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Q&A Studying Drama
Paperback,
01/06/2000,
£4.99
£4.49
The way in which degree subjects are taught is far removed from A level courses in schools. "Questions & Answers Degree Subject Guides" is a series that prepares students for the rigours and discipline required to study effectively at university.
Ultimate Scene & Monologue Handbook
Paperback,
06/12/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
A guide to finding just the right piece for various auditions. It is suitable for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. It describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays.
Guerilla performance & multimedia
Paperback,
01/06/2001,
£15.99
£14.39
This quide for artists in a variety of media covers aspects of starting up a company, funding, multimedia tools, documentation marketing, a Yellow Pages section with contact information (funding, venues, publications, festivals, equipment hire, software support) and interviews from artists.
Front Row
Paperback,
07/09/2006,
£8.99
£8.09
Best known as an acclaimed novelist, Beryl Bainbridge is also a former actor. This is a collection of Beryl Bainbridge's writing about the theatre. It contains insights into the work of such contemporaries as Alan Bennett, Alan Rickman and Ronald Harwood, alongside sketches of the actors Bainbridge worked with in her early years.
Brecht On Theatre
Paperback,
06/04/1978,
£14.99
£13.49
This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decade
Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
Paperback,
25/08/2011,
£10.99
£9.89
This title is an accessible and authoritative A-Z offering strong coverage of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers, as well as the styles, organizations, and movements within the world of live performance. Containing 2,400 up-to-date entries, it is an essential companion for anyone involved with the theatre.
Greek Sense of Theatre
7,
08/09/1997,
£24.99
£22.49
In this work the author proposes that one should consider Greek tragedy of the 5th-century BC as performance-based, with a visual emphasis. He does not consider language as the most important feature of Greek drama.
Six Tragedies
Paperback,
14/01/2010,
£9.99
£8.99
This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes.
Theatre and Audience
Paperback,
01/06/2009,
£6.99
£6.29
A provocative overview of the questions raised by theatrical encounters between performers and audiences, drawing on examples that have sought to generate active audience involvement from Brecht's epic theatre to The Blue Man Group. It argues for more audience-responsive approaches to what theatre does for those who witness, watch or participate.
Building A Character
Paperback,
11/03/2008,
£7.99
£7.19
Stanislavski's 'system' or interpretations of it - has become the central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or screen. His classic texts An Actor Prepares, Building a Character and Creating a Role have stood the test of time as inspirational guides for actors all over the world.
Writing in Collaborative Theatre-Making
Paperback,
04/11/2016,
£18.99
£17.09
This engaging text explores the role of the writer and the text in collaborative practice through the work of contemporary writers and companies working in Britain, offering students and aspiring writers and directors effective practical strategies for collaborative work.
Get Me the Urgent Biscuits: An Assistant's Adventures in Theatreland
Hardback,
06/07/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
The dazzling coming-of-age memoir of a young woman's apprenticeship to a maverick theatre producer, against the backdrop of London's West End in the 1980s and 1990s.
Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh
Paperback,
20/07/2017,
£11.99
£10.79
Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage.
Travelling Players in Shakespeare's England
Hardback,
06/08/2002,
£88.00
£79.20
This is an extended study of the touring practices and performances of Elizabethan and Jacobean travelling players. It examines the lively, competitive world of professional touring theatre through to its decline in the 1620s.
Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre
Paperback,
26/04/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
The Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theatre. of opening the doors of the National Theatre to a broader audience than ever before, and changing the public's perception of what theatre is for.
Arthur Miller
Paperback,
15/08/1994,
£14.99
£13.49
A collection of Arthur Miller's thoughts on theatre, politics and society spanning some 25 years. It includes 23 interviews which illustrate Miller's developing view on the theatre, the nature of tragedy, what makes plays endure and the theatre in Britain, Russia and the USA.
Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama, The
Paperback,
01/05/2003,
£14.99
£13.49
This title offers a survey into the place and purpose of theatre in Ancient Greece. It provides an author-by-author examination of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander plus how and where the plays were performed, who acted them out and who watched them.
Cambridge Companion to Brecht
Paperback,
21/12/2006,
£17.99
£16.19
Updated edition of The Cambridge Companion to Brecht, introducing new voices and themes.
Greek Tragedy
Paperback,
02/10/1997,
£19.99
£17.99
This book deals with the historical context of ancient Greek tragic performances, with the plays themselves, and with later adaptation and re-performance, down to modern times.
Acting for Film
Paperback,
09/01/2003,
£15.99
£14.39
What makes film acting different from acting on stage or TV? This book is a guide designed for actors already working in film, for those who want to, as well as for directors, teachers and anyone interested in film acting.
Actor And The Text
Paperback,
15/04/1993,
£14.99
£13.49
Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.
Devised And Collaborative Theatre
Paperback,
31/07/2002,
£14.99
£13.49
This text is written for all companies, student and professional, who are interested in non-text-based theatre and aims to shine a practical light on the passionate business of the devising process.
