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  • Directing the Play Directing the Play
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    Directing the Play

    Numerous books have been written on the art of directing from the classical to contemporary times. Many of these works have concentrated on different facets of the discipline of directing such as the definition, history, and development of directing, as...
    $75.00

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  • Theatre as Alter/"Native" in Derek Walcott Theatre as Alter/"Native" in Derek Walcott
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    Theatre as Alter/"Native" in Derek Walcott

    'Theatre as Alter/"Native" in Derek Walcott' attempts a close and detailed politico-aesthetic analysis of his major plays. At the core of this book lies the attempt to answer the question of how postcolonial artists and intellectuals have dared to...
    $81.00

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  • King Henry IV, Part One and Two King Henry IV, Part One and Two
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    King Henry IV, Part One and Two

    Responsibility and Honor--In Henry IV, Part 2, Hal continues his journey of growth becoming a man fit to hold the throne of England. He distances himself from John Falstaff and takes up important responsibilities for his father, the King. For his part...
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    THEATRE AND ENCOUNTER

    The book examines the various ways in which theatre responds to our psychological needs. It begins with how we present our own personal drama and goes on to look at theatre as the means by which we give events personal and corporate significance. Theatre...
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    Mariners

    Meet the Mariners, class of 1972, the year of Pink Floyd, UCLA Basketball and running grunions. Before cell phones, video games and Facebook, these Mariners came of age beachcombing the shore and surfing the tide of Cortez, a small patch of sand located...
    $23.00

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  • An Audition For A Murder An Audition For A Murder
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    An Audition For A Murder

    A Theatre group is holding auditions for a Murder Mystery called "Death of A Disco Dancer". All of the typical actors show up to audition. There is Mia Monahan - the militant method actress, Amber Frost- the ditzy Drama queen, Chad - the...
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  • Trippingly on the Tongue Trippingly on the Tongue
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    Trippingly on the Tongue

    "You should read Hamlet. A lot of other books refer to Hamlet. You should read Shakespeare because a lot of other books refer to Shakespeare and if you don't understand Shakespeare, then there's a whole bunch of books you can't understand." That is what...
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  • Whatever Love Means Whatever Love Means
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    Whatever Love Means

    "I was surrounded by love growing up but I don't really remember hearing it said much, that was all a bit awkward and unnecessary but, because I was lucky, it ran through everything like fat marbling a piece of meat."WHATEVER LOVE MEANS comprises a...
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  • Stage Fright in the Actor Stage Fright in the Actor
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    Stage Fright in the Actor

    Stage Fright in the Actor explores the phenomena of stage fright-a universal experience that ranges in intensity from a relatively easy-to-conceal sense of anxiety to an overwhelming feeling of terror-from the actor's perspective, unearthing its...
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  • Inside The Performance Workshop Inside The Performance Workshop
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    Inside The Performance Workshop

    Inside The Performance Workshop: A Sourcebook for Rasaboxes and Other Exercises is the first full-length volume dedicated to the history, theory, practice, and application of a suite of performer training exercises developed by Richard Schechner and...
    $92.00

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  • Religion and Drama in Early Modern England Religion and Drama in Early Modern England
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    Religion and Drama in Early Modern England

    Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion and performance were inextricably linked in early modern England. Its readings extend beyond the...
    $152.00

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  • Do It Yourself Dramaturgy Do It Yourself Dramaturgy
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    Do It Yourself Dramaturgy

    "The secret of life may be found in the questions you ask, and the same goes for the secrets of playwriting. In Do It Yourself Dramaturgy, Caroline Russell-King asks just the right questions or, rather, she exhorts playwrights to ask them before...
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  • The Romance of Three Hamlets The Romance of Three Hamlets
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    The Romance of Three Hamlets

    Through a metaphorical journey of Shakespeare in traditional Chinese theatre, using three Chinese opera productions of Hamlet as signposts, the book discusses the relationship between Shakespeare and Chinese theatrical traditions.
    $392.00

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  • Trump Was a Joke Trump Was a Joke
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    Trump Was a Joke

    Written by a scholar of satire and politics, Trump Was a Joke explains why satire is an exceptional foil for absurd political times and why it did a particularly good job of making sense of Trump.Covering a range of comedic interventions, Trump Was a...
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  • Acting for Animators Acting for Animators
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    Acting for Animators

    Written specifically for animation professionals instead of stage and movie actors, this book's 5th edition provides an essential primer for creating empathetic and dynamic character performance and, in the process, shows how the strongest storytelling...
    $347.00

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  • Songs of Tagore Songs of Tagore
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    Songs of Tagore

    This book brings the Tagore's unique music - Rabindrasangit - to a global audience, with a lucid introduction by Ananda Lal as well as selected songs in international transcription and English translation.
    $105.00

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  • The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance
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    The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance

    The Companion provides an accessible, informative and engaging introduction to important people and companies, events, concepts and practices that have defined the complementary fields of theatre and performance studies. This third edition has been...
    $102.00

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  • Out of Time? Out of Time?
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    Out of Time?

