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From Yesterday to TODAY
Running Press 2011; US$ 30.00?When Dave Garroway welcomed viewers to Today on that day in 1952, he ushered in a new era in broadcasting. . . . It was a place where viewers could turn to each morning to satisfy their appetite for all things news and information. It was a destination for the curious to learn more about what had happened overnight and how the day ahead might shape... more...
Barbara Stanwyck
University Press of Mississippi 2011; US$ 35.00Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions. Stanwyck... more...
Theater Actors Then and Now
Shell Education 2007; US$ 8.99Actors have entertained audiences for thousands of years. In the past, plays were performed both to entertain and to teach. Today, plays involve the use of lighting, sound systems, and elaborate sets and often have large casts that include many actors. more...
Mr Strangelove
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 7.66Peter Sellers was a genius, whose unique mastery created enduring comic characters. But behind the man that could make the world laugh was a tragic sadness. Employing his creations as masks to hide behind, Sellers was convinced his own life was meaningless and empty. Acclaimed (On Sunset Boulevard - the story of Billy WIlder) biographer Ed Sikov has... more...
Meyerhold
A&C Black 1998; US$ 19.49Edward Brauns acclaimed work on Meyerhold available for the first time in paperback. Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces, he returned to Moscow at Stanislavskis invitation and founded a new, experimental studio for the Art Theatre. This book takes... more...
A Practical Guide to Working in Theatre
A&C Black 2010; US$ 16.89Live theatre is an exciting, challenging profession - but how is professional theatre actually made? What are the roles and what does each person do? Which pathways lead into the profession? What skills are necessary to each role and how does the job differ according to the size of theatre or company?. Written by the Acting Head of the Young Peoples... more...
The Body Speaks
A&C Black 2008; US$ 19.49Stimulating and intelligent Yoshi Oida. Seventy percent of everyday conversation is conveyed through bodylanguage, twenty percent is the voice and only ten percent is themeaning of the words. In The Body Speaks, expert RADA trainerLorna Marshall, shows how to recognise and lose unwanted physicalinhibitions that our background, education... more...
Rewriting the Nation
A&C Black 2011; US$ 22.09In recent years British theatre has seen a renaissance in playwriting that has been accompanied by a proliferation of writing awards, new writing groups and a ceaseless quest for fresh, authentic voices that will ensure the vitality and relevance of theatre in the twenty-first century. Rewriting the Nation is a perfect companion to Britains burgeoning... more...
Directing
A&C Black 2011; US$ 19.49The theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from the very beginning of your career to key stages as you establish your credentials and get professionally... more...
Training for Performance
Bloomsbury Publishing 2011; US$ 32.49'Training for Performance is the first work of its kind; not in the sense that it addresses training for performance, but in that it invites a critical questioning of the imperatives and the rhetoric which govern academic and practical concerns for training alike.' Dr Martin Welton - Queen Mary University of London. Training for Performance:... more...









