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Saint Joan (Paperback): George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan (Paperback)
George Bernard Shaw
R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Children's Hour (Acting Edition) (Hardcover): Lillian Hellman The Children's Hour (Acting Edition) (Hardcover)
Lillian Hellman
R490 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Play's the Thing! - Selections from Playing Shakespeare's Characters, Vols. 1-4 (Paperback, New edition): Louis... The Play's the Thing! - Selections from Playing Shakespeare's Characters, Vols. 1-4 (Paperback, New edition)
Louis Fantasia
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Curated from the first four volumes of Peter Lang's Playing Shakespeare's Characters series, this omnibus edition selects the most practical essays for actors and directors wanting to play and produce Shakespeare's plays. The dozen contributors in this volume explore ways to play Shakespeare's lovers, villains, monarch, madmen, rebels, and tyrants. It gives critical guidance for directors and producers wanting to stage Shakespeare in the age of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. The book is a valuable companion for students, actors, directors, and designers who want insight into playing Shakespeare today.

'You' and 'Thou' in Shakespeare - A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers... 'You' and 'Thou' in Shakespeare - A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers (Hardcover)
Penelope Freedman
R1,993 Discovery Miles 19 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Romeo and Juliet always use 'thou' to each other, but they are the only pair of lovers in Shakespeare to do this. Why? All the women in Richard III address Richard as 'thou', but no man ever does. Why? When characters address the dead, they use 'thou' - except for Hamlet, who addresses Yorick as 'you'. Why? Shakespeare's contemporaries would have known the answers to these questions because they understood what 'thou' signified, but modern actors and audiences are in the dark. Through performance-oriented analysis of extracts from the plays, this book explores the language of 'trulls' and termagants, true loves and unwelcome wooers, male impersonators, smothering mothers, warring spouses and fighting men, as well as investigating lese-majeste, Freudian slips, crisis moments and rhetorical flourishes. Drawing on work with RSC actors, as well as the author's experience of playing a range of Shakespearean roles, the book equips the reader with a new tool for tracking emotions, weighing power relations and appreciating dazzling complexity.

Playwriting 101 - A Quick Guide on Writing and Producing Your First Play Step by Step From A to Z (Hardcover): Howexpert, Marsh... Playwriting 101 - A Quick Guide on Writing and Producing Your First Play Step by Step From A to Z (Hardcover)
Howexpert, Marsh Cassady
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Life and Memoirs of William Warren, Boston's Favorite Comedian. With a Full Account of His Golden Jubilee. Fifty Years of... Life and Memoirs of William Warren, Boston's Favorite Comedian. With a Full Account of His Golden Jubilee. Fifty Years of an Actor's Life (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of the Artistic Director - Conversations with Leading Practitioners (Hardcover): Christopher Haydon The Art of the Artistic Director - Conversations with Leading Practitioners (Hardcover)
Christopher Haydon
R2,855 Discovery Miles 28 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How do you decide what stories an audience should hear? How do you make your theatre stand out in a crowded and intensely competitive marketplace? How do you make your building a home for artistic risk and innovation, while ensuring the books are balanced? It is the artistic director's job to answer all these questions, and many more. Yet, despite the central role that these people play in the modern theatre industry, very little has been written about what they do or how they do it. In The Art of the Artistic Director, Christopher Haydon (former artistic director of the Gate Theatre, 'London's most relentlessly ambitious theatre' - Time Out) compiles a fascinating set of interviews that get to the heart of what it is to occupy this unique role. He speaks to twenty of the most prominent and successful artistic directors in the US and UK, including: Oskar Eustis (Public Theater, New York), Diane Paulus (American Repertory Theater, Boston), Rufus Norris (National Theatre, London) and Vicky Featherstone (Royal Court Theatre, London), uncovering the essential skills and abilities that go into making an accomplished artistic director. The only book of its kind available, The Art of the Artistic Director includes a foreword by Michael Grandage, former artistic director of the Sheffield Crucible and the Donmar Warehouse in London.

