Actors by Steve Marsh
RRP: $25.71$19.31Starting with an understanding that all actors are by nature unconventional, Monologues from the Edge presents performers with a wide range of monologues featuring characters who stand outside social norms and ideas of acceptability. Compiled by... -
The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance by Lizbeth Goodman 9780415165839
RRP: $89.18$77.51The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance presents the most influential and widely-known, critical work on gender and performing arts, together with exciting and provocative new writings. It provides systematically arranged articles to guide the... -
Performance Art in Eastern Europe Since 1960 by Amy Bryzgel 9781784994228
RRP: $34.29$30.60This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of performance art in the former communist countries of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since the 1960s. Covering 21 countries and more than 250 artists,... -
Affair of the Heart: British Theatre from 1992 to 2020 by Michael Billington 9781350367258
RRP: $29.14$24.37A book of selected theatre reviews from 2020 from one of the foremost authorities on British theatre. Starting each chapter is a brief commentary on the developments of that era and the social, political and cultural context within which this theatre... -
The Proof Stage: How Theater Reveals the Human Truth of Mathematics by Stephen Abbott 9780691206080
RRP: $51.46$39.14How playwrights from Alfred Jarry and Samuel Beckett to Tom Stoppard and Simon McBurney brought the power of abstract mathematics to the human stageThe discovery of alternate geometries, paradoxes of the infinite, incompleteness, and chaos theory... -
As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women by Penny Gay 9780415096966
RRP: $77.17$67.38As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies. Unique amongst both Shakespearian and feminist studies, As She Likes It asks how gender politics... -
Antonin Artaud by Blake Morris
RRP: $61.73$54.36Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance... -
Film Adaptation and Its Discontents: From <I>Gone with the Wind</I> to <I>The Passion of the Christ</I> by Thomas M. Leitch
RRP: $52.32$49.14I would highly recommend Leitch's study, in particular for its diversity and complexity. The author demonstrates that he is familiar with a large and heterogeneous corpus, including canonical as well as popular or marginal films and texts, which... -
Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Caridad Svich
RRP: $17.14$15.35'... love creates something that was not there before.' - HedwigJohn Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch opened on Valentine's Day,1998, in New York City, and ever since, it and its genderqueer heroine have captivated audiences... -
Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture, and AIDS by David Roman
RRP: $37.72$34.08From cabarets and candlelight vigils to full-scale Broadway productions such as Angels in America and Rent, over the past 15 years public performances and dramatic texts have shaped, and been shaped by, the history of AIDS. Author David Roman examines... -
Novels into Film by George Bluestone
RRP: $48.03$41.25First published in 1957, this seminal work of film theory analyzes the process-"the mysterious alchemy"-by which novels are transformed into films. Beginning with a discussion of the aesthetic limits of both the novel and the film, George Bluestone goes... -
My Life in Art by Konstantin Stanislavski
RRP: $75.46$67.65Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his contributions to the birth of Realist theatre and his unprecedented approach to teaching acting. He lived through extraordinary times and his unique contribution... -
Playhouse Wills: 1558-1642 by E. Honigmann 9780719030178
RRP: $42.88$32.25This edition, now available in paperback, constitutes an archive of source materials in the field of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. It is a collection of over one hundred wills left by those who participated in the life of the theatre - from actors... -
Theatre and Australia by Julian Meyrick 9781350331358
RRP: $17.14$16.06How has Australia developed, culturally? What is the relationship between European theatre and Aboriginal performance? How do the concepts of memory, space, and love intersect and inform all Australian drama? Theatre and Australia is a stark look at the... -
The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources by Robert Klingelhoefer 9781138937642
RRP: $97.75$82.99The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources explores how to design stage scenery from a practical and conceptual perspective. Discussion of conceptualizing the design through script analysis and research is followed by a... -
Robert Lepage by Aleksandar Sasa Dundjerovic
