Theatre studies Books
Edinburgh University Press Tragedies of the English Renaissance
Book SynopsisThis book covers the development of tragedy as a dramatic genre from its earliest examples in the 1560's until the closure of the theatres in 1642.
£17.09
Edinburgh University Press Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern
Book SynopsisThis study explores the disturbing intrinsic connections between authors, informers, and authorities found in a wide selection of early modern metadrama.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Pina Bauschs Dance Theatre
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new reading of Pina Bausch's dance theatre, orienting it within an international legacy of performance practice.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Revenge Tragedy and Classical Philosophy on the
Book SynopsisThis book discovers within early modern revenge tragedy the surprising shaping presence of a wide array of classical philosophies not commonly affiliated with the genre.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Revenge Tragedy and Classical Philosophy on the
Book SynopsisThis book discovers within early modern revenge tragedy the surprising shaping presence of a wide array of classical philosophies not commonly affiliated with the genre.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press The Play of Law in Modern British Theatre
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the credibility of this arresting claim in the immediate context of contemporary British theatre by investigating the place and purpose of law in a range of modern dramatic settings and writings.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Love Across the Atlantic
Book SynopsisFrom romantic novelist Elinor Glyn in the 1920s to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today, this collection examines some of the history, contemporary manifestations and enduring appeal of US-UK romance across popular culture.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Russian Futurist Theatre
Book SynopsisRussian Futurist Theatre exploresis the first book to comprehensively uncover the Russian futurist theatre in all its virtuosity and diversity.
£35.15
Edinburgh University Press Modernist Disguise
Book SynopsisThis book highlights that masquerade can be regarded as a distinct genre of performance activity that employs elements of the carnivalesque, circus, dance, gestural theatre and theatre of objects.Trade Review"Spanning modernism this book affords a refreshed lens on masquerade as character play, embodiment and theatricality. A timely argument for amplified attention to disguise, bodyscapes and performative aspects of the image in this chaotic and unpredictable world." -Kim Snepvangers, University of New South Wales, Sydney: Art & Design
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press The Gentle Shepherd
Book SynopsisThe first full and consistent edition of Allan Ramsay's most influential text, The Gentle Shepherd.
£147.25
Edinburgh University Press Performing Conversion
Book SynopsisThis volume asks, how did theatrical practice shape the multiplying forms of conversion that emerged in early modern Europe?
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Theatre Through the Camera Eye
Book SynopsisLaura Sava critically engages with the filmic representation of theatre, focusing on a selection of art house and independent films which provide a sophisticated commentary on the interaction between the two media.
£21.84
Edinburgh University Press Shakespeare and Latinidad
Book SynopsisShakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays.Trade Review"This book offers a unique and wonderfully broad collection of essays that introduce the reader to an important and little-known trend in Shakespeare and theatre studies. The editors have included essays by leading theatre artists, playwrights, directors, actors and scholars who celebrate Shakespeare as seen through the multiple perspectives of Latinx Shakespeares as performance, as literature and as community-building through professional and community-based theatre companies from coast to coast. " -Jorge Huerta, University of California San Diego
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in
Book SynopsisExplores modernism's complex relationship with contemporary theatreTrade Review"The playful spirit of modernism is alive and well in this multi-faceted consideration of that movement's aftershocks on the contemporary stage. If modernism was a provocation and a rupture, this impressive assemblage makes it clear that it is one that is with us still, as theatre artists the world over continually strive to 'make it new'." -David Kornhaber, The University of Texas at Austin
£135.00
Globe Pequot Press The Best Mens Monologues from New Plays 2020
Book SynopsisRenowned editor Lawrence Harbison brings together approximately one hundred never-before-published men's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, Theresa Rebeck, Rob Ackerman, Len Jenkin, Stephen Belber, and Tim Blake Nelson, and future stars such as David MacGregor, Reina Hardy, Chris Daftsios, Frank Baslo and Will Arbery. There are terrific comic and dramatic pieces, and all represent the best of contemporary playwriting. This collection is an invaluable resource for aspiring actors hoping to ace their auditions and impress directors and teachers with contemporary pieces.
