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  • A Practical Handbook for the Actor

    by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto, Scott Zigler ...
    For anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, "this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Adelaide

    by Cloud Coal Shackle ...
    This entire play takes place in Adelaide Australia. The main plot outline of the play is that it is about a woman (Adelaide) who meets a man (Jimmy) and the two fall in love. The two both decide they want to marry each other but when a friend of Jimmy meets Adelaide for the first time, he decides that he is attracted to her as well. After devising a plan, he sets out to break the two apart and ... Read more

    5,57 €

  • 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

    16,95 €

  • 加礼的记忆：泉州提线木偶戏的遗产认同研究

    by 魏爱棠著 ...
    本书通过广泛参阅泉州提线木偶戏相关的报告、官方文件、民间档案以及扎实的田野工作，获取了详实的、多角度的资料，完整地呈现了泉州提线木偶戏数十年来发展的社会背景，明晰了泉州提线木偶戏遗产在成为民族文化遗产过程中，遗产环境、遗产持有者等因素对于遗产认同表述的影响，为提线木偶戏的发展和保护增添了诸多的理论思考。 ... Read more

    16,84 €

  • So You Want To Work In Theatre?

    by Susan Elkin ...
    An essential guide for young people who want to work in the theatre - but aren't sure exactly what they want to do, or how to get to do it.Many young people are eager to experience the excitement and allure of working in theatre, but often this only goes as far as imagining themselves as actors, on stage in front of an audience every night. In reality, there are more jobs off the stage than on it. ... Read more

    11,76 €

  • TAKE IT EASY

    And More Tips for the Dedicated Improviser

    by Ryan Millar ...
    Do richer improv scenes, get more laughs, and have more fun - all by doing less, and just being more. In this fresh and personal collection of themed essays, longtime Canadian improviser Ryan Millar offers observations, insights and tips to help players get a different perspective on their craft.The stories, ideas, insights, and exercises it contains are there to both be an entertaining read and ... Read more

    4,10 €

  • The Prop Maker's Workshop Manual

    by David H Rigden ...
    Series series Crowood Theatre Companions
    For many people, even within the theatre industry, prop making is something of a 'dark art', practised by gifted individuals who manage to produce intricate works battling against short deadlines. However, the skills of prop making are relevant to many industries and contexts, whether for art projects, carnival floats, live action role-play (LARP), model railways or film and television. The ... Read more

    20,45 €

  • Guy Cassiers

    by Edwige Perrot ...
    Guy Cassiers est l'une des figures les plus importantes de la mises en scène contemporaine. Né en 1960 à Anvers, il possède une manière singulière, sensorielle et sensuelle, d'approcher les grandes oeuvres de la littérature. Il assied sa renommée internationale grâce à ses adaptations expérimentales de textes de Camus, Conrad, Musil ou Proust - mais également grâce à la mise en scène d'opéras. En ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Architectonics of Theatricality

    Theatre Performance in a Semiotic Perspective

    by Ivaylo Alexandroff ...
    The cultural discourse of theatrical performance defines the theatre sign interaction as an active semiosis. This, in turn, specifies the main objective of the study – the formulation of the basic parameters of this architectonics as a fundament of théâtralité. Since the time of Antiquity the theatre has always been discussing general aesthetic, philosophical, ethical and social issues in the ... Read more

    45,57 €

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor: The 30-Minute Shakespeare

    by William 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

    7,41 €

  • Performing Palimpsest Bodies

    Postmemory Theatre Experiments in Mexico

    by Ruth Hellier-Tinoco ...
    Proposing the innovative concept of palimpsest bodies to interpret provocative theatre and performance experiments that explore issues of cultural memory, bodies of history, archives, repertoires and performing remains, Ruth Hellier-Tinoco offers an in-depth analysis of four postdramatic and transdisciplinary collective creation theatre projects. Combined with ideas of postmemory and rememory, ... Read more

    22,89 €

  • Media Archaeology and Intermedial Performance

    Deep Time of the Theatre

    Edited by Nele Wynants ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book develops media archaeological approaches to theatre and intermediality. As an age-old art form, theatre has always embraced ‘new’ media. To create theatrical effects and optical illusions, theatre makers were ready to integrate state-of-the-art technics and technologies, and by doing so they playfully explored and popularized scientific knowledge on mechanics, optics and sound for live ... Read more

    114,47 €

  • The Tony Awards

    A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre

    by Eila Mell, The American Theatre Wing ...
    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

