Theatre in Entertainment & Nonfiction eBooks

En attendant Godot

by Samuel Beckett ...

Pièce en deux actes pour cinq personnages écrite en français entre 1948 et 1949. Première publication aux Éditions de Minuit en 1952. « Vous me demandez mes idées sur En attendant Godot, dont vous me faites l’honneur de donner des extraits au Club d’essai, et en même temps mes idées sur le théâtre. Je n’ai pas d’idées sur le théâtre. Je n’y connais rien. Je n’y vais pas. C’est admissible. Ce qui l ... Read more

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Pièce en deux actes pour cinq personnages écrite en français entre 1948 et 1949. Première publication aux Éditions de Minuit en 1952. « Vous me demandez mes idées sur En attendant Godot, dont vous me faites l’honneur de donner des extraits au Club d’essai, et en même temps mes idées sur le théâtre. Je n’ai pas d’idées sur le théâtre. Je n’y connais rien. Je n’y vais pas. C’est admissible. Ce qui l
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My Hollywood Stories

by Eric Morris ...

My Hollywood Stories is a collection of informative, historical, educational, funny, exciting, entertaining, sexy, shocking, and tragic stories and anecdotes about famous and not-so-famous Hollywood people--actors, directors, producers, writers, and studio moguls. While it is not a book about acting, it is written by an actor with contributions from various actors, all of whom are writing about ... Read more

$9.71 CAD

My Hollywood Stories is a collection of informative, historical, educational, funny, exciting, entertaining, sexy, shocking, and tragic stories and anecdotes about famous and not-so-famous Hollywood people--actors, directors, producers, writers, and studio moguls. While it is not a book about acting, it is written by an actor with contributions from various actors, all of whom are writing about
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Stage Lighting Design

Second Edition

by Neil Fraser ...

Stage Lighting Design is a comprehensive introduction to technical theatre, tracing the evolution of lighting design from ancient drama to contemporary performance. Neil Fraser covers everything that today's designers will need to know, from the simple nuts and bolts of equipment, through to the complexity of a full lighting rig, including all aspects of the stage electrician and lighter designer ... Read more

$18.35 CAD

Stage Lighting Design is a comprehensive introduction to technical theatre, tracing the evolution of lighting design from ancient drama to contemporary performance. Neil Fraser covers everything that today's designers will need to know, from the simple nuts and bolts of equipment, through to the complexity of a full lighting rig, including all aspects of the stage electrician and lighter designer
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Comic's Bedpan

A Lobotomy Patient's guide to joke writing, performing, and selling.

by Stuart Cassell ...

A Lobotomy Patient's guide to joke writing, performing, and selling. An entertaining, easy to follow text and workbook that offers a comprehensive step by step formula for creating jokes as well as performing a stand-up routine. Class room tested exercises for defining your stage character. Are you an observer (Jerry Seinfeld), aggressor (Don Rickles), victim (Rodney Dangerfield), or alien ... Read more

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A Lobotomy Patient's guide to joke writing, performing, and selling. An entertaining, easy to follow text and workbook that offers a comprehensive step by step formula for creating jokes as well as performing a stand-up routine. Class room tested exercises for defining your stage character. Are you an observer (Jerry Seinfeld), aggressor (Don Rickles), victim (Rodney Dangerfield), or alien
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DAMN ! WHY DID I WRITE THIS BOOK ?

by Jayson Paul ...

Have you ever wondered what happened to some of your favorite superstars with so much promise that never made it? Have you ever asked yourself, "What kind of drama do these larger than life superstars find themselves into when the cameras are off?" Do you want to be a superstar in the world of wrestling? Do you know exactly what you're getting yourself into? Want to know the four letter word that ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered what happened to some of your favorite superstars with so much promise that never made it? Have you ever asked yourself, "What kind of drama do these larger than life superstars find themselves into when the cameras are off?" Do you want to be a superstar in the world of wrestling? Do you know exactly what you're getting yourself into? Want to know the four letter word that
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The Big Book of IRISH JOKES

by Pat Butler ...