£14.24
Globe Pequot Press The Best American Short Plays 20182019
Book SynopsisPulitzer Prizewinning playwright Paula Vogel once said that theater helps us learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable with each other. Revolving around the theme of ''this is who we are, the one-act plays in this latest edition of the Best American Short Plays series (now in its ninth decade) explore the thoughtful ways in which playwrights are wrestling to make sense of our world today. The selected plays reflect how we perform our identities (private and public) and how we negotiate who we are with others who often have different perspectives, perspectives that make us uncomfortable. The theme of this collection is topical and aptas our country continues to shore up its borders along party lines, from pride parades to strict abortion laws, from inclusivity in education curricula to children in detention centers at the USMexico border. Each of the plays presents a clear reflection of who we are (and who we aspire to be) as individuals a
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press Notes on the Writing of A Gentlemans Guide to
Book SynopsisThe most frequently asked question about writing musicals is, Which comes first, the music or the lyrics? As anyone on Broadway will tell you, the answer is, The book. Tony-winning book writer Robert L. Freedman takes you through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of A Gentleman''s Guide to Love and Murder, the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner. With candor and insight, Freedman describes the challenging and rewarding growing pains of what the critics called Hilarious! and Ingenious! and said Ranks among the most inspired and entertaining new musical comedies I''ve seen in years.
£9.49
Globe Pequot Press Its a Drag
Book SynopsisFavorite examples of cross-dressing or cross-gender performances include Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Vesta Tilley as Burlington Bertie, Maxine Peake as Hamlet, and Drag Queen RuPaul outrageously fronting the RuPaul Drag Race. Cross-Dressing in Performance tells the story of the different ways performers cross-dress. Janet Tennant looks at many of the memorable performers over the years who have adopted the characters and dress of others, and why they have done so: to tell stories, to amuse, to create memorable alter-egos, to rebel or call attention to social and political issues or merely for reasons of expediency.Tennant examines cross-dressing at different periods of theatrical history in the Western canon, predominantly in Britain and North America. Not following a conventional historical timeline, Tennant instead examines the different types of cross-dressing/cross-gender performance: Boys in Shakespeare, Heroes in Opera, Pantomime Dames, and Drag Qu
£16.19
Globe Pequot Press Emily Mann
Book SynopsisEmily Mann: Rebel Artist in the American Theater is the story of a remarkable American playwright, director, and artistic director. It is the story of a woman who defied the American theater''s sexism, a traumatic assault, and illness to create unique documentary plays and to lead the McCarter Theatre Center, for thirty seasons, to a place of national recognition. The book traces and describes Emily Mann''s family life; her coming-of-age in Chicago during the exuberant, rebellious, and often violent 1960s; how sexual violence touched her personally; and how she fell in love with theater and began learning her craft at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while a student at Radcliffe. Mann''s evolution as a professional director and playwright is explored, first at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, where she received an MFA from the University of Minnesota, then in New York City, and again in the Midwest, where she became recognized internationally, marr
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press The Best New TenMinute Plays 2021
Book SynopsisThe Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2021 presents thirty new ten-minute plays, selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. This volume is ideal for theatre enthusiasts looking for new and compelling short pieces from some of the finest playwrights of our time. Selections include:The Architecture of Desire by Brian Leahy DoyleCount Dracula''s Café by Scot WalkerExtended Play by B.V. MarshallGo to the Light by Laurie AllenGreater than Nina by Bruce BonafedeThe Home for Retired Canadian Girlfriends by John BavosoJudas Iscariot''s Day Off by David MacgregorLast Dance with MJ by Lindsay PartainThe Lobster Quadrille by Don NigroMeanwhile at the Pentagon by Jenny Lyn BaderMost Wonderful by Jennifer O''gradyReconcile, Bitch by Desi Moreno-PensonTrumpettes Anonymous by Rex McgregorYou Are Here by Nandita Shenoy
£16.14
Globe Pequot Press She Persisted
Book SynopsisShe Persisted: One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women Over Forty is a collection of monologues from plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty. About Honor Roll!:Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over fortyand our allieswhose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term women+ refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond.These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced piece