The Dramaturgy of Space (Hardcover): Ramón Griffero The Dramaturgy of Space (Hardcover)
Ramón Griffero; Translated by Adam Versényi
R2,503 Discovery Miles 25 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Ramón Griffero’s seminal work, The Dramaturgy of Space, the playwright and director describes his aesthetic philosophy and theoretical approach to theatrical creation, illustrating his theory through practical application in a series of exercises. As well as touching upon some of Griffero’s own work, like Cinema utopia (1985), Tus deseos en fragmentos (2003), Fin del eclipse (2007) and El azar de la fiesta (1992), this book also reinforces the practicality of Griffero’s concepts through a series of online videos, breaking down each exercise and allowing readers to engage with the effects of his celebrated approach. Published here in English for the first time, in a translation by the leading expert on Griffero, The Dramaturgy of Space reveals the internationally renowned Chilean artist’s thought process, and how his practice has influenced the theatrical, political, and social context, from the Pinochet dictatorship to the present day.

Voice (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2018): Jane Boston Voice (Hardcover, 1st Ed. 2018)
Jane Boston; Series edited by Simon. Shepherd
R3,377 Discovery Miles 33 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This wide-ranging volume explores the technical and physical aspects of voice as a craft, questioning its definitions, its historical presence, training practices and its publications. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Jane Boston presents a selection of readings that demonstrate and contextualize some of the defining moments of voice throughout history. This clear and accessible text examines the relationship between voice and aesthetics and poetics, against the backdrop of class, race and gender politics, demonstrating how vocal training has been and still is inevitably connected to such issues. Underpinned by theory, voice practitioner accounts, and cultural and historical contextualization, this comprehensive resource will be invaluable for practitioners, researchers and students of voice studies, physical theatre and theatre history.

As You Like It (Hardcover): William Shakespeare As You Like It (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Performing Architectures - Projects, Practices, Pedagogies (Hardcover): Andrew Filmer, Juliet Rufford Performing Architectures - Projects, Practices, Pedagogies (Hardcover)
Andrew Filmer, Juliet Rufford
R3,553 Discovery Miles 35 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Performing Architectures offers a coherent introduction to the fields of performance and contemporary architecture, exploring the significance of architecture for performance theory and theatre and performance practice. It maps the diverse relations that exist between these disciplines and demonstrates how their aims, concerns and practices overlap through shared interests in space, action and event. Through a wide range of international examples and contributions from scholars and practitioners, it offers readers an analytical survey of current practices and equips them with the tools for analyzing site-specific and immersive theatre and performance. The essays in this volume, contributed by leading theorists and practitioners from both disciplines, focus on three key sites of encounter: * Projects: examines recent trends in architecture for performance; * Practices: looks at cross-currents in artistic practice, including spatial dramaturgies, performance architectonics and performative architectures; and * Pedagogies: considers the uses of performance in architectural education and architecture in teaching performance. The volume provides an essential introduction to the ways in which performance and architecture, as socio-spatial processes and as things made or constructed, operate as generating, shaping and steering forces in understanding and performing the other.

Classical Greek Tragedy (Hardcover): Judith Fletcher Classical Greek Tragedy (Hardcover)
Judith Fletcher; Series edited by Simon. Shepherd
R1,813 Discovery Miles 18 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Classical Greek Tragedy offers a comprehensive survey of the development of classical Greek tragedy combined with close readings of exemplary texts. Reconstructing how audiences in fifth-century BCE Athens created meaning from the performance of tragedy at the dramatic festivals sponsored by the city-state and its wealthiest citizens, it considers the context of Athenian political and legal structures, gender ideology, religious beliefs, and other social forces that contributed to spectators' reception of the drama. In doing so it focuses on the relationship between performers and watchers, not only Athenian male citizens, but also women and audiences throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. This book traces the historical development of these dynamics through three representative tragedies that span a 50 year period: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Helen. Topics include the role of the chorus; the tragic hero; recurring mythical characters and subject matter; Aristotelian assessments of the components of tragedy; developments in the architecture of the theater and their impact on the interactions of characters, and the spaces they occupy. Unifying these discussions is the observation that the genre articulates a reality beyond the visible stage action that intersects with the characters' existence in the present moment and resonates with the audience's religious beliefs and collective psychology. Human voices within the performance space articulate powerful forces from an invisible dimension that are activated by oaths, hymns, curses and prayers, and respond in the form of oracles and prophecies, forms of discourse which were profoundly meaningful to those who watched the original productions of tragedy.

