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Theatre: individual actors & directors
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Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella
Jack Charles
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography; Memoirs; Indigenous peoples; Advocate - Australian Biography
Paperback
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the... [more]
$34.99
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On Streisand: An Opinionated Guide
Ethan Mordden
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Individual actors & performers; Music; Musicals; Easy listening, MOR music; Biography: arts & entertainment
Hardback
She said, I became a singer because I couldn't get work as an actress, but Barbra Streisand not only became both but revolutionized... [more]
$38.95
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Hollywood Dogs: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
William Secord
Photography & photographs; Individual photographers; Theatre: individual actors & directors; Film, TV & Radio; Dogs as pets
Hardback
Hollywood Dogs showcases a fine selection of photographs from the famous John Kobal Foundation. Taken between 1920 and 1960... [more]
$26.99
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Brecht On Theatre
Bertolt Brecht
Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
A wholly revised, re-edited and expanded edition of one of the seminal texts of twentieth century theatre. Featuring new translations,... [more]
$43.99
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Diana Cooper
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Individual actors & performers; Autobiography: arts & entertainment
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A charming portrait of Lady Diana Cooper's traditional aristocratic childhood and young womanhood. From her sheltered upbringing... [more]
$22.99
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Buster Keaton in His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal...
Wes D. Gehring
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Film, TV & Radio; Film theory & criticism; Film & movie: styles & genres
Paperback
If you thought you knew Buster Keaton's silent features, think again. By keying on 1920 period texts one sees how a popular... [more]
$60.95
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Stanislavsky in the World: The System and its Transformations Across Continents...
Jonathan Pitches (Professor of Theatre and Performance, Leeds University, UK), Stefan Aquilina (School of Performing Arts, University of Malta, Malta)
Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
Stanislavsky in the World is an ambitious and ground-breaking work charting a fascinating story of the global dissemination... [more]
$53.99
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Miss Muriel Matters: The Australian actress who became one of London's most...
Robert Wainwright
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; Civil rights & citizenship
Paperback
In 1909 a young Australian actress made headlines around the world when she took to the sky over the British Houses of Parliament... [more]
$32.99
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Mexican Hooker #1: And My Other Roles Since the Revolution
Carmen Aguirre
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography; Memoirs; Sexual abuse & harassment
Paperback
A brilliant, funny and uncompromising book that answers the pressing question: once you've spent your formative years battling... [more]
$27.99 $8.00
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Performing King Lear: Gielgud to Russell Beale
Jonathan Croall (Theatre Historian, UK)
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Paperback
A unique exploration of the challenges and rewards of performing King Lear based on interviews with leading actors and directors.... [more]
$32.99
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Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir
Alan Cumming
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Individual actors & performers; Biography; Memoirs
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Alan Cumming's compelling and moving memoir about his childhood and a thrilling... [more]
$21.99
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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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Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Julie Andrews
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Film, TV & Radio; Individual actors & performers; Musicals; Autobiography: arts & entertainment
Hardback
The second volume of beloved actress Julie Andrews' memoirs: Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and her enduring career in Hollywood.... [more]
$39.99
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Performing Hamlet: Actors in the Modern Age
Jonathan Croall
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Paperback
Hamlet is arguably the most famous play on the planet, and the greatest of all Shakespeare's works. Its rich story and complex... [more]
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Prof Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds, UK)
Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
Vsevolod Meyerhold considers the life and work of the extraordinary twentieth-century director and theatre-maker. This compact,... [more]
'Death of a Salesman' in Beijing
Arthur Miller
Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback
A new edition of Arthur Miller's account of his time in China in 1983, directing a production of Death of a Salesman. It is... [more]
Robert Lepage
Aleksandar Sasa Dundjerovic
Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
An account of Robert Lepage's biography, seminal productions, key writings and practical exercises -- [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]
Reframing the Musical: Race, Culture and Identity
Sarah Whitfield
Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors; Dance & Performing arts
Paperback
This critical and inclusive edited collection offers an overview of the musical in relation to issues of race, culture and... [more]
Stage Directing: A Director's Itinerary
Michael Wainstein
Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
Stage Directing: A Director's Itinerary is a practical guidebook that provides instruction on how to organize the work of... [more]
Robert Lepage
Aleksandar Sasa Dundjerovic
Theatre: individual actors & directors
Hardback
An account of Robert Lepage's biography, seminal productions, key writings and practical exercises -- [more]
Julie Hesmondhalgh: A Working Diary
Julie Hesmondhalgh (Actor, UK)
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Individual actors & performers; Television
Paperback
Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh's working diary begins in November 2016 at the end of a full and exciting year of theatre-making... [more]
The Ritual Theatre of Theodoros Terzopoulos
Freddy Decreus
Theatre: individual actors & directors
Hardback
The Ritual Theatre of Theodoros Terzopoulos outlines the story of the Athenian-based Attis Theatre and the way its founder... [more]
Rise Up!: Broadway and American Society from 'Angels in America' to `Hamilton'...
Chris Jones (Chicago Tribune, USA)
Theatre: individual actors & directors; Theatre direction & production; Musicals
Paperback
Penned by one of America's best-known daily theatre critics and organized chronologically, this lively and readable book tells... [more]
Robert Wilson
Maria Shevtsova
Theatre: individual actors & directors
Paperback
Robert Wilson is an American-European director who is also a performer, installation artist, writer, designer of light and... [more]