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Globe Pequot Press Magic To Do
Book SynopsisIn Magic to Do, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pippin''s opening, two-time Pulitzer Prize jury member Elysa Gardner turns her attention to this innovative show, the musical retelling of the story of Prince Pippin, son of Charlemagne, and his quest for an extraordinary life. Magic to Do dives deep into the legendary clashes, backstage drama, and incredible artistic synergy that produced one of Broadway''s most influential musicals, a show that paved the way for the pop-informed musicals that we know and love today. Full of big personalities, brilliant creative minds, and never-before-told stories, Magic to Do is an intimate look at a moment in history, a time and a place in which popular culture was as defined by conflictbetween the young and the old, idealism and cynicism, creation and destructionas anything else. Gardner draws out this friction through her examination of the creative struggles between Pippin''s director/choreographer, the iconic Bob Fosse, for
£17.99
Globe Pequot Press Seasons of Love
Book SynopsisThe story of Rent is a theatrical legend, but one that has not been properly told: the story of Jonathan Larson, the young composer working in a diner when Rent became his big off-Broadway break; the composer who was mentored by Sondheim but struggling to break through; and the young man who tragically died the night of its final dress rehearsal. Seasons of Love: Why Rent Matters is an ode to the small Off-Broadway musical that swiftly moved uptown without its composer and broke box office records and won every award in the book. Alongside that legendary romantic story is a musical that changed musical theatre. The importance of Rent is often overlooked, sometimes reduced to parody and pulled apart for its narrative in ways other classics have not been. Emily Garside has serious questions to ask about why Rent is taken less seriously than other musicals of its caliber. It may have had a romantic and media friendly subplot, but musicals do not win the Pulitzer Prize for column
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press Carefully Taught
Book SynopsisCarefully Taught looks at American history as depicted in thirty Broadway musicals. Presented chronologically according to the musical timeframe, award-winning theater critic and author Cary Ginell dissects the stories, characters, and songs to not only examine how Broadway viewed historical events, epochs, and personalities, but also to capture how dramatic license separated fact from fantasy. The chosen musicals fall into a variety of categories: biographies of famous Americans, (Andrew Jackson and Fiorello LaGuardia), stories with national conflicts (Hamilton, South Pacific), events that captured the attention of the American public (Floyd Collins, Newsies), and sociological studies or satires of specific eras (The Music Man, Hair). Many books have been written about Broadway, but Carefully Taught uniquely approaches American history from two vantage points: the point of view of the playwright and composer accompanied with the context of how these events were seen when the
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press The Book of Broadway Musical Debates Disputes and
Book SynopsisThe Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes and Disagreements is purposely meant to start arguments and to settle them. Broadway musical fans won't always agree with the conclusions musical theater judge Peter Filichia reaches, but the best part of any drama is the conflict. Among lovers of musical theater, opinions are never in short supply, and Filichia addresses the most dividing questions and opinions in one book. What will you say when he asks, What is the greatest opening number of a Broadway musical? Will your answer be The Circle of Life from The Lion King, Heaven on Their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar, or Beautiful Girls from Follies? Will you agree with his answer to Whose Broadway performance in a musical was later best captured on film? Did you immediately think of Robert Preston in The Music Man or Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl? More questions that will add to the fire include What song from a musical is the most beloved? and What's the worst song
£17.99
Globe Pequot Press Jesus Christ Superstar
Book SynopsisAlmost thirty years after Rock Opera, his first book on Jesus Christ Superstar, Ellis Nassour returns to the world of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to complete the fascinating story of the Broadway musical that rocked the stage and pushed boundaries. Nassour goes behind the scenes to show the evolution of Jesus Christ Superstar from an album to a Broadway musical, exploring not only the breakthroughs, but also the frustrations and pitfalls. With never-before-seen photos and new interviews, Superstar presents a detailed account of the life of the musical from 19691973.
