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Haymarket Books A Moment on the Clock of the World: A Foundry
Book SynopsisA MOMENT ON THE CLOCK OF THE WORLD is an invitation to consider how we make the world, together. It collects the voices of people who respond to this invitation with their living lives and prolific work: artists, social justice practitioners, cultural critics and public intellectuals — Cornel West, Taylor Mac, Alisa Solomon, Robin D.G. Kelley and Laura Flanders among them — whose own inquiries intersected with that of the award-winning Foundry Theatre across its 25-year history. Notions of collaboration, art, community, space, prefigurative politics, metrics, and Time animate a conversation about the ways that artists and social justice workers build a more equitable world, and the historic challenges of their doing so together. A MOMENT ON THE CLOCK OF THE WORLD follows The Foundry’s long-standing tradition for creating provocative relationships between form and content. Its layout divides each page into two discrete horizontal sections; the top two-thirds contain each contributor’s chapter, while the bottom of the pages throughout the book hold a history of The Foundry’s inquiry by the company’s founder. There is no prescribed way to read this book. Rather, it is designed to invite the reader to discover and gather shared themes and ideas in any number of ways. The title of the book recalls renowned social activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs’s legendary — and for some, incendiary — call for a new kind of activism: “Now is the time on the clock of the world to grow our souls.” This book gathers together hard-won insights of its “moment.” It’s a moment on the continuum of ever in the (r)evolutionary human project of making the world. Trade Review“This beautiful volume, celebrating the uncompromising vision of New York’s Foundry Theatre, reminds us that the impossible is possible through creative courage and the conviction of one’s deepest principles." —Los Angeles Times "These stunning essays, interviews, incantations, manifestations are by the best radical thinkers in the U.S. A. This collection is a manifesto filled with bold ideas, magic and poetry, a living record of the best of what is still called the ‘un-American tradition’ in theater. This is political and creative courage at its best and the voices inside this work are not only subversive but reach to the very root of why we make theater, why we keep coming back. Best of all, this book wrenches apart neo-liberal notions of what ‘resistance’ truly is, and redefines and recontructs them from the root up. And the root is the only place where the radical still lives. And there also lives The Foundry theater." —Naomi Wallace "Below the lofts, gyms, and dog-walking, is a radical history of cultural resistance and wildness. An essential inspiration and document for those interested in curing the gentrification of the mind.” —Nato Thompson, author, Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life "The Foundry Theatre is the great exemplar of artistic excellence, political courage, and visionary hope of American theatre in the late 20th and early 21st centuries." —Cornel West, (from the Foreword) "A fascinating testament to the game-changing spirit of one of the most important things to happen to the American theatre. Any artist or producer seeking inspiration or lessons on how to truly shake things up should start here.” —Branden Jacobs-Jenkins "The Foundry Theatre has quietly been responsible for some of the most artistically ambitious work seen in New York in recent years." —The New York Times "The Foundry has a long history of pushing plays beyond the boundaries of traditional theatre in terms of form, content, and location." —Time Out "The Foundry Theatre has excellent vision. [They] have championed remarkable theatremakers who challenge what we consider a play." —Village Voice "The Foundry has long had the passion for mixing artistic rigor with social activism." —The Brooklyn Rail "Since 1994, The Foundry Theatre has been a mainstay in the downtown theatre scene." —The New York Times
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Bucknell University Press,U.S. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama: Reception
Book SynopsisA key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and released without trial, Holcroft was notorious in his own time, but today appears mainly as a supporting character in studies of 1790s literary activism. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama authoritatively reintroduces and reestablishes this central figure of the revolutionary decade by examining his life, plays, memoirs, and personal correspondence. In engaging with theatrical censorship, apostacy, and the response of audiences and critics to radical drama, this thoughtful study also demonstrates how theater functions in times of political repression. Despite his struggles, Holcroft also had major successes: this book examines his surprisingly robust afterlife, as his plays, especially The Road to Ruin, were repeatedly revived worldwide in the nineteenth century.Trade Review“Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama foregrounds the radicalism and the drama in Holcroft’s striking playwriting career. Interweaving episodes from his biography, staged plays, and public reception of both, Garnai’s book demonstrates Holcroft’s centrality to 1790s London radical culture and what analyses of his plays contribute to discussions of performativity, censorship, and the burdens of cultural transmission in his day and ours. A timely revival of a largely unsung but masterful agitator.”