Theatre direction and production Books
Playwrights Canada Press,Canada The Blunt Playwright
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Taylor & Francis To the Actor On the Technique of Acting
Book SynopsisHow does an actor learn to: * Call up emotion? * Develop a character? * Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfil its potential. This handbook for actors (and directors) has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers. It includes: a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow.Trade Review'Its greatest virtue is not so much that you can't put it down but that you have to put it down - in order to try it out.' - Research in Drama Education'To the Actor is by far the best book that I have read on the subject of acting. Actors, directors, writers and critics will be grateful for it.' - Gregory Peck'This new publication of To the Actor should be welcomed by all of us with one of the most universal of Psychological Gestures - open arms.' - James Lipton, Producer and host of 'Inside the Actor's Studio'. Seen on the Bravo network.'Just practicing, even superficially, the first nine exercises in To the Actor, you can find a satisfaction - a living beauty in you ... Chekhov reminds us what a great feast life can be.' - Anthony Quinn'You have to teach yourself to act but Michael Chekhov will give you the necessary tools - and for me, Psychological Gesture and Centers are extremely valuable They work like a charm. I've used them all along and still do.' - Clint Eastwood'While my mother and sister were hiding in the dark and kind of watching me, ya know, hoping I was going to be in the movie business, I turned around and imagined I saw my director making fun of my newly acquired Psychological Gesture from Michael Chekhov.' - Jack Nicholson at the 1998 Golden Globe awards (speaking about his first job)'There's this need to continue growth; to expand. For me, Chekhov's system is the most complete.' - Robert Davi, interviewed on the set of his TV series, 'The Profiler''With Michael Chekhov acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.' - Marilyn Monroe, from her book, My Story.'Its greatest virtue is not so much that you can't put it down but that you have to put it down - in order to try it out.' - Research in Drama Education'To the Actor is by far the best book that I have read on the subject of acting. Actors, directors, writers and critics will be grateful for it.' - Gregory Peck'There's this need to continue growth; to expand. For me, Chekhov's system is the most complete.' - Robert Davi, interviewed on the set of his TV series, 'The Profiler'Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Actor's Body and Psychology; Chapter 2 Imagination and Incorporation of Images; Chapter 3 Improvisation and Ensemble; Chapter 4 The Atmosphere and Individual Feelings; Chapter 5 The Psychological Gesture; Chapter 6 Character and Characterization; Chapter 7 Creative Individuality; Chapter 8 Composition of the Performance; Chapter 9 Different Types Of Performances; Chapter 10 How to Approach the Part; Chapter 11 Concluding Notes; Chapter 12 Examples for Improvisation;
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) And Then You Act
From well-known auteur of the American theatre scene, Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act is a fascinating and accessible book about directing theatre, acting and the collaborative creative process.Writing clearly and passionately, Bogart speaks to a wide audience, from undergraduates to practitioners, and makes an invaluable contribution to the field tackling themes such as: intentionality inspiration why theatre matters. Following on from her successful book A Director Prepares, which has become a key text for teaching directing classes, And Then, You Act is an essential practitioner and student resource.
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Whats the Story
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSpaciousness Narrative Heat Limits Error Politics Arrest Empathy Opposition Collaboration Sustenance
£28.49
The University of Michigan Press The Ghosts of the AvantGardes
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£26.55
The University of Michigan Press The Sixties Center Stage
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Sixties, Center Stage expands our vision of this critical decade, reminding experimental-theater partisans that Broadway, established Off Broadway, high-profile festivals, and the nascent regional theater were sites of equally challenging innovation. Even more important, Harding and Rosenthal aim to dismantle the boundary between the mainstream and the fringe—to demonstrate that there was far easier exchange of ideas, preoccupations, and methods between the two camps than we usually acknowledge."" - Marc Robinson, Yale University""The editors successfully tackle the dichotomy that has long existed in the scholarly literature about American theater during the turbulent 1960s. Well-written, readable, entertaining, well-organized, and convincing, this book inspires readers to continue their search for ways in which false dichotomies can be exploded in other writings."" - Elizabeth L. Wollman, Baruch College
£39.35
The University of Michigan Press Working Backstage
Book SynopsisIlluminating the history of a typically hidden workforce, this book focuses on the work of New York City’s theatre technicians, shining a light on the essential contributions of unionised stagehands, carpenters, electricians, sound engineers, properties artisans, wardrobe crews, makeup artists, and child guardians.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part I: Backstage Narratives Prologue Introduction: Shining a Light on Backstage Labor Chapter One: Working and Workers in New York City’s Theater Industry Part II: Backstage Histories Chapter Two: Commemoration as Union History Chapter Three: Stagehands in Black and White Chapter Four: Backstage Subjectivities, Work Choreographies, and Production Histories Part III: Backstage Dramaturgies Essay 1: Reading the Rude Mechanicals Essay 2: Dressers Onstage and Dressing Offstage Essay 3: Backstage Ensembles Coda Bibliography and Works Cited
£27.50
The University of Michigan Press The Taylor Mac Book Ritual Realness and Radical
Book SynopsisThe first book to dedicate critical attention to the work of influential theater-maker Taylor Mac. Featuring essays, interviews, and commentaries by noted critics and artists, the volume examines the vastness of Mac’s theatrical imagination, the singularity of their voice, and the inclusiveness of their cultural insights and critiques.Trade ReviewThe Taylor Mac Book is an overdue encomium to the work of an artist who defines the cutting edge in theater, performance, and the interpretation of American song. With maximalist exuberance and impish daring, Taylor Mac has revived the fortunes of queer aesthetics for our parlous times. How great that now we all get to hang out with judy and the crew in this deliriously welcome collection of essays." —Tavia Nyong’o, Yale University "This book is a joy to read, conveying the spirit, mischief, and intellect of Taylor Mac’s work and reflecting its genius and complexity. The mix of topics and styles is well suited to the multifaceted nature of Mac’s work and also makes for engaged reading." —Jennifer Parker-Starbuck, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of Contents Preface: “It’s going to go on a lot longer than you want it to”: A Conversation about Taylor Mac, Covid and Collaboration. David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb Acknowledgments Introduction: The Early Performance of Taylor Mac Sean F. Edgecomb 1: Participation, Endurance, and the Pucker in Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge Carrie J. Preston 2: Between Hir and There: Considering Taylor Mac’s Work as Bridging Genres Kelly I. Aliano 3: Queer Pussy Time: Taylor Mac’s Lesbian Decade Kim Marra 4: Too Slow: Taylor Mac and the Rubs of Time Lisa A. Freeman 5: Taylor Mac, Walt Whitman, and Adhesive America: Cruising Utopia with the Good Gay Poet Jennifer Buckley 6: Circles and Lines: Community and Legacy in Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to “Titus Andronicus” Erika T. Lin 7: Designturgy, Being Queer: Taylor Mac Wears Machine Dazzle in 24 Decades Sissi Liu 8: Sing the Revolution!: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taylor Mac and the Great American Songbook David Román 9: The Walk Across America for Mother Earth Paul Zimet 10: An Interview with Taylor Mac Kevin Sessums 11: Reflections on CollaborationMatt RayMachine Dazzle Viva DeConciniNiegel SmithTigger! Ferguson Barbara Gustern Linda Brumbach Contributors Bibliography Index
