English Drama from Early Times to the Elizabethans
A. P. Rossiter
Used Copy
$19.99
Theatre Theory books - Theatre Theory and Criticism books
Brecht In Context
John Willett
Methuen
In this classic study, John Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to contempor...
$27.99
There Are No Secrets - Thoughts on Acting and Theatre
Peter Brook
Methuen
Peter Brook is the most consistently innovative director in Western theatre. In these three essays he returns to the concept of his first book The Empty Space and examines what that means for the life of ...
$15.99
The Theatre of Black Americans - A Collection of Critical Essays
Errol Hill - ed
Applause Books
From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, this book offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exp...
$16.99
Playwrights on Playwriting from Ibsen to Ionesco
Toby Cole - ed
Cooper Square Publishers
An important and unique book that is essential for playwrights, theater enthusiasts and drama teachers It includes contributions from Ibsen & Zola & Shaw & Archer & Toller & Brecht &...
$18.99
Radical Theatre - Greek Tragedy in the Modern World - HARDBACK
Rush Rehn
Duckworth
Why should Greek tragedy matter now? This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and the multiple performances of the modern world In five interconnected chapters, Rush Rehm en...
$27.99
A Pocket Guide to 20th Century Drama
Stephen Unwin with Carole Woddis
Faber & Faber
Are you searching for an overview of the most significant modern plays? If so, this pocket Guide is for you since it offers a short intro to the dramatic century, historical and theatrical context for each...
$12.99
Life in a Wooden O / Memoirs of the Theatre
Memoirs of the Theatre
Payne recalls the English theatre at the turn of the 19C with wit and affection, vividly brought to life by accounts of popular actor-managers,the fit-up companies, the Playboy riots, Yeats, Mrs Horniman, ...
$36.99
Shakespeare's Plays in Performance
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
Holistic Bodywork for Performers
Janet Free & Nicky Ramsay
Crowood Press
Performers employ a range of holistic practices to help prepare their bodies and minds for the creative process This book gives hands-on practical guidance for some of the most important bodywork practices ...
$29.99
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice - Volume THREE - Expressionism and Epic Theatre
J.L. Styan
Cambridge University Press
Buchner is the forerunner of expression, followed by Wedekind and Strindberg The style is then traced from Kaiser and Toller to O'Neill, Wilder and the later O'Casey Important producers are Reinhardt and M...
$37.5
Shakespeare the Works - Study Guide - 3 Audio CD set
William Shakespeare
SmartPass Ltd
Experience the life and the legacy of Shakespeare as never before in this full-cast educational drama This productions combines compelling performances with educational commentary, discussions and deba...
$39.99
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams - Volume I - 1920-1945
Edited by Albert J Devlin & Nancy M Tischler
Oberon
Tennessee Williams wrote to family, friends and fellow artists with varying measures of piety, wit and astute self-knowledge No other modern playwright has achieved such worldwide popularity Few other playwr...
$21.99
Samuel Beckett - Centenary Shadows
John Minihan & Robert Hale - HARDBACK
Robert Hale Ltd
This Collection of rare and previously unpublished photographs of Samuel Beckett is a remarkable and timely tribute to the writer one hundred years after his birth Samuel Beckett, one of the foremost playw...
$35
Modern Drama in Theory and Practice - Volume TWO - Symbolism Surrealism and the Absurd
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
Why Shakespeare
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
Out of History - Essays on the Writings of Sebastian Barry
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
Antonin Artaud - The Man and His Work
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
In-Yer-Face Theatre - British Drama Today
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
Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty
Albert Bermel
Methuen
Seminal guide to the life and work of Antonin Artaud - Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty is one of the most vital forces in world theatre, yet the concept is one of the most frequently misunderstood In t...
$27.99