— Julie Carlson, author of England’s First Family of Writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley “This striking book restores Thomas Holcroft—often granted a walk-on part in histories of radicalism in the 1790s or of the Jacobin novel—to his important place in theatre history. Garnai reveals a spectacular career in all its complexity and allows Holcroft the curtain call he has long deserved.”— Jon Mee, author of Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s: The Laurel of Liberty “Indicted for high treason, intimately linked to 1790s radicalism, and idealized by Godwinian perfectibility, playwright Thomas Holcroft has been overlooked for too long. His extraordinary life is recovered here in Garnai’s fine study.”— David Worrall, author of Theatric Revolution: Drama, Censorship, and Romantic Period Subcultures, 1773-1832 “Garnai’s wide-ranging and carefully-researched study explores Holcroft’s life and his deeply political work in insightful and thought-provoking ways. Thomas Holcroft’s Revolutionary Drama confirms Holcroft’s important place among the pantheon of radical figures who believed in the power of writing to create lasting social and political change.”— Shawn Lisa Maurer, editor of Art and NatureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Thomas Holcroft and the Treason Trials Chapter Two: The Road to Ruin and its Afterlives Chapter Three: Radicalism, Authorship and Sincerity in Holcroft’s Later Plays Chapter Four: Holcroft’s Diary and Other Life Writing Chapter Five: Holcroft’s Melodrama Chapter Six: Final Years and Other Afterlives Bibliography
£28.80
Duckworth Books Miss Harris in the New World
Book SynopsisA collection of theatrical misfits goes on tour across the Atlantic in this nostalgic post-war novel sure to delight fans of P. G. Wodehouse
£9.49
Liverpool University Press Analyzing Drama: A Student Casebook
Book SynopsisThis play-analysis textbook contains 50 short essays on geographically diverse, historically significant dramas -- among them Major Barbara, Our Town, Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Electra, Death of a Salesman, The Balcony, The Cherry Orchard, Mother Courage, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Old Times. The essays are supported by a Step-by-Step Approach to Play Analysis, a Glossary of Dramatic Terms, Study Guides, Topics for Writing and Discussion, Bibliographical Resources, and a comprehensive Index. Written for university and advanced high school students, these critical essays provide practical models to aid and promote writing and analytical skills. The author is a close reader committed to a detailed yet objective examination of the structure, style, imagery, and language of a play. He is concerned with dramatic analysis that can be of benefit to directors, designers, and even actors. Analysis of character, action, dialogue, and setting can thus be translated into concepts for theatrical production. The three key benefits of ANALYZING DRAMA are: 1. Most so-called play analysis texts are books about the methods and techniques of play analysis but contain few (if any) actual play analyses. The book describes the methods and techniques of play analysis while at the same time providing numerous examples of such analysis. 2. The Topics for Writing and Discussion and Study Guides provide a wide range of set tasks for students. 3. Readings are not biased by any particular social or political doctrine. Aimed at students, teachers, educated readers, and drama aficionados with an interest in world drama in particular and drama studies in general, as well as at theatregoers with an interest in the practice of play analysis and criticism.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press Analyzing Drama: A Student Casebook
Book SynopsisThis play-analysis textbook contains 50 short essays on geographically diverse, historically significant dramas -- among them Major Barbara, Our Town, Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Miss Julie, Electra, Death of a Salesman, The Balcony, The Cherry Orchard, Mother Courage, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Old Times. The essays are supported by a Step-by-Step Approach to Play Analysis, a Glossary of Dramatic Terms, Study Guides, Topics for Writing and Discussion, Bibliographical Resources, and a comprehensive Index. Written for university and advanced high school students, these critical essays provide practical models to aid and promote writing and analytical skills. The author is a close reader committed to a detailed yet objective examination of the structure, style, imagery, and language of a play. He is concerned with dramatic analysis that can be of benefit to directors, designers, and even actors. Analysis of character, action, dialogue, and setting can thus be translated into concepts for theatrical production. The three key benefits of ANALYZING DRAMA are: 1. Most so-called play analysis texts are books about the methods and techniques of play analysis but contain few (if any) actual play analyses. The book describes the methods and techniques of play analysis while at the same time providing numerous examples of such analysis. 2. The Topics for Writing and Discussion and Study Guides provide a wide range of set tasks for students. 3. Readings are not biased by any particular social or political doctrine. Aimed at students, teachers, educated readers, and drama aficionados with an interest in world drama in particular and drama studies in general, as well as at theatregoers with an interest in the practice of play analysis and criticism.