£31.30
The University of Michigan Press The Sixties Center Stage
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Sixties, Center Stage expands our vision of this critical decade, reminding experimental-theater partisans that Broadway, established Off Broadway, high-profile festivals, and the nascent regional theater were sites of equally challenging innovation. Even more important, Harding and Rosenthal aim to dismantle the boundary between the mainstream and the fringe—to demonstrate that there was far easier exchange of ideas, preoccupations, and methods between the two camps than we usually acknowledge."" - Marc Robinson, Yale University""The editors successfully tackle the dichotomy that has long existed in the scholarly literature about American theater during the turbulent 1960s. Well-written, readable, entertaining, well-organized, and convincing, this book inspires readers to continue their search for ways in which false dichotomies can be exploded in other writings."" - Elizabeth L. Wollman, Baruch College
£80.95
The University of Michigan Press Racing the Great White Way
Book SynopsisChallenging the widely accepted idea that Broadway was the white-hot creative engine of US theatre during the early 20th century, Katie Johnson reveals a far more complex system of exchanges between the Broadway establishment and a vibrant Black theatre scene in New York and beyond to chart a new history of American and transnational theatre.Trade Review“Racing the Great White Way is a fascinating and much-needed reconsideration of Eugene O’Neill’s vexing racial politics, as they play out in several productions and adaptations of his plays. Johnson's research is diligent, and the resulting analysis provides new insight into several notable performances and adaptations of signature O’Neill dramas. This book offers a rich examination on O'Neill's complicated imprint on early 20th Century cultural history.” —Jonathan Shandell, Arcadia University“For O’Neill studies, this book could be a game-changer… important and pathbreaking in the historical discourse on racial representation beyond the theatrical. The study also opens the possibility of thinking through the agency of actors in other respects in O’Neill’s plays.” —William Davies King, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Emperor’s Remains Chapter 2: An Algerian in Paris Chapter 3: Broadway’s First Interracial Kiss Chapter 4: Racing Operatic Emperors Chapter 5: Racing the Cut: Black to Ireland Conclusion: What Remains? Bibliography Index
£65.50
The University of Michigan Press The Passions of Peter Sellars
Book SynopsisRecognised as one of the most innovative and influential directors of our time, Peter Sellars has produced acclaimed - and often controversial - versions of many beloved operas and oratorios. He has also collaborated with several composers to create challenging new operas. This volume explores the development of his style.
£57.90
University of California Press Minneapolis Rehearsals
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
£42.00
University of California Press Minneapolis Rehearsals
Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Pressâs mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
£85.03
Faber & Faber A Whores Profession Notes and Essays
Book SynopsisA Whore''s Profession brings together, for the first time, David Mamet''s acclaimed volumes of notes and essays, including, The Cabin, Writing in Restaurants, Some Freaks and On Directing Film. Poignant, intimate, insightful and witty by turns, these writings are an essential accompaniment for David Mamet''s plays, and an education for anyone interested in theatre, film, and writing. In these wise, revealing, and endlessly amusing pieces, David Mamet touches upon many aspects of his life as a writer. In Writing in Restaurants he reflects modestly on his career, while Some Freaks discourses loudly and entertainingly on aspects of contemporary culture - like the movies, Disneyland and on being a tourist. On Directing Film shows his ebullient and practical approach to his own film-making. Central to these essays is Mamet''s own work as a writer, and it is in The Cabin that Mamet comes closest to defining himself. I
£17.00
Faber & Faber Thinking Like a Director
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£15.20
Faber & Faber Theatre Craft A Directors Practical Companion
Book Synopsis''This book is written with such humour and common sense that I may have to carry it around with me all the time.'' JUDI DENCHA definitive guide to contemporary theatre practice from a world-renowned director.Theatre Craft is an all-encompassing, practical guide for anyone working in the theatre, from the enthusiastic amateur to the committed professional. With entries arranged alphabetically, Theatre Craft offers advice on all areas of directing, from Acting, Adaptation, and Accent to Sound Effects, Superstition, Trap Doors and Wardrobe.Enlightening and entertaining by turns, the celebrated director John Caird shares his profound knowledge of the stage to provide an invaluable companion to anyone creating a play, musical or opera. Whatever the theatre space - the backroom of a bar, a studio theatre, or the biggest stages of the West End or Broadway - this authoritative volume is an essential reference tool for the modern theatre p
£21.25
Faber & Faber wonder.land
Book SynopsisAly is struggling with all the pressures of being a teenager: family, school, friends and her own insecurities. Then she discovers wonder.land - a mysterious online world where, perhaps, she can create a whole new life. The web becomes her looking-glass - but will Aly see who she really is?A new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll''s iconic story, Moira Buffini''s wonder.land was created with Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris and premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2015 in a co-production with the National Theatre, London, where it transferred in November of the same year.
£10.44
Faber & Faber Skinner P Linda
Book SynopsisI''m an award-winning business woman. I''m happily married with two beautiful daughters and I still fit in the same size-ten dress suit I did fifteen years ago. What could possibly threaten me?Linda Wilde has dedicated her life to changing the world. She''s won awards for her efforts, at the same time as working hard to become an inspiring mother, and an independent, loving wife.Now, at 55, she seems to have it all. She''s a woman in her prime. She''s embarking on her most ambitious plan to date. Beneath the surface, though, the cracks are starting to show.Linda by Penelope Skinner premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in November 2015.
