The Theatre of the Absurd (Esslin Martin)(Paperback)

The Theatre of the Absurd (Esslin Martin)(Paperback)

The 'Theatre of the Absurd' has become a familiar term to describe a group of radical European playwrights - writers such as Samuel Beckett, Eug ne Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter - whose dark, funny and humane dramas wrestled profoundly with the meaningless absurdity of the human condition

The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd (Dalrymple Theodore)(Paperback)

Four Little Girls and Desire Caught by the Tail (Picasso Pablo)(Paperback / softback)

These surreal compositions have been considered as forerunners to the theatre of the absurd of the 1950s, as exemplified by Beckett, Ionesco and Adamov. This volume also contains the accompanying illustrations by Picasso

Boxer and The Goal Keeper - Sartre Versus Camus (Martin Andy)(Paperback / softback)

Existentialism meets the philosophy of the Absurd. They should have been a dream-team. It turned into a duel to the

Theatre of the Real (Martin C.)(Paperback)

This book proposes a new way to consider theatre and performance that claims a special relationship to reality, truth and authenticity. It documents innovations in devising and staging theatre and performance that takes reality as its subject, cultural shifts that have generated theatre of the

The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust (Niziolek Grzegorz)(Paperback)

Grzegorz Niziolek's The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust is a pioneering analysis of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust on Polish theatre and society from 1945 to the present. It reveals the role of theatre as a crucial medium of collective memory - and collective forgetting - of the trauma of

Theatre of the Ridiculous: A Critical History (Aliano Kelly I.)(Paperback)

Theater of the Ridiculous is a significant movement that highlighted the radical possibilities inherent in camp. Much of contemporary theater owes this form a great debt but little has been written about its history or aesthetic markers. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the important

Cyrano de Bergerac - in a free adaptation (Crimp Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Martin Crimp's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in November 2019. A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the beautiful but inarticulate Christian

Improvisation for the Theater (Spolin Viola)(Paperback)

Here is the thoroughly revised third edition of the bible of improvisational theater. Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than 100,000 copies and inspired actors,

Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater (Kaufman Moises)(Paperback)

A detailed guide to the collaborative method developed by the acclaimed creators of The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency--destined to become a classic. A Vintage Original. By Mois s Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy Maize,

Theatres of the Mind (McDougall Joyce)(Paperback)

Then What Happens?: Storytelling and Adapting for the Theatre (Alfreds Mike)(Paperback)

A practical investigation into story-theatre and the art of telling stories through theatre, by the renowned director who founded Shared Experience Theatre Company. In Then What Happens?, Mike Alfreds makes the case for putting story and storytelling back at the heart of theatre. He explores the

Immersive Theatre: Engaging the Audience (Machamer Josh)(Paperback)

Immersive Theatre: Engaging the Audience is a collection of essays that look to catalogue the popularization of 'immersive' theatre/performance throughout the world; focusing on reviews of works, investigations into specific companies and practices, and the scholarship behind the 'role' an audience

The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate (Brook Peter)(Paperback)

A timeless classic on the art of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. In this seminal and iconoclastic book, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a

Verbatim: Contemporary Documentary Theatre (Hammond Will)(Paperback)

Five specially commissioned discussions of verbatim theatre - in the words of the people who make it.'What a verbatim play does is flash your research nakedly. It's like cooking a meal but the meat is left raw.' - Max Stafford-ClarkPlays which use people's actual words as the basis for their

Theatre: Art Brut - The Collection(Paperback)

The theatre is the central theme of this fourth volume in our series titled 'Art Brut - The Collection', published to coincide with the fourth Art Brut

The Cake Tree in the Ruins (Nosaka Akiyuki)(Paperback)

Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its

The Theatre: A Concise History (Hartnoll Phyllis)(Paperback)

Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, the extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature--here is an all-embracing and richly illustrated history, worldwide in scope and ranging from the ancient origins of the theatre in the choral hymns sung around the altar of Dionysus

Theater of the Word: Selfhood in the English Morality Play (Paulson Julie)(Paperback)

In Theater of the Word: Selfhood in the English Morality Play, Julie Paulson sheds new light on medieval constructions of the self as they emerge from within a deeply sacramental culture. The book examines the medieval morality play, a genre that explicitly addresses the question of what it means

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Brown John Russell)(Paperback)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international, multicultural drama in the late twentieth century, and from Sophocles and

The Science of Lost Futures (Habermeyer Ryan)(Paperback)

A quirky, intelligently absurd collection of humorous, poignant short

The Handbook of Techniques for Theatre Designers (Winslow Colin)(Paperback)

Detailed advice on acquiring and refining the myriad of skills needed to be a theater designer, from drawing to costume design to effectively presenting design workTheater designers need to be proficient in an extraordinarily diverse range of skills to carry out their workthey are expected to be

Theatre and the Digital (Blake Bill)(Paperback)

Why should the digital bring about ideas of progress in the theatre arts? This question opens up a rich seam of provocative and original thinking about the uses of new media in theatre, about new forms of cultural practice and artistic innovation, and about the widening purposes of the theatre's

Theater of Exhibitions (Hoffmann Jens)(Paperback)

Theater of Exhibitions analyzes 'art after the end of art,' questioning whether inherited frameworks of making, theorizing, and exhibiting art still apply to contemporary practice. The book also considers the current commodification of the art industry and the distribution of images in the digital