£39.17
New Generation Publishing A First Anthology of TheatrePlays
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New Generation Publishing Ltd A First Anthology of TheatrePlays
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The Lilliput Press Ltd Rise Above!: Letters From Tyrone Guthrie
Book SynopsisRise above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie details the life of the celebrated theatrical director whose influence on international theatre lives on. Here, in a stunning volume of letters, we are offered a glimpse into the vision of this extraordinary figure as well as a view of the intimacies of his relationships with his mother, sister, wife and friends. During the 1940s and 1950s Guthrie was renowned for liberating the plays of Shakespeare from declamatory delivery and excessive staging. His most enduring legacy was in inspiring the creation of modern theatre buildings where the plays of antiquity could be brought closer to the audience, such as at Stratford, Canada, and the theatre that bears his name in Minneapolis, USA. Of Scots-Irish parentage, he identified most closely with his mother’s home at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, which he made his professional headquarters after her death, hosting producers, designers, playwrights and composers there while planning worldwide productions. Guthrie’s letters to his mother, Norah, his wife, Judith, and his sister, Peggy, give a balanced account of his professional and domestic life, and it was on the advice of his sister and her husband, Hubert Butler, that he left his mother’s house to the Irish nation as a workplace for writers and artists. Faced with often seemingly insurmountable financial and personal disaster, his celebrated mantra ‘Rise above!’ was testament to a life lived in the wings of an operatic opening night or a Shakespearean tragedy. Guthrie’s vivid descriptions of places visited are matched by the observational skills of his remarks on the people he worked with, among them well-known figures such as Benjamin Britten, Alec Guinness, Charles Laughton, Siobhán McKenna, Micheál MacLíammóir, the Oliviers and others. Family members come in for as many amused comments as do the famous and distinguished: Cousin Molly is no more spared than Sir Winston Churchill. Fitz-Simon has gathered an important, and entrancing, collection of Tyrone Guthrie’s letters, raising a curtain on the life of Ireland’s leading theatre director of the twentieth-centuryTrade ReviewAn admirable collection. -- Fintan O'Toole * The Irish Times *Fitz-Simon has gathered an important, and entrancing, collection of TyroneGuthrie’s letters, raising a curtain on the life of Ireland’s leading theatre director of thetwentieth-century. * Writing.ie *
£28.50
James Currey African Theatre 10: Media and Performance
Book SynopsisExamines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa. Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of WarwickTrade ReviewAn important contribution to the study of the current state of media and performance in Africa and, collectively, the authors address the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy, and sponsorship. * RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES *Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction - David Kerr 'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten Sannar Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord - Sarah Woodward 'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola Adeoti Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule 'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam Kasule Zimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel Ravengai Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah Chivandikwa Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe Muwonwa Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy Adair Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa Molema Playscript: The Campus Queen - Akinwumi Isola Book Reviews
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Nick Hern Books Words Into Action: Finding the Life of the Play
Book SynopsisPacked with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors. Renowned theatre director William Gaskill was one of the founders of the Royal Court, whose ethos, as Christopher Hampton says in his Foreword, 'this book goes a long way towards defining'. Gaskill's acclaimed work as a director always began with the words of the playwright, and here, starting with a chapter on 'Trusting the Writer', he takes the actor through the vital steps needed to find the life of the play and then to articulate it on stage. Drawing instances from his own work in the theatre and from teaching at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he looks at action and intention, stillness and movement, sentences and rhetoric, punctuation and pauses. He pays detailed attention to staging Shakespeare's plays, and there are also chapters on masks, on language as character, and on verse and prose. Gaskill was, says Maggie Smith, ‘the best teacher in the world.'Trade Review'If you want to know what a director - a good theatre director, that is - actually does, read William Gaskill's marvellous new book, Words into Action... Gaskill is a great director, and a great teacher... Essential stuff' * Whatsonstage.com *'relays profound wisdom and very specific, useful tips from a career of directing... the book provides unique and thorough insight into many specifics of Gaskill's career' -- Ann M. Shanahan * 'Theatre Artists Writing About Practice: A Review Essay', 2011 *'a fount of wisdom that should prove invaluable to any reader' * British Theatre Guide *'a fastidiously lucid and frank set of essays packed with practical advice, useful observations, and acute close readings' -- Helen Simpson * TLS, 'Books of the Year' *