The History of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901; v.1 (Hardcover): Eugene Tompkins, Quincy Kilby The History of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901; v.1 (Hardcover)
Eugene Tompkins, Quincy Kilby
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jackanape and the Fingermen (Hardcover): D. Harlan Wilson Jackanape and the Fingermen (Hardcover)
D. Harlan Wilson
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Re-Situating Public Theatre in Contemporary France - Theatres and Their Publics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Ifigenia Gonis Re-Situating Public Theatre in Contemporary France - Theatres and Their Publics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Ifigenia Gonis
R3,545 Discovery Miles 35 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the dynamics of the relational and spatial politics of contemporary French theatrical production, with a focus on four theatres in the Greater Paris region. It situates these dynamics within the intersection of the histories of the public theatre and theatre decentralization in France, and the dialogues between live performances and the larger frameworks of artistic direction and programming as well as various imaginations of the "public". Understanding these phenomena, as well as the politics that underscore them, is key to understanding not only the present status of the public theatre in France, but also how theatre as a publicly funded institution interacts with the notion of the plurality, rather than the homogeneity, of its publics.

Inside Improvisation - The Science Behind Theatrical Improvisation and How To Get Better (Hardcover): Richard Bennett Inside Improvisation - The Science Behind Theatrical Improvisation and How To Get Better (Hardcover)
Richard Bennett
R778 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Comedy of Errors (Hardcover): William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors (Hardcover)
William Shakespeare
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Writing the Biodrama - Transforming Real Lives into Drama for Screen and Stage (Hardcover): Tee O'Neill Writing the Biodrama - Transforming Real Lives into Drama for Screen and Stage (Hardcover)
Tee O'Neill
R744 R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Olanda (Hardcover): Rafal Wojasin?ski Olanda (Hardcover)
Rafal Wojasiński; Translated by Charles S. Kraszewski
R783 R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Theatre of To-day (Hardcover): Hiram Kelly 1888- Moderwell The Theatre of To-day (Hardcover)
Hiram Kelly 1888- Moderwell
R976 Discovery Miles 9 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sing Red-Smash Black (Hardcover): Macky Levaughn Myers Sing Red-Smash Black (Hardcover)
Macky Levaughn Myers
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Complete History of the English Stage - Introducted by a Comparative and Comprehensive Review of the Asiatic, the Grecian,... A Complete History of the English Stage - Introducted by a Comparative and Comprehensive Review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, the German, the French, and Other Theatres, and Involving Biographical...; 1 (Hardcover)
Charles 1745-1814 Dibdin
R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Transactions of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois With Reports From County and District Agricultural... Transactions of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois With Reports From County and District Agricultural Organizations; 1914 (Hardcover)
Illinois Dept of Agriculture
R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hansard (Paperback): Simon Woods Hansard (Paperback)
Simon Woods
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a long and troubled marriage. It is also a comedy about politics and identity and the failings of the ruling class. Set around the passing of the Section 28 legislation in 1988, which banned the "promotion" of homosexuality. It is funny, tender, brutal, and ultimately devastating. Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in August 2019.

Antigone in Ferguson - A Journey Through the Transformative Power of Music-Teacher Edition (Hardcover): Philip Woodmore Antigone in Ferguson - A Journey Through the Transformative Power of Music-Teacher Edition (Hardcover)
Philip Woodmore
R606 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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