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Taylor & Francis Ltd Production Collaboration in the Theatre
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women Writing and Directing in the USA
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Female Playwrights and Applied Intersectionality
Book SynopsisIn this collection, the author focuses on several contemporary Romanian female playwrights with residencies in Europe and the U.S.: Alexandra Badea, Carmen-Francesca Banciu, Alexa Bacanu, Ana Sorina Corneanu, Mihaela Dragan, Dr. Catalina Florina Florescu, Dr. Mihaela Michailov, Dr. Domnica Radulescu, Saviana Stanescu, and Dr. Elise Wilk.In their bold works, written by female playwrights who are academics, activists, and performers, we are invited to discover variations in the modus operandi of the dramatic language itself from metaphorical to matter-of-fact approaches. Furthermore, while all these playwrights speak Romanian, they also think and operate in various other languages, such as Romani, German, French, Italian, and American English.This book facilitates scholars and students to discover contemporary issues related to Romanian society as presented heavily from a feminine angle and to reveal intersectional issues as seen and applied to dramatic characters in a pTrade Review''Dr. Florescu’s focus on intersectionality in plays written by Romanian female playwrights is an admirable endeavor given both the scarcity of materials on Romanian cultural intersectionality and theater in general in the United States curricula. Not only are the ten plays included for discussion in this book a splendid sample of Romanian theater, but also the carefully structured analyses and activities, prefaced by photographs from performances, make this book a labor of love'' – Dr. Adriana Cordali author of Visual Rhetorics of Communist Romania: Life Under the Totalitarian Gaze''Designed as multilingual and multidimensional, this volume presents a series of plays by female artists who are deeply connected to Romania, Dr. Cătălina Florina Florescu’s native country. Their engagement with intersectionality becomes evident not only when discussed by Florescu, but also when the playwrights are given a selfless chance to reflect on their own works. Shining a bright light on the urgent political issues and innovatory theatrical strategies at the heart of these contemporary productions will definitely stir interest and debate, proving the timeliness of the current project.'' – Dr. Ludmila Martanovschi, Secretary of the Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas (MESEA)''A compassionate and intimate exploration of female playwrights in Romanian theater presented to the global public through the lens of intersectionality as a tool for discernment of how the invisible power relations create inequality. Catalina Florescu masterfully uses her multifaceted roles as a woman, immigrant, mother, partner, author, and professor to examine the still vastly unexamined role female artists have in making intellectually stimulating art and leaving their beautifully diverse legacy on heteropatriarchy.'' – Mihaela Campion, Clinical licensed psychotherapist and ARCHER Founder (American Romanian Coalition of Human and Equal Rights)Table of ContentsForewordA Note Before Reading This VolumeChapter 1. Feminin (Feminine)Chapter 2. Pisica Lui Schrödinger (Schrödinger’s Cat)Chapter 3. Ein Land Voller Helden (A Land Full of Heroes)Chapter 4. Romacen: Vremea Vrăjitoarei (Romacene: The Age of the Witch)Chapter 5. Pulvérisés (The Pulverised)Chapter 6. Moss (Verde Crud)Chapter 7. Hai să vorbim despre viaţă! (Let’s Talk about Life!)Chapter 8. Familia Offline (Offline Family)Chapter 9. Exile Is My Home (Exilul este casa mea)Chapter 10. Aliens with Extraordinary Skills (Extratereştii cu puteri supraomeneşti)Post ScriptumMiscellaneaAbout The PlaywrightsIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Finding Identity Through Directing
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Eugene ONeills Philosophy of Difficult Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Directing Actors
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Directing Actors
Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique to the craft of directing.Lee Cohn lays out a step-by-step, no-nonsense methodology for the director that includes a deep dive into the mechanics of storytelling, the rehearsal process, working with writers, and the practical realities of the director's job. Featuring end-of-chapter exercises, this book provides a clear and e?ective means of breaking down a script in order to tell a story with clarity, simplicity, and dramatic force and gives directors a clear working vocabulary that will allow e?ective communication with actors. The techniques in this book are applicable to any theatrical style and any media platform in which a director might work. Written in an accessible, conversational style, this book strips the process of directing down to its most essential components to explain how to become an actor's director.A must-rea
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Taylor & Francis Teaching and Learning through Dramaturgy Education as an Artful Engagement Learning Through Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Rehearsal Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training