£12.34
Nick Hern Books Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings: A guide for
Book SynopsisJessica Swale's Blue Stockings is the empowering and surprising story of four young women fighting for their right to a university education in a world that assumed women belonged at home. First produced professionally at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013, and a sell-out success, it is now regularly performed by theatre groups in the UK and beyond, and widely studied by GCSE Drama students. This Page to Stage guide, written by the playwright, who also directed the first production at RADA, along with her assistant director Lois Jeary, is packed with contextual information, scene-by-scene and character breakdowns, and personal insights into the world of the play and the real lives that inspired it. An invaluable resource for those studying and staging the play, it takes you through the entire production process, considering each of the elements in turn, from sound and music to design and rehearsals. You'll also find notes from the original rehearsal process, extracts from working diaries, and interviews with key members of the creative team. Throughout, there are hints and tips on staging, and helpful games and exercises to bring the play to life on the stage and in the classroom. Highly accessible and uniquely authoritative, it is the indispensible guide for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play.Trade Review'Extremely helpful… offers great detail, whilst also offering space to explore and be creative… this is a book that many will pick up and use as an exemplar of how to prepare any play, not just Blue Stockings' * Drama Magazine *'Very accessible… the suggested games and exercises are excellent… you certainly need this book if you're teaching and / or directing Blue Stockings. There's also plenty here for the students themselves to read and reflect on' * Ink Pellet *'For anyone working on or studying the play, this book is invaluable' * Word Matters - Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama *
£9.49
Nick Hern Books Curtain Up!: How to Stage Great Youth Productions
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive, hands-on guide to making theatre – perfect for any school, college, youth group or amateur-theatre company – gives you the knowledge you need to take your productions to the next level. Curtain Up! is packed with invaluable advice and practical tips on every aspect of putting on your show, including: Direction: from choosing your project to casting, rehearsals and opening night Vocal Direction: give your singers and actors the confidence to deliver great performances Choreography: step-by-step advice on bringing your choreography to life Production Design: use set, costumes and more to realise your vision innovatively (and come in on budget) Puppets & Props: inject some practical magic into your production – and how to make your own puppets Scriptwriting: beat the blank page and pen your own original show Lighting Design: maximise your resources to create a whole world on stage Publicity: identify your audience, reach them and get those bums on seats Each section is written by an experienced theatre professional, laying out the essentials of every role and offering creative, practical ideas to breathe new life into your own theatre projects. Also included is a section on planning, with tips and worksheets to assist with everything from budgeting to selecting your production team. Wherever and however you make theatre, this inspiring, empowering and highly accessible manual will help make your next production your best yet!Trade Review'An extremely useful starting point for anyone wanting to put on a school or amateur theatre production... Lots of really useful ideas for where to begin when putting on a show but also contains a variety of useful tips for use in the classroom' * Drama & Theatre Magazine *
£15.29
Luath Press Ltd Robert McLellan, Playing Scotland's Story:
Book SynopsisWith a strong, vibrant use of Scots, McLellan intermingles comedy with serious moral and political content. McLellan's collected works brings together previously unpublished plays like Jeddart Justice with acknowledged classics such as Jamie the Saxt and a selection of his prize-winning poems. Also included are a Foreword by playwright and poet Donald Campbell and an Epilogue by drama producer Alastair Cording.