£25.50
Globe Pequot Press When the British Musical Ruled the World
Book SynopsisFor decades, British stage musicals struggled to compete against the dazzling Broadway productions that came roaring in from across the pond. But that tide was turned at last in 1978, when Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of Evita brought the West End back into contention with Broadway. It was just the first of several blockbuster productions that helped Britain dominate musical theater all over the world.In this revealing behind-the-scenes narrative, journalist and author Robert Sellers gives a definitive account of how Evita, Cats, Starlight Express, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Chess, and Miss Saigon changed the business of musical theater in the 1980s. These mega productions of the were larger than life, colorful, and spectacular. Sellers collects insightful, personal stories from cast members, set designers, musical supervisors, dancers, lighting designers, production managers, singers, and choreographers from the shows that finally put Broadway on
£17.99
Globe Pequot Press PublicPrivate
Book SynopsisPUBLIC/PRIVATE blends a behind-the-scenes view of the Public Theater''s dazzling history with an affecting memoir of the author''s life with Joe Papp. She opens with the Public''s beginnings in the Sixties and Seventies and the twenty-five year association the couple enjoyed, staging staged hundreds of productions, from Shakespeare in the Park to such musicals as Hair and A Chorus Line, and plays like for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (currently re-mounted on Broadway with seven TONY award nominations)with actors whose careers were launched at the Public, including James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Colleen Dewhurst, Martin Sheen, Gloria Foster, George C. Scott, and Morgan Freeman, all of whom appear in stories Gail Papp tells in the book.The author explores Joe Papp''s creative process, highlighting how the Public was fueled by his ambition to create a producing home focused on original plays and
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press How to Survive a Killer Musical
Book SynopsisWhen the young composer Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldmanthe acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Manhe hoped it would be his big break, the first step on a gilt path to artistic triumph and commercial success in the form of a hit Broadway musical.What happened after that, while memorable, was anything but.How to Survive a Killer Musical chronicles Cohen''s decade-long quest to bring that musical to the stagewriting, re-writing, and shepherding it across the US and Europe amidst all manner of adversity and plain rotten luck. It''s a fascinating portrait of passion, persistence, and resiliencea coming-of-age story populated with famous mentors and formidable adversaries, told with refreshing honesty and humor. On Cohen''s journey, he introduces us to an indelible cast of characters including a two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter who invites Cohen to his personal screening r
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press Theatre Kids
Book SynopsisTHEATRE KIDS
£17.99
Globe Pequot Press Acting Out
Book SynopsisACTING OUT: HOW A PRISON THEATRE WORKSHOP BROKE FREE
£17.99
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The InBetween
Book SynopsisBackstage in the most coveted theaters of Broadway works Jenny Anderson, a legend in her own right. A known Broadway photographer, Anderson has worked with the biggest names of theater and used the power of photography to tell the stories behind the stories: what happens behind the scenes on Broadway. The In-Between has been years in the making, Anderson''s personal ode to Broadway''s backstage. It includes over 100 of Anderson's behind-the-scenes photographs taken on the sets of some of the most iconic Broadway shows of the last decade including Hamilton, Wicked, Anastasia, Kinky Boots, Gypsy, Waitress, Company, Phantom of the Opera, and more.
£29.75
Globe Pequot Press Zoomers and Other Plays
Book SynopsisHaving made his debut with Dimes Square as a satirist of the self-chronicling generation, Matthew Gasda has deepened and complexified his approach to drama with Zoomersa collection that goes beyond cataloguing the comic misadventures of millennial grifters to touch on subtler themes and more mature tones. His characters now are not merely breaking with tradition, brashly, but find themselves poignantly broken as well. These new plays, which still capture the tumultuous absurdity of our present moment while expanding Gasda's purview across generations and scenarios, ask new questions: What happens after the party's over, after talent is celebrated, envied, mocked, and memed? Where do you go from there?This collection features four of Gasda's newest and most penetrating works: Zoomers (Gasda goes full Warhol with his art The result is a play filled with humorous moments that feel real.New York Times), Afters (the sequel to Dimes Square), One-Wing
£17.09
Hal Leonard Corporation The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ
Book SynopsisTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW FAQ:EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CAMPY CULT CLASSIC
£14.99
Hal Leonard Corporation 25 10Minute Plays for Kids The Applause Acting
Book SynopsisMORE 10-MINUTE PLAYS FOR TEENS PLAYS
£8.99
Hal Leonard Corporation I Wanna Be a Producer
Book SynopsisWhat does a producer actually do? How does one travel from that great idea for a show to a smash hit opening night on Broadway? John Breglio cannot guarantee you a hit but he does take the reader on a fascinating journey behind-the-scenes to where he himself once stood as a child dreaming about the theatre.ÞPart memoir part handbook ÊI Wanna Be a ProducerÊ is a road map to the hows and wherefores the dos and don''ts of producing a Broadway play written by a Broadway veteran with more than 40 years of experience. This comprehensive and highly informative book features practical analysis and concepts for the producer ä and is filled with entertaining anecdotes from Breglio''s illustrious career as a leading theatrical lawyer and producer. Breglio recounts not only his first-hand knowledge of the crucial legal and business issues faced by a producer but also his experiences behind the scenes with literally hundreds of producers playwrights composers and directors including su
