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

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 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

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

Real Theatre: Essays in Experience (Rae Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Theatre is often said to offer unique insights into the nature of reality, but this obscures the reality of theatre itself. In Real Theatre, Paul Rae takes a joined-up approach to the realities of theatre to explain why performances take the forms they do, and what effects they have. Drawing on

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

Theatres of the Mind (McDougall Joyce)(Paperback)

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,

Ballet Bunnies: The Lost Slipper (Reddy Swapna)(Paperback / softback)

Millie and the Ballet Bunnies are on a trip to the theatre to see some real ballerinas

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

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

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,

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

The Golden Age of Murder (Edwards Martin)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as

Quick Curtain (Melville Alan)(Paperback / softback)

When the show opens at the Grosvenor Theatre to a packed house, Brandon Baker is killed by a real bullet. When another member of the company is found dead, initial appearances suggest a straightforward case of murder followed by suicide. But there is, of course, more to it than

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

The Beatles Real Book: C Instruments (Beatles)(Paperback)

(Fake Book). This Real Book edition pays tribute to the Fab Four with over 100 arrangements of their masterful songs. Each song remains true to the spirit of its original performance and is presented in the classic fashion you've come to know from The Real Book with easy-to-read musical notation

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

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

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

Beauty Queen of Leenane (Various)(Paperback)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane was first presented as a Druid Theatre/Royal Court Theatre co-production in January 1996. Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (Stroustrup Bjarne)(Paperback)

An Introduction to Programming by the Inventor of C++ Preparation for Programming in the Real World The book assumes that you aim eventually to write non-trivial programs, whether for work in software development or in some other technical field. Focus on Fundamental Concepts and Techniques The

Real Life (Dieudonn (c) Adeline)(Paperback / softback)

A fierce and poetic debut on surviving the wilderness of family

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