The big book of Irish jokes is cram packed with the very best of Irish Jokes. One liners, Funny Irish story's, Dirty Irish jokes, Priest Jokes, Irish Drinking Jokes and lots, lots more. A side splitting look at everything Irish. ... Read more

$4.42 CAD

The big book of Irish jokes is cram packed with the very best of Irish Jokes. One liners, Funny Irish story's, Dirty Irish jokes, Priest Jokes, Irish Drinking Jokes and lots, lots more. A side splitting look at everything Irish.
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Hollywood on Location

An Industry History

by Jennifer Lynn Peterson, Sheri Chinen Biesen, Noelle Griffis, Daniel Steinhart, Julian Stringer ...

Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this production practice has been scattered across the margins of larger American film histories. Hollywood on Location is the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry, ... Read more

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Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this production practice has been scattered across the margins of larger American film histories. Hollywood on Location is the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry,
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Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand ...

Cette édition classique a été convertie par eBooksLib.com. Une représentation à l'hôtel de Bourgogne : ... Read more

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Cette édition classique a été convertie par eBooksLib.com. Une représentation à l'hôtel de Bourgogne :
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Scenography

by Simon Donger ...

Series Book 0 - Crowood Theatre Companions
Scenography is a comprehensive guide to the practical study and process of designing for performance. Rooted in theatre, scenography concerns artists who work through creative elements such as spaces, artefacts, garments, lighting and sound to mobilize new sensory experiences. As a result, scenography has gained broader interest and relevance across a wide range of fields, particularly where there ... Read more

$19.43 CAD

Scenography is a comprehensive guide to the practical study and process of designing for performance. Rooted in theatre, scenography concerns artists who work through creative elements such as spaces, artefacts, garments, lighting and sound to mobilize new sensory experiences. As a result, scenography has gained broader interest and relevance across a wide range of fields, particularly where there
... Read more
What Country, Friends, Is This?: Directing Shakespeare with Young Performers

by Max Hafler ...

A highly practical, comprehensive guide to exploring Shakespeare with young people – ideal for directors, youth theatre leaders, workshop facilitators and teachers.Experienced teacher, actor and director Max Hafler tackles the myths that Shakespeare's work is like a foreign country, not for the faint-hearted, or only for a privileged few. In this book, he shows how you can embrace the challenges ... Read more

$18.35 CAD

A highly practical, comprehensive guide to exploring Shakespeare with young people – ideal for directors, youth theatre leaders, workshop facilitators and teachers.Experienced teacher, actor and director Max Hafler tackles the myths that Shakespeare's work is like a foreign country, not for the faint-hearted, or only for a privileged few. In this book, he shows how you can embrace the challenges
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Feldenkrais for Actors

How to Do Less and Discover More

by Victoria Worsley ...

'The Feldenkrais Method is unique... I haven't found any other movement study that opens up such a rich and continuing area of enquiry' John Wright, from his ForewordSpontaneity, sensitivity, simplicity and flexibility in any situation are just some of the qualities that the Feldenkrais Method has inspired in performers around the world. It uses movement to enable you to feel, adapt and respond in ... Read more

$18.35 CAD

'The Feldenkrais Method is unique... I haven't found any other movement study that opens up such a rich and continuing area of enquiry' John Wright, from his ForewordSpontaneity, sensitivity, simplicity and flexibility in any situation are just some of the qualities that the Feldenkrais Method has inspired in performers around the world. It uses movement to enable you to feel, adapt and respond in
... Read more
The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links)(SENSE AND SENSIBILITY,PRIDE AND PREJUDICE,MANSFIELD PARK,EMMA,NORTHANGER ABBEY,PERSUASION,LADY SUSAN,SANDITON,THE WATSONS)

by Jane Austen ...

