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W. W. Norton & Company The House That Trane Built The Story of Impulse Records
Book Synopsis"A jazz-lover's delight."—Ray Olson, Booklist
£25.38
WW Norton & Co Electronic Music Synthesis
Book SynopsisThe book is divided into three major sections, Part I deals with basic information about the nature of sound and of hearing-acoustics and psychoacoustics. In Part II, the equipment and methods of synthesis are discussed in terms of the three primary techniques-studio work, integrated synthesizers, and computer generation. Part III examines some of the fundamental concepts of computer music in a manner designed to introduce the reader to the state of the art at the present time. Possibilities for the future are explored as well. Electronic Music Synthesis is the first book to explain all these techniques fully, and it will be the indispensable handbook for everyone working in this exciting field.
£22.32
W. W. Norton & Company I Say Me for a Parable The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb Texas Bluesman
Book Synopsis“[A] life that’s one of the great American stoires. Lipscomb (1895-1976) knew how to tell a tale, and had incredible tales to tell. . . . [G]ratitude is owed Alyn for preserving Lipscomb’s remarkable story.” —Kirkus Reviews
£23.75
W. W. Norton & Company The Trumpet and Trombone
Book SynopsisA proper understanding of these instruments depends on a clear grasp of their acoustical behaviour, as influenced by the properties of mouthpiece, pipe, and bell. A full discussion of these matters therefore forms the opening chapter; this is followed by an introduction to the instruments' basic characteristics and nomenclature.
£20.00
W. W. Norton & Company The World of the Bach Cantatas Early Selected Cantatas
Book SynopsisThe cantatas of J.S. Bach are among the best known and most frequently performed musical works of the baroque period. However, when they are played and heard today, questions arise that are difficult to answer because the works are being experienced outside their historical context.
£19.95
W. W. Norton & Company Music Notation in the Twentieth Century A Practical Guidebook
£56.52
WW Norton & Co A Guide to Musical Analysis
Book SynopsisIn this extremely practical introduction to musical analysis, the author explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces, seeking the answers mainly in the formal and harmonic structure of individual compositions.
£29.45
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Beethoven His Spiritual Development Vintage Book V100
Book SynopsisFrom the Author's Preface:I believe that in his greatest music Beethoven was primarily concerned to express his personal vision of life. This vision was, of course, the product of his character and his experience. Beethoven the man and Beethoven the composer are not two unconnected entities, and the known history of the man may be used to throw light upon the character of his music.Clifton Fadiman has said of this classic study:It is the most interesting book on music that I have ever read and it is not written for musical experts; rather for people like myself who like to listen to music but can boast no special knowledge of it. It deals not only with music, on which I do not speak with authority, but with human life in general, about which you and I speak with authority every day of our lives.
£13.22
Random House USA Inc Getting Even
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Random House USA Inc Sanford Meisner on Acting
Book SynopsisTaking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years
£15.30
Random House USA Inc Born a Crime
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Random House USA Inc Born a Crime Stories from a South African
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began wi
£16.20
Random House USA Inc Room to Dream
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Political Theatre Diaries Letters and Essays
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Stanislavski A Biography Methuen Drama A Life Biography and Autobiography
Book SynopsisWritten by a former teacher and author of "Stanislavski: An Introduction", this biography has been revised and updated to include new material now becoming available from the Russian archives, including a letter from Stanislavski to Stalin.
£24.50
Bloomsbury USA 3pl Engineers Of The Imagination Welfare State Handbook Biography and Autobiography
Book SynopsisA guide to The Welfare State, a theatre group which uses the traditions of carnival, music hall and fairground to entertain audiences. Their work formed the centrepiece of Glasgow's 1990 City of Culture celebrations.
£29.44
Routledge Bread And Puppet Theatre Vol 1 v 1
£30.43
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actors Handbook An Alphabetical Arrangement of
Book SynopsisStanislavski was the foremost influence on the "Method" school of acting, as developed by Lee Strasberg. Here in concise form is what Stanislavski himself said about acting, aimed at students, experienced theatre people and laymen interested in stage craft.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Bertolt Brecht Journals 193455 Diaries Letters and Essays
Book SynopsisBrecht's "Work Journals" cover the period from 1938 to 1955, the years of exile and his return to East Berlin. The accounts of his writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works, the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre.