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Taylor & Francis Ltd OneHour Shakespeare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd OneHour Shakespeare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Art of Knife Fighting for Stage and Screen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Art of Knife Fighting for Stage and Screen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mythic Imagination and the Actor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mythic Imagination and the Actor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare in Three Dimensions The Dramaturgy of Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet Focus on Dramaturgy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Adapting Translation for the Stage
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cutting Plays for Performance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cutting Plays for Performance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Poetic Images Presence and the Theater of Kenotic Rituals
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Stage Directors Prompt Book
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Stage Directors Prompt Book
Book SynopsisThe Stage Director's Prompt Book is a step-by-step, detailed guide on how to create a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance toolthe director's prompt book.A prompt book is a coordinating and organizational tool for the stage director. This book systematizes the creative process the director uses to analyze and interpret a play and coordinates all director-related rehearsal and production activities into a single, self-contained interpretive and organizational system. This book guides the director through the necessary steps and stages of creating and using a prompt bookfrom play analysis and interpretation, through the formation of a dynamic and theatrical director's vision, to a unique method of physicalizing a play in production. A prompt book of a one-act play is included in the book as a complete example of the system. Such techniques as redlining, color coding and creating a three-column left-hand page are vividly illustrated for readers, allowing theTrade Review"If only this wonderful book were available when I was teaching directing. Great for the beginner, and a perfect refresher course in all the fundamentals for the experienced director. An invaluable guide for the journey from ‘play to stage.’"Gregory Lehane, Professor Emeritus, and former Head of Directing at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama"This indispensable guide to building an effective stage director's prompt book enables a director to approach production with a thorough understanding of the structure and detail of the play. It is a powerful template for creativity and collaboration."Marc Masterson, Former Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville and South Coast Repertory"Leslie Ferreira opens up the treasure chest of his knowledge, skill and experience as a stage director by sharing the playbook of his extraordinary craft. The Stage Director’s Prompt Book is a pièce de résistance that brings everything together and takes your directing craft to the next level. Any director who seeks to up-their-game will immediately benefit from Leslie Ferreira’s meticulous and creative approach to directing. This rare insight into directing is a gift of a lifetime that will keep on giving."Eric Bishop, Chair, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 8"Leslie Ferreira’s The Stage Director’s Prompt Book is the perfect companion for any director’s journey. It offers encouragement, inspiration, and concrete advice—challenging us along the way to ‘direct better.’"Tina Kronis, Artistic Director, Theatre Movement Bazaar"Why hasn’t the The Stage Director's Prompt Book been written years ago? It clearly establishes the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How to effectively direct a play using the road map of a prompt book. Leslie Ferreira demystifies how to approach directing—all through the importance of the Three-Column Left-Hand Page. An excellent guide for anyone brave enough to call themselves, director."Daniel T. Green, Ph.D., Director: Entertainment Industry Management, Carnegie Mellon University"A great guide for assembling and organizing all the essential elements for a production, The Stage Director’s Prompt Book is an excellent step-by-step method for investigating a play and developing a sound directorial approach to it."Tom Bryant, Dramaturg, Professor Emeritus, Crafton Hills College"A thoroughly entertaining, insightful and straightforward account of the steps needed to bring a play to life on stage. Not only directors but everyone else involved in the creation of theatre will benefit immeasurably from reading this book."Anthony Maggio, Chair, Theatre Academy, Los Angeles City CollegeTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Director’s Glossary: In Order of Appearance 3. The Mechanics of it All: Constructing the Prompt Book 4. Redlining the Script: Finding the Important, Distilling the Essence 5. Director’s Units 6. Color Coding 7. The Three Column Left-Hand Page 8. The Right-Hand Page 9. Using the Prompt Book to Schedule and Organize for Artistic Success 10. The Director and the Stage Manager 11. Four One-Hundredths: A Model One Act 12. Final Thoughts Index
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Taylor & Francis Why the Theatre In Personal Essays College Teachers Actors Directors and Playwrights Tell Why the Theatre Is So Vital to Them
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Towards a Third Theatre Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret
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Taylor & Francis Fifty Key Theatre Directors
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Taylor & Francis Fifty Key Theatre Directors