£21.25
Luath Press Ltd The Lions of Lisbon: A Play of Two Halves
Book SynopsisOn 25 May 1967 Celtic beat Inter Milan 2–1 to become the first British team to win the European Cup. Fifty years on, The Lions of Lisbon relives the jubilation from the fans’ point of view.Trade ReviewNot so much a show as a phenomenon [...] a joyful, well-crafted piece of work, weaving together at least five storylines about fans making their way to Portugal, and culminating in an epic encounter in a Lisbon boozer. - JOYCE MCMILLAN, THE GUARDIANTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Production History Introduction Scene 1 Danny’s Boy Scene 2 Hector’s House Scene 3 Confessions of a Justified SinnerScene 4 A Blue Do Scene 5 El Posso Scene 6 The Women and the Bhoys Scene 7 Hail! Hail! Scene 8 The Road to LisbonScene 9 Lost in Lisbon Scene 10 The Tally and the Toaly Scene 11 Going to the Chapel Scene 12 The Law of the Jungle Scene 13 A Couple of Chancers Scene 14 Picking Sides Scene 15 Demand a Milanda Scene 16 A Wing and a Prayer Scene 17 The Best Team in the Land 67 on ‘67 Contributors
£7.99
Silman-James Press,U.S. Naked Playwriting: The Art, the Craft, and the
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Silman-James Press,U.S. Production Stage Management for Broadway From
Book SynopsisGetting a new show up and running? Planning a revival? Taking over a long-running show? Going on the road? On Broadway, off Broadway, in regional repertory, or on tour, the only book you need as your professional companion is Peter Lawrence''s comprehensive and definitive Production Stage Management for Broadway. With this book, Tony Award-winning Peter Lawrence has turned his decades of experience on Broadway into a thoroughly modern approach to the art and business of production stage managing and successfully pursuing a stage manager''s career. Written for a wide range of readers -- from the beginning stage manager with high school or college experience to the professional assistant stage manager already working in commercial theatre to seasoned Broadway professional this book is, at its heart, an invaluable map of how to get from the beginning through the end of a production. Filled with industry-savvy advice, including: Who''s who on a stage production and how they all interact; Trade Review"At last! This is the book stage managers everywhere have been waiting for. Written by one of the greatest stage managers of our time, it is informative, wise, humorous and real. Peter Lawrences book will definitely be required reading. Frank Lombardi, Director of Stage Management Program, University of North Carolina School of the Arts"Skilled stage managers bring structure, flexibility, humor, and theatrical knowledge to their complex work. We expect nothing less from lifer Peter Lawrence. It is a must-read text for all serious stage and production management students. Elsbeth M. Collins, Associate Professor of Theatre Practice, Director of Production, University of Southern California1
£26.34
Fordham University Press Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life
Book SynopsisWith humor and grace, the memoir of a first-generation Chinese American in New York City. Our Laundry, Our Town is a memoir that decodes and processes the fractured urban oracle bones of Alvin Eng’s upbringing in Flushing, Queens, in the 1970s. Back then, his family was one of the few immigrant Chinese families in a far-flung neighborhood in New York City. His parents had an arranged marriage and ran a Chinese hand laundry. From behind the counter of his parents’ laundry and within the confines of a household that was rooted in a different century and culture, he sought to reconcile this insular home life with the turbulent yet inspiring street life that was all around them––from the faux martial arts of TV’s Kung Fu to the burgeoning underworld of the punk rock scene. In the 1970s, NYC, like most of the world, was in the throes of regenerating itself in the wake of major social and cultural changes resulting from the counterculture and civil rights movements. And by the 1980s, Flushing had become NYC’s second Chinatown. But Eng remained one of the neighborhood’s few Chinese citizens who did not speak fluent Chinese. Finding his way in the downtown theater and performance world of Manhattan, he discovered the