Series series Classic Novels
The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links) THE MAJOR NOVELS - SENSE AND SENSIBILITY - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - MANSFIELD PARK - EMMA - NORTHANGER ABBEY - PERSUASION SHORT FICTION - LADY SUSAN UNFINISHED NOVELS - SANDITON - THE WATSONS Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set ... ... Read more

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The JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION 9 TOP CLASSICS NOVELS (with Free Audio Links) THE MAJOR NOVELS - SENSE AND SENSIBILITY - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - MANSFIELD PARK - EMMA - NORTHANGER ABBEY - PERSUASION SHORT FICTION - LADY SUSAN UNFINISHED NOVELS - SANDITON - THE WATSONS Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set ...
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Tackling Text [and subtext]

A Step-by-Step Guide for Actors

by Barbara Houseman ...

An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation. Preface by Kenneth Branagh.Having helped the actor with basic vocal technique in her enormously successful book, Finding Your Voice, Barbara Houseman here shows the actor how to cope with the demands posed by the text [and the subtext] of the play itself.Full of practical exercises developed over ... Read more

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An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation. Preface by Kenneth Branagh.Having helped the actor with basic vocal technique in her enormously successful book, Finding Your Voice, Barbara Houseman here shows the actor how to cope with the demands posed by the text [and the subtext] of the play itself.Full of practical exercises developed over
... Read more
Finding Your Voice

A step-by-step guide for actors

by Barbara Houseman ...

A Complete Voice Training Manual For ActorsA simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama teachers in schools and committed amateur actors who want to increase their vocal skills and understanding ... Read more

$18.35 CAD

A Complete Voice Training Manual For ActorsA simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama teachers in schools and committed amateur actors who want to increase their vocal skills and understanding
... Read more
When My Love Returns from the Ladies Room, Will I be too Old to Care?

by Lewis Grizzard ...

The always outrageous, humor-contagious Lewis Gizzard is grousing his way back into our hearts once more, settling the score on the woes and wonders that plague him, such as: transplanted New Yorkers, too many ROCKY movies, and the value of alcohol for the elderly. He'll leave you laughing out loud and tearing up too.... ... Read more

$5.61 CAD

The always outrageous, humor-contagious Lewis Gizzard is grousing his way back into our hearts once more, settling the score on the woes and wonders that plague him, such as: transplanted New Yorkers, too many ROCKY movies, and the value of alcohol for the elderly. He'll leave you laughing out loud and tearing up too....
... Read more
Tough Ain't Enough

New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

by Stephen Prince, Jonathan Kirshner, Diane Carson, David Sterritt, Murray Pomerance, Lucy Bolton, Alexandra Keller, Charity Lofthouse, Lester D. Friedman, David Desser1 ...

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political landscape, often characterized as the most prominent conservative voice in mostly liberal ... Read more

$28.70 CAD

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political landscape, often characterized as the most prominent conservative voice in mostly liberal
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Playwriting

Structure, Character, How and What to Write

by Stephen Jeffreys ...

For over two decades, Stephen Jeffreys's remarkable series of workshops attracted writers from all over the world and shaped the ideas of many of today's leading playwrights and theatre-makers. Now, with this inspiring, highly practical book, you too can learn from these acclaimed Masterclasses.Playwriting reveals the various invisible frameworks and mechanisms that are at the heart of each and ... Read more

$20.87 CAD

For over two decades, Stephen Jeffreys's remarkable series of workshops attracted writers from all over the world and shaped the ideas of many of today's leading playwrights and theatre-makers. Now, with this inspiring, highly practical book, you too can learn from these acclaimed Masterclasses.Playwriting reveals the various invisible frameworks and mechanisms that are at the heart of each and
... Read more
When Clowns Attack

A Survival Guide

by Chuck Sambuchino ...

THEY’RE COMING FOR YOUCoulrophobia--the fear of clowns--is very real and for good reason. You might think these red-nosed jokers are creepy, sure, but certainly not dangerous. You’d be wrong. Clowns never reveal their real names, and dress to obscure their identities. The rules of civilized society don't apply to them (what other stranger could offer candy to children and get away with it?), they ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

THEY’RE COMING FOR YOUCoulrophobia--the fear of clowns--is very real and for good reason. You might think these red-nosed jokers are creepy, sure, but certainly not dangerous. You’d be wrong. Clowns never reveal their real names, and dress to obscure their identities. The rules of civilized society don't apply to them (what other stranger could offer candy to children and get away with it?), they
... Read more
Katharine Hepburn

by Grace May Carter ...

