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  • Contemporary Women Stage Directors

    Conversations on Craft

    Series series Theatre Makers
    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 diverse approaches to the key challenges of directing theatre, including choosing projects, engaging with scripts, conceptualizing visual and acoustic production elements, collaborating with actors ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Macbeth: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

    Series series The 30-Minute Shakespeare
    Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited."The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the story” of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Stagecraft Handbook

    Get the complete, illustrated guide to scenery constructionUsing nails and wood, fabric and paint, hardware and rigging, you create an illusion. You build the make-believe world of the play.Now you have a scene-shop manual to help you. In The Stagecraft Handbook, Daniel A. Ionazzi, director of production for the UCLA Department of Theater, offers trap-room-to-grid guidance. Clearly written, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • Culture is the Body

    The Theatre Writings of Tadashi Suzuki

    Translated by Kameron Steele ...
    "Mr. Suzuki's art seeks to reach audiences not through the intellect but through the senses and instincts."—New York Times"In my opinion, a 'cultured' society is one where the perceptive and expressive abilities of the human body are used to the full; where they provide the basic means of communication."—Tadashi SuzukiRenowned for his actor training methods, Tadashi Suzuki provides a thorough and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Staging Shakespearean Theatre

    The Essential Guide to Selecting, Interpreting, Producing and Directing Shakespe are

    From auditions and rehearsals to publicity, this guide leads even inexperienced directors, producers, choreographers and actors through the complicated and sometimes fearsome task of staking Shakespeare. Comprehensive information is presented in a browsable format including historical background of the Elizabeth period, descriptions of major plays, a glossary of terms, suggestions for modern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy

    Case Studies from the Field

    Edited by Philippa Kelly ...
    Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy offers fresh perspectives on how dramaturgs can support a production beyond rigid disciplinary expectations about what information and ideas are useful and how they should be shared.The sixteen contributors to this volume offer personal windows into dramaturgy practice, encouraging theater practitioners, students, and general ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Presence of the Actor

    Chaikin, who directed the celebrated Open Theater in the '60s, kindled an emphasis on communal playmaking whose impact is still evident today. This conversational review of his efforts details his methods and reveals the struggles involved in the creation of some of the most exciting theatre of our time. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Breaking the Rules

    The Wooster Group

    by David Savran ...
    Through interviews and descriptions of methodology, Breaking the Rules captures the essence of major works by the internationally acclaimed avant-garde company. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice

    Cultivating a Creative Approach

    Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice, Second Edition offers theory and methodology for developing a unique and inclusive stage management style, preparing stage managers to develop an adaptive approach for the vast and varied scope of the production process, forge their own path, and respond to the present moment with care and creativity.This book provides tactile strategies, enabling ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Letters from Backstage

    The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor

    Ever wonder what it’s like to be a real working actor? Wonder no more! Michael Kostroff is here to reveal, in hilarious detail, just what it’s like to travel with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables. His firsthand account of the exciting, funny, and sometimes bizarre highlights of his journey includes working at a temp job when his agent calls to say, You got the part!”; singing ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Staging Social Justice

    Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Fringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand - mise en scène Denis Podalydès - 2006)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand, un spectacle mis en scène par Denis Podalydès.Le 28 décembre 1897, Cyrano de Bergerac était créé à Paris, au théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. Auteur déjà, à vingt-neuf ans, de deux pièces oubliées aujourd'hui – Princesse lointaine et La Samaritaine –, Edmond Rostand pensait courir à la catastrophe. À peine la repr...Un ouvrage conçu ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Cabaret Secrets: How to Create Your Own Show, Travel the World and Get Paid to Do What You Love

    by Gary Williams ...
    Star of the West End's 'Rat Pack' and cabaret stalwart, Gary Williams, shares the secrets of his success in Cabaret Secrets – a practical guide with everything you need to create your own show, travel the world and get paid to do what you love.Written for singers who want to create their own cabaret show, or improve the one they already have, Cabaret Secrets covers everything from finding a theme, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume

    Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practicalguide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by menbetween the 16th and 19th centuries. Easy-to-follow instructionsexplain how to cut patterns for 'average' and individual measurements -with expert advice on how to adapt patterns to fit men of all shapesand sizes.Introductions to each section describe the major developments inmen's ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Staging Shakespeare

    A Director's Guide to Preparing a Production

    by Brian Kulick ...
    This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now … what do you do? I mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you preparefor ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Theatre of Movement and Gesture

    Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Le Retour (Harold Pinter - mise en scène Luc Bondy - 2012)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Le Retour d'Harold Pinter, un spectacle mis en scène par Luc Bondy.Un auteur qui « ramène le théâtre à sa base élémentaire, la pièce close et le dialogue imprévisible, où les êtres sont livrés les uns aux autres, et où le déguisement se brise. Avec un minimum d’intrigue, le drame surgit de la lutte et du cache-cache dans la confrontation verbale…». C’est par ...Un ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Une vie pour le théâtre

    Maria Knöbel et la formation du metteur en scène au XXe siècle en Russie

    Series series Essai
    Personnalité exemplaire du milieu théâtral russe, Maria Knöbel (1898-1985) a été formée par Mikhaïl Tchékhov et Konstantin Stanislavski. Actrice au théâtre Artistique de Moscou, metteur en scène, mais avant tout professeur au G.I.T.I.S., l’institut national d’art dramatique, elle y enseigna jusqu’à sa mort, l’art de l’acteur et de la mise en scène. À travers cette biographie richement documentée, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Siècle d'or (mise en scène Christian Schiaretti - 2011)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Siècle d'or, un spectacle mis en scène par Christian Schiaretti.Commencé en 1556 avec l'accession au trône de Philippe II qui hérite de son père Charles Quint un immense empire, le Siècle d'or espagnol s'achève en 1659 quand s'affirme la prédominance française en Europe. Il constitue l'une des périodes les plus importantes et les plus riches de l'histoire de ...Un ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Le Soulier de satin (Paul Claudel - mise en scène Olivier Py - 2003)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Le Soulier de satin de Paul Claudel, un spectacle mis en scène par Olivier Py.«L'or et le rire», c'est sous ce double signe qu'Olivier Py a placé sa mise en scène du Soulier de satin de Paul Claudel, créée en 2003 au Centre dramatique d'Orléans dont il est directeur, puis jouée en tournée et à Paris au Théâtre de la Ville. La dernière grande pièce profane de Pau...Un ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • The Craft and Art of Scenic Design

    Strategies, Concepts, and Resources

    The Craft and Art of Scenic Design: Strategies, Concepts, and Resources explores how to design stage scenery from a practical and conceptual perspective.Discussion of conceptualizing the design through script analysis and research is followed by a comprehensive overview of execution: collaboration with directors and other designers, working with spaces, developing an effective design process, and ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart

    A Guide for Teachers and Singers

    In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart: A Guide for Teachers and Singers, opera director William Ferrara offers the perfect resource for the dramatic preparation of opera scenes for directors and student performers. Topics include study and research, rehearsal planning, blocking, characterization, and costuming for four of Mozart’s most popular operas. He surveys basic concepts of opera ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Sites of Transformation

    Applied and Socially Engaged Scenography in Rural Landscapes

    Series series Performance and Design
    Shortlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design & Scenography 2023In this book practitioner and researcher Louise Ann Wilson examines the expanding field of socially engaged scenography and promotes the development of scenography as a distinctive type of applied art and performance practice that seeks tangible, therapeutic, and transformative real-world outcomes. It is what ... Read more

    $80.99 USD $32.99 USD

  • The Tony Awards

    A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre

    Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre Wings' archives, and interviews with major honorees like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, and Hugh Jackman, The Tony Awards is the official, authorized guide to Broadway's biggest night.The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre pays tribute to the magic that ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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