RRP: $63.45$55.80Robert Lepage is one of Canada's foremost theatre authors and directors. His company, Ex Machina, has toured to international acclaim and he has lent his talents to areas as diverse as opera, film, solo performance and installation art. His most... -
Elizabethan Costume Design and Construction by Helen Q. Huang
RRP: $231.57$192.63Learn how to create historically accurate costumes for Elizabethan period productions with Elizabethan Costume Design and Construction! Extensive coverage of a variety of costumes for both men and women of all social classes will allow you to be prepared... -
Contemporary European Theatre Directors by Maria M. Delgado
RRP: $68.59$60.14This expanded second edition of Contemporary European Theatre Directors is an ambitious and unprecedented overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past 30 years.This book is a vivid account of the vast range of work... -
The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq by Mark Evans
RRP: $80.60$70.96The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq presents a thorough overview and analysis of Jacques Lecoq's life, work and philosophy of theatre. Through an exemplary collection of specially commissioned chapters from leading writers, specialists and... -
An Untidy Career: Conversations with George Hall by Lolly Susi
$21.08A great read for students, academics, practitioners, and theater buffs. Lolly Susi's interviews with the actor and teacher George Hall is a unique insight into the mind of one of the greatest theatrical authorities. This book is full of revealing... -
Audition by Michael Shurtleff
$10.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553272956Author Michael ShurtleffFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Actors on Guard: Training, Rehearsal and Performance Techniques with the Rapier and Dagger for the Stage and Screen by Dale Anthony Girard
RRP: $68.59$60.14Actors on Guard, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book covering the current practices in learning, rehearsing and performing safe and dynamic swordfights with the single rapier and the rapier and dagger for both stage and screen.Focusing... -
Essential Dramaturgy: The Mindset and Skillset by Theresa Lang
RRP: $61.73$52.08Essential Dramaturgy: The Mindset and Skillset provides a concrete way to approach the work of a dramaturg. It explores ways to refine the process of defining, evaluating, and communicating that is essential to effective dramaturgical work. It then looks... -
The Philosophical Actor: A Practical Meditation for Practicing Theatre Artists by Donna Soto-Morettini 9781841503264
$47.96There have been many books published on acting, actor training, and practical theories for preparing for a role, but none of these books have ever looked philosophically at the language and the concepts that we use when we talk about acting. The... -
Knightstone: The Story of Weston-Super-Mare's 'Island' Theatre by Jonathan Shorney 9781908326720
RRP: $21.44$13.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908326720Author Jonathan ShorneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Redcliffe Press LtdPublisher Redcliffe Press LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 8mm -
Present Laughter by Noël Coward 9781350354029
RRP: $18.85$13.98"An honest, even profound reflection on the price of fame, with some genuine sexual frisson and an undercurrent of pathos." - The Hollywood Reporter At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old,... -
Media Design and Technology for Live Entertainment: Essential Tools for Video Presentation by Davin Gaddy 9781138216211
RRP: $63.45$54.92Media Design and Technology for Live Entertainment is a guide to understanding the concepts and equipment used in projection and video design for live performances. After an introduction in the principles of design elements as well as information on... -
The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory by Bill Bissell 9780819577757
RRP: $36.88$30.19All modes of human inquiry, from the artistic to the scientific, are archived as body knowledge. The Sentient Archive gathers together the work of scholars and practitioners in dance, performance, science, and the visual arts. These twenty-eight rich and... -
Moonset by Maryam Hamidi 9781350405196
RRP: $18.85$18.49Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2023 I can imagine myself in the future looking back on this all. And looking back I can feel when the fire was lit. Fifteen-year-old Roxy is burning. Lost somewhere between the bonfire of girlhood and... -
Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s by Katherine E. Kelly
RRP: $66.88$58.70Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s offers the first direct evidence that women playwrights helped create the movement known as Modern Drama. It contains twelve plays by women from the Americas, Europe and Asia, spanning a national and stylistic range from...