£10.44
Faber & Faber The Master Builder Faber Drama
Book SynopsisThe change will come. And it''s not far away, I promise you that. Some figure will emerge from the dark screaming ''Get out of the way''. And not far behind others will follow... The young are waiting. In all their power. Knocking on the door.The master builder Halvard Solness has a fear of falling. A self-made man, without professional qualifications, he has achieved domination in the town but he''s increasingly frightened of being displaced by the young. A woman, Hilde Wangel, appears from the mountains, claiming to have known Solness ten years previously, and telling him of a promise he made to her when she thirteen.David Hare has written a new adaptation of one of Henrik Ibsen''s most complex autobiographical masterpieces - a mesmeric exploration of control, power, lust and death, which builds to a vertiginous climax.The Master Builder premiered in this English version at The Old Vic, London, in January 2016.
£12.47
Faber & Faber Welcome Home Captain Fox Faber Drama
Book SynopsisIt's the legendary hot summer of 1959 and while the Cold War rages and America tunes into I Love Lucy, Captain Jack Fox - believed missing in action in the fields of France fifteen years before - is about to be reunited with his family in the Hamptons.But is this really Jack Fox?
£9.49
Faber & Faber Reasons to Be Happy
Book SynopsisThree years after a difficult breakup, Steph and Greg are wondering if they can start over again. The trouble is, she''s married someone else and he''s started a relationship with her best friend Carly. Meanwhile, Carly''s ex-husband Kent wants her back, and even more so when he hears about her new romance with his best friend Greg. As emotions run high, all four find themselves entangled in a web of hidden agendas and half-truths in their pursuit of a happy life.A companion piece to the acclaimed Reasons to Be Pretty, Neil LaBute''s Reasons to Be Happy received its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre, London, in March 2016.
£9.49
Samuel French Ltd The Height of the Storm
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£12.80
Samuel French Ltd Red Velvet
Book SynopsisRed Velvet is about the nineteenth century black American actor Ira Aldridge. In a theatre dressing room in Poland an elderly and sick Aldridge prepares to play King Lear. The intrusion of a young female journalist forces him to look back on the defining moment of his illustrious career. Thirty years previously Edmund Kean one of the greatest actors of his generation collapses on the Theatre Royal stage in London and Pierre Laporte theatre manager and friend asks Aldridge to replace him as Othello. At the same time Parliament is preparing to vote in favour of abolishing slavery in all British colonies. Opinions are fiercely divided. Aldridge performs successfully at the Theatre Royal but the reactions of the cast and critics are complex and divisive. He is not allowed to fulfil his engagement and the betrayal of a dear friend changes the course of his life.Red Velvet examines the world of the theatre where comedy and tragedy are synonymous. The play discusses friendship betra
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Samuel French Ltd Wolf Play
Book SynopsisA Korean boy is ushered into a new house by his adopted American father. This new house belongs to an American boxer and her wife. American father un-adopts boy by a single signature on a piece of paper. But just before he leaves the new house ex-father discovers that the new parents to whom he has re-homed his ex-son are a lesbian couple. American ex-father spends the rest of the play trying to get the boy back. In his corner is Ryan the boxer's coach and her wife's brother. Ryan doesn't like the new Korean boy who is a bit weird. Wolf Playis a messy funny disturbing theatrical experience grappling with a wolf a puppet and the very prickly problem of What is a family and what do we need from families today? Is it very different from what humans have needed from families before?
£10.99
Manchester University Press Robert Lepages original stage productions Making
Book SynopsisThis book calls upon globalisation, queer, cinema, and affect studies to explore key Robert Lepage productions from 1984 to 2008, analysing the systems through which his work is produced and disseminated.Trade Review‘…a cohesive yet multifaceted analysis of Lepage’s work. Fricker’s excellent book, which will hopefully be translated into French, should be required reading in Québec and in France, where Lepage has been celebrated almost uncritically for too long.’Canadian Theatre Review -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Local, global, universal? The Dragon’s Trilogy 2 Vinci: Lepage in his own line of vision 3 Lepage’s cinematic dramaturgy 4 Lepage’s affective economy 5 Branding Ex Machina 6 Neoliberalism, authorship, legacy: Lepage and Ex Machina’s futures 7 Coda – Lepage exposed AppendixReferencesIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Not Magic but Work
Book SynopsisThis is a detailed description of the intensive work process involved in the making of Toy Symphony, a new play by Michael Gow, directed by Neil Armfield and brought to the stage for the first time in December 2007 by Company B at the Belvoir Street Theatre in Sydney. Drawing on years of research McAuley rejects simplistic notions of playwright or director as ''auteur''. Her account makes possible a more nuanced understanding of the real artistry involved in what it is that the director does and what the playwright contributes to the process.The book is in two parts. The first describes the work process and the complex relations between participants noted by McAuley during her intensive observation of the rehearsal period throughout the run of the production. The second part consists of a number of essays reflecting on aspects of the work observed, and providing a theoretical framework for deeper understanding of the rehearsal practices described. McAuley concludes that contTrade Review'A welcome contribution to the field'P. Solomon Lennox, Studies in Theatre and Performance, 2013|Gay McAuley’s modest summary of her project as ‘an attempt to describe a single rehearsal process’ (p. 2) does not do justice to the significance of this volume in furthering our understanding of ‘how a group of artists with very different skills, working in a range of different media, come together for an intensive period and produce a single work of art’ (p. 4), and in exemplifying the value of rehearsal observation in revealing the ‘profoundly collaborative nature of theatrical creation’ (p. 4). As a forensic account of Belvoir Street Theatre’s staging of Michael Gow’s Toy Symphony (2007), this study affirms the international significance of this theatre company to a readership outside of Australia., Alex Mermikides, Kingston University, Contemporary Theatre Review, 30 April 2015 -- .Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWriting About Rehearsal – Some Preliminary ObservationsPart One: The Toy Symphony RehearsalsCompany List The Starting Point – Michael’s TextThe First DayEstablishing the Chronology (Day 2)Stop/Start Reading (Days 2-4)Scene Work (Days 4-14)The Sign Systems Come Together (Days 15-19)Runs and Notes (Days 20-27)Creating The PlayTechnical Production – a Parallel UniverseIn the Theatre At Last (Days 28-35)Part Two: Reflections After the Event Fact and Fiction and the Space BetweenNeil’s Play, Michael’s Play and Richard’s PlayThe Director’s ProcessRehearsal and Interaction RitualWorks Cited
