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Spanish Theatre 1920 - 1995: Strategies in Protest and Imagination (2) by Maria M. Delgado
RRP: $48.73$42.53Beginning with a reassessment of the 1920s and 30s, this text looks beyond a consideration of just the most successful Spanish playwrights of the time, and discusses also the work of directors, theorists, actors and designers.Book InformationISBN... -
Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin
RRP: $77.98$68.37There 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... -
Tom Stoppard Plays 5: The Real Thing; Night & Day; Hapgood; Indian Ink; Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
RRP: $37.03$25.02This fifth collection of Tom Stoppard's plays brings together five classic plays by one of the most celebrated dramatists writing in the English language.The collection includes The Real Thing, Night & Day, Hapgood, Indian Ink and Arcadia, about which... -
Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical by Laurie Winer
RRP: $39.00$33.11A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American culture "A charming . . . passion animates [Winer's] Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical."-Brad Leithauser, New York... -
Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Every Told by Kenneth Turan
RRP: $35.08$29.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931694Author Kenneth TuranFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm)... -
I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein
RRP: $48.75$35.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593320525Author Harvey FiersteinFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts by Roger T. Dean
RRP: $60.45$50.02This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research. The book considers how creative... -
The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard
RRP: $21.43$14.27It is 1936 and A. E. Housman is being ferried across the Styx, glad to be dead at last. His memories, however, are dramatically if confusedly alive. The river which flows through Tom Stoppard's play connects Hades with the Oxford of Housman's early... -
Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway 9780807073315
RRP: $37.03$26.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073315Author Terry GallowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *... -
Making Video Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen (2nd ed) by Katrina McPherson
RRP: $68.23$62.63Making Video Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen is the first workbook to follow the entire process of video dance production: from having an idea, through to choreographing for the screen, filming and editing, and distribution... -
Private Lives by Noël Coward 9781350353718
RRP: $21.43$15.89"Noel Coward's glittering gem" - The Times Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne, recently divorced from one another after a five-year marriage, coincidentally arrive at the same French hotel... where they are both honeymooning with their respective new... -
Secrets of Screen Acting by Patrick Tucker 9781032356969
RRP: $64.33$56.86Secrets of Screen Acting, Fourth Edition, is a step-by-step guide to the elements of successful screen acting.When it was first published in 1993, Secrets of Screen Acting broke new ground in explaining how acting for the camera is different from acting... -
Revise BTEC Tech Award Performing Arts Revision Guide: (with free online edition) by Sally Jewers
$13.10Our revision resources are the smart choice for those revising for the external assessment for the Performing Arts BTEC Tech Award. This book will help you to: Revise all the essential content and key skills Organise your revision with... -
Happiness Indeed: an Actor (TM)s Life by Denis Quilley
$53.61After fifty years of working in the theatre, TV and films (half a century of joy and fear, excitement and pain, frustration and fulfilment), Denis Quilley remembers his first job in rep with twenty-somethings Paul Scofield, Peter Brook and Stanley Baker;... -
No Quarter by Polly Stenham
RRP: $21.43$14.27You were brought up on mythology. Hollow mythology. That's why you're all stuck, all angry, a prince in the wrong story. A prince with a black eye.Fleeing a world he has rejected, Robin finds solace in his music and the sanctuary of his remote family... -
In The Heights: Finding Home by Lin-Manuel Miranda
RRP: $58.50$40.29The perfect gift for all musical fans, this beautiful book gives readers an extraordinary inside look at In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda's breakout Broadway debut, written with Quiara Alegria Hudes, now a Hollywood blockbuster.'This book is a... -
Mel Gordon's Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early 20th Century Paris by Mel Gordon 9781907222269
RRP: $50.70$33.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222269Author Mel GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Live Art and Performance by Adrian Heathfield 9781854375018
RRP: $48.75$36.31Live, or performance, art is one of the most controversial and hotly discussed areas of art practice to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century. The history of live art is one of challenge to audiences, art traditions and cultural values. With... -
Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body by Mandy Barrington
RRP: $83.83$72.15Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body goes a step beyond traditional historical costuming texts by not only providing you with historical pattern diagrams and information, but by showing you how to adapt these patterns to... -
Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend by Mark Glancy
RRP: $51.66$37.07A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars. Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant... -
The Murder Room by Jack Sharkey 9780573612831
