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  • A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing
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    A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing

    A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing addresses all three genres of dramatic writing - for theatre, film and TV - in a comprehensive, one-semester, 14-week masterclass for the dramatic writer. Including new material alongside revised, this volume takes the...
    $79.00

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  • What a Body Can Do What a Body Can Do
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    What a Body Can Do

    In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in...
    $102.00

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  • The Actor and the Character The Actor and the Character
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    The Actor and the Character

    Transformative acting remains the aspiration of many an emerging actor, and constitutes the achievement of some of the most acclaimed performances of our age: Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter -...
    $102.00

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  • The Taming of the Shrew (Routledge Revivals) The Taming of the Shrew (Routledge Revivals)
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    The Taming of the Shrew (Routledge Revivals)

    William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew has succeeded in surviving in contemporary culture, and has even managed to penetrate to the most modern media of mass communications. This book, first published in 1991, examines some of the different...
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  • The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals) The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals)
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    The Modern Stage and Other Worlds (Routledge Revivals)

    Modern plays are strikingly diverse and, as a result, any attempt to locate an underlying unity between them encounters difficulties: to focus on what they have in common is often to overlook what is of primary importance in particular plays; to focus on...
    $70.00

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  • The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader
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    The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader

    The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader combines extracts from over 70 international practitioners, companies, collectives and makers from the fields of Dance, Theatre, Music, Live and Performance Art, and Activism to form an essential sourcebook for...
    $140.00

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  • A History of the Theatre Laboratory A History of the Theatre Laboratory
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    A History of the Theatre Laboratory

    The term 'theatre laboratory' has entered the regular lexicon of theatre artists, producers, scholars and critics alike, yet use of the term is far from unified, often operating as an catch-all for a web of intertwining practices, territories,...
    $102.00

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  • Beyond the Apsara Beyond the Apsara
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    Beyond the Apsara

    This book celebrates and documents the resurgence of dance in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and the infamous Pol Pot regime. It honours the remarkable commitment of the few remaining masters of the art of dance who are reviving and...
    $131.00

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  • Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications
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    Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications

    Presenting an alternative perspective, this book proposes that performing arts forge an emotional bond between the performer and the audience, making the act of performance a therapeutic and restorative experience, and not merely recreational.Studying...
    $147.00

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  • Shaping the Landscape Shaping the Landscape
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    Shaping the Landscape

    This, the fourth book in the series 'Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific', explores the current dance scene in Australia from a wide perspective that mirrors the creative engagement of artists with Australian culture and the landscape. It looks at...
    $131.00

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  • Sharing Identities Sharing Identities
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    Sharing Identities

    This anthology celebrates dancing diversities in Malaysia, a multicultural nation with old and not-so-old dance traditions in a synchronicity of history, creativity, inventions and representation of its people, culture and traditions. These articles and...
    $131.00

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  • The Movie Business Book The Movie Business Book
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    The Movie Business Book

    Tapping experts in an industry experiencing major disruptions, The Movie Business Book is the authoritative, comprehensive sourcebook, covering online micro-budget movies to theatrical tentpoles. This book pulls back the veil of secrecy on producing,...
    $123.00

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  • Robert Lepage Robert Lepage
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    Robert Lepage

    Robert Lepage is one of Canada's foremost theatre authors and directors. His company, Ex Machina, has toured to international acclaim and he has lent his talents to areas as diverse as opera, film, solo performance and installation art. His most...
    $102.00

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  • Fiction's Truth Fiction's Truth
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    Fiction's Truth

    Fiction's Truth explores professional actors' lived experiences of representing human suffering, distress, and violence. The book analyses the struggles, issues, and transformations professional actors face when dealing with these portrayals of human...
    $102.00

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  • Augusto Boal Augusto Boal
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    Augusto Boal

    This newly-updated volume looks at the scope of Augusto Boal's career from his early work as a playwright and director in Sao Paulo in the 1950s, to the development of his ground-breaking manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Offering...
    $102.00

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  • The Art of Entertainment The Art of Entertainment
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    The Art of Entertainment

    In this book, theatre historian Jason Price looks at the relationships and exchanges that took place between high and low cultural forms in Britain from 1880 to 1940
    $373.00

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  • Art of the Cut Art of the Cut
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    Art of the Cut

    This is the second volume of the widely acclaimed Art of the Cut book published in 2017. This follow-up text expands on its predecessor with more than 360 interviews from the world's best editors (including nearly every Oscar-winner from the last 30...
    $102.00

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  • Writing Choreography Writing Choreography
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    Writing Choreography

    A new contribution to studies in choreography, Writing Choreography: Textualities of and beyond Dance focuses upon language and writing-based approaches to choreographing from the perspectives of artists and researchers active in the Nordic and Oceanic...
    $105.00

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  • Into Abolitionist Theatre Into Abolitionist Theatre
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    Into Abolitionist Theatre

    Seeking to transform community-based theatre-making, this book explores the transformative potential of abolitionist theatre, as theatre artists and teachers collaborate with marginalized communities to challenge systems of oppression and inspire...
    $105.00

