Theatre category: 6638 books
The Director's Craft
A Handbook for the Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
The Director’s Craft is a unique and completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage.
Written by one of the most adventurous and respected directors working today, this book will be an essential item in every student and practitioner’s kitbag. It provides detailed...
So, You're the New Musical Director!
An Introduction to Conducting a Broadway Musical
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2002
So, You're the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musical theatre, the high school choral director with a degree in music education, or the actor participating in community theatre productions. It details the duties involved in directing...
Scenography Expanded
An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Scenography Expanded is a foundational text offering readers a thorough introduction to contemporary performance design, both in and beyond the theatre. It examines the potential of the visual, spatial, technological, material and environmental aspects of performance to shape performative encounters....
by Jenny Oby
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Beginning as a humble vaudeville hall in the Skowhegan-Madison trolley park, Lakewood Theatre has graced the southwestern shore of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Maine, since the turn of the 20th century. Under the masterful guidance of Herbert L. Swett, a Bangor native and Bowdoin graduate, Lakewood...
by Irving Wardle
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
'You have discovered a perishable treasure, and it is imperative to share it with other people before it fades... You have only one chance to get it right, while the impression is still fresh...'If critics often disagree among themselves over the merits of a given work, this is nothing compared...
by Nicholas Dromgoole
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Nicholas Dromgoole tells the story of performance from a fresh and unusual point of view, describing the development - from ancient Greece to contemporary stages and film - of western Europe's surprising and largely unknown variety of acting styles. Using the idea of a culture's shared 'language of...
by Joseph Chaikin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
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.
The London Stage 1920-1929
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
The London Stage 1930-1939
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
The London Stage 1950-1959
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
The London Stage 1910-1919
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
The London Stage 1900-1909
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
For centuries, London theatre has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976, the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided scholars and other researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several...
The London Stage 1940-1949
A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become...
UN/MASKED
Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
An unknown actress on movie star’s arm was how she began. An anonymous activist in a rubber gorilla mask is where she wound up.
UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour follows the surprising twenty-five-year journey of a young artist, Donna Kaz, who is swept off her feet by Willliam...