under-chronicled Chinese influence on Thornton Wilder’s foundational Americana drama, Our Town. This discovery became the unlikely catalyst for a psyche-healing pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China—his ancestral home in southern China—that led to writing and performing his successful autobiographical monologue, The Last Emperor of Flushing. Learning to tell his own story on stages around the world was what proudly made him whole. As cities, classrooms, cultures, and communities the world over continue to re-examine the parameters of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Our Laundry, Our Town will reverberate with a broad readership.Table of Contents1 The Urban Oracle Bones of Our Laundry: Channeling China’s Last Emperor and Rock ’n’ Roll’s First Opera 2 Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting . . . or Faking It 3 Our Laundry’s Roots in Resistance: Family Reunification Along Flushing’s Fault Line 4 It’s Only a Paper Son: The Chinatown Bachelor Society 5 Addressees 6 Disappearing Acts: That Old-Time Religion 7 Chinese Rocks: Opium, the Chinese Diaspora and Soul . . . and Punk Rock 8 A Sort of Homecoming: But Where Are You Really From? 9 The Bigger Picture, On Screen and Off 10 Trip the Light, Gorgeous Mosaic: Double Happiness, Discovering Playwriting and Activism 11 Commencement Ceremonies: Leaving Flushing 12 Village Pilgrimage for a Marriage Blessing 13 Life Dances On: Our Town in China Epilogue Acknowledgments
£53.10
Oxford University Press Music Direction for the Stage A View from the Podium
Book SynopsisOne of Broadway's foremost music directors emerges from the orchestra pit to tell how the music is put into a musical show. Part descriptive account, part instruction manual, this book offers a unique and invaluable look behind the scenes, from the point of view of the musical chief of staff, the music director.Trade ReviewIf you're interested in the world of musical theater I know you'll enjoy and learn from Joe Church's Music Direction For The Stage: A View From the Podium. * Alan Menken *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The View From The Podium ; Part I: The Music Director: A Job Description ; Chapter 1: Music Direction Yesterday And Today ; Chapter 2: Musical Stage Production ; Chapter 3: Job Opportunities For Music Directors ; Part II: Personnel ; Chapter 4: The Production Team ; Chapter 5: The Creative Team ; Chapter 6: The Music Team ; Chapter 7: The Performers ; Part III: Preproduction ; Chapter 8: Mounting A Production ; Chapter 9: The Music: Assessment And Analysis ; Chapter 10: Arranging For Music Directors ; Part IV: Rehearsals 1: Singers And The Stage ; Chapter 11: Overview Of Rehearsal Process ; Chapter 12: Individual Vocal Rehearsals ; Chapter 13: Ensemble Vocal Rehearsals ; Chapter 14: Rehearsals With Directors And Choreographers ; Chapter 15: Adapting Music To The Production ; Part V: Rehearsals 2: Musicians, Technicians, And The Venue ; Chapter 16: Orchestras And Orchestrations ; Chapter 17: Instrumental Conducting For The Stage ; Chapter 18: From The Studio To The Stage ; Part VI: Performance ; Chapter 19: Conducting In Performance ; Chapter 20: Maintaining A Production And Preserving A Show ; Chapter 21: Working As A Music Director ; Appendix A: Putting It Together ; Appendix B: Bibliography, Suggested Reading, And List Of Musical ; Works Cited
£42.74
Lulu.com Fruto en sazn
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing
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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
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iUniverse Good Grief Using the Grief Sheet to Improve Community Theatre Production Telling The Story Better Than It Has Ever Been Told
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iUniverse Talent Shows the Kent Way How to Put Together an Exciting Entertaining Show Featuring Children
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iUniverse ShowSmarts The Volunteers Guide for Putting on Shows with Kids
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University of Exeter Press Acting Greek Tragedy
