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Dance in Musical Theatre: A History of the Body in Movement by Phoebe Rumsey 9781350235526
RRP: £24.99£20.44From Oklahoma! and West Side Story, to Spring Awakening and Hamilton, dance remains one of the most important and key factors in musical theatre. Through the integration of song and dance in the 'dream ballets' of choreographers like Agnes De Mille;... -
Respect for Acting: Expanded Edition by Hagen
RRP: £20.99£13.96The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic and a must-read for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof... -
Auditioning for Film and Television: A Post #MeToo Guide by Nancy Bishop
RRP: £21.99£18.10"This is a terrific guide for young actors...I read it cover to cover and then went out and bought copies for all my kids because, truthfully, it puts an experienced eye on pretty much all of life's early encounters." - Donald Sutherland "When I was... -
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 9781350353497
RRP: £10.99£10.77"Some of [Coward's] most sparkling dialogue ever... This play is about something substantial - the way past relationships come back to haunt us - but it's the gossamer-like nature of the piece, its sheer levity of spirit, that makes it such an enduring... -
Chekhov: The Essential Plays by Anton Chekhov
RRP: £13.99£9.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375761348Author Anton ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Modernism and Opera by Richard Begam 9781421420622
£43.82At first glance, modernism and opera may seem like strange bedfellows-the former hostile to sentiment, the latter wearing its heart on its sleeve. And yet these apparent opposites attract: many operas are aesthetically avant-garde, politically... -
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... -
Loving Big Brother: Surveillance Culture and Performance Space by John McGrath
RRP: £36.99£32.53In Loving Big Brother the author tackles head on the overstated claims of the crime-prevention and anti-terrorism lobbies. But he also argues that we desire and enjoy surveillance, and that, if we can understand why this is, we may transform the effect... -
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... -
Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis by Glenn D'Cruz
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... -
A Choreographer's Handbook by Jonathan Burrows
RRP: £26.99£23.46On choreography: "Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking"On rules: "Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis"A Choreographer's Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance... -
Theatre and Disability by Petra Kuppers
£8.05This succinct and engaging text examines the complex relationship between theatre and disability, bringing together a wide variety of performance examples in order to explore theatrical disability through the conceptual frameworks of disability as... -
Retrograde by 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... -
Steven Berkoff Plays 1: East; West; Greek; Sink the Belgrano!; Massage Lunch; The Bow of Ulysses; Sturm und Drang by Steven Berkoff
RRP: £18.99£12.83Steven Berkoff is a phenomenon. Among the artists working in the theatre today he is probably the most theatrical - his special combination of speech, movement and spectacle is uniquely powerful. This first collection of his plays includes East,... -
Shakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook by Tanya Pollard 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... -
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... -
Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women by Euripides 9781603847353
RRP: £12.99£10.79Diane 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... -
National Theatre Connections 2023: 10 Plays for Young Performers by 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... -
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... -
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,... -
Theatre & Protest by Lara Shalson
RRP: £9.99£9.35How does protest engage with theatre? What does theatre have to gain from protest? Theatre and protest are often closely interlinked in the contemporary cultural and political landscape, and the line between protest and performance is often difficult... -
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... -
So You Want To Be A Playwright by Tim Fountain
RRP: £12.99£9.02How 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,... -
Stage Makeup by Laura Thudium 9780823088393
RRP: £25.99£22.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823088393Author Laura ThudiumFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Back Stage Books,U.S.Publisher Watson-Guptill PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
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£9.02Just 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... -
Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi
RRP: £9.99£6.64A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they were gay when,... -
Inside the Rehearsal Room: Process, Collaboration and Decision-Making by Robert Marsden 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... -
African American Perspectives in Musical Theatre by Eric M. Glover 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 by Professor Kenneth Pickering
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... -
Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity by Ryan Donovan 9780197551080
RRP: £25.99£21.99Broadway 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... -
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... -
BTEC Level 2 First Performing Arts Student Book by Sally Jewers
RRP: £30.39£28.13Bright, engaging Student Book that will inspire students and ensure they succeed in this course. The strong visual approach brings learning to life which helps to inspire and motivate hands-on practical learners.Book InformationISBN 9780435026516Author... -
A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics by Jan Cohen-Cruz
RRP: £42.99£37.59This carefully constructed and thorough collection of theoretical engagements with Augusto Boal's work is the first to look 'beyond Boal' and critically assesses the Theatre of the Opressed (TO) movement in context.A Boal Companion looks at the cultural... -
Why Is That So Funny: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy by John Wright
RRP: £14.99£10.86A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones. Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written about in any... -
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... -
Sugar, Butter, Flour: The Waitress Pie Book by Jenna Hunterson
RRP: £20.99£14.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735216334Author Jenna HuntersonFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall PressWeight(grams) 576g -
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Prissori 9780573614279
£13.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573614279Author Jay PrissoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn 9780573627521
RRP: £18.95£14.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573627521Author Michael FraynFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Samuel French, IncPublisher Samuel French Inc -
Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art by Jim Shumway
RRP: £34.99£30.85Automated Performer Flying: The State of the Art shares the secrets of performer flying in entertainment history and provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a performer flying effect from scratch.This book sheds light on all aspects of... -
The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners: Volume Two by Franc Chamberlain 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...