£22.50
Hal Leonard Corporation Rodgers Hammersteins The King and I
Book SynopsisÊThe King and IÊ opened on Broadway on March 29 1951. The musical is based on a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon ÊAnna and the King of SiamÊ which in turn was adapted from the real-life reminiscences of Anna Leonowens as recounted in her own books ÊThe English Governess at the Siamese CourtÊ and ÊThe Romance of the HaremÊ.ÞIt is 1862 in Siam when an English widow Anna Leonowens arrives with her young son at the Royal Palace in Bangkok having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West and he seeks Anna''s assistance in changing his image if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values Anna and the King grow to understand and eventually respect one another in a truly unique love story. Along with the dazzling score the incomparable Jerome Robbins ballet ÊThe Small House of Uncle ThomasÊ is one of the all-time marvels of the musical sta
£12.34
Hal Leonard Corporation Contemporary Monologues for a New Theater
Book SynopsisIs theater still relevant in this new century? The almost one hundred monologues in this collection prove that contemporary theater is alive vibrant and vital to our culture. The human experiences depicted in the works expose our hopes and fears our bravado and our masks as we live life in the first quarter of this new millennium.ÞDivided into monologues for men and women the selected pieces in ÊContemporary Monologues for a New TheaterÊ draw on the many diverse stories that weave the tapestry of our experience in this exciting new time. Performers and directors will become acquainted with the work of the many new playwrights they discover within these pages. And by performing these monologues actors will emerge with a better understanding of the diversity and the beauty of life on this planet at this point in human history gaining greater empathy toward those with different perspectives.ÞThe monologues hold a mirror up to society allowing audiences to see hidden reflections in
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Rowman & Littlefield Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater
Book SynopsisHistorical Dictionary of the Contemporary American Theater, Second Edition covers theatrical practice and practitioners as well as the dramatic literature of the United States of America from 1930 to the present. The 90 years covered by this volume features the triumph of Broadway as the center of American drama from 1930 to the early 1960s through a Golden Age exemplified by the plays of Eugene O’Neill, Elmer Rice, Thornton Wilder, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, William Inge, Lorraine Hansberry, and Edward Albee, among others. The impact of the previous modernist era contributed greatly to this period of prodigious creativity on American stages. This volume will continue through an exploration of the decline of Broadway as the center of U.S. theater in the 1960s and the evolution of regional theaters, as well as fringe and university theaters that spawned a second Golden Age at the millennium that produced another – and significantly more diverse – generation of significant dramatists including such figures as Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Maria Irené Fornes, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Tony Kushner, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Ruhl, and numerous others. The impact of the Great Depression and World War II profoundly influenced the development of the American stage, as did the conformist 1950s and the revolutionary 1960s on in to the complex times in which we currently live.Historical Dictionary of the Contemporary American Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on plays, playwrights, directors, designers, actors, critics, producers, theaters, and terminology. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about American theater.Table of ContentsEditor’s ForewordJon WoronoffAcknowledgmentsReader’s NoteAcronyms and AbbreviationsChronologyIntroductionTHE DICTIONARYBibliographyAbout the Author
£346.75
Rowman & Littlefield The Stage Actor's Handbook: Traditions,
Book SynopsisAn invaluable guide to theatre's traditions and best practices, from first rehearsal to final curtain.Professional stage actors are expected to have ready knowledge of proper theatre conduct, enabling them to build and maintain a reputation for being great to work with. Traditionally, these protocols were passed along from one generation of stage actors to the next by word of mouth, or were learned by having one's missteps correcteduntil now.The Stage Actor's Handbook is a definitive written mentorship, detailing the previously unwritten rules for actors that help a production operate smoothly. It covers best practices such as proper conduct during rehearsals, how to interact with various departments, how to process notes from the director, and how best to collaborate with fellow actors. It also offers traditional guidelines regarding things like effective communication, interactions with the public, and considerations specific to touring, while also sharing theatre's beloved superstitions and insider jargon.Written by established theatre pros Michael Kostroff and Julie Garnyé, the book also contains bits of wisdom contributed by well-known stage actors such as Chita Rivera, John Lithgow, Sir Patrick Stewart, Bebe Neuwirth, Alfred Molina, Billy Porter, Stephanie J. Block, Harvey Fierstein, Sam Waterston, Raúl Esparza, Jason Alexander, and more. With such expert guides, The Stage Actor's Handbook promises to become a perennial resource not only for this generation, but for generations of stage actors to come.
