Stagecraft & Scenography

A comprehensive guide to every aspect of producing a show, from raising the money to creating a hit - now revised and updated. This unique guide - the first 'how-to' book of its kind on the subject - offers comprehensive, clear advice to anyone...

'Betrayal is a new departure and a bold one . . . Pinter has found a way of making memory active and dramatic, giving an audience the experience of the mind's accelerating momentum as it pieces together the past with a combination of curiosity and regret...

Concert Lighting: Tools, Techniques, Art, and Business Fourth Edition provides readers with an updated look at how to succeed in the complex world of concert lighting design and technology. The authors have reorganized the book into three comprehensive...

Good stage management is key to the smooth running of any theatrical production and, as technology continues to develop and regulations tighten, the responsibilities of the stage manager have never been greater. In this essential guide, Peter Maccoy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913926205Author Alexa IspasFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Word BothyPublisher Word BothyWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 7mm

This updated edition of Costumes for the Stage aims at simplicity in all aspects of designing and making costumes. It is designed primarily for those who need to dress plays on a small budget, whether for amateur, semi-professional, or professional...

'Adrian Noble vigorously highlights the extraordinary rhythmic, linguistic patterns Shakespeare gives the speaker. Any actor will find this book invaluable. For any student of Shakespeare it should be essential.' (From the Foreword by Ralph Fiennes)'How...

Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that have brought so many of our favorite stories to life. Discover how designers generate...

In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous...

Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time,...

Winner of the 2021 Music & Drama Education Award for Outstanding Drama Education Resource Much of the theatre we make starts with a script and a story given to us by someone else. But what happens when we're required to start from scratch? How do we...

A practical, accessible and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre - the perfect entry point for anyone looking to use puppets in their productions, to explore what puppets can do, or to develop their puppetry skills. Written by an experienced...

Scenic Construction for the Stage is a comprehensive guide to the practical processes involved in constructing scenery for the theatre. Offering key insight into the role of the scenic carpenter, Mark Tweed details the progression from interpreting...

In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the '500 acres inclusive of lake' where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is...

The new edition features additional real life application photos, diagrams, examples, and case studies on color theory in makeup design, including new examples of tattoo covering and prosthetic painting using optical mixtures, airbrush, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394750590Author Sanford MeisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733006484Author Brian SickelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Spring Knoll PressPublisher Spring Knoll PressWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

"The Handbook of Set Design" is a comprehensive guide to designing scenery of all kinds for a wide variety of stages, large and small. From concept to final dress rehearsal and performance, it takes you through the practical process of turning initial...

The definitive text for today's and tomorrow's lighting designers, covering the complete history, theory and practice of lighting design. With over four hundred illustrations and nearly sixty colour photographs, as well as interviews with many...

Now in its third edition, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician is a comprehensive, practical study guide for aspiring and working professionals in live event production.The book covers every aspect of power distribution from the...

'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the finest actor appearing in the world right now' - A. A. GillWill She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in...

The Comedy of Errors: The 30-Minute Shakespeare offers five raucous scenes from this extravaganza of mistaken identity. The abridgement begins with a dramatic physical enactment of the twins' separation at sea. The play continues with a series of...

This book explains and provides templates for organizing and managing a prop shop, from pre-production organization to production processes, budgeting, and collaborations with other production areas. It explores how to plan, organize, and maintain a prop...

Othello: The 30-Minute Shakespeare is a gripping seven-scene interpretation of this Shakespearean masterpiece.There is a dramatic build as each successive event draws Othello closer to jealous rage. Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945398872Author Tal SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Pacific UniversityPublisher Pacific UniversityWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733006446Author Delbert L HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Spring Knoll PressPublisher Spring Knoll PressWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394744124Author Melissa BruderFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904031123Author Chris HiggsFormat PaperbackImprint Entertainment Technology Press LtdPublisher Cambridge Media Group

Premiering at the Manchester Opera House in February 2020 to rave reviews-including a notice from The Guardian that the show "sets a new standard of spectacle," Back to the Future: The Musical brings the classic 1985 film to life on the theatrical stage...

Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook is a lively, accessible overview of the full range of performance, with primary extracts, student activities, key biographies, and over 200 images of global performance. The publication of Performance Studies: An...

Scenic automation has earned a reputation of being complicated and cantankerous, a craft best left to the elite of our industry. Not sure of the difference between a VFD, PLC, or PID? If you have dreamed of choreographing scene changes with computerized...

The art of wig making and wig dressing has been practised for centuries, and continues to be an exciting and essential part of costume production for theatre and film. With style inspiration ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913926229Author Alexa IspasFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Word BothyPublisher Word BothyWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 7mm

The highly successful 'Bible for any stage manager', now in a revised and updated edition. The stage manager is at the core of every successful theatre production: organising, managing and running rehearsals and performances; researching and procuring...

'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. In The Moving Body, he shares with us first-hand his unique philosophy of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626540361Author Stanley McCandlessFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Echo Point Books & Media, LLCPublisher Echo Point Books & Media, LLCWeight(grams)...

Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the...

The Handbook of Model-making for Set Designers describes the entire process of making scale models for stage sets, from the most basic cutting and assembling methods to more advanced skills, including painting, texturing and finishing techniques, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735763842Author John HuntingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Zircon DesignsPublisher Zircon DesignsWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

- The only book focusing on hand drafting for film and TV that is approachable and fully illustrated throughout with step-by-step instructions. - Covers all four types of drafting projection: isometric, oblique, orthographic and axonometric. - New...