Biography - Theatre Directors

Larry Silverberg

Larry Silverberg is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre where he studied with legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner Shortly before his death, Sanford Meisner arranged for Larry to ...

$16.99

Peter Brook

++ 25% DISCOUNT ++Playing by Ear is a just-published collection of essays from world-renowned director Peter Brook The Collection offers his unique and personal insights into sound and music ... From t...

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Jean Benedetti

** 50% DISCOUNT **Jean Benedetti's critical biography of Konstantin Stanislavski, one of the towering figures of twentieth-century theatre, has been fully revised and expanded offering new facts and insight...

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Joe Farrell

** 50% DISCOUNT **This first full biography of the winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature illuminates his theatre, his politics, and the working relationship at the heart of his marriage to the actre...

$19.95

James Shapiro

** 25% DISCOUNT ** From the author of the hugely popular and critically acclaimed 1599 - A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare and 1606 - Shakespeare and the Year of Lear, Shakespeare in a Divided Ame...

$19.50

Andy Nyman

More Golden Rules of Acting is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Andy Nyman's best seller The Golden Rules of Acting Andy Nyman once again brings us a wealth of witty and wonderful words of wisdom drawn fr...

$10.99

Daniel Schulze

Authenticity is one of the major values of our time This study analyses the 'culture of authenticity' as it relates to theatre and establishes a theoretical framework for analysis Daniel Schulz argues that...

$39.95

Daniel Dresner

A Life-coaching Approach to Screen Acting combines life-coaching and screen-acting tools and techniques in one accessible handbook A Life-coaching Approach to Screen Acting combines life-coaching and screen...

$26.95

Victoria Deiorio

Emphasising the artistry behind the decisions made by theatrical sound designers, The Art of Theatrical Sound Design is for anyone seeking to understand the nature of Sound and how to apply it to the Stage ...

$26.95

Sonia Massai & Susan Bennett

Ivo van Hove is a Belgian theatre director known as the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in the Netherlands and for his Off-Broadway avant-garde experimental theatre productions This book offers a...

$35.95

David Zoob

An essential new book on putting into practice the theories of one of theatre's most influential directors and playwrights Informative and accessible, it clearly explains Brecht's theories and shows how the...

$19.95

West End Producer

Another hysterically funny and bitingly savage Guide from The Masked Man of Theatreland ... West End Producer - the mysterious and anonymous cult author of the hugely popular Everything You Always Wanted To...

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Mark Crossley & James Yarker

For theatre students, fans and theatre-makers, Devising Theatre with Stan's Cafe is an inspiring account and practical guide to contemporary performance practice Since it was founded in 1991, British theat...

$29.95

Peter Brook

A thoughtful and deeply personal book by master theatre-maker Peter Brook, described by the Independent as " ... our greatest living theatre director" In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, pla...

$12.95

Barbara Simonsen

What are the key elements that go into creating a work of art for the stage? Which are the most productive conditions and methods of rehearsal? In this collection of interviews, 18 international artists ...

$31.95

Marion Meyer trans Penny Black

Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost This is the first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch - perhaps the most influential choreographer of the 20th century Meyer has written an accessible and affection...

$21.95

James Thomas

Includes the Formative Essay on Active Analysis by Maria Knebel A Director's Guide to Stanislavsky's Active Analysis describes Active Analysis, the innovative rehearsal method Stanislavsky formulated in hi...

$29.95

Deborah Geis - Editor

Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to be familiar with the prose and poetry by the seminal authors of this period: Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, ...

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James Shapiro

"Truly magnificent ... a work of genius" 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605 when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play - The ...

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Peter Rankin

'My only gift is to grow a show,' said Joan Littlewood, annoyed by what she had not achieved Even so, her ability to do just that put her and her company Theatre Workshop head and shoulders above mid twenti...

$19.95