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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013825736Author Thomas Approximately 1574-1 HeywoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013313837Author Sir Seymour HicksFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 658g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013418778Author Joseph 1849-1903 SchroederFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013966989Author Edward Gordon 1872-1966 CraigFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 313g

`In Comes I' explores performance and land, biography and locality, memory and place. The book reflects on performances past and present, taking the form of a series of excursions into the agricultural landscape of eastern England, and drawing from...

An anthology of New York alternative theater, 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780615143071Author Brook StoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 367Imprint Black Wave PressPublisher Black Wave PressWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991903146Author Katharine MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Sparkling ObservationalistPublisher Sparkling ObservationalistWeight(grams) 145g

Few theatre aficionados, even theatre historians, could come up with the names of many actresses known for serious dramatic roles before the 1950s brought Ruby Dee and other stars to the fore. The road to the professional dramatic stage was not easily...

During the past century, the interpretation given by the various directors staging Greek drama has varied, and the critical reception accorded the productions has also altered. While the texts of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides remain constant, the...

The initial portion of this book is a chronological narrative of theatre construction in Philadelphia, from the first known theatre in 1724 to the present day. Following it is the main annotated listing of over eight hundred theatres, arranged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013667503Author F Ridgway GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014064110Author Imre B 1845 KiralfyFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 127g

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'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013781803Author Bertha Westbrook ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014457653Author Hiram Kelly 1888- ModerwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 549g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013800177Author Harry a D 1906 SpurrFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692245439Author Rob LauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Steele Spring Stage RightsPublisher Steele Spring Stage RightsWeight(grams) 86g

Though first performed some 400 years ago, the plays of William Shakespeare still continue to capture the popular imagination and are produced by numerous companies around the world. This reference describes over 140 Shakespeare companies and festivals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966531084Author Sandra RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Riley Hall PartnersPublisher Riley Hall PartnersWeight(grams) 183g

This book aims to help the teacher of Acting and his pupil--the novice who aspires to become proficient in the most elusive of arts. In it no distinction is made between the amateur and professional but only between the good and bad actor.from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014454645Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 259g

As a concise study of the American theatre, this work explores the past and present by looking at major aspects of theatregoing in America over the past 250 years. Diverse topics include plays On and Off Broadway, ticket prices, critics, playwrights,...

The author discusses human limitations, power of character, wills in conflict, dramatic action, the writing, play structure, and other relevant subjects in this playwriting manual.Book InformationISBN 9780313228964Author Kenneth MacgowanFormat...

As long as plays have been presented, choices have been made about the environment in which they occur, the garments the performers wear, and how to focus the audience's attention. Designers, then, have been instrumental in shaping the history of theater...

The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish...

This study chronicles the life and career of Ellen Stewart and her experimental theater, Cafe La Mama. Once an accomplished Black fashion designer, Stewart--with no experience in theater--founded and developed one of the most influential experimental...

Theatre of the English and Italian Renaissance studies interrelationships between English and Italian Theatre of the Renaissance period, including texts, performance and performance spaces, and cultural parallels and contrasts. Connections are traced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645064322Author William ShakesspeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Bibliologica PressPublisher Bibliologica PressWeight(grams) 140g

This new study of British popular music shows how it engages with class in mythical ways that allow audiences to perform class-based identities. Case studies on folk rock, punk and indie rock show how this performance works and explore the implications...

Successful theatrical productions are a team effort and require the close cooperation of the playwright, producer, director, designers, and actors. The group responsible for selecting a play and the style of its production must first reach a consensus on...

Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. Featuring discussion of a wide range of contemporary international practice, this book explores the intersections of performance studies,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692245446Author S J HenschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Steele Spring Stage RightsPublisher Steele Spring Stage RightsWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013439124Author Great Britain Office of the RevelsFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 685g

Nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Research Prize 2018 In this book, Jo Scott shares writing and documentation from her practice as research (PaR) project, which explored and analysed a mode of performance she developed, called live intermediality. The...

This is the first volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson's well-reviewed four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence archives. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013326226Author Boston Symphony OrchestraFormat HardbackPage Count 498Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 871g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013645365Author Walter Prichard 1878-1957 EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 535g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595468041Author Eleanor CurryFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 91g

The end result of a forty-year avocation, this unique dictionary presents information about scenographic practitioners from ancient Greece through the nineteenth century in those countries with major theatre traditions. Although occasional volumes have...

The careers, directing accomplishments, ideas, and techniques of six distinguished directors of the European stage--each considered a master of the art--are surveyed in depth by author Samuel L. Leiter in this groundbreaking study. Konstantin...