    30,99 €

  • Le corps de l’audible

    Écrits français sur la voix 1979–2012

    by Helga Finter, Helga Finter ...
    Series Book 7 - Theaomai – Studien zu den performativen Kuensten
    La voix n’est-elle qu’un instrument pour la langue ou a-t-elle une signifiance propre? Quel rôle joue sa théâtralisation pour les conceptions du sujet, du corps, du langage? Comment la voix crée-t-elle une présence ou une signature? Comment dramatise-t-elle son origine et l’audio-vision? Quels sont les effets et les fonctions des technologies sonores? À quoi servent les voix acousmatiques? Comment ... Read more

    77,58 €

  • Die Tanzkritiken von Artur Michel in der «Vossischen Zeitung» von 1922 bis 1934 nebst einer Bibliographie seiner Theaterkritiken

    Mit einer biographischen Skizze ueber Artur Michel von Marion Kant

    by Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln ...
    Series Book 7 - Studien und Dokumente zur Tanzwissenschaft
    Der jüdische Tanz- und Theaterkritiker Artur Michel gehörte zu den kenntnis- und einflussreichsten Tanzberichterstattern der Weimarer Republik. In diesem Band ist sein Hauptwerk – die Tanzkritiken aus der Vossischen Zeitung zwischen 1922 und 1934 – abgedruckt. Es liest sich als eine spannende und äußerst lebendige Tanzgeschichte des modernen künstlerischen Tanzes in Europa. Artur Michel ... Read more

    113,30 €

  • Venedig als Buehne

    Seine Theatralitaet in der Literatur

    by Friederike Schlemmer ...
    Series Book 49 - Muenchener Studien zur literarischen Kultur in Deutschland
    Der Theatralität Venedigs in der Literatur auf den Grund zu gehen, stellt das Ziel dieser Untersuchung dar. Dabei betrachtet die Autorin zuerst die theatrale Disposition der Lagunenstadt aus historischer Perspektive und geht anschließend auf das Phänomen der Theatralität anhand verschiedener Theorien ein. Mit den daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnissen lässt sich demnach auf eine spezifisch venezianische ... Read more

    64,23 €

  • 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

    9,49 €

  • Prove di Drammaturgia n. 1/2008

    Teatro e informazione

    by Gerardo Guccini ...
    L’informazione alla quale il teatro si sta rapportando con crescente dispiegamento di energie inventive e di mobilitazione progettuale, non è di natura scenica. I teatranti, infatti, in questo periodo di traumatici e imprevedibili mutamenti storici, hanno moltiplicato le possibilità di relazione con diversificate realtà del mondo contemporaneo, prospettando esigenze conoscitive analoghe a quelle ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment

    A Learning Roadmap for an Evolving Practice

    by Laura Frank ...
    Real-Time Video Content for Virtual Production & Live Entertainment looks at the evolution of current software and hardware, how these tools are used, and how to plan for productions dependent on real-time content.From rock concerts to theatre, live television broadcast to film production, art installations to immersive experiences, the book outlines the various applications of real-time video ... Read more

    47,36 €

  • Foundations of Stage Makeup

    by Daniel C Townsend ...
    Foundations of Stage Makeup, Second Edition is a comprehensive exploration into the creative world of stage makeup.Step-by-step makeup applications paired with textual content create an enriching experience for future performers and makeup artists. Students will learn relevant history, color theory, makeup sanitation processes, and the use of light and shadow to engage in discussions about the ... Read more

    46,15 €

  • A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

    by Steven Louis Shelley ...
    Combining theory and application, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting provides a comprehensive analysis of lighting systems along with examples and illustrations of the technical tools and methods used in the industry.An entertaining and educational read, author Steven Louis Shelley draws from his 35+ years of diverse experience to explain how to get the job done along with real-life examples of ... Read more

    70,44 €

  • Staging A Musical

    by Matthew White ...
    In Staging a Musical, Matthew White describes all the elements involved in putting on a musical production, including: how to choose the right show, budgets and schedules, auditions, rehearsals, and performances. ... Read more

    52,22 €

  • Post-War British Theatre (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Elsom ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Since the Second World War, we have witnessed exciting, often confusing developments in the British theatre. This book, first published in 1976, presents an enlightening, objective history of the many facets of post-war British theatre and a fresh interpretation of theatre itself.The remarkable and profound changes which have taken place during this period range from the style and content of plays ... Read more

    51,01 €

  • The Mask: A Periodical Performance by Edward Gordon Craig

    Edited by Olga Taxidou ...
    No study of modern theater is complete without a thorough understanding of the enormous influence of visionary genius Edward Gordon Craig. Born in England in 1872, Craig went on to become famous world-wide as an actor, manager, director, playwright, designer, and most importantly an author and theorist, whose books were translated into German, Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Hungarian, and Danish ... Read more

    52,22 €