$22.48Mystery Comedy / 3m., 3f. / Int. When this zany spoof of British mysteries opened in Sydney, Australia, reviewers spouted phrases like "a great vehicle for three ladies," "a plethora of hilarious situations," and "this is a romp!" "Really a minor gem ..... -
Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions by Robert Hethmon
RRP: $38.98$28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360227Author Lee StrasbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S... -
Theatre and Audience by Lois Weaver
RRP: $13.63$11.54What does theatre do for - and to - those who witness, watch, and participate in it? Theatre& Audience provides a provocative overview of the questions raised by theatrical encounters between performers and audiences. Focusing on European and North... -
The Outstanding Actor: Seven Keys to Success by Mr Ken Rea
RRP: $44.83$39.49Drawing on Ken Rea's 35 years' teaching experience and research, as well as interviews with top actors and directors, The Outstanding Actor identifies seven key qualities that the most successful actors manifest, along with practical exercises that help... -
Verbatim Theatre Methodologies for Community Engaged Practice: Perspectives from Australian Theatre by Sarah Peters 9780367726393
RRP: $62.38$55.24Verbatim Theatre Methodologies for Community-Engaged Practice offers a framework for developing original community-engaged productions using a range of verbatim theatre approaches. This book's methodologies offer an approach to community-engaged... -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen by Chris Head 9781350155756
RRP: $42.88$36.97This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy narratives for live performance, TV and online. ... -
National Theatre Playscripts: War Horse by National Theatre
$28.31Working in partnership with the National Theatre, these new playscripts bring the theatre alive in the classroom. Each play has been carefully selected to ensure maximum impact and relevance to students, while the activities and teaching support are... -
Being a Director: A Life in Theatre by Di Trevis
RRP: $62.38$55.24Di Trevis is a world-renowned director, whose work with Britain's National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and directing productions worldwide, has deeply informed her knowledge of the director's craft.In Being a Director, she draws on a wealth of... -
Love from a Stranger by Agatha Christie 9780573702433
RRP: $36.95$27.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573702433Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography by Maureen Paton
RRP: $31.18$22.64In this revised and updated biography, Maureen Paton encompasses the private, professional and political life of this most enigmatic, charismatic and intensely private of actors.About the AuthorMaureen Paton is a freelance journalist specialising in... -
Not Just George by John Lyons 9781914529771
RRP: $25.33$17.73A Long and Varied Career John Lyons started his acting career as a founder member of the 'East 15 Acting School' in 1961. Upon leaving he went into the Professional company of the school 'Theatre Workshop' which at the time was under the direction of... -
Racing Demon by David Hare
RRP: $21.43$14.27How do you fight without hate?Racing Demon reveals the struggle of four clergymen to make sense of their mission. David Hare's play opened at the National Theatre, London, in 1990 to universal acclaim, and won four awards as Play of the Year. Racing... -
Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen
RRP: $19.48$18.23Duncan Macmillan's stunning and resonant adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm. This revival of a masterpiece charts love, politics, past and future, with plenty of twists thrown in for good measure. Rosmersholm is positioned against the backdrop... -
The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV by Eric Hart 9781032154619
RRP: $72.13$68.00Features step-by-step guides to common processes used by all prop makers.Includes descriptions and images of the most common tools used in various crafts.Covers carpentry, metal-work, plastics fabrication, fabric, upholstery, sculpting, molding and... -
The Costume Designer's Toolkit: The Process of Creating Effective Design by Holly Poe Durbin
RRP: $68.23$62.63Describes the tools, strategies, and techniques for costume designers and a step-by-step design process.Illustrated throughout with full color inspirational and instructive photos.The perfect guidebook for the Costume Design student, aspiring, or... -
The Birth of Comedy: Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486-280 by Jeffrey S. Rusten 9781421421186
$85.57Aside from the well-known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively... -
Active Analysis by Maria Knebel
RRP: $58.48$52.73Active Analysis combines two of Maria Knebel's most important books, On Active Analysis of the Play and the Role and The Word in the Actor's Creative Work, in a single edition conceived and edited by one of Knebel's most famous students, the renowned... -
Katie Mitchell: Realism, Feminism and Artifice by Benjamin Fowler
RRP: $72.13$63.43Katie Mitchell: Beautiful Illogical Acts offers the first comprehensive study of Britain's most internationally recognised, influential, and controversial theatre director. It examines Mitchell's innovations in fourth-wall realism, opera, and Live Cinema... -
Devising Theatre: A Practical and Theoretical Handbook by Alison Oddey 9780415049009
RRP: $77.98$68.37Devising Theatre is a practical handbook that combines a critical analysis of contemporary devised theatre practice with descriptions of selected companies, and suggestions for any group devising theatre from scratch. It is the first book to propose a... -
Making Theatre: The Frazzled Drama Teacher's Guide to Devising by Joss Bennathan
RRP: $33.13$23.75An inspiring, practical handbook for anyone working with young people to make devised theatre. Devising theatre is a fundamental element of the Drama curriculum, but managing the process is often demanding, difficult and challenging. It can lead even...