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A Pictorial History of the American Theatre - 1900-1956
Hardcover & spine damaged & tatty but intact, otherwise good condition 100s of b/w photographs
A Pride of Terrys - The Saga of the Family which Dominated the Theatre for more than a Hundred Years
A Walk Around Charles Dickens’ London
The Walk lasts about 3 hours and starts at the Blackfriars Street Tube Station. Highlights include ... The site of the Blacking Factory where young Dickens worked The Roman Bath, where the boy Dickens…
Actors Pilgrims Kings and Gods - The Ramlila at Ramnagar - HARDBACK
The work documents and recreates an event; provides a rare insight into an Indian community’s negotiation with religious lore; unravels and explores a unique theatrical tradition; offers us a piece…
Approaches to Acting - Past and Present
Over time, approaches to acting have changed considerably. In the West, until the end of the 19C, such changes occured in the realm of acting itself, focussing on whether it should be ‘natural’…
At Ease in a Bright Red Tie
This collection of essays and theatre criticism by playwright John Whiting first emerged during the most exciting and eventful decade in post-war twentieth-century British theatre - 1952-1962 …
Ballet of the Enlightenment
The Establishment of the Ballet d’Action in France, 1770 - 1793. This book provides a vivid overview of the formative period during which ballet grew from its subservience to the opera, into a fully independent…
Blah Blah Blah - Stories of a Theatre Company 1985-1995
Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah is well known within the field of educational theatre, above all for the breath and originality of its practice Published here is a history of Blah Blah Blah which attempts…
Brecht On Film and Radio
This volume gathers together, for the first time in English translation, Brecht’s own writings on the new film and broadcast technologies that revolutionised arts and communication in the early part…
Britten and Auden in the Thirties - The Year 1936
1936 was a critical year in the Britten/Auden relationship which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate pre-war period - New Edition - 19 b/w illustrations - 194 pages
Cabaret Performance - Europe 1890-1920 - Songs & Sketches & Monologues & Memoirs
This collection brings together over three-dozen sketches, songs, memoirs, shadow and puppet-plays, literary and political satire from France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Poland, Sweden, and Russia "A unique…
Commedia Dell’Arte - A Handbook for Troupes
This companion to John Rudlin’s best-selling Commedia dell’Arte - A Handbook for Actors, covers both the history and professional practice of commedia dell’arte companies from 1568 to…
Commedia Dell’Arte in the Twentieth Century - A Handbook for Actors
An account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical, step-by-step guide to using Commedia techniques in performance The text provides sample monologues and explains each stock…