£60.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actor Adrift Performance Books
Book SynopsisNot only a personal story but also a workbook for actors and directors wishing to understand and employ Peter Brook's techniques. The author became a leading member of Peter Brook's theatre company and his account includes an explanation of the genesis of the techniques and exercises.
£23.51
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Tricks of the Trade
Book SynopsisThroughout the 1980s, Dario Fo, Italy's best known and most provocative satirical playwright, and his wife Franca Rame, conducted a series of performance-seminars around the world on the subject of acting. This book traces the life of the comic performer back to the itinerant jongleur and the skillful improvisations of commedia dell'arte troupes.Trade Review"'A scintillating compendium, erudite and refreshing...' Observer * '...an angular, uncomfortable, disquieting aid inspirational account of an art in which there are no more universal performers and recorders than Dario Fo and Franca Rame' Independent * 'Fo's work is brimful with dialect, with harsh humour, with the wit of the bar-room racounteur...' Guardian"
£24.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Modern Monologues v2 Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisOffers over 50 audition speeches celebrating the outstanding English, American and Continental dramatists of this century. The work of Amouilh, Arden, Baldwin, Barnes, Beckett, Behan, De Filippo, Gorky, Lorca, Mamet, Miller, Pirandello, Sartre and Wedekind is represented in monologues for women.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) There Are No Secrets Thoughts on Acting and Theatre Biography and Autobiography
Book SynopsisPeter Brook is the most consistently innovative director in Western theatre. In these three essays he returns to the concept of his first book The Empty Space and examines what that means for the life of a production.
£27.47
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Moscow Art Theatre Letters Diaries Letters and Essays
Book SynopsisThese letters, most of them translated into English for the first time, tell the inside story of the Moscow Art Theatre, which changed the face of 20th century acting. They include correspondence between such important figures as Stanislavski, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Meyerhold and Isadora Duncan.
£27.47
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Alexander Technique For Actors Performance Books
Book SynopsisKelly McEvenue teaches the Alexander Technique, a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension throughout the body. This guide to the technique is specially adapted for actors to promote efficient use of the body. The book includes a series of step-by-step warm-ups and exercises.
£28.46
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Screenplay Persuasion Methuen Screenplays By Jane Austen Screen and Cinema
Book SynopsisA screenplay by Nick Dear, this text is an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion". It is the story of Anne Elliot who is engaged to a naval officer but is persuaded to abandon thoughts of marriage to him on the grounds of his dubious financial prospects.
£20.54
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The English Patient A Screenplay
Book SynopsisA novel that takes place as the Second World War is ending, and explores the lives of four very different people who find themselves sheltering together in a ruined villa north of Florence as the war retreats around them. From the author of SKIN OF A LION.
£20.54
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Plays Vol 1 Talent Good Fun Pat and Margaret v1
Book SynopsisThis volume includes the "Evening Standard" Award-winning play "Talent", and Victoria Wood's other stage play "Good Fun", both premiered at the Sheffield Crucible. Alongside these plays are three TV scripts, including the acclaimed "Pat and Margaret".
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Cleo Camping Emmanuelle Dick Modern Plays
Book SynopsisA sharp and hilarious biographical play based on the life of Carry On star Sid James
£16.59
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Talented Mr Ripley A Screenplay
Book SynopsisAnthony Minghella is a dramatist and director whose best known plays have been published in two volu mes by Methuen. His films include TRULY, MADLY, DEEP and THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Patricia Highsmith wr ote a number of volumes about Tom Ripley; THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is the first and best known novel i n this series. Anthony Minghella lives in London.
£20.54
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Mnemonic Modern Plays
Book SynopsisTheatre de Complicite was founded in 1983 by Simon McBurney, Annabel Arden and Marcello Magni. They have created more than 27 productions, touring to over 180 cities in 41 countries over 4 continents - winning over 25 major international awards. Complicite have worked with a variety of collaborators , crossing different media in pieces that range from adaptations of writings and short stories throu gh reinterpretations of classic texts to major devised pieces such as MNEMONIC. Their recent product ions have included THE STREET OF CROCODILES, THE CHAIRS, THE THREE LIVES OF LUCIE CABROL and THE CAU CASIAN CHALK CIRCLE.
