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Stage Directing
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2012; US$ 24.95Stage Directing: A Director's Itinerary is a practical guidebook that provides instruction on how to organize the work of the director throughout the entire production process. Designed for the undergraduate student director, this book covers everything from choosing the play to opening night. more...
Running Theaters
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 5.82The best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operation are now revealed in this comprehensive resource. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas, this guide provides important tips for all people who work or want to work in regional, campus and community-based theaters. Proven... more...
The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide
Constable & Robinson 2002; US$ 5.82The entire range of individuals involved in entertainment?performers, writers, and directors to box office managers, theater board members, and theater owners?will find comprehensive answers to questions on every aspect of theater business and law. Written by attorney, producer, and playwright, this book reveals hundreds of insider strategies for... more...
So You Want to be a Theatre Producer?
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 18.94A comprehensive guide to every aspect of producing a show, from raising the money to creating a hit. This unique guide offers comprehensive, clear advice to anyone producing or selling a show, whatever the venue or scale. Packed full of insights and tricks of the trade, it will give you the inspiration and confidence you need ? whether you are... more...
Changing Direction
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 24.95This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying... more...
Dramaturgy
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 37.00Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre is the first substantial history of the origins of dramaturgs and literary managers. Mary Luckhurst examines the major theorists and practitioners, arguing that Brecht, Granville Barker and Tynan have central places in this history, and questions whether dramaturgs are mentors or censors. more...
Directing for Stage and Screen
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 34.00This book is a basic guide to applying the principles of directing to any dramatic medium - stage, television, or film. more...
A2 Drama and Theatre Studies: The Essential Introduction for Edexcel
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 33.95A2 Drama and Theatre Studies: The Essential Introduction for Edexcel builds on the skills developed during the AS year to provide clear and informative guidance to Units 3 and 4 of the specification. The textbook provides further information on rehearsing, performing, directing and textual analysis, together with new material on deconstructing a... more...
On Directing
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 34.95"A theatre which is able to speak to each spectator in a different and penetrating language is not a fantastic idea, nor a utopia. This is the theatre for which many of us, directors and leaders of groups, trained for a long time?.." - from the Introduction. On Directing is Eugenio Barba's unprecedented account of his own life and work.... more...
Great Directors at Work
University of California Press 1986; US$ 17.56This scholarly and detailed work attempts to create an understanding of the process of directing by intensive study of four important productions. Jones shows how the notes Stanislavsky made on The Seagull before beginning rehearsal shaped his 1898 production into a seminal example of realism. He describes the detailed workbook Brecht prepared from... more...









