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Being a Director - A life in the Theatre
Di Trevis is a world-renowned director, whose work with UK's National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and directing productions worldwide, has deeply informed her knowledge of the director's craft…
Hamlet and the Baker’s Son - My Life in Theatre and Politics
"He is the inventor of the internationally renowned Forum Theatre system and 'Theatre of the Oppressed', including Image Theatre, Invisible Theatre, Rainbow of Desire and Legislative Theatre. He travels…
Twentieth Century Actor Training
Actor training is arguably the most unique phenomenon of twentieth century theatre making. Here, for the first time, the theories, training exercises, and productions of fourteen directors are analyzed…
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…
Playing Boal - Theatre & Therapy and Activism
A study of the work of theatre practitioner and political activist, Augusto Boal, that looks at the political and social issues raised by his work as well as its practical applications This text is designed…
Acting (Re)considered - A Theoretical and Practical Guide
Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance This second edition includes five new…
Monologues for Actors of Color - Women
The author has carefully selected 45 contemporary monologues for women that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, and Asian-American identities Each monologue comes with an introduction…
Theatre and the World - Performance and the Politics of Culture - HARDBACK
In this passionate and uncompromising work, Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a Third World’ perspective Arguing that Indian theatre has been appropriated…
Costume Design - Techniques of Modern Masters
Eighteen interviews with top costume designers partnered with original sketches reveal why they are at the top of their profession. Top tips and trade secrets revealed in a behind-the-scenes look at the…
Corsets and Crinolines
This discussion of the female form and fashion over the last four hundred years includes structural drawings and patterns along with contemporary quotations, an index and a glossary The first of Miss Waugh’s…
Conference of the Birds
This is the true story of an extraordinary journey. In December 1972, the director Peter Brook and an international troupe of actors (Helen Mirren and Yoshi Oida among them) left their Paris base to emerge…
Drama Narrative and Moral Education
This explores how to approach moral education for children. He looks at a classroom approach that uses both drama and narrative (stories) to explore moral issues - drama allows children to work through…
Games for Actors and Non-actors
Written by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, this sets out the principles and practice of Boal’s revolutionary method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone -…
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…
Legislative Theatre - Using Performance to Make Politics
A further stage in the Boal project, this is an attempt to use theatre within a political system to create a truer form of democracy This text includes a full description of the principles of “legislative…
The Singing and Acting Handbook - Games and Exercises for the Performer
“Singing and Acting has something for everyone the book represents a collection of great advice on all aspects of performance” ~ Anne B. Wilson, Speech and Drama This book is an unique resource…
The Rainbow of Desire - The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy
This volume is a handbook of exercises with a difference - it is a statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives The book sets out the techniques which help…
Handbook of Dramatherapy
A comprehensive base for theory and practice which will be an invaluable resource for mental health professionals as well students of dramatherapy and theatre.
Learning Through Theatre - New Perspectives on Theatre in Education
Aiming to stimulate and inform, this text will be of practical value to all teachers, educationalists, theatre practitioners and students of drama.
Eugenio Barba
Eugenio Barba is the first book to combine an overview of Barba’s work and that of his company, Odin Teatret It also explores his writings and ideas on theatre anthropology, and his unique contribution…
From Acting to Performance - Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism
From Acting to Performance collects for the first time major essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander Spanning over a decade, the essays survey the changes in acting and performance that…
International Film Guide 2004 - The Ultimate Annual Review of World Cinema
Designed for film lovers, students, critics, producers, directors and festival programmers, this annual review of world cinema offers reports from 75 countries bringing readers up to date on the latest…
Contemporary Plays by Women of Color - An Anthology of 16 Plays
This anthology crosses between women's studies, ethnic studies, and literature, compiling plays written by contemporary women of color. This is the first anthology devoted to a cross-section of ethnic…
Dark of the Moon
Large Mixed Cast
As the tale unfolds, a witch boy tarries in a mountain community because he's in love with a beautiful girl called Barbara Allen. But the superstitious townspeople resent their happiness, and meddling…