£16.59
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Screen Language From Film Writing to Filmmaking Screen and Cinema
Book SynopsisIn this insightful text, Cherry Potter has used her extensive experience to provide a combination of analysis and inspiration. She uses sequences from films to present a series of master classes on the technique and meaning of classic film moments, and includes practical exercises and advice.
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Producers Money Movies and Who Calls the Shots Screen and Cinema
Book SynopsisTim Adler is editor of film industry newsletter Screen Finance. He also writes for the Financial Tim es, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He lives in London with his two sons.Trade Review"'At last the producer is given his/her due in this entertaining examination of the way they operate' Film Review"
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Four Plays R U R The Insect Play The Makropulos Case The White Plague World Classics
Book Synopsis"There was no writer like him... prophetic assurance mixed with surrealistic humour and hard-edged social satire: a unique combination" (Arthur Miller)Table of ContentsR. U. R.; The Insect Play; The Makropulos Case; The White Plague
£28.46
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Play Acting A Handbook of Theatre Workshops for Actors Teachers and Directors Performance Books
Book SynopsisA collection of acting exercises from around the world. There are voice warm-ups and bodywork through to interacting with space and creating characters all drawing on influences from Japanese Butoh to African dance, Shakespearean verse and children's games.
£31.42
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Brecht On Art And Politics
Book SynopsisBertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists of the 20th century whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
£24.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actors Tricks Performance Books
Book SynopsisLorna Marshall teaches physical acting at the RADA, and works internationally as a director and performance consultant in opera, circus and theatre.Yoshi Oida, a Japanese actor and director, has worked mainly in the West as a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris where he became a leading member and trainer.
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Classical Monologues For Women Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisChrys Salt began her career as a performer in Rep, touring theatre, West End, TV and radio dramas wi th regular stints in various soap and series. She now directs extensively in theatre and sound, and has written a number of books, including Making Acting Work, as well as theatre and radio plays. She is the editor of the five other books in the same series: The Methuen Book of Modern Monologues for Men and Women, Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women, and Classical Monologues for Men. She run s her own theatre company and teaches regularly at the London Actors Centre.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Radioactive Monologues for Women For Radio Stage and Screen Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisMarilyn Le Conte is lecturer in radio acting at the Royal WelshCollege of Music and Drama, and teaches radio modules at LiverpoolInstitute for Performing Arts. Marina Caldarone is radio tutor at Rose Bruford College andEast 15 and has been actively involved in actor training, working inmost of Britain's leading drama schools.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) So You Want to be a Producer
Book SynopsisSo You Want to Be a Producer is packed with information and advice from top Hollywood producers, writers and directors and is a must-read for anyone interested in what it really takes to get a film made, including:- Finding your story- Obtaining the rights- Developing the script- Hiring your cast and crew- Distributing your movie Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River Wild, Short Circuit and American History X, offers an insider''s guide that covers every aspect of the role, from finding a story and hiring actors to developing a script and marketing the finished product. Trade Review"* 'Turman has made smart, superior films for forty years. This is a straightforward and clear guide to being a producer' Paul Newman * 'It's worth four years of film school' David Brown, four time Oscar-nominated producer of Chocolat, A Few Good Men and Jaws. * 'A smart, savvy survivior's guide to the galmorous producing game' Peter Bart, Editor in Chief, Variety"
£27.47
Taylor & Francis Ltd South African National Cinema
Book SynopsisSouth African National Cinema examines how cinema in South Africa represents national identities, particularly with regard to race. This significant and unique contribution establishes interrelationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africa's history, showing how cinema figures in the making, entrenching and undoing of apartheid. This study spans the twentieth century and beyond through detailed analyses of selected films, beginning with De Voortrekkers (1916) through to Mapantsula (1988) and films produced post apartheid, including Drum (2004), Tsotsi (2005) and Zulu Love Letter (2004).Jacqueline Maingard discusses how cinema reproduced and constructed a white national identity, taking readers through cinema's role in building white Afrikaner nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s. She then moves to