Book SynopsisWith a strong interest in the performance of ancient Greek tragedy, Graham Ley's short text explores the dynamics of physical interaction between performers and of the dramaturgical construction of scenes.Trade Review'this is a valuable book for those who want to understand better the dramaturgy of the Greek text, the intensity and frantic action of tragedy, as well as the movement that is implicit in some of the tragic texts. Ley’s approach, as set out in his book, offers student-actors a practical perspective from which to appreciate ancient Greek plays using a range of performance-friendly translations.' Angeliki Varakis-Martin, University of Kent * Studies in Theatre and Performance 36:1, 2016 * ‘[…] the book will be invaluable to anyone considering staging a Greek tragedy’ (Terry Walsh, Classics for All Reviews, https://classicsforallreviews.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/acting-greek-tragedy/, 18.05.15) Table of Contents Preface Introduction First Workshop: Monologues Second Workshop: Dialogues Third Workshop: Three-actor Scenes Fourth Workshop: Properties Last Thoughts: Looking Back, and Forwards Thanks Notes on the Recordings Index of Greek names and characters General Index
£17.66
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Producing Theatre A Comprehensive Legal and
Book SynopsisPRODUCING THEATRE 2ND EDITIO
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare Survey 74
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare Survey 75
Book SynopsisShakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year''s textual and critical studies and of the year''s major British performances. The theme for Volume 75 is ''Othello''. The complete set of Survey volumes is also available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/collections/shakespeare-survey This fully searchable resource enables users to browse by author, essay and volume, search by play, theme and topic and save and bookmark their results.Table of Contents1. Understanding Iago (2009): Clientelism, Corruption, Politics Mark Thornton Burnett; 2. Circumventing marginality: The curious case of India's Othello screen adaptations Abhirup Mascharak; 3. Othello's Kin: Legacy, Belonging, and The fortunes of the Moor Patricia Cahill; 4. 'More fair than black': Othellos on British radio' Andrea Smith; 5. 'This fair paper': Othello and the Artists' book' Agnieszka Żukowska; 6. Othello: A dialogue with the built environment Yik Ling Yong; 7. '[A] maid called barbary:' Othello, Moorish maidservants, and the black presence in early modern England Iman Sheeha; 8. 'The Moor's abused by some most villainous knave, some base notorious knave, some scurvy fellow': Legal spaces, Racial trauma, and Othello' Lisa R. Barksdale-Shaw; 9. Ben Jonson's Sejanus and Shakespeare's Othello: Two Plays Performed by the King's Men in c.1603 John-Mark Philo; 10. 'Lago and the clown: Disassembling the vice in Othello Nicole Sheriko; 11. Pitying desdemona in Folio Othello: Race, Gender, and the willow song Joshua Held; 12. 'Desdemona's honest friend' Jeremy Lopez; 13. 'Suffering scstasy: Othello and the drama of displacement' Jennifer J. Edwards; 14. 'Othello's sympathies: Emotion, Agency, and identification' Richard Meek; 15. 'Warning the Stage: Shakespeare's mid-scene entrance conventions' Margaret Jane Kidnie; 16. 'Looking for perdita in Ali Smith's summer' Bailey Sincox; 17. 'Grafted to the Moor: Anglo-Spanish dynastic marriage and miscegenated whiteness in The winter's tale' Zainab S. Cheema; 18. 'Rhyme, History, and Memory in A Mirror for Magistrates and Henry VI' Molly Clark; 19. 'Bad' Love lyrics and poetic hypocrisy from Gascoigne to Benson's Shakespeare' Katherine Mennis; 20. 'Viola's Telemachy' Robert B. Pierce; 21. 'New analogical evidence for Cymbeline's folkloric composition in the medieval icelandic Ála flekks saga' Jonathan Hui; 22. 'But when extremities speak': Harley Granville-Barker, Coriolanus, the world wars and the state of exception' Richard Ashby; 23. Shakespeare performances in England 2021: London Lois Potter; 24. Shakespeare performances in England 2021: outside London Peter Kirwan; 25. Professional Shakespeare productions in the British Isles, January-December 2020 James Shaw; 26. The Year's contribution to Shakespeare studies: 1. Critical Studies reviewed by Jane Kingsley Smith, 2. Performance reviewed by Russell Jackson, 3. Editions and Textual Studies reviewed by Emma Depledge.
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