Theatre direction and production Books

Why did medicine fascinate writers and filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s? This book traces the prevalent medical themes in interwar Russian and Czech literature and cinema: syphilis, nervous illness, surgery and childbirth. It offers new perspectives on...

This is the invitation -- a kind of dare, really -- that Jenny Magnus proffers...In these plays, Magnus asks us to meet her intelligence, her wit, the naked soul of her unknowables with our own because, in her work, the question is the quest. Like...

When he is born the eldest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary, Edward, the Prince of Wales, is treated appallingly by his parents. His father ensures Edward is frightened of him, just as he was of his own father, and his mother is cool...

""La Africana"" es una comedia en tres actos escrita por Juan Catalina Rodr������guez en 1866. La historia se desarrolla en la ciudad de Sevilla, Espa�����a, durante el siglo XVII, y cuenta la historia de una mujer africana llamada Zara que es vendida...

Black 'Ell is a one-act war play written by Miles Malleson and first published in 1917. The play is set in the trenches of World War I and follows a group of British soldiers as they prepare for an attack on the German front line. The soldiers are led by...

THE HIPPIE is a one act comedy play in rehearsal form. The actors carry their scripts and do not have to memorize lines. They argue with the director, stage manager, author and props.

What Would a Person Do? by award-winning theater director Kimberly Senior is a sharp, spirited collection of reflections brimming with heart & wisdom that bridge the gap between life and art. Senior offers a practical guide to effective...

Mark Zuckerberg hat mehr auf dem Kerbholz, als selbst dargestellt. Bei ihm liegen Leichen im Keller, die keiner vermutet und dieses Buch wird Dinge aufzeigen, die ihn unangenehm zwicken. Höchstwahrscheinlich wird gegen dieses Buch vorgegangen werden,...

Elon Musk ist ein aus seinen Eltern stammender und vornehmlich in den Vereinigten Staaten, jedoch auch global wirkender Unternehmer. Im Kontext seiner vielfältigen Unternehmungen wurde er am bekanntesten als Mitinhaber, technischer Leiter und teils auch...

Les théâtres du passé : des théâtres virtuels ? C'est une des questions passionnantes explorée dans ce livre par des chercheurs et chercheuses en littérature, musicologie, histoire, études théâtrales, histoire de l'art, architecture et sciences du...

Gorski Vijenac je drama Petra II Petrovića Njegoša, napisana u stihu i maniru narodnih pesama. Drama opisuje borbu crnogorskih plemena protiv domaćih poturica, na kraju XVII i početkom XVIII veka. Stihovi su puni mudrosti vrlo popularnih u...

Is there any forest where no human beings reside? There may be.Is there any forest where trees can talk, sing, listen to, laugh, cry, and offer fruits sensing one's mind? There may be.Maybe, hearing the human's footsteps, they will be silent, or else...

Sacontala or The Fatal Ring is a play written by the Indian poet and playwright, Calidas, in the 4th century BCE. The play tells the story of a beautiful young woman named Sacontala, who is the daughter of a sage and lives in a forest hermitage. One day,...

A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition explains how to successfully tackle the "cattle call" acting audition with a sixty-second monologue. Through Q&As, tips, director's notes, and a glossary full of outrageous...

The Abdication Of Ferdinand Or Napoleon At Bayonne: A Historical Play, In Five Acts (1811) is a dramatic work written by Daniel Merdant. The play is set during the early 19th century and depicts the events surrounding the abdication of King Ferdinand VII...

Das Trainingsbuch für Improtheater trainiert und stärkt mit Übungen neben den gewünschten Fähigkeiten wie Spontanität, Kreativität und Schlagfertigkeit auch das Zusammenspiel und Entwickeln von Ideen. Im Buch finden Improtrainer, Gruppen und...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Theaterwissenschaft, Tanz, Note: 1.0, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Fakultät für Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften / Theaterwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mit vor Gewalt, Obszönität...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Mediengeschichte, Note: 1,7, Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Ihr werdet Radio-Geschichte...

Set in 1794, on the French colony of Saint Lucia, Take Me to Mon Repos tells the story of a stand-off between Bwigan, a runaway slave actively on a mission to burn down the plantations; and the owners of the plantation where Bernelle, Bwigan's love...

"How blessed I am to have a festival of my plays, it is simply extraordinary. But to have Pittsburgh Playwrights bringing them to life is over the top, The work ethic, the amazing talent and the vision of Monteze Freeland and Mark Southers, their...

GUMBO LAGNIAPPE (You've Got to Be Kidding) contains original plays, many with public health themes, but others dealing with our fascinating current political and social climate. Several plays were written for this year's Spectral Sisters Productions...