£76.50
Manchester University Press Directing scenes and senses
Book SynopsisAs European theatre directors become a familiar presence on international stages and a new generation of theatre makers absorbs their impulses, this study develops fresh perspectives on Regie, the Continental European tradition of staging playtexts. -- .Trade Review'We all have difficulty understanding the differences between directing, staging, devising, performing, or between performance and mise en scène. Peter Boenisch’s new book on Regie discusses how contemporary theatre-makers engage with plays, materials or events that they want to 'put on stage'. As theatre-goers are themselves more and more expected to 'stage' their own impressions and insights, this is a most timely and necessary book for anyone interested in contemporary European theatre.'Patrice Pavis, Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Kent -- .Table of ContentsPreface. The dissensus of Regie: Re-thinking “directors’ theatre”I. Mise en scène to mise en sens: Towards an aesthetic politics of Regie1. Regie beyond representation: Directing the ‘sensible’2. The restless spirit of Regie: Hegel, theatrality, and the magic of speculative thinking3. Theatre as dialectic institution: Friedrich Schiller and the liberty of play4. The essence of the text and its actualisation: Leopold Jessner, the playwright’s radical servantII. The theatral appearing of ideas: Regie in contemporary European theatre5. The tremor of speculative negation: On Regie, truth, and ex-position6. Seeing what is coming: On Regie, playing, and appearing7. The intermedial parallax: On Regie, media, and spectating8. Theatre in the age of semiocapitalism: On Regie, realism, and political critiqueAfterthought: The future of Regie?BibliographyIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Screen Plays
Book SynopsisScreen plays is a ground-breaking volume thatchronicles the rich and surprising history of stage plays produced for the small screen between 1930 and today. The collection makes a compelling case for the centrality of the theatre to the past and present of British television drama.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Amanda Wrigley and John Wyver 1 Stages and the small screen: theatre plays as television drama since 1930 – John Wyver2 A duchess, a shoemaker and a knight: early modern drama, early British television – Lisa Ward 3 ‘This genuine theatre condition’: Basil Dean and the 1938 BBC outside broadcast of J. B. Priestley’s When We Are Married – Victoria Lowe4 ‘Our other Shakespeare’: Middleton’s tragedies on television, 1965–2009 – Susanne Greenhalgh5 A revival, a reworking and an original: the Harold Pinter season on Theatre 625 (BBC2, 1967) – Amanda Wrigley and Billy Smart6 Regional drama from stage to screen: television adaptations by Peter Cheeseman’s Victoria Theatre company – Lez Cooke7 Granada Television’s experiment with The Stables Theatre Company, 1969–70 – John Wyver8 From radical Black theatre production to television adaptation: Black Feet in the Show (BBC, 1974) – Sally Shaw9 Cedric Messina: producing theatrical classics with a decorative aesthetic – Billy Smart10 Abigail’s Party: ‘It’s not a question of ignorance, Laurence, it’s a question of taste’ – Ruth Adams 11 Screen and stage space in Beckett’s theatre plays on television – Jonathan Bignell12 Television’s natural disposition? An analysis of Naturalism and performance in relation to BBC productions of Ibsen’s plays – Stephen Lacey13 Remediating the real: verbatim plays on television in the new millennium – Cyrielle Garson14 The impact of television on scholarly editions of Shakespeare’s plays – Neil TaylorIndex
£81.00
The Crowood Press Ltd Movement Direction
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewKate Flatt’s book is the ultimate toolkit for any aspiring movement director. She shares her adventures through the creation of the original production of a small show called Les Misérables after following a ‘hunch’. Movement Direction is an excellent handbook for artists to explore new perspectives and you can expect to feel enlightened by the world of movement direction. Flatt ends the book in a creative way, leaving the reader with her final ten thoughts, my favourite being number 10: “Whatever the process, the results will live in the hearts and minds of the audience.” -- Katie Smith, The One Dance UK Magazine * The One Dance UK Magazine *It’s a wonderful book packed full of insightful information around the craft. What an honour to be sharing my practice .as a part of it It is so useful to have in Guildhall School of Music and Drama library. -- Diane Alison Mitchell, Head of Movement at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. * Head of Movement at Guildhall School of Music and Drama *
£18.00
LUP - Voltaire Foundation Pam233la ou La Vertu r233compens233e
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Poirson’s textual apparatus reveals changes that helped keep the author alive; seldom have revisions been undertaken for such high stakes.'Journal of Modern History'Sources, influences, intertextes, avatars, l’auteur ne néglige aucune piste, compare les versions, poursuit les raisonnements de chacun dans les plus profonds retranchements de leur symbolique et s’il aboutit à la conclusion finale que Paméla n’est pas définitivement une pièce révolutionnaire, il permet au lecteur de comprendre à la fois les raisons et l’intention paradoxale de l’auteur.'Revue d’histoire du théâtreTable of ContentsTable des illustrationsRemerciementsAvant-propos: La Révolution est un blocI. Présentation des textes et des contextes1. Introduction2. Généalogie du textei. Contexte général: un théâtre en révolutionii. Circonstances particulières: les apories d’un ‘bréviaire des politiques’iii. L’auteur: portrait de l’artiste en caméléon politique polygrapheiv. Conditions de représentation: un théâtre sous haute tensionv. Conditions de réception: la comédie par laquelle naît le scandalevi. Conditions d’interdiction: requiem pour un ‘sérail impur’vii. Reprises et fortune littéraire: un retour de flamme3. Archéologie du textei. Sources, influences et intertextes: la ‘Paméla française’ii. Ersatz de roman: le retard françaisiii. Avatars de comédie: le retour françaisiv. Une structure dramatique ambivalentev. Tours et détours herméneutiquesvi. Une révolution des affectsII. Paméla, ou la Vertu récompenséePrincipes d’établissement de la présente éditionSigles et abréviations employésPaméla ou la Vertu récompenséePrincipales variantesIII. AnnexesAnnexe 1. Premier discoursAnnexe 2. Lettre aux législateursAnnexe 3. Autres documents autographes de Nicolas François de Neufchâteau relatifs à PamélaAnnexe 4. Documents d’appui relatifs aux conditions de représentation et de réceptionBibliographie sélectiveIndex