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  • Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing
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    Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing

    Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing: Creating Props for Production is a cohesive and practical guide for instructors teaching 3D printing techniques in stagecraft, costume and props courses.
    $90.00

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  • Spanish Film Policies and Gender Spanish Film Policies and Gender
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    Spanish Film Policies and Gender

    This book provides a comprehensive cultural and historical account of the key film policies put into place by the Spanish state between 1980 and 2010 through a gendered lens, framing these policies within the wider context of European film and media...
    $131.00

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  • An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema
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    An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema

    Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide understanding of actual crimes and social harms.
    $373.00

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  • ADR and Post-Sync Dialogue ADR and Post-Sync Dialogue
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    ADR and Post-Sync Dialogue

    Written by industry expert, R.J. Kizer, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of post-sync dialogue replacement, popularly known as ADR. It explores how this technology is used in motion pictures and in non-fiction television...
    $95.00

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  • Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship
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    Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship

    Creative Concert Production and Entrepreneurship: Concert Dramaturgy and Project Development for the Performing Arts offers a conceptual and applied introduction to the musical and dramaturgical challenges involved in developing and producing concerts.
    $100.00

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  • Dennis Kelly Dennis Kelly
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    Dennis Kelly

    Dennis Kelly explores Kelly's unusual career path and sheds light on his eclectic approach to the arts, characterised by a refusal to write texts that people can fit within neat categories.
    $102.00

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  • The Romance of a Western Boy The Romance of a Western Boy
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    The Romance of a Western Boy

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $44.00

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  • Cantos Y Bailes Populares De España, Volume 1... Cantos Y Bailes Populares De España, Volume 1...
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    Cantos Y Bailes Populares De España, Volume 1...

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $59.00

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  • Mademoiselle Josette, Ma Femme Mademoiselle Josette, Ma Femme
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    Mademoiselle Josette, Ma Femme

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $53.00

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  • Children's Plays Children's Plays
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    Children's Plays

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $42.00

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  • A Translation of Nine of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles A Translation of Nine of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles
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    A Translation of Nine of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $33.00

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  • Dancing in All Ages Dancing in All Ages
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    Dancing in All Ages

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
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  • The Life of Laura Keene The Life of Laura Keene
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    The Life of Laura Keene

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $57.00

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  • My Ivory Cellar; [the Story of Time-lapse Photography] My Ivory Cellar; [the Story of Time-lapse Photography]
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    My Ivory Cellar; [the Story of Time-lapse Photography]

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $38.00

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  • Gass's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Gass's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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    Gass's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...
    $62.00

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  • Paroles De Danse Paroles De Danse
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    Paroles De Danse

    Paroles De Danse est une collection de mots de sagesse, d'inspiration, de motivation et d'humour pour les danseurs de tous niveaux. Le professeur de danse, auteur et blogueur Francisco De La Calleja, s’appuie sur...
    $32.00

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  • Screen Acting Trade Secrets Screen Acting Trade Secrets
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    Screen Acting Trade Secrets

    Screen Acting Trade Secrets is the definitive guide for the screen actor in the 21st century. From your first awakening as an actor, to the end of your first day on a movie set, Screen Acting Trade Secrets walks you through it all with humour, priceless...
    $35.00

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  • Where's Yer Willy Now? Where's Yer Willy Now?
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    Where's Yer Willy Now?

    Soho's most celebrated drag queens Lulu L'Amore, Chastity Belt and Connie Lingus continue on their comically twisted journey in this sequel to Jeff Kristian's much loved debut novel WHERE D'YA PUT YER WILLY?Following Letitia Von...
    $38.00

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  • Schnauzer Schnauzer
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    Schnauzer

     David Yezzi’s Schnauzer is a bold play-in-verse about our feral need for love untethered. Wild. Rabid. Reminiscent of early Albee, across leaps of time in vivid scenes suffused with a haunting lyricism and humor, Yezzi conjures characters...
    $33.00

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  • The Fans' Love Story Encore The Fans' Love Story Encore
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    The Fans' Love Story Encore

    Just can't get enough of Dirty Dancing?Want to pay homage to the movie and to Patrick Swayze? Want to feel the power of love and relive the magic of Dirty Dancing?Get behind-the-scenes information that you won't find anywhere else. Rub elbows with Dirty...
    $26.00

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    Back to Frank Black

    In 1996, a groundbreaking television drama debuted on the Fox network. Created by Chris Carter, Millennium tells the story of Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a legendary forensic profiler gifted with the ability to see into the minds of killers. Through...
    $89.00

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  • The Hollywood Survival Guide for Actors The Hollywood Survival Guide for Actors
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    The Hollywood Survival Guide for Actors

    The Hollywood Survival Guide For Actors is a 352 page reference guide written by working actress and MENSA member Kym Jackson (Criminal Minds, Snitch, NCIS: LA).  The text reveals all the current information an actor needs to have a successful...
    $35.00

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  • Mediaphilism Mediaphilism
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    Mediaphilism

    Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com reviewing films, books, games, and culture from the perspective of a nerd in love with science and wonder.
    $37.00

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