Katharine Hepburn was far more than an iconic movie star who won four Academy Awards for best actress (the most ever) and made classic films - The African Queen, The Philadelphia Story, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - that still rank among the greatest of all time. She also exerted a singular influence on American popular culture, challenging rigid assumptions about how women should behave - ... Read more

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Katharine Hepburn was far more than an iconic movie star who won four Academy Awards for best actress (the most ever) and made classic films - The African Queen, The Philadelphia Story, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - that still rank among the greatest of all time. She also exerted a singular influence on American popular culture, challenging rigid assumptions about how women should behave -
... Read more
Audrey Hepburn

A Charmed Life

by Robyn Karney ...

A sumptuous book which will delight idolaters of high fashion and movie stardom.” -Times Literary SupplementAudrey Hepburn is a sumptuous celebration of Hepburn as a beloved fashion icon and actress. Karney tells the story of Hepburn’s life, from her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, through her early aspirations to become a ballet dancer, the instant and universal acclaim of her onscreen debut ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A sumptuous book which will delight idolaters of high fashion and movie stardom.” -Times Literary SupplementAudrey Hepburn is a sumptuous celebration of Hepburn as a beloved fashion icon and actress. Karney tells the story of Hepburn’s life, from her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, through her early aspirations to become a ballet dancer, the instant and universal acclaim of her onscreen debut
... Read more
The Long and Whining Road

A man and a van, a wife and three kids, and their round-the-world road trip as the world's worst Beatles tribute band.

by Simeon Courtie, Sim Courtie ...

Series series A man and a van, a wife and three kids, and their round-the-world road trip as the world's worst Beatles tribute band.
London Book Festival Grand Prize Winner 2012‘I’d convinced her we should travel the world. She imagined posh flights and swanky hotels. Then I said the three words every girl longs to hear: Volkswagen camper van.’This frank and funny true story of a 'family gap year' like no other shows how the passing comment of a bored 9-year-old can snowball into an absurd expedition into strange lands, ... Read more

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London Book Festival Grand Prize Winner 2012‘I’d convinced her we should travel the world. She imagined posh flights and swanky hotels. Then I said the three words every girl longs to hear: Volkswagen camper van.’This frank and funny true story of a 'family gap year' like no other shows how the passing comment of a bored 9-year-old can snowball into an absurd expedition into strange lands,
... Read more
Three Men in a Boat (Say Nothing to the Dog)

by Jerome K. Jerome ...

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a ... Read more

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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a
... Read more
Ageing Disgracefully

by Colin Cotterill ...

Ageing Disgracefully is a delightful collection of short stories that takes a humorous and life-affirming look at lives of people who, though considerably advanced in years, are still behaving very, very naughtily. With a keen eye for human foibles and a wicked sense of humor, Colin Cotterill has collected and illustrated—with words and drawings—the colorful lives of disreputable elders found ... Read more

$4.28 CAD

Ageing Disgracefully is a delightful collection of short stories that takes a humorous and life-affirming look at lives of people who, though considerably advanced in years, are still behaving very, very naughtily. With a keen eye for human foibles and a wicked sense of humor, Colin Cotterill has collected and illustrated—with words and drawings—the colorful lives of disreputable elders found
... Read more
Twenty Funny Stories, Book 1

by Margaret Radisich Sleasman ...

The series of Twenty Funny Stories are made up of twenty short, humorous stories per book in the similar vein of flash fiction only these are flash funny. From a simple smile to hysterical laughter, that is what this book sets out to give you. The author draws on various family, friends (or no longer friends), and situations to tickle your funny bone. These stories are guaranteed to brighten ... Read more

$1.72 CAD

The series of Twenty Funny Stories are made up of twenty short, humorous stories per book in the similar vein of flash fiction only these are flash funny. From a simple smile to hysterical laughter, that is what this book sets out to give you. The author draws on various family, friends (or no longer friends), and situations to tickle your funny bone. These stories are guaranteed to brighten
... Read more

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