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Cracking Shakespeare: A Hands-on Guide for Actors and Directors + Video...
Kelly Hunter (Actor/Director)
Theatre Studies; Acting techniques; Theatre direction & production; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Paperback
Cracking Shakespeare serves to demystify the process of speaking Shakespeare's language, offering hands-on techniques for... [more]
$32.99
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David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre
Ira B. Nadel
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Theatre direction & production; Film, TV & Radio; Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback
This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal Mamet's ideas on writing, acting, and directing,... [more]
$47.95 $15.00
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On Shakespeare
John Bell
Theatre direction & production
Paperback
With humour, wit and a lifetime of experience this is a fascinating backstage pass to the life and plays of the Bard from... [more]
$29.99
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Peliculas Claves del Cine Belico
Edmond Roch
Theatre direction & production; Languages & ESL
Paperback
$42.95
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Jerzy Grotowski
James Slowiak, Jairo Cuesta
Performance art; Theatre Studies; Acting techniques; Theatre direction & production
Paperback
Outlining Jerzy Grotowski's contributions to 20th century performance, this book demonstrates his significance and how his... [more]
The Book of Broadway: The Definitive Plays and Musicals
Eric Grode
Theatre Studies; Theatre direction & production; Musicals; Biography: arts & entertainment
Hardback
The Book of Broadway profiles 150 of the best Broadway musicals and plays ever produced, spanning the mid-nineteeth century... [more]
Stage Blood: Five tempestuous years in the early life of the National Theatre...
Michael Blakemore
Theatre Studies; Theatre direction & production; Memoirs
Paperback
In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. [more]
Collaborative Stage Directing: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive...
Jean Burgess
Theatre direction & production
Paperback
Collaborative Stage Directing: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive Theatre Environment focuses on the director's collaboration... [more]
Teaching Playwriting: Creativity in Practice
Paul Gardiner (University of Sydney, Australia)
Theatre direction & production; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Teaching of a specific subject
Paperback
Playwriting is a skill under-explored in the classroom, despite the strong evidence that it's an engaging and rewarding activity... [more]
Making Site-Specific Theatre and Performance: A Handbook
Phil Smith
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Theatre direction & production; Theatre: technical & background skills; Dance & Performing arts
Paperback
This practical, accessible and far-reaching guide to making site-specific theatre and performance emphasises the diversity... [more]
A Theory of Dramaturgy
Janek Szatkowski
Theatre direction & production
Paperback
A Theory of Dramaturgy is the first text of its kind to define concepts and combine arguments into a coherent dramaturgical... [more]
Russian Theatre in Practice: The Director's Guide
Amy Skinner (University of Hull, UK)
Theatre direction & production
Paperback
Amidst the turmoil of political revolution, the stage directors of twentieth-century Russia rewrote the rules of theatre making.... [more]
Collaborative Stage Directing: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive...
Jean Burgess
Theatre direction & production
Hardback
Collaborative Stage Directing: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive Theatre Environment focuses on the director's collaboration... [more]
Contemporary Women Stage Directors: Conversations on Craft
Paulette Marty (Appalachian State University, USA)
Theatre direction & production
Paperback
Consists of interviews with 27 female professional theatre directors in the United Kingdom and United States. [more]
The Art of the Artistic Director: Conversations with Leading Practitioners...
Christopher Haydon (Artistic Director, Gate Theatre, London, UK)
Theatre direction & production; Theatre management
Paperback
How do you decide what stories an audience should hear? How do you make your theatre stand out in a crowded and intensely... [more]
Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way...
Amy S. Osatinski
Theatre direction & production; Musicals
Paperback
Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way is the first work of scholarship to comprehensively... [more]
Theory for Theatre Studies: Space
Kim Solga (Professor of Theatre Studies, Western University, Canada)
Theory of architecture; Theatre Studies; Theatre direction & production
Paperback
Space: it's everywhere, all around, a given. It's abstract and yet not abstract at all, because it governs all human relations,... [more]
Adapting to the Stage: Theatre and the Work of Henry James
Chris Greenwood
Theatre direction & production; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback
An exploration of the work of Henry James and the stage. It demonstrates that from the 1890s onwards James concentrated on... [more]
A Theory of Dramaturgy
Janek Szatkowski
Theatre direction & production
Hardback
A Theory of Dramaturgy is the first text of its kind to define concepts and combine arguments into a coherent dramaturgical... [more]
Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture...
Alexandra B. Bonds
Theatre direction & production; Opera
Hardback
Focuses on the costumes of Jingju, the highest form of stage arts in China. This comprehensive volume provides both theory... [more]
Stagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for Theatrical Production...
Rita Kogler Carver (Executive Artistic Director, DragonFly Performing Arts, Inc.; Managing Member, BearFly Designs, LLC, Earlton, NY, USA)
Theatre direction & production; Theatre: technical & background skills
Paperback
Tackles different aspects of theatre production. This book discusses the history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting,... [more]
Tadeusz Kantor
Noel Witts
Performance art; Theatre direction & production
Paperback
First edition reissued in 2019; first published by Routledge in 2009. [more]
A Practical Guide to Greener Theatre: Introduce Sustainability Into Your...
Ellen Jones
Theatre direction & production; Environmentalist thought & ideology
Hardback
Protecting the environment should be a priority of every theatrical production, but it can be challenging to mount an environmentally-friendly... [more]
Shakespeare and Directing in Practice
Kevin Ewert
Theatre direction & production; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Paperback
When directors approach Shakespeare, is the play always the thing - or might something else sometimes be the thing?<br /><br... [more]
Ivo van Hove: From Shakespeare to David Bowie
Sonia Massai (King's College London, UK), Susan Bennett (University of Calgary, Canada)
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Theatre direction & production
Paperback
This book offers a wealth of resources, critical overviews and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed... [more]