£95.65
Penguin Putnam Inc The Kite Runner Play Script
Book SynopsisComing to Broadway July 2022!The script for the stage production of Khaled Hosseini's first and internationally bestselling novel, The Kite Runner, as adapted by playwright Matthew Spangler. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. Now adapted for the stage, the story is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and is an exploration of the influence of fathers over sons--their love, their sacrifices, their lies.A sweeping saga of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful story that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.This adaptation was first performed at W
£13.60
Penguin Putnam Inc A Thousand Splendid Suns Play Script
Book SynopsisThe script for the stage production of the bestselling Khaled Hosseini novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, as adapted by playwright Ursula Rani Sarma.Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever-escalating dangers around them--in their home, as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, playwright Ursula Rani Sarma reimagines Hosseini's novel to show how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.A stunning accomplishment, this reimagination of A Thousand Splendid
£13.60
Running Press,U.S. Designing Broadway
Book SynopsisIn this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award–winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades.Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that have brought so many of our favorite stories to life. Discover how designers generate innovative ideas, research period and place, solve staging challenges, and collaborate with directors, projectionists, costume designers, and other artists to capture the essence of a show in powerful scenic design.With co-writer Eila Mell, McLane and contributors discuss Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Hadestown, Beautiful, and many more of the most iconic productions of our generation. Among the Broadway luminaries who contribute are John Lee Beatty, Danny Burstein, Cameron Crowe, Ethan Hawke, Moisés Kaufman, Carole King, Kenny Leon, Santo Loquasto, Kathleen Marshall, Lynn Nottage, David Rabe, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Wallace Shawn, John Leguizamo, and Robin Wagner.Filled with personal sketches and photographs fromthe artists’ archives, this stunningly designed book is truly a behind-the-scenes journey that theatre fans will love.
£34.20
McFarland and Company, Inc. Junior Broadway How to Produce Musicals with
Book SynopsisTrade Review“offers practical hints.... There is enough general information here to warrant use by any group producing a musical. Highly recommended""--The Book Report.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface to the Second Edition 1 1. A Broadway Musical: Why, Who and How? 3 Hidden Benefits 6 The Classroom Teacher’s Advantage 7 Co-directing with Another Teacher 8 Parent and Community Helpers 10 The Show Goes On 11 2. Choosing and Adapting a Script 15 What Makes a Script Suitable? 15 Script Sources 18 The Importance of Minor Roles 19 3. Finances and Organization 22 Where Does the Money Come From? 22 The Parents' Meeting 25 Presenting the Script 30 Seeing a Professional Show 32 Audition Announcement 32 4. Auditions and Casting 41 Audition Judges 42 Audition Day 43 Casting the Play 44 Announcing the Cast 48 5. Rehearsals 51 Rehearsal Location 52 Staging 53 The Prompter 54 Keeping the Fun in Rehearsal 55 Dress Rehearsal 59 6. Directing 62 Blocking Out the Action 62 “Slow and Loud” 63 Eye Contact 64 Directing for Success 64 The Love Scene 67 Technical Help 70 Creative Problem Solving 71 7. Music 73 Musical Director 74 Tips for the Accompanist 75 Voice Coach 76 Tips for the Voice Coach 76 Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted 76 Lesson 2: Diction and Breathing 79 Lesson 3: Volume and Range 81 Voice Lesson Tape 82 Gestures and Staging 84 Musical Ups and Downs 85 No Voice Coach 86 8. Dance, Finale and Encore 89 Choreographing the Dance 89 Dance Patterns 92 Teaching Children to Dance 93 Sample Dance 101 Finale and Encore 103 9. Costumes and Makeup 106 Costume Coordinator 107 Keeping Costs Down 108 Hats 113 Specialty Accessories 115 Hoop Skirts and Petticoats 117 Color Can Do Wonders 117 The Quick Change 120 Costume Committee 122 Non-English Speaking Parents 123 Makeup 124 Specialty Makeup 126 Makeup Stations 127 10. Scenery 130 Scenery for Kids 131 Designing the Scenery 132 Backdrop 134 Drawing the Backdrop 136 The Flat 140 Choosing Colors 143 Scenery Painting Day 145 Feet-in-Concrete Trick 150 Mini?ats 150 Trains 151 11. Backstage Dynamics 155 Stage Manager 155 Tips for the Stage Manager 158 Stage Crew 159 Props 161 Sound Effects 167 Lights 168 12. Programs and Photographs 171 Programs 171 Photographs of the Show 175 Videotapes 178 13. The Performance 179 Preshow Jitters 180 The Pep Talk 183 Adjusting to a Larger Stage 183 Reserved Seats 186 Crazy Cue Cards 186 “Break a Leg” 187 Cast Party 190 Some Good Things Never End 191 14 On Tour 195 Advance Party 195 Kids on the Road 197 Community Encores 198 The International Children's Festival 198 15 Checklist and Re?ections 203 Countdown Checklist 203 What Have the Children Gained? 208 What Have You Gained? 209 Index 210
£20.89
McFarland & Company The Swords of Shakespeare An Illustrated Guide to
Book SynopsisTrade Reviewwith so many provocative and useful materials...every theatre library, theatre practitioner, and performance scholar will want [this book] - Shakespeare Bulletin ""an excellent resource for stage fight directors [and] anyone interested in Elizabethan swordplay"" - Hammerterz ForumTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ivIntroduction 1Principles Of Stage Fight Choreography 3Ancient History Vs. Modern Practice 7Safety And Training 11A Brief History Of Elizabethan Swordplay 19THE CHOREOGRAPHY 27Henry IV, Part 1 29Douglas vs. Blunt 29Douglas vs. King Henry 32Douglas vs. Prince Henry 37Hotspur vs. Prince Henry 41Henry IV, Part 2 51Falstaff vs. Pistol 51 Henry VI, Part 1 54Charles vs. Joan De Pucelle 54Talbot vs. Joan De Pucelle 60Henry VI, Part 2 70Horner vs. Peter 70Cade vs. Iden 75Clifford vs. York 82Richard vs. Somerset 86Henry VI, Part 3 92Richard vs. Clifford 92Richard III 99Richard vs. Richmond 99Romeo and Juliet 109Benvolio vs. Tybalt 111Mercutio vs. Tybalt 120Romeo vs. Tybalt 129 Paris vs. Romeo 134Hamlet 139Hamlet vs. Laertes 139Troilus and Cressida 162Ajax vs. Hector 163Troilus vs. Diomedes 168Troilus vs. Ajax and Diomedes 174Archilles vs. Hector 180Menelaus vs. Paris 184Othello 191 Montano vs. Cassio 191King Lear 199Cornwall and Regan vs. Servant 199Kent vs. Edmund 203Oswald vs. Edgar 207Edgar vs. Edmund 213Macbeth 220Macbeth vs. Young Siward 220Macbeth vs. Macduff 224Coriolanus 230Coriolanus vs. Aufidius 230Cymberline 239Cloten vs. Guiderius 239Jachicmo vs. Posthumus 245The Two Noble Kinsmen 254Palamon vs. Arcite 254Glossary 263Appendix I: The Society of American Fight Directors 265Appendix II: Suppliers of Stage Weapons 266Bibliography 267Index 271