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Taylor & Francis To the Actor
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Taylor & Francis The Directors Craft A Handbook for the Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd And Then You Act
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Taylor & Francis Ensemble Theatre Making
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Taylor & Francis Ensemble Theatre Making
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Directing and Dramaturgy Burning the House
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy Routledge Companions
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Taylor & Francis In Rehearsal In the World in the Room and on Your Own
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Taylor & Francis Jasmin Vardimons Dance Theatre Movement memory and metaphor
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Taylor & Francis Stanislavsky in Focus An Acting Master for the TwentyFirst Century Routledge Theatre Classics
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Taylor & Francis Directions for Directing
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Taylor & Francis The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed
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Taylor & Francis Vsevolod Meyerhold
Book SynopsisVsevolod Meyerhold considers the life and work of the extraordinary twentieth-century director and theatre-maker. This compact, well-illustrated volume includes: a biographical introduction to Meyerholdâs life a clear explanation of his theoretical writings an analysis of his masterpiece production Revisor, or The Government Inspector a comprehensive and usable description of the âbiomechanicalâ exercises he developed for training the actor. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today's student.Trade Review'Pitches' skill ... is impressive.' Aleks Sierz, The Times Higher Education Supplement'A useful entry point.' Theatre Research InternationalTable of ContentsA LIFE OF CONTRADICTIONS Apprenticeship (1874–1905) St Petersburg (1906–17) Meyerhold and the Revolution (1917–22) The Meyerhold Theatre (1922–31) The death of Meyerhold and his theatre (1932–40) Meyerhold today MEYERHOLD'S KEY WRITINGS Don’t (always) believe what you read! The key theoretical principles Naturalism Stylisation Rhythm and music The mask The grotesque Biomechanics and the actor of the future Chaplin and Eisenstein: a theory of montage CONTENTS MEYERHOLD’S KEY PRODUCTION: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR Gogol’s challenge Meyerhold’s response Nikolai Gogol: the comet Gogol’s Government Inspector Meyerhold’s Government Inspector PRACTICAL EXERCISES Practice: the living link with Meyerhold So what are the basic skills of a biomechanical actor? The exercises Skills-based exercises Back to the basic skills Improvisation exercises Work on text Conclusions Bibliography Books and articles Films and videos
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Taylor & Francis Vsevolod Meyerhold Routledge Performance Practitioners
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Taylor & Francis Ariane Mnouchkine
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Taylor & Francis Jerzy Grotowski Routledge Performance Practitioners
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Conversations with Women in Musical Theatre
Book SynopsisMost writers, composers, librettists, and music directors who make their careers in musical theatre do so without specific training or clear pathways to progress through the industry. Conversations with Women in Musical Theatre Leadership addresses that absence by drawing on the experiences of these women to show the many and varied routes to successful careers on, off, and beyond Broadway. Conversations with Women in Musical Theatre Leadership features 15 interviews with Broadway-level musical theatre music directors, directors, writers, composers, lyricists, stage managers, orchestrators, music arrangers, and other women in positions of leadership. Built around extensive interviews with women at the top of their careers in the creative and leadership spheres of musical theatre, these first-hand accounts offer insight into the jobs themselves, the skills that they require, and how those skills can be developed.Any students of musical theatre and stagecraTable of Contents1. The State of Things 2. The Writers 3. The Music Team 4. The Director-Choreographers 5. The Producers 6. The Management 7. The Resources
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Performance
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.Each of the chapters is written by an expert on a particular figure, from Stanislavsky and Brecht to Laban and Decroux, and places their work in its social and historical context. Summaries and analyses of their key productions indicate how each practitioner's theoretical approaches to performance and the performer were manifested in practice. All 22 practitioners from the original series are represented, with this volume covering those born after 1915. This is the definitive first step for students, scholars and practitioners hoping to acquaint themselves with the leading names in performance, or deepen their knowledge of these seminal figures.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of contributorsIntroduction11. KANTOR (1915–1990)12. HALPRIN (1920–)13. LECOQ (1921–1999)14. BOAL (1931–2009)15. GROTOWSKI (1933–1999)16. BARBA (1936–)17. MNOUCHKINE (1939–)18. BAUSCH (1940–2009)19. WILSON (1941–)20. ABRAMOVIC (1946–)21. LEPAGE (1957–)Index
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