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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780787295615Author David BalthropFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786449880Author Amanda GiguereFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015170674Author Victoria Theatre (B C )Format PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 50g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015189966Author Al ThayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015189867Author Edward B 1860 FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014579713Author Brander 1852-1929 MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015191914Author James Henry 1873-1956 CousinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 132g

Societies around the world have their puppet traditions and puppetry remains a vital theatrical art; yet puppetry has received little attention in the theoretical study of theatre. The present study offers an aesthetic theory and vocabulary for...

This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal Mamet's ideas on writing, acting, and directing, covering his beginnings in Chicago, his relationship to Judaism and reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014572387Author John GuthrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 91g

This Element proposes a novel way of defining, understanding and approaching theatricality, a term that exists both in the theatre and, more broadly, in everyday life. It argues that four foundational, material processes of theatre-making manifest...

We often know performance when we see it – but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881456103Author Jonathan YukichFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams) 86g

This book explores how South Africa is negotiating its past in and through various modes of performance in contemporary theatre, public events and memorial spaces. It analyses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a live event, as an archive, and in...

In this dynamic collection a team of experts map the development of Live Art culturally, thematically and historically. Supported with examples from around the world, the text engages with a number of key practices, asking what these practices do and how...

Discussing the actor mutiny of 1733, theatre censorship, controversial plays and Fielding's forgery of an actor's biography, the book contends that some subversive Augustan and Georgian artists were early Brechtians. Reconstructions of lost episodes in...

The Futurist opera Victory over the Sun, first staged in 1913 in St Petersburg, was a key event of the Russian avant-garde, notorious for its libretto, its unconventional score and its pioneering abstract sets and costumes designed by Kazimir Malevich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013557422Author Boston Symphony OrchestraFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 689g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014363558Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013586408Author John Willard (1885-1942)Format HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 340g

In this wide-ranging study, Ric Knowles demonstrates how the examination and practice of theatre is enhanced by an expanded semiotic approach. Moving from the history and theory of performance analysis to its practical application and paying particular...

Acting Greek Tragedy explores the dynamics of physical interaction and the dramaturgical construction of scenes in ancient Greek tragedy. Ley argues that spatial distinctions between ancient and modern theatres are not significant, as core dramatic...

Sam Shepard's outlandish, nightmarish, yet lyrical plays, The Tooth of Crime, Buried Child, True West, Fool for Love, A Lie of the Mind, and dozens of others,have garnered him a Pulitzer Prize and a lasting reputation as one of America's greatest living...

Forms of Conflict is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the `new wars'...

Discussing the actor mutiny of 1733, theatre censorship, controversial plays and Fielding's forgery of an actor's biography, the book contends that some subversive Augustan and Georgian artists were early Brechtians. Reconstructions of lost episodes in...

What is 'performance'? What are the boundaries of Performance Studies? How do we talk about contemporary performance practices today in simple but probing terms? What kinds of practices represent the field and how can we interpret them? Combining the...

The book includes a complimentary DVD providing an album of rare and previously unpublished items from private collections: historical documents, programmes, designs, photographs, and clips from recordings of rehearsals and productions. British South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014059505Author Joseph 1849-1903 SchroederFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014358219Author Lincoln Financial Foundation CollectionFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014094629Author Ill ) Powers' Theatre (ChicagoFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014081117Author Steele 1842-1894 MackayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013647833Author T Allston (Thomas Allston) 1 BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 612g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013962844Author Marie 1844-1910 ColombierFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 449g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013682094Author State Council of Defense of IllinoisFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013350870Author William SapteFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 340g

Called the "theater equivalent of longtime New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael" by Matinee Magazine, critic and producer Steven Suskin chronicles the 2001-2002 theater season in his latest installment in the Broadway Yearbook series. Commenting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981943145Author Mark TroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Tinsel Road BooksPublisher Tinsel Road BooksWeight(grams) 156g

As European theatre directors become a familiar presence on international stages and a new generation of theatre makers absorbs their impulses, this study develops fresh perspectives on Regie, the Continental European tradition of staging playtexts...

David Garrick played over 90 roles on the British stage as well as writing plays, songs, and innumerable letters. As a theatrical manager he watched over the Drury Lane theater for 29 seasons.Book InformationISBN 9780313202704Author Margaret BartonFormat...

In contrast to most books on Richard Wagner, this biography focuses primarily on Wagner as an important figure in the development of the theatre. While his contribution to music history has been exhaustively documented and analyzed, his theatrical...