£17.99
Rowman & Littlefield Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey
Book SynopsisMy name is Mickey Rowe. I am an actor, a theatre director, a father, and a husband. I am also a man with autism. You think those things don’t go together? Let me show you that they do.Growing up, Mickey Rowe was told that he couldn’t enter the mainstream world. He was iced out by classmates and colleagues, infantilized by well-meaning theatre directors, barred from even earning a minimum wage. Why? Because he is autistic.Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage is Mickey Rowe’s story of growing up autistic and pushing beyond the restrictions of a special education classroom to shine on Broadway. As an autistic and legally blind person, living in a society designed by and for non-disabled people, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was apparently incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not in spite of, his autism. He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, co-created the theatre/philanthropy company Arts on the Waterfront, and founded the National Disability Theatre. Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph.Many people feel they are locked out of the world of autism—that it’s impossible to even begin to understand. In Fearlessly Different, Mickey guides readers to that world while also helping those with autism to feel seen and understood. And he shows all people—autistic and non-autistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPrologueChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14NotesIndexAbout the Author
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ECW Press,Canada All In This Together: The Unofficial Story of
Book SynopsisUnofficial guide to the creation and making of surprise superhit High School Musical.
£13.49
Hal Leonard Corporation Andromache
Book SynopsisLove? What does ÊloveÊ mean in this fearsome drama? Not much that is affirmative. Not much to heat the heart of a sentimental spectator. It signifies a passion that amounts to illness an alternately aching and frantic desire that cannot be slaked. The three characters who love strive to conquer love by straining their will power to its elastic limits.ÞAnd what does ÊlovedÊ mean here? Not the ecstasy of glowing with selflessness and basking in another's affection but a tormenting burden that cannot be shaken off can only be readjusted to serve as an instrument of convenience or harm. ÞÊfrom the Afterword by Albert BermelÊ
£7.52
Hal Leonard Corporation The Monologue Workshop: from Search to Discovery
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Book SynopsisThe complete script to the critically acclaimed play.ÞÞ Shakespeare as written by ÊReader's DigestÊ acted by Monty Python and performed at the speed of the minute waltz.
£12.34
Hal Leonard Corporation The Actor With a Thousand Faces
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£14.24
Hal Leonard Corporation The Greek Myths: Puppet Plays for Children from
Book SynopsisA cycle of eleven episodes told in Story Theater form a narrator speaking and life-sized puppets performing simultaneously ÊThe Greek MythsÊ tells the story of Greek mythology from the first moments of creation through its version of the story of the flood the reign of Zeus and the trials tribulations and joys during Zeus's long and continuing reign. It brings to life some of the most memorable episodes and characters in that saga: the Titans the Cyclops Zeus himself Echo and Narcissus Cupid and Psyche Theseus Orpheus and Euridice and many many more. This version of the stories by playwright Leon Katz is based on the Roman poet Ovid's epic poem ÊMetamorphosesÊ the most popular and witty retelling of the tales in Western literature.ÞÊThe Greek MythsÊ has an impressive track record. It ran for ten years in the Vagabond Puppet Company's production and during that time toured throughout the US. Its appeal has been strong with both young audiences and adults alike and was seen by thousands of theatregoers.ÞLois Bohovesky artistic director of the Vagabond Puppet Company explains For life-sized puppets performing Greek myths for children the script had to be exciting humorous and certainly accurate the language crystal clear and the poetry flowing naturally as speech ... We all know people like these gods ä Zeus for instance the consummate politician. The play is full of humor and the characters so well written that the actor's job is an easy one.
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Hal Leonard Corporation Grey Gardens: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the
Book Synopsismusical theatre/librettos
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