£20.89
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press The Invention of Love
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Rock n Roll
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Jumpers
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£12.34
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Project Planning for the Stage Tools and
Book SynopsisRich Dionne reframes the theatre production as a project and provides essential tools for understanding and managing it efficiently, whether it be a stage play, an opera, a dance piece, or other performance that requires the collaboration of the artists and artisans creating the visual and aural landscape for it.
£39.85
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Systemic Dramaturgy A Handbook for the Digital
Book SynopsisWorking theatrically with technology, Systemic Dramaturgy offers an invigorating, practical look at the daunting cultural problems of the digital age as they relate to performance.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Contributors Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking and Making Systemically Chapter 1.Sokyokuchi INTERLUDE 1.Kill Your Darlings: Marianne Weems on Collaboration and Devising Chapter 2. Play INTERLUDE 2.Play Matters: Elizabeth Swensen on Theatricality and Gaming Chapter 3, Empathy INTERLUDE 3:Empathy for Whom?micha cÁrdenas on Activism and Digital Performance Chapter 4: Towards a Dramaturgy of Video Games INTERLUDE 4:SHTEAM:Noah Wardrip-Fruin on Storytelling in the Digital Age Chapter 5: A Case Study ofNeighborhood 3: Requisition of Doomby Jennifer Haley INTERLUDE 5:Generations:Jennifer Haley on the Theatre Game Chapter 6. Systemic Dramaturgy Roundtable Bibliography
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Standby
Book SynopsisProposes a practical philosophy of contemporary theatrical design that addresses all design disciplines, all theatrical collaborators, and all forms of theatre, from the traditional to the avant-garde. Joshua Langman celebrates design as a transformative force with the power to elevate a performance.Table of ContentsPreface 1. House to half: A beginning 2. Design for theatre: Why we attend theatre; why we make theatre; why we design theatre 3. The concept: How designers make meaning 4. Acts of creation: Navigating art, craft, and trade in the theatre 5. Guiding principles and practical advice: Nine hints for theatrical designers 6. On magic and mechanics: A theatrical designer’s spell-book 7. The limits of design: Two lessons in humility 8. What it takes: A character analysis of the designer 9. Curtain call: An ending Postscript Recapitulation Notes A designer’s library Acknowledgments Credits Index
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Ghost Light
Book SynopsisA new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practice. Perfectly suited for the undergraduate theatre classroom, this holistic guide includes chapter exercises for students to practice the skills as they learn. The new edition also incorporates recent theory and new resources on multimedia performance.Trade Review“With wit, intelligence, and generosity, Michael Mark Chemers offers students a wide range of concrete, practical, and immediate entry points to the work of the dramaturg from classics to new plays, devised theatre, adaptations, and more. Grounded in history, theory, and textual analysis, this comprehensive handbook underscores with great effect the centrality of curiosity, questioning, creativity, collaboration, and expertise to dramaturgy and theatre making as a whole.”—Geoff Proehl, author of Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility “The first edition of Ghost Light carefully broke down the role of the dramaturg and provided an intelligent and accessible perspective on the underpinnings of dramaturgy. Chemers now gifts us with a revised and updated text that carefully considers radical changes of the past decade and blind spots that can come up when writing. Particularly, this new edition addresses societal strife and the pervasive systems of oppression that have informed the recent past that theatre studies must address.”—Analola Santana, coeditor of Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/o Americas “Ghost Light is the best book I can recommend to someone looking for a book that covers the history, theory, and practice of dramaturgy in one place. I never teach a Dramaturgy class without it! I appreciate Chemers updating this important contribution to the field to wrestle with and open up an academic and practical discussion about how cultural competency and identity play an ever-changing role in the way dramaturgy functions in art-making.”— Martine Kei Green-Rogers, past president of LMDA “This second edition of Ghost Light offers welcome updates to what has become a trusted introductory textbook for the study of dramaturgy in the United States. Featuring additions to his “theory capsules” as well as new approaches to the “Twelve Steps,” the insight Chemers offers in Ghost Light is both practical and aspirational, a feat he accomplishes without losing his engaging, lively style of writing that at once demonstrates dramaturgy while explaining the long history and crucial role of the dramaturg in theatre.”— Jane Barnette , author of Adapturgy: The Dramaturg’s Art and Theatrical Adaptation “For over a decade, Ghost Light has welcomed newcomers with open arms to the rigorous building blocks that constitute contemporary dramaturgical practice. With this second edition, Chemers embraces the latest developments in an ever-diversifying field with his trademark humor, humility, and abiding love for this vocation we share. This book has earned an essential place in every dramaturg's library.”—Ken Cerniglia, editor of Newsies: Stories of the Unlikely Broadway HitTable of Contents Foreword by Faedra Chatard Carpenter Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments Part One: Philosophy 1. What the #$%@ Is a Dramaturg? 2. Historicizing Dramaturgy 3. Power Plays Part Two: Analysis 4. The Twelve-Step Program for Script Analysts 5. Form Follows Function 6. Why This Play Now? Part Three: Practice 7. New Plays 8. The Company 9. Audiences Appendixes A: The Casebook B: The Dramaturg’s Library C: Journals, Periodicals, and Online Databases D: Accessing Original Texts Online E: Recommended Play Anthologies Notes
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Northwestern University Press EnsembleMade Chicago
Book SynopsisBrings together the work of a wide range of Chicago theatre companies to share strategies for cocreating theatrical performance as an ensemble. Each chapter offers a short history of a Chicago company, followed by detailed exercises that have been developed and used by that company to build ensemble and generate performances.
