John Russell Brown
Applause Books
A former Associate Director for London's National Theatre invites readers to behold the fuller meaning of Shakespearean text as played, inviting them to seek their insights in Shakespeare's natural habita...
$16.99
J.L. Styan
Cambridge University Press
The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume, disseminated by the work of Appia and Craig, and affecting the later plays of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, and Lugne-Poe's Theatre de...
$37.5
Gerald M. Pinciss - HARDBACK
Continuum
Writing for a small troupe of men and boys who performed on an almost bare stage, William Shakespeare dramatized an unparalleled range of stories and emotions through his wizardry with words, his uncanny u...
$24.99
Christina Hunt Mahony
Carysfort Press
Barry is recognized as one of Ireland's greatest living writers and his works now appear regularly on syllabuses in US colleges in Irish Studies and in Drama departments This book, edited by Christina Hunt M...
$26.99
Martin Esslin
John Calder Publications
Martin Esslin is one of the most respected and knowledgeable writers on serious drama and literature of the 20th century. His "Theatre of the Absurd" is a modern classic among his many other influential book...
$12.99
Aleks Sierz
Faber & Faber
Examines the importance of the renaissance in British theatre that began in the 1990s with a rash of rude, provocative pieces by a group of twenty-something playwrights, whose debuts startled critics and au...
$12.99
Robert Nunn (editor)
Guernica
The offspring of an Ojibway mother and a white father whom he has never known, Drew Hayden Taylor has long addressed vexed issues of identity and the complicated relationship between Native people and whites...
$16.99
John Lahr - editor
Methuen
HARDBACK EDITIONUnexpurgated insight into the life of one British theatre's most controversial figure of the 60s From December 1966 until his murder in August 1967, Joe Orton kept a series of diaries that pr...
$25.99
Miriam Chirico & Kelly Younger
Methuen
"Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in somebody else's classroom?" Featuring more than 80 teaching exercises for the 75 most popularly-taught plays, How to Teach a Play will teach you how to animate ...
$34.95
Justine Jones & Mary Ann Kelley
Meriwether Publishing
Wouldn't it be fun to write and produce your own interactive murder mystery? Subtitled A Six-Week Program for Developing Theatre Skills, this hands-on Guide takes you step-by-step through the entire proces...
$23.99 , $21.59 (10% off)
Paul Gardiner
Methuen
Playwriting is a skill under-explored in the classroom, despite the strong evidence that it's an engaging and rewarding activity for young people Teaching Playwriting addresses this gap and is an essential ...
$32.95
Frances Babbage
Methuen
Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind of another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of ...
$39.99
Paulette Marty
Methuen
Contemporary Women Stage Directors opens the door into the minds of 27 prolific female theatre directors, allowing you to explore their experience, wisdom and knowledge Directors give insight into their div...
$27.99
Susan Bennett
Methuen
Sound provides a lively and engaging overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies Addressing sound across history and through progressive developments...
$21.99
Christopher Haydon
Methuen
Christopher Haydon - former artistic director of the Gate Theatre ("London's most relentlessly ambitious theatre' ~ Time Out) compiles a fascinating set of interviews that get to the heart of what it is to ...
$31.99
Murray Pomerance
Methuen
Elizabeth Taylor's electrifying performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf The milkshake scene in There Will be Blood Leonardo DiCaprio's turn as Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? What makes these ...
$34.95
Kent Thompson
Methuen
Subtitled A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today's Theatre, this volume will equip you to develop your career as a professional director in today's theatre It features a host of insig...
$26.99
Robert Klenner
Methuen
The core goal of Directing Screen Performances is to teach aspiring directors how to prepare and work with actors Through a practical exploration of the major approaches to contemporary screen acting, you w...
$33.95
Timo Niermann
Methuen
Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departmen...
$27.99
Johanna Smith
Methuen
Connecting the art of puppetry with deeper learning for children, this workbook offers a comprehensive guide on how to bring puppetry into the classroom It places puppet design, construction and manipulatio...
$27.99
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