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A Practical Handbook for the Actorby Melissa Bruder
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012; US$ 9.996 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Contemporary Theatre in Educationby Roger Wooster
Intellect 2007; US$ 10.00Theatre in Education emerged in the mid-sixties as a unique hybrid of performance and child-centred learning. Contemporary Theatre in Education charts the creation and adaptation of this 'hybrid' through the changing political, economic and educational environment. It also takes a 'snapshot' of the TIE being created today, considering all the projects being performed in Wales during a single month. The projects are analysed and every TIE director interviewed about the work and the policies of their companies. It becomes very clear that that the distinction between TIE and Childrens Theatre is being blurred. Is it possible for the hybrid to survive? Or have the economics of schools, the post-National Curriculum educational... more...
The New Music Theaterby Eric Salzman; Thomas Desi
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 39.95Introduction: What is Music Theater?. Part I: Music in Music Theater. 1. The Voice. 2. Where the Sound Comes From. 3. The Music. Entr'acte I: Is there such a thing as progress in music and music theater?. Part II: Theater in Music Theater. 4. Theater, Music, and Culture. 5. Text. Entr'acte II: The Language of Kathakali. 6. Visual Strategies. 7. Space. Entr'acte III: A Theater of Warm Bodies?. Part III: Putting it all together: La Mise en Scene. 8. The American Eccentrics. 9. Germany and Austria. 10. The Italians. Entr'acte IV: The In Between. 11. Music Theater in France. 12. Great Britain and Northern Europe. 13. Downtown. 14. Minimalism. 15. The Show Music Go On. 16. Extended Voice. 17. Media and Music Theater. Part V: After... more...
The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Editionby Thomas A. Kelly
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.99The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and Expanded The next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most comprehensive, educational book on stage management available. From preproduction planning and first rehersals to opening night and final strike, all the essentials of the profession are presented here in a friendly, engaging style. Blending how-to information with anecdotes from his own career, author Thomas A. Kelly explains the entire theatrical process, including: - Organizing all rehearsals and performances - Maintaining the working... more...
The Complete Costume Dictionaryby Elizabeth Lewandowski
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 119.99.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } Significantly greater in scope than anything currently available—online or in print—this comprehensive resource includes more than 20,000 fashion and costume terms as well as more than 300 illustrations. more...
Play's the Thingby Marina Jenkyns
Routledge 1997; US$ 42.50A highly innovative text which integrates therapeutic practice with literature. Influenced by Winnicott and Klein Marina Jenkyns lays bare the dynamics of relationships and plots, showing their use in helping us understand our worlds. more...
Actor's Wayby Erik Exe Christoffersen; Richard Fowler
Routledge 1993; US$ 47.95A fascinating account of personal and professional development in the theatre. Under the unique direction of Eugenio Barba, four experienced actors talk about the secrets and the practical realities of training. more...
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatreby Meyer-Dinkgrä; Daniel fe
Routledge 2000; US$ 21.95A lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in modern drama and performance. Its distinctive blend of information, analysis and anecdote makes for entertaining and enlightening reading. more...
Public and Performance in the Greek Theatreby Peter D. Arnott
Routledge 1991; US$ 44.95Professor Arnott discusses the practical staging of Greek plays, and relates theatre practice to literary structure by demonstrating, for example, how the buildings themselves imposed particular constraints on actors and writers alike. more...
Performing Brechtby Margaret Eddershaw
Routledge 1996; US$ 42.95An unprecedented history of the production of Brecht's plays in Britain over the last forty years. Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond. more...