£16.96
Northwestern University Press Max Reinhardt
Book SynopsisMax Reinhardt was one of the formative directors of modern theatre. Marx provides a broad panorama of Reinhardt's work, portraying not only his work method and some of his best known productions, but also the cultural conditions of his visionary enterprise.
£32.25
Scarecrow Press Directing in the Theatre
Book SynopsisThe first edition of Directing in the Theatre represented a pioneering effort in its field. Now, the revised edition offers an expanded array of materials for use in the study of directing. There are new cases about censorship, non-traditional casting, theater safety, ethics, and other subjects of both current and enduring interest. This edition also features the introduction of Briefs, which are shortened, streamlined cases designed to stimulate discussions about such issues as gender in casting, auditions, giving and taking notes, and learning lines. The number of cases has grown from twenty-two to forty-seven, each of which can be used at both beginning and advanced levels of directing study. The corresponding Instructor''s Manual, is available free upon request.Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Cases Part 2 Preface to the Second Edition Part 3 Preface to the First Edition Part 4 Introduction: Learning Through the Case Method Chapter 5 I. The Director: An Overview (Cases1-5) Chapter 6 II. The Director: Pre-Production (Cases 6-10) Chapter 7 III. The Director: Casting and Rehearsals (Cases 11-18) Chapter 8 IV. Working with Actors (Cases 19-27) Chapter 9 V. Working with Other Collaborators (Cases 28-34) Chapter 10 VI. Special Porblems in Directing (Cases 35-47) Part 11 About the Author
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Scarecrow Press Musicals Directing School and Community Theatre
Book SynopsisMusicals! is an illustrated sourcebook for total theatre training, emphasizing the director''s role in the three main building blocks for mounting a performance: preparation, production, and performance. Boland and Argentini provide a comprehensive step-by-step theatre primer which will prove invaluable to musical directors, teachers, administrators, students, and actors. After the initial decisions are made, specific guidelines in preparing the stage picture, holding auditions and casting, and running the gamut of rehearsals are provided. Lighting, costumes, creating sets and scenery, and safety precautions are also discussed. The musical number and choreography are analyzed and defined, and advice on how to use color and solve multiple scene problems is given. With opening night approaching, a checklist of what must be done is enumerated and explained. The authors provide tips on publicity, running the box office, as well as the do''s and don''ts of mounting the show and its final strike. Includes a glossary of theatrical terms, a selected bibliography, and recommended sources for scenic drops, costumes, and lighting equipment.Trade Review...a unique and valuable addition to any school or public library's drama section...an excellent resource for the first-time director as well as young adults who have an interest in theatre, but little experience, and want to learn more...a fine way to raise the curtain for the first scene in a directing career. * Professional Reviews *...this superb book addresses every aspect of musical theatre...a key resource for all of those concerned with the staging of a musical on every scale from a school production to a major staging at a large capacity...theatre. It provides comprehensive step-by-step guidance for musical directors and choreographers, teachers, administrators, actors and students...presented in a clear, concise format with loads of illustrations, this book...is quite a find and a super addition to your library. * Amateur Stage *Through accessible prose and you-can-do-it tone, the authors provide an overview of preproduction planning, auditioning and casting, blocking, stage composition, rehearsals, and choreography, as well as the more technical layers of set design. * Library Journal *...invest in this book, which, as the playwright William Gibson says in the foreword 'should be in every high school and college library.' And public library I might add...remarkably complete... * Berkshire Eagle *For those in need of a primer, this comes highly recommended. * Stage Directions *The book has an accessible upbeat feel to the text which is dotted with inspirational quotes to enthuse and energize the prospective director into action. * School Library Association *Table of ContentsPart 1 Illustrations Part 2 Foreword Part 3 Preface Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Part 6 I PREPARATION Chapter 7 1. Is it Theatre? Part 8 The Seamless Flow Part 9 The Nature of Song Part 10 Why the Song? Part 11 The Joy of Talent Chapter 12 2. Get a Script! Part 13 List of Licensors Part 14 The Royalty Fee Part 15 The Rental Fee Chapter 16 3. Making Choices Part 17 Musical Choices Part 18 Types of Musicals Part 19 Choosing a Show Chapter 20 4. Planning the Production Part 21 Order Your Show Part 22 Timeline Part 23 Production Notes Chapter 24 5. The Theatre— A Seeing Place Part 25 The Proscenium Stage Part 26 A Bird's-eye View Part 27 The Stage Plot Part 28 Blocking Defined Part 29 Blocking Exercies Part 30 II PRODUCTION Chapter 31 6. The Prompt Book Part 32 Make One Part 33 The Floor Plan Part 34 Major Notations Part 35 Cues Part 36 Warnings Chapter 37 7. Beat the Script! Part 38 Purpose of the Beat Part 39 Identifying the Beat Part 40 Study the Beats Chapter 41 8. Blocking and Motivation Part 42 Indirect Actions Part 43 What is Blocking? Part 44 Pre-blocking Part 45 Blocking Part 46 Over-blocking Part 47 The Inner Meaning Part 48 Ten Fundamental Stage Actions Part 49 Weight of Stage Areas Part 50 Blocking Examples Chapter 51 9. The Stage Picture Part 52 Visual Arrangements Part 53 Five Concepts Part 54 Weight and Balance Part 55 Variety Part 56 Unity and Variety Part 57 Application Chapter 58 10. Auditions and Casting Part 59 Tryouts Part 60 Double-casting Part 61 Readings Chapter 62 11. Beginning Rehearsals Part 63 First Rehearsal Part 64 The Sing-along Part 65 Ask Questions Now Chapter 66 12. Learning Blocking Part 67 Summer Stock