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This essential pocket guide to this enduringly popular art, is a perfect introduction to over eighty of the most performed ballets today. Spanning nearly two centuries of classical dancing, this indispensable book begins in the Romantic era of the 1830s,...

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Worried about short rehearsal time? Think that fluffing your lines will be the end of your career? Are you afraid you'll be typecast? Is there such a thing as acting too much? How should a stage actor adjust performance for a camera? And how should an...

Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set, costume, lighting, and projection designers since the Renaissance. Developments of scenic design are traced...

Character Sketch outlines a theory of costume rendering that explores how a designer conceptualizes and creates a character on the page. Beginning with how to develop a sense of character through active, gestural poses, this book explores and explains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538131688Author Mimi PockrossFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

This book locates the theatre of Marina Carr within a female genealogy that revises the patriarchal origins of modern Irish drama. The creative vision of Lady Augusta Gregory underpins the analysis of Carr's dramatic vision throughout the volume in order...

How can theatre thrive in a culture dominated by film and television? Interviews with stage actors, playwrights, theatre directors and others, including Julie Taymor, Tony Kushner, Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Hall, Wallace Shawn, Frank Rich, Simon Callow,...

This pioneering introduction to Stanislavsky's methods and modes of actor training covers all of the essential elements of his System. Recreating 'truthful' behaviour in the artificial environment, awareness and observation, psychophysical work, given...

African Theatres & Performances looks at four specific performance forms in Africa and uses this to question the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. The book examines:masquerade theatre in...

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Identifying key drama skills at Key Stage 3Book InformationISBN 9780435185947Author Joss BennathanPage Count 154Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 488g

A sweeping history of racialized performance across the Anglophone imperial world from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century A material history of racialized performance throughout the Anglophone imperial world, Transoceanic Blackface: Empire,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558702905Author Glen CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint North Light BooksPublisher F&W Publications IncWeight(grams) 515g

This is a compilation of theatrical anecdotes, legends and one-liners on a variety of subjects. Contributors include Edith Evans, Dorothy Parker, Maggie Smith and Gore Vidal. The author presents the Radio Four programme, "Loose Ends".Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739424800Author Finn A EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Chudatsi PublishingPublisher Chudatsi PublishingWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574671728Author John Bell YoungPage Count 224Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

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From the moment that nineteen-year-old Ronald Barker threw up his steady job in an Oxford bank for life as an actor in a tatty Aylesbury repertory theatre, he knew he was where he belonged. In "Dancing in the Moonlight", he tells the droll and wickedly...

One morning, as I was writing, I suddenly understood that as a species, through incredible stubbornness, we were able to write love into our genetic makeup, and that this is enough to redeem us all. We were given mouths to bite with, and with deep...

This concise Companion is an essential reference work for anyone interested in the history of the world's treatre. Based on the original Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Third Edition, this volume is more than an abridgement. Each article has been...

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Ned Sherrin qualified as a barrister but has since been a producer, director and presenter for TV, film, theatre and radio. Among his many credits are "That Was the Week That Was" and the film of "Up Pompeii". He more recently...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860516798Format HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Robson Books LtdPublisher Robson Books LtdWeight(grams) 467g

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A guide to acting by one of the most celebrated English actors of the century, drawing on his extensive experience in stage and film acting.Book InformationISBN 9780340412381Author Laurence OlivierFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint SceptrePublisher...

This is the autobiography of actor, author and artist Anthony Sher. It offers an insight into his first 50 years. Starting with his time in the sinister paradise of white South Africa, we follow Sher through his time as a rifleman during conscription in...

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The book tells the story of how Agatha Christie's world famous mysteries have been adapted for TV.Book InformationISBN 9781852272739Author Peter HainingFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Virgin BooksPublisher Ebury PublishingWeight(grams) 822g

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Written for students taking the AQA GCSE drama specification, this text aims to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding students need to succeed in the course. The book takes a hands-on approach with activities and practice in both the written...

A book featuring the male strippers, The Chippendales.Book InformationISBN 9780099258711Format PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Arrow Books LtdPublisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 217g

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This volume is designed for use with students of all ages and abilities and in a wide variety of teaching contexts. Clearly laid out, and featuring questions and practical answers, it is a guide for dance teachers and educators.Book InformationISBN...