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  • Renaissance Drama in Actionby Martin White

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the issues involved in staging the plays today. This... more...

  • Medieval English Dramaby Katie Normington

    Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95

    Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages. The book places particular emphasis on the importance of the performance contexts of these events, bringing to life a period before permanent theatre buildings when performances took place in a wide variety of locations and... more...

  • Spikeby Pauline Scudamore

    The History Press 2013; US$ 11.65

    Spike Milligan was one of the most gifted and creative individuals of our time, and is remembered as a true comic genius. However, many people are unaware that he battled throughout his adult life against anxiety and depression, neither of which he was able to conquer. He allowed his biographer and close friend, Pauline Scudamore, complete and unfettered... more...

  • Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrustby Frank Furedi

    Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 22.50

    The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. more...

  • Daniel Day-Lewis - The Biographyby Laura Jackson

    John Blake Publishing 2013; US$ 6.78

    Regarded by many as the finest actor of his generation, Daniel Day-Lewis has become one of Hollywood?s most bankable stars. His diverse performances in roles such as cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown in My Left Foot and Butcher Bill in Gangs of New York have cemented his reputation as a chameleon method actor. Yet behind the on-screen personas... more...

  • Andy Serkisby Justin Lewis

    John Blake 2013; US$ 7.99

    A look at the career of the man best known for his remarkable portrayal of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy Andy Serkis is well known to movie fans as Gollum, but there is far more to the actor than one hit role. When he started with the trilogy, Serkis already had 15 years of experience in theater, television, and film, portraying characters... more...

  • Jacobean Public Theatreby Alexander Leggatt

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00

    Jacobean Public Theatre recovers for the modern reader the acting, production and performance values of the public theatre of Jacobean London. It relates this drama to the popular culutre of the day and concludes with a close study of four important plays, including King Lear , which emerge in an unexpected light as the products of popular tradition. more...

  • Inside the Royal Shakespeare Companyby Colin Chambers

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    This is the inside story of the Royal Shakespeare Company - a running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, as related by a writer who is uniquely placed to tell the tale. It describes what happened to a radical theatrical vision and explores British society's inability to sustain that vision.... more...

  • Lee Marvinby Dwayne Epstein

    Schaffner Press, Inc. 2013; US$ 14.99

    The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who took great risks in his acting and career. Although... more...

  • A Moment Towards the End of the Play...by Timothy West

    Nick Hern Books 2012; US$ 14.57

    Known ? and loved ? for his many TV appearances in Brass and as the embodiment of Edward VII, Thomas Beecham and Winston Churchill, Timothy West has led a charmed life as an actor, moving effortlessly between TV and stage, film and radio recordings. With his wife, Prunella Scales, and his son, Samuel, he and his family have been responsible for... more...