    The collective volume seeks to respond to these questions by exploring crip time in disability performance as both a concept and a phenomenon.
    $140.00

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  • Milestones in Musical Theatre Milestones in Musical Theatre
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    Milestones in Musical Theatre

    Milestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its earliest incarnations, especially those crafted by Black creators, to its rise as a global phenomenon.　Designed for weekly use in...
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  • Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 - 2021 Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 - 2021
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    Strategies for Survival at SIBIKWA 1988 - 2021

    It provides an engaging and contextualised insight into a South African township-based arts centre that has survived the vicissitudes of steady militarisation in townships worst years of apartheid as well as the exhilaration of a new democratic policy...
    $102.00

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  • Who Is In the Room? Who Is In the Room?
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    Who Is In the Room?

    With this book, Brooke O'Harra takes up directing as an artistic practice in and of itself. Speaking beyond and against craft, O'Harra drives the art of directing forward.
    $102.00

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  • Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-4; Volume 1911 Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-4; Volume 1911
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    Ezhegodnik imperatorskikh teatrov pt.1-4; Volume 1911

    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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  • La Comedie De Salon La Comedie De Salon
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    La Comedie De Salon

    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 School Drama
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    The School Drama

    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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  • Les Secrets des Coulisses des Théatres de Paris
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    Les Secrets des Coulisses des Théatres de Paris

    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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  • Cissie Loftus Cissie Loftus
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    Cissie Loftus

    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 Elder and the Younger Booth The Elder and the Younger Booth
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    The Elder and the Younger Booth

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  • Court Masques of James I Court Masques of James I
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    Court Masques of James I

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  • The Passion-play of Oberammergau; The Passion-play of Oberammergau;
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    The Passion-play of Oberammergau;

    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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  • Booth Memorials Booth Memorials
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    Booth Memorials

    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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  • Leaves From the Autobiography of Tommaso Salvini Leaves From the Autobiography of Tommaso Salvini
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    Leaves From the Autobiography of Tommaso Salvini

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  • Extracts From the Accounts of the Revels at Court Extracts From the Accounts of the Revels at Court
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    Extracts From the Accounts of the Revels at Court

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  • The Trojan Women of Euripides The Trojan Women of Euripides
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    The Trojan Women of Euripides

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  • The Fencing Master The Fencing Master
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    The Fencing Master

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  • The Community Theatre in Theory and Practice The Community Theatre in Theory and Practice
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    The Community Theatre in Theory and Practice

    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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  • Dialects for the Stage Dialects for the Stage
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    Dialects for the Stage

    Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These and more accents - from Yiddish to French Canadian - are clearly explained in Evangeline Machlin's classic work, complete with downloadable resources.
    $142.00

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  • David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross
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    David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross

    The 12 original and two classic essays offer a dialectic on performance and structure, and substantially advance our knowledge of this seminal playwright. The commentaries examine feminism, pernicious nostalgia, ethnicity, the mythological land motif,...
    $111.00

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  • The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen
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    The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen

    Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny's pseudo-sitcom situation and created an...
    $76.00

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  • A Moon for the Misbegotten on the American Stage A Moon for the Misbegotten on the American Stage
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    A Moon for the Misbegotten on the American Stage

    A Moon for the Misbegotten is one of Eugene O'Neill's most frequently revived works, and major American revivals of the play have been instrumental in securing its esteemed position in theater history. While the play's landmark production in 1973 is...
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  • We Will Be Citizens We Will Be Citizens
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    We Will Be Citizens

    A dozen essays by a range of established scholars and performing artists address issues in post-1969 American gay and lesbian theatre and drama, the period after the raid at the Stonewall Inn helped spawn a "gay revolution." The collection covers...
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  • Ancient Greek Costume Ancient Greek Costume
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    Ancient Greek Costume

    Costume production distinguishes early civilization from the Paleolithic era as much as architectural production. Costume transcends boundaries, as it first unites and then divides mankind. The mode of dress differentiates friend from foe and peasant...
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