Blocking Part 68 Repetory Blocking Part 69 Traditional Blocking Chapter 70 13. Conducting Rehearsals Part 71 Give the Blocking Part 72 Step-by-step Part 73 Rehearsing Song Sequences Part 74 Attention to Detail Chapter 75 14. Rehearsal Techniques Chapter 76 Stay Fresh Part 77 The Musical Moment Part 78 Focus Part 79 The Vision of the Show Part 80 Seeing it Happen Part 81 The Difference Chapter 82 15. The Musical Number Part 83 The Purpose of a Song Part 84 Technology and Innovation Part 85 Defining the Show Songs Part 86 The Atmosphere Song Part 87 The Character Song Part 88 The Plot Song Part 89 The Soliloquy Part 90 The Tempo Song Chapter 91 16 Choreography Part 92 Dancing Adds Meaning Part 93 Looking Good! Part 94 Theme and Style Part 95 Relevant Dancing Part 96 Essential or Atmosphere? Part 97 Authenticity Part 98 Do it Well Chapter 99 17 Setting the Stage Part 100 Inspiration Part 101 Overdoing Part 102 The Aesthetics Part 103 Basic Approaches Part 104 Suggestions for Using the Basic Approaches Part 105 Arena Staging Part 106 List of Suppliers Part 107 Using Color Part 108 General Principles Part 109 The Future Chapter 110 18. The Costumes Part 111 The Process Part 112 Borrowing Part 113 Renting Part 114 Costuming Realities Part 115 Professional Hints Part 116 Makeup Chapter 117 19. Lighting the Show Part 118 Characteristics of Light Part 119 Lighting Instruments Part 120 Techniques Part 121 Characterisitcs of Color Part 122 Gels Part 123 The Cue Sheet Part 124 III THE PERFORMANCE Chapter 125 20. Small Things Count Part 126 What Constitutes a performance? Part 127 Run-throughs Part 128 Notes Part 129 Costume Parade Part 130 Cue-to-Cue Part 131 Technical Rehearsal Part 132 Dress Rehearsals Part 133 The Stage Manager Part 134 Opening Cues Part 135 Little Oversights—Big Trouble Part 136 Superstitions Part 137 Curtain Calls Chapter 138 21. Getting the Word Out Part 139 Possible Methods Part 140 The Box Office Chapter 141 22. Mounting the Show Part 142 Dos and Don'ts Part 143 Safety Part 144 Strike! Part 145 Appendix: "Musicals! The Perfect Medicine!" Part 146 Selected Reading List Part 147 Glossary Part 148 Index Chapter 149 About the Authors
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Scarecrow Press How Theater Managers Manage
Book SynopsisDesigned as a guide for new theatre managers, this book covers a variety of topics including budgeting theatre costs, gross potentials and ticket prices, show contracts, settlements and security procedures. A sample budget, building forms and show and performance forms are also included.Trade Review...a very practical and straightforward guidebook to the business of running a community theater. From dealing with unions, to the nuts and bolts of determining ticket prices, to a sample budget, to building forms, and a great deal more How Theater Managers Manage is an invaluable resourceful guide which is very highly recommended for anyone starting out in theater management, or who is contemplating the business side of theatrical management theater. * Library Bookwatch *...a solid primer for anyone considering theater management as a career and a helpful mid-career review for the professional manager. Appendixes provide a variety of helpful procedural outlines, daily operation and performance forms, information data sheets, emergency and security measures, and sample budgets. * CHOICE *How Theater Managers Manage is a valuable resource for the field. The job of the theater manager has always been an intricate part of the theatrical community and will be a necessary component in the 21st Century which will blend new technology with old challenges in both front of house and backstage. -- Veronica Claypool, Managing Director, Theater Development FundTess Collins' book should be the bible for every theater manager. -- Maria A. Somma, President, Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, LOCAL 18032This book is more than an eye opener to this specialized world – it's a total and complete education for theater management. How Theater Managers Manage makes an impact on the reader because it combines theory with reality, experience with examples, and challenges with proven solutions. This book is a must read for anyone associated with the theater, and for those who simply enjoy the results of great theater management, it's a privileged peek behind the curtain into this unique and mysterious world. -- Pat Mayfield, President of Pat Mayfield Consulting, LLCEssential reading for the manager in training and invaluable continuing education for the seasoned professional. Tess Collins' book is packed with clearly explained information that will help make you a better manager. Well written and entertaining. I'd recommend this book without reservation. -- Douglas C. Baker, General Manager, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles and Chapter Chair, A.T.P.A.M. Board of GovernorsTable of ContentsPart 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: Theater: The Way It Was, the Way It Is, and the Way It Is Becoming Chapter 4 1 Theater and Theater Managers Chapter 5 2 The Cast of Characters Chapter 6 3 The Show Must Go On Chapter 7 4 Front-of-House: It's Not a Dress Rehearsal Chapter 8 5 The Theater Building: You Work for a Theater but I Work for a Theatre Chapter 9 6 Unions Chapter 10 7 Customers and Employees, or Yelling at the Usher Always Improves the Sound Part 11 Part II: Financial Concerns Chapter 12 8 Budgeting Theater Cost for an Engagement Chapter 13 9 Gross Potentials and Ticket Prices Chapter 14 10 Show Contracts Chapter 15 11 Box Office Chapter 16 12 Settlements Part 17 Part III: Career Development Chapter 18 13 The Drama Offstage Chapter 19 14 Management and Imagination Chapter 20 15 Managerial Imagination Chapter 21 16 Creating and Thinking Chapter 22 17 Industry Interviews Chapter 23 18 Manager Topics: In Our Own Words Part 24 Concluding Thoughts Part 25 Appendix A: Specs Package: Advance Information and Backstage Information Part 26 Appendix B: Emergency and Security Procedures Part 27 Appendix C: Building Forms Part 28 Appendix D: Show and Performance Forms Part 29 Appendix E: Sample Budget Part 30 Works Cited Part 31 Index Part 32 About the Author
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