Theatre category: 6638 books
The Playwright's Voice
American Dramatists on Memory, Writing and the Politics of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
• first volume sales: over 10,000 copies since 1988 In Their Own Words, 0930452704, 2400 sold. • interviews with the leading American Playwrights. • 16 interviews • photos and introductions • Big galley run
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Audition monologues for male characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included.
Experimental Theatre
From Stanislavsky to Peter Brook
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
`It is a pleasure to read. Well-written, free of cant, impressively wide-ranging. The book is really an introduction to the avant-garde.' - John Lahr
Migrating Modernist Performance
British Theatrical Travels Through Russia
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Exploring the experiences of early to mid-twentieth century British theatre-makers in Russia, this book imagines how these travellers interpreted Russian realism, symbolism, constructivism, agitprop, pageantry, dance or cinema.
With some searching for an alternative to the corporate West...
Stage Blood
Five tempestuous years in the early life of the National Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of...
by Tompsett
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Being a Director
A Life in Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Di Trevis is a world-renowned director, whose work with Britain’s National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and directing productions worldwide, has deeply informed her knowledge of the director’s craft.
In Being a Director, she draws on a wealth of first-hand experience to present an...
Breaking the Rules
The Wooster Group
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Through interviews and descriptions of methodology, Breaking the Rules captures the essence of major works by the internationally acclaimed avant-garde company.
by Elin Diamond
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the field. The essays, exploring performance art, theatre, music and dance, range from Oscar Wilde to Eric Clapton; from...
In Their Own Words
Contemporary American Playwrights
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Includes: Lee Breuer, Christopher Durang, Richard Foreman, Maria Irene Fornes, Charles Fuller, John Guare, Joan Holden, David Henry Hwang, David Mamet, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Marsha Norman, David Rabe, Wallace Shawn, Stephen Sondheim, Megan Terry, Luis Valdez, Michael Weller, August Wilson and Lanford Wilson.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Konstantin Stanislavsky transformed theatre in the West and was indisputably one of the twentieth century’s greatest innovators. His life and work mark some of the most significant artistic and political milestones of that tumultuous century, from the emancipation of the serfs to the Russian Revolution....
Theatre of Fear & Horror: Expanded Edition
The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
"Bloodcurdling shrieks, fiendish schemes, deeds of darkness, mayhem and mutilation—we all have a rough idea of what Grand Guignol stands for. But until now it has been hard to find out much more about it than that. According to the American theater historian Mel Gordon, no major history of the theater...
The Director's Voice
Twenty-One Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Foremost stage directors describe their working process: JoAnne Akalaitis, Arvin Brown, René Buch, Martha Clarke, Gordon Davidson, Robert Falls, Zelda Fichandler, Richard Foreman, Adrian Hall, John Hirsch, Mark Lamos, Marshall W. Mason, Des McAnuff, Gregory Mosher, Harold S. Prince, Lloyd Richards, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Woodruff, and Garland Wright.
The Comedy Improv Handbook
A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You will learn the necessary skills and techniques...