Modern American Drama
Paperback,
21/12/2000,
£30.99
£27.89
New edition of Modern American Drama completes the survey and comes up to 2000.
Oxford Guide to Plays
Paperback,
31/05/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
The Oxford Guide to Plays provides information on 1000 of the most important plays in world theatre. Each entry contains essential information including title, author, dates of composition and first performance, genre, composition of the cast, a synopsis of the plot, and a brief commentary.
Oxford Dictionary of Plays, The
Hardback,
24/03/2005,
£25.00
£22.50
Provides information on 1000 of the popular and important plays of world theatre. Each entry of this work contains information including title, author, dates of composition and first performance, genre, composition of the cast, a synopsis of the plot, and a brief commentary.
Cambridge Introduction to Scenography
Paperback,
19/11/2009,
£19.99
£17.99
An invaluable introduction for students to the purpose and scope of scenography, its theories and concepts, pioneers and future potential.
Costume and Make-up
Paperback,
22/09/1988,
£9.95
£8.96
This comprehensive volume guides the reader to research and construct costumes.
Three Uses of the Knife
Paperback,
01/04/2007,
£10.99
£9.89
Playwright, screenwriter, poet and essayist David Mamet explains the necessity, purpose and demands of drama. In these three essays, he describes the ties that bind art to life, language to power, imagination to survival, and shows the power of the theatre to keep us whole and human.
Impro : Improvisation and the Theatre
Paperback,
29/06/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
A leading figure in the theatre, Keith Johnstone lays bare his techniques and exercises to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors.
Alternative Shakespeare auditions for men
Paperback,
31/10/1997,
£8.99
£8.09
Auditioners often complain of seeing the same speeches over and over again. This book brings together 50 speeches for men from Shakespeare plays frequently ignored such as Titus Andronicus", "Pericles" and "Love's Labours Lost"."
State Of The Nation
Paperback,
31/12/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
Presents an overview of modern British theatre. This book includes a fresh and challenging look at the vast upheavals that have taken place in British society, and the theatre which documents and challenges it, in the course of sixty turbulent years. It also looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective.
Crafty Art Of Playmaking
Paperback,
22/01/2004,
£10.99
£9.89
From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how to cope with rehearsals), this book provides a complete primer to the art of playwriting.
Theatre
Paperback,
03/08/1998,
£9.95
£8.96
This history of theatre is worldwide in scope, ranging from its ancient origins to the variety of forms which it has taken in our own age. The book covers acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, and the evolution of dramatic literature.
Methuen Drama Book Of Modern Monolologues for Men
Paperback,
29/04/2004,
£10.99
£9.89
This is a selection of speeches for men drawn from the great landmark plays of the 20th century. An appreciation of each speech is enhanced by the editor's introductions and commentaries, which set the plays and individual speeches in their dramatic and performance context
Radioactive monologues for men
Paperback,
04/08/2006,
£8.99
£8.09
Presents over thirty extracts from the plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is helpful for audition and performance work. Each extract is accompanied by a brief introduction and features an essay on the challenges, skills and rewards of radio acting.
Avant Garde Theatre
Paperback,
20/05/1993,
£24.99
£22.49
Examining the development of avant garde theatre from the 1890s up to the present day, this book exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. This is central to understanding political and aesthetic aspects of modern theatre.
Methuen Drama Book of Monologues for Young Actors
Paperback,
19/09/2002,
£9.99
£8.99
This volume contains speeches suitable for performance at auditions, individual acting classes, competitions, festivals and examination The pieces are varied in content, tone and style and are equipped with an introduction which sets the context for each piece.
To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting
Paperback,
02/05/2002,
£28.99
£26.09
This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train your imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness. It includes new material on one of Chekhov's techniques, "psychological gesture".
Theatre of Bertolt Brecht
Paperback,
£9.99
£8.99
This study of Brecht's theatre, first published in 1959, traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his major plays and explains his evolving notion of epic theatre within the political and social climate of the 1920s, Marxism, Nazism and post-war Communism.
Shifting Point
Paperback,
13/04/1989,
£9.99
£8.99
In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space, Brook assesses the lessons of his pioneering work from his brilliant debut at Stratford and the West End in the 1960s to the triumphant success of The Mahabharata.
Masterclass
7,
22/06/1995,
£15.99
£14.39
Volume one of a two volume guide to acting which contains advice on the creative process of acting, followed by around 100 audition pieces for men.
Actions
Paperback,
26/03/2004,
£8.99
£8.09
Actors need actions. They cannot "act" adjectives, they need verbs; they need an aim to achieve, an action to perform. This is a thesaurus of active verbs with which the actor can refine the action-word until she or her hits exactly the right one to help make the action come alive.
Stage Management: The Essential Handbook 3ed
Paperback,
25/02/2010,
£14.99
£13.49
Intended for students, graduates and various aspirants to stage management, amateur or professional, whether the production is on a large or small scale, this title offers the basics of stage management. Featuring charts and helpful checklists, it takes the reader through a typical production week by week.
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