examine film culture and modernity in the development of black audiences from the 1920s to the 195Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Colonizing ‘Nation’: De Voortrekkers (1916) Chapter 2: Fictions of Nation: The Symbol of Sacrifice (1918), Sarie Marais (1931) and Moedertjie (1931) Chapter 3: Monuments to Nation: They Built a Nation (1938) and ’n Nasie Hou Koers (1940) Chapter 4: Black Audiences 1920s - 1950s: film culture and modernity Chapter 5: All That Jazz: representing black identities in Zonk! (1950) and Song of Africa (1951) Chapter 6: Cry, Africa: social realism in Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) and Come Back, Africa (1959) Chapter 7: Apartheid Cinema: race, language and ethnicity in state subsidy films Chapter 8: Chimes of Freedom: cinema against apartheid Chapter 9: Screening Nation: new South African cinema/s beyond apartheid Bibliography Filmography
£176.17
Taylor & Francis Ltd Dramatherapy and Social Theatre Necessary Dialogues
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£148.36
Taylor & Francis Ltd AS Drama and Theatre Studies The Essential
Book SynopsisAS Drama and Theatre Studies: The Essential Introduction for Edexcel is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the new specification. The textbook covers all aspects of the AS year in depth, from exploring play texts to demonstrating skills in performance and theatre design. The detailed guidance and classroom-friendly features include: overviews of specification and assessment requirements written and practical exercises tips from a Chief Examiner extension exercises to stretch the more able student worked examples to illustrate best practice a glossary of useful words and terms. Written by a Chief Examiner and a Principal Moderator, this authoritative book offers a wealth of informed and supportive exercises to ensure that students reach their maximum potential. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Acknowledgements Part 1: Getting Started 1. Introduction 2. Making Good Use of this Textbook 3. Theatrical Timeline 4. Two Golden Rules 5. Who Are They? Examiners and Moderators Unmasked 6. A Final Few Words Before You Get Started Part 2: Unit 1 – Exploration of Drama and Theatre 7. Overview of Unit 1 8. Practical Exploration 9. Exploration Notes 10. Exploration of Live Theatre Part 3: Unit 2 – Theatre Text In Performance 11. Overview of Unit 2 12. Section A and B: Performers 13. Group Performance 14. Section A and B: Designers 15. The Written Concept Part 4: Moving On 16. Looking Ahead to the A2 Year. Glossary of Useful Words and Phrases. Further Reading, Viewing and Useful Websites. Index
£176.17
Taylor & Francis Ltd A2 Drama and Theatre Studies The Essential Introduction for Edexcel
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£170.60
Taylor & Francis The Theatrical Firearms Handbook
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£48.22
Taylor & Francis Three Plays by Mae West
Book SynopsisMae West, wise-cracking vaudeville performer, was one of the most controversial figures of her era. Rarely, however, do people think of Mae West as a writer. In Three Plays By Mae West, Lillian Schlissel brings this underexplored part of West''s career to the fore by offering for the first time in book form, three of the plays West wrote in the 1920s--Sex (1926), The Drag (1927) and Pleasure Man (1928). With an insightful introduction by Schlissel, this book offers a unique look into to the life and early career of this legendary stage and screen actress.Trade Review"...in a useful introduction, Schissel does a fine, readable history of both West and the theater of her day. ...these plays...are fascinating windows into another time." -- Windy City Times"This volume gives a glimpse of the real Mae West by publishing her three radical, melodramatic, but quite hilarious plays for the first time." -- Booklist"No mere strutting sexpot, West's capacity for scathing satire comes into full view in Three Plays by Mae West, edited by Lillian Schlissel...Filled with the saucy argot of the New York streets, the plays still crackle and cook." -- Publisher's Weekly"These plays are important, original and fun. Anyone interested in theatre and gender is going to have a new and bold face to deal with." -- Michael Cadden, Director of the Program in Theatre and Dance, Princeton University Mae West was many things-sexual outlaw, wildcat feminist, actress, icon. The publication of these plays proves that she was more complex than her movies suggest. The only thing she did straightforwardly was to insist that her convictions were worth fighting for...She was as close as any woman has ever come to being one of the great American queens."...we can look back at Mae West with new eyes, and admire the fun she had with sex and the control she exercised on her image and her career." -- The Boston Book Review"I would recommend this book to anyone interested either in the history of gay theatre in America or in how gays were perceived in the early decades of the twentieth century." -- Marsh Cassady, Lambda Book ReportTable of ContentsIntroduction by Lillian Schlissel, Sex: A Comedy Drama 1926, The Drag: A Homosexual Comedy in Three Acts 1927, The Pleasure Man: A Comedy Drama 1928, The Case Against Mae West
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Taylor & Francis David Braham
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£106.07
Taylor & Francis Ltd Projecting a Camera LanguageGames in Film Theory
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