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The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney
RRP: £12.99£8.56Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles's Philoctetes tells of the wounded hero marooned upon an island by the Greeks during the Siege of Troy. As the conflict comes to a climax, the Greeks begin to realise they cannot win the Trojan war without... -
Dramatherapy: The Nature of Interruption by Richard Hougham
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book investigates the nature and phenomena of interruption in ways that have relevance for contemporary dramatherapy practice. It is a timely contribution amidst an 'age of interruption' and examines how dramatherapists might respond with agency and... -
Economies of Early Modern Drama: Shakespeare, Jonson, and Middleton by Prof Anne Enderwitz 9780192866813
RRP: £78.00£70.88This book provides new insights into how theatre responded to changing economic practices and structures. It reviews discourses on household management and commerce to create a rich context for the discussion of socio-economic actions and transactions in... -
Retrograde Ryan Calais Cameron 9781350419001
RRP: £10.99£9.66Mr Parks, this isn't just a movie, it's a whole movement. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Behind closed doors, aspiring actor Sidney Poitier is offered a lucrative contract that could make him a superstar. But... -
Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook Tanya Pollard (Montclair State University in New Jersey) 9781405111942
RRP: £43.95£38.42Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater... -
National Theatre Connections 2023: 10 Plays for Young Performers Simon Longman 9781350382695
RRP: £19.99£17.73National Theatre Connections 2023 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions... -
Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women by Euripides 9781603847353
RRP: £12.99£11.06Diane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and... -
Brecht On Theatre by Bertolt Brecht
RRP: £24.99£23.26Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since,... -
Inside the Rehearsal Room: Process, Collaboration and Decision-Making Robert Marsden (Staffordshire University, UK) 9781350103665
RRP: £22.99£18.88Shortlisted 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... -
Theatre Craft: A Director's Practical Companion from A to Z by John Caird 9780571237371
RRP: £25.00£17.59'This book is written with such humour and common sense that I may have to carry it around with me all the time.' JUDI DENCHA definitive guide to contemporary theatre practice from a world-renowned director.Theatre Craft is an all-encompassing, practical... -
So You Want To Be A Playwright by Tim Fountain
RRP: £12.99£9.26How to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights. Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know,... -
African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre Eric M. Glover (Yale University, USA) 9781350247710
RRP: £10.99£9.01From Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's 1879 musical Peculiar Sam to Lynn Nottage's 2021 musical MJ, the 'Black musical' does not get the credit it deserves for sustaining the genre we know and love. This introductory book is devoted to representative... -
A Teacher's Guide to Musical Theatre Professor Kenneth Pickering 9781350213920
RRP: £16.99£14.21Are you a teacher of musical theatre who struggles to plan and construct lessons? Are you looking for a structured approach to teaching musical theatre to students of all abilities? Do you know your Ivor Novello from your Stephen Sondheim? Despite... -
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed To Ask, Dear) by West End Producer
RRP: £12.99£9.26Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the West End... West End Producer, the masked man of Theatreland and author of the definitive guide to acting*, returns with the ultimate guide to the theatregoing experience - for anyone who's ever been... -
Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity by Ryan Donovan 9780197551080
RRP: £27.49£23.20Broadway has body issues. What is a Broadway Body? Broadway has long preserved the ideology of the "Broadway Body": the hyper-fit, exceptionally able, triple-threat performer who represents how Broadway musicals favor certain kinds of bodies. Casting... -
Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis Glenn D'Cruz 9781138097476
RRP: £9.99£8.95"Everything passes/Everything perishes/Everything palls" - 4.48 PsychosisHow on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4.48 Psychosis' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her... -
The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners: Volume Two Franc Chamberlain (University of Huddersfield, UK) 9781032399911
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.Each of the chapters... -
Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays: Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays by Various 9780460872805 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.92God's creations of man in a lyrical dramatization; Noah's cantankerous and hilariously funny wife refusing to leave without her friends; the Massacre of the InnocentsMiracle Plays were a popular form of entertainment throughout the Middle Ages, and part... -
Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays: Everyman And Medieval Miracle Plays by Various
RRP: £9.99£6.80God's creations of man in a lyrical dramatization; Noah's cantankerous and hilariously funny wife refusing to leave without her friends; the Massacre of the InnocentsMiracle Plays were a popular form of entertainment throughout the Middle Ages, and part... -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: £18.99£16.18"Harry Edward was a hugely talented athlete and an extraordinary man who fought all his life for justice and fairness in the face of repeated prejudice. His story is as powerful today as it was when he lived it and I urge everyone to read this book... -
Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training: A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R) by Andrea Caban
RRP: £31.99£28.33Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training is a beginner's guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R), a method that focuses on universal and inclusive speech training for actors from all language, racial, cultural, and... -
Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire by Philip C. Kolin 9780521626101
RRP: £30.99£26.77One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative... -
Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
RRP: £10.99£7.32Professor Coghill was invited to prepare this annotated edition of Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot himself, and he approved his introduction. Coghill discusses Eliot's subject matter, and the play's importance in his oeuvre. Forty pages of notes... -
The Crafty Art of Playmaking by Alan Ayckbourn
RRP: £12.99£8.56With over sixty plays written and premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed... -
Harold Pinter Plays 2: The Caretaker; Night School; The Dwarfs; The Collection; The Lover by Harold Pinter
RRP: £18.99£12.83The second volume of Harold Pinter's collected work includes The Caretaker.The CaretakerIt was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is a classic comic creation, and his uneasy relationship with... -
Getting, Keeping and Working with your Agent: The Compact Guide by JB R 9781848429413
RRP: £8.99£6.60This empowering, informative guide explains everything actors need to know about agents - how to find one, what they do, and how to work with them effectively to help you succeed in your career. If you're currently seeking an agent, discover how to... -
Towards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy Grotowski 9780413349101
RRP: £22.99£20.25"One of the century's most impressive theatrical manifestos" - Irving Wardle Jerzy Grotowski created the Theatre Laboratory in Opole, South-West Poland, in 1959. His work since then, with a small permanent company, became one of the most potent sources... -
Funny Money by Ray Cooney 9780573695605
RRP: £18.95£14.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573695605Author Ray CooneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today by Aleks Sierz 9780571200498
RRP: £14.99£9.80The most controversial and newsworthy plays of British theatre are a rash of rude, vicious and provocative pieces by a brat pack of twentysomethings whose debuts startled critics and audiences with their heady mix of sex, violence and street-poetry... -
Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin
RRP: £39.99£35.06There has been an enormous revival of interest in Commedia dell'arte. And it remians a central part of many drama school courses. In Commedia dell'arte in the Twentieth Century John Rublin first examines the orgins of this vital theatrical form and... -
Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes Mary McClung (Professor of Costume Design, West Virginia University.) 9781138016439
RRP: £35.99£30.76Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam. Step-by-step instructions, photographs, and explanations... -
Spider's Web by Agatha Christie 9780573702334
RRP: £18.95£14.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702334Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Secret Life of Plays by Steve Waters
RRP: £14.99£10.95A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters. Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic... -
The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Russell Davies 9780006380900
RRP: £18.99£13.77'I'll put you in my diary!' comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it. For... -
Essential Acting: A Practical Handbook for Actors, Teachers and Directors Brigid Panet (RADA, UK) 9781138022119
RRP: £39.99£35.06How do actors fuse thought, emotion and action within their creative process?Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop. RADA's Brigid Panet has distilled nearly 60... -
Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy Stephen M. Silverman 9780762482351
RRP: £30.00£17.86Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend-a man who stood at the pinnacle of the American musical theatre for more than sixty years... -
To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov 9780415258760
RRP: £35.99£31.69How does an actor learn to: * Call up emotion? * Develop a character? * Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's... -
Collins Complete Works Of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
RRP: £16.99£12.47The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bard's plays, and his sonnets and poems. The texts were edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, making it one of the most authoritative editions, recognized the world over for... -
Edexcel AS and A Level Drama and Theatre Study Guide by Rhianna Elsden 9781785581748
RRP: £32.50£27.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785581748Author Rhianna ElsdenPage Count 288Imprint Rhinegold EducationPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited -
Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography Sian Phillips 9781529373639
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Modern classics: elegantly written and breathtaking in their honesty' Daily ExpressSian Phillips has a long and celebrated career on both stage and screen. For the first time, her two bestselling volumes of memoir Private Faces and Public Places will...