Ο Βλαδίμηρος και ο Εστραγκόν, οι γνωστοί πρωταγωνιστές του Περιμένωντας τον Γκοντό ξυπνούν μετά από χρόνια μάλλον αλλαγμένοι. Περιμένοντας τον Γκοντό επί ματαίω άλλαξαν, έγιναν περισσότερο ερειστικοί και πιο δραστήριοι. Όμως το όνειρο τους παραμένει...

“Liliom” is play by Hungarian dramatist Ferenc Molnár, first performed in 1909. The play is set in Budapest, Hungary, and in a fictional waiting area just outside of Heaven. Liliom is a cocky carousel worker who falls in love with Julie, a maid. However,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Viola didn't survive the shipwreck.This is what happens to Shakespeare's original text of TWELFTH NIGHT when its heroine, its 'beating heart,' is marauding through it as a ZOMBIE.WARNING: Let all who read this know that Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is a...

A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage places this renowned, award-winning playwright's contribution to American theatre in scholarly context. The volume covers Nottage's plays, productions, activism, and artistic collaborations to display the...

The Losing and Finding of Life in Peer Gynt, Paracelsus, Brand, Parsifal is a book written by Frederic Eli Dewhurst and published in 1909. The book explores the themes of life and death as portrayed in four literary works: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen,...

La Campagne est une pi�����ce de th����������tre comique en un acte et en vers, �����crite par Fran�����ois Antoine Chevrier et publi�����e en 1755. L'histoire se d�����roule ������ la campagne, o����� un groupe de personnages hauts en couleur se...

Acting Charades: For Old And Young is a book written by Arthur Lillie and originally published in 1879. The book is a collection of charades, which are a type of word puzzle game where players act out a word or phrase in order to convey its meaning to...

Das von Sigmund Freud geschaffene psychoanalytische Setting (der Analytiker sitzt im Sessel, der Patient liegt auf der Couch) wird von Karikaturisten immer wieder gerne als Bildmotiv genutzt. Damit lassen sich aktuelle Themen in witziger Form...

Warten auf G Eine Etüde im Absurden Ein Bühnenstück Ein Dialog für zwei Personen Eine Hommage an Samuel Becket

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Komparatistik, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Note: 1.0, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Institut für Deutsche Philologie), Veranstaltung: Proseminar: Theater und Nation: Die...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Mediengeschichte, Note: 1,7, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Einführung des Buchdrucks vor 550 Jahren hatte eine nahezu unvorstellbare Wirkung auf...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Mediengeschichte, Note: 2,0, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Fakultät Medien), Veranstaltung: Bachelor-Abschlussarbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nun ist es mehr als 500 Jahre her,...

Este libro aborda las diferentes adaptaciones cinematográficas y televisivas del personaje Pepe Carvalho, creado por Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. A través del estudio de sus diferentes traslaciones a la gran y pequeña pantalla se analiza cómo el cine y la...

The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fascinated filmmakers and what kinds of cinematic...

Dive into this "introspectacle" and weird world of the Curious! This anthology of eight plays offers readers irreverent and iconoclastic narratives by playwrights with a keen ear for the eccentricities and homespun quirks of language. The Curious Theater...

Twenty one short scenes tell the story of Mr. & Mrs. Van Leasing who, coveting a tulip owned by their aristocratic neighbour Van Eek and egged on by smooth talking banker Van Hire, get sucked into the idea they can grow rich speculating on the rising...

Eric Smith is an Erik Satie obsessed loner who sets up a museum to his musical hero in his Birmingham bedsit. He guides his audience through the 'treasures' he has gathered. The audience watch as his grasp on reality weakens and this one act play...

Laurie Pennell has been cared for by his mother, Evelyn, aunt, Phoebe and the priest from their nearby Cornish seaside town. Laurie is happy and well loved but now his mother is no longer as well as she was.Then a man's body is found at the foot of a...

In einem stilvollen Nord-Queenslander Haus, getröstet durch die Rufe einheimischer Kreaturen und klassischer Töne, scheinen die Baxters eine archetypische Familie zu sein, komplett mit glücklicher Ehe und fleißigem Sohn. Aber 1968 ist eine Zeit voller...

Felix is recently divorced from April and currently lives in an efficiency apartment. He is Oscar's long-time, best friend. Oscar is a womanizer and is married to Diane. His business is finally taking off, so he starts an affair with a young,...

Osbern and Ursyne is a three-act drama written by John Oliver Hobbes and published in 1900. The play tells the story of a young woman named Ursyne who is forced into a marriage with a wealthy nobleman named Osbern. Despite her initial reluctance, Ursyne...