Theatre category: 6638 books
by Lynette Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Errol John wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) after becoming disillusioned about the lack of good roles for black actors on the British theatre scene. While this situation has only slightly improved since, his response has become the most revived black play in Britain, from its original production...
Athenian Tragedy in Performance
A Guide to Contemporary Studies and Historical Debates
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Foregrounding critical questions about the tension between the study of drama as literature versus the study of performance, Melinda Powers investigates the methodological problems that arise in some of the latest research on ancient Greek theatre. She examines key issues and debates about the fifth-century...
by Ms Andrea Dunbar
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Do you think it would be better if you and me got ourselves steady boyfriends?
Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling each of them think they control.
Andrea...
by Mr Mark Hayhurst
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Now. Tonight. Before we're sent back to the front. Take every bit of money you got. Ditch everything else.
July 1916. Albert Ingham and Alfred Longshaw are crouched in a muddy, rat-infested trench in France. These sharp and funny young soldiers from a battalion of the Manchester Pals are about...
Living History Museums
Undoing History through Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Living history museums are cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with live costumed performance. While unique and vitally important, they often compromise historical accuracy and authenticity for the sake of tourism and entertainment value. Many also pursue methods of performance and...
Cousins
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In this remarkable memoir, Athol Fugard, author of The Road to Mecca, A Lesson From Aloes, Master Harold...and the boys, Valley Song and numerous other works for the stage, paints a moving study of his early years in South Africa. Cousins focuses on Fugard's relationship with his two cousins and their impact, which led the author to a lifelong pursuit of a writing career.
The Stage Manager's Toolkit
Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
The Stage Manager’s Toolkit provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live theatre with a focus on both written and verbal communication best practices. The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production, discussing not...
by Jill Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Dynamic and unique, this history examines pantomime productions in the English provinces-especially Birmingham, Nottingham, and Manchester-from 1860 through 1900. Arguing that pantomimes were rooted in specific expressions of local identity, this volume explores censorship as well as the relationships...
Stage Management Basics
A Primer for Performing Arts Stage Managers
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Without assuming any intrinsic prior knowledge of the theatrical field and its associated, specialized terminology, Stage Management Basics covers every aspect of the stage management, from reading a script, meeting with a director and theatre staff, and auditioning, to constructing green digital...
by Lulu Raczka
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
That I’d have seen it –
And I’d think –
That is f**king disgusting.
The world is f**king horrible.
I pledge to spend the rest of my life trying to change it.
But I wouldn’t have done that.
Nothing is much more than a series of monologues. It is about...
Storytelling and Theatre
Contemporary Professional Storytellers and their Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005
This will be of particular interest to undergraduates of performing arts and the substantial community of those engaged in storytelling, filling a noticeable void in an emerging field of scholarship. Michael Wilson addresses the recent rise of storytelling as a professional performance art by providing...
What Do I Know?
People, Politics and the Arts
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre's career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts.
This book collects over fifty short pieces written by Eyre about people he has known...
The Technical Director's Toolkit
Process, Forms, and Philosophies for Successful Technical Direction
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In the world of theatre, the technical director is responsible for overseeing the safe and efficient realization and implementation of scenery for the stage. The Technical Director’s Toolkit is the first book to address every nut and bolt of this multifaceted job, guiding you though the step-by-step...
Lovesick
Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894-1925
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period.
Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions, including...