Theatre: technical Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Crime Prevention Policies in Comparative
Book SynopsisThis book brings together a collection of leading international experts to explore the lessons learnt through implementation and the future directions of crime prevention policies. Through a comparative analysis of developments in crime prevention policies across a number of European countries, contributors address questions such as: How has 'the preventive turn' in crime control policies been implemented in various different countries and what have its implications been? What lessons have been learnt over the ensuing years and what are the major trends influencing the direction of development? What does the future hold for crime prevention and community safety? Contributors explore and assess the different models adopted and the shifting emphasis accorded to differing strategies over time. The book also seeks to compare and contrast different approaches as well as the nature and extent of policy transfer between jurisdictions and the internationalisation of key ideas, strategies and theories of crime prevention and community safety.Trade Review'This book comprises a collection of essays by some of the leading experts in the field of community safety and crime prevention from across Europe (with a contribution from a Canadian academic) and provides an extremely informative and useful comparison of the implementation and future direction of crime prevention policy.' - Donald Urquhart, Retired Police Officer and Chair of the Scottish Community Safety Network in SCOLAG, May 2011'Adam Crawford brings together a collection of readings on models of European crime prevention that is relevant for both policy makers and academics. ... Crawford presents a borad, yet detailed, collection, constructed around themes of convergance and divergance, implementation and the interplay between private and public prevention.Overall, this is an important book for scholars and policy makers of crime prevention in Europe, especially those concerned with the transferance, transformation and implementation of prevention policies in differing political and cultural contexts.' - Amy E. Nivette, PhD Candidate, Institute of Criminology, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Preventive Turn in Europe 1. Situating Crime Prevention Policies in Comparative Perspective: Policy Travels, Transfer and Translation 2. The Political Evolution of Situational Crime Prevention in England and Wales 3. The Preventative Turn and the Promotion of Safer Communities in England and Wales: Political Inventiveness and Governmental Instabilities 4. The Development of Community Safety in Scotland: A Different Path? 5. The Evolving Story of Crime Prevention in France 6. Forty Years of Crime Prevention in the Dutch Polder 7. 'Modernisation' of Institutions of Social and Penal Control in Europe: The 'New' Crime Prevention 8. Crime Prevention at the Belgian Federal Level: From a Social Democratic Policy to a Neo-liberal and Authoritarian Policy in a Social Democratic Context 9. Going Around in Circles? Reflections on Crime Prevention Strategies in Germany 10. Crime Prevention in Hungary: Why is it so Hard to Argue for the Necessity of a Community Approach? 11. International Models of Crime Prevention
£123.50
The Crowood Press Ltd The Handbook of Techniques for Theatre Designers
Book SynopsisTheatre designers need to be proficient in an extraordinarily diverse range of skills to carry out their work. They are expected to be able to draw, both creatively and technically, to be able to use colour imaginatively, to make accurate scale models of their set designs, to design costumes, whether of a specific period, modern or entirely fantastical, to understand the relationship of their work to stage lighting, and to be able to use computer-technology in creative and imaginative ways. Topics covered include: Instruction on drawing and sketching, the use of colour and hand-drafting techniques; Advice on model-making, textures and perspective; A Guide to costume designs and costume-rendering techniques In-depth look at creative use of digital techniques; Practical methods for the effective presentation of a range of design-work. Drawing on a lifetime's experience as a professional theatre designer and teacher, Colin Winslow describes these techniques in detail with explanatory drawings and photographs, and suggests practical ways to acquire them.
£16.14
Nick Hern Books So You Want To Be A Theatre Designer?
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to designing for theatre – by an award-winning designer with over 160 productions to his name. With a Foreword by Alison Chitty. A theatre designer needs to be able to draw on a wide spectrum of skills, work collaboratively with all the different members of the production team, and deliver designs that work in the testing conditions of performance. This book guides you through everything you need in order to become – and ultimately to succeed as – a theatre designer, including: The various aspects of design – set and props, costume, masks, make-up The applications of design – opera, dance, site-specific, lighting, video and more The skills you require, and the training available The journey of a design from page to stage, from your first reading of the script, through research, first sketches, storyboards, technical and costume drawings, and on to the model The people you will collaborate with – directors, producers, actors, writers and more – and how to work effectively with each of them Finally, there are sections on landing your first production and furthering your career. Also included is a production timeline to guide you through the mechanics of contracts, copyright, costings, and what you need to have ready at each stage of the process. It is illustrated throughout with designs, by the author and other leading designers. Written by an experienced practitioner and teacher, this book will be an essential guide for any aspiring or emerging theatre designer, as well as anyone seeking a greater understanding of how designers work. 'A comprehensive introduction and guide to the world of the professional theatre designer, a key book for anyone contemplating entering the profession' Alison Chitty, from her ForewordTrade Review'a thorough overview of the theatre designer's role within the mechanics of production balanced with a real-world view of what the job actually entails... invaluable for an emerging designer... Pavelka makes excellent use of images and diagrams throughout the book... one of the most accurate and clearest step by step guides to the industry I have encountered... an exciting contribution to the field' * Blue Pages, Society of British Theatre Designers *'Masterful… crammed full of practical advice and tips… [this] book has excited me all over again about the act of putting a play together' * Reviewsgate *'a very thorough guide... This book offers practical advice for today' * Drama Magazine *'a welcome addition to the bookshelves... I really like the practical information about what has to be ready at each stage of the theatre creation process and the illustrations that include Pavelka's own and other people's designs. There's plenty here, both for someone who's just starting to think about design as a career and to help people already on the ladder to further their careers' * The Stage *'comprehensive… a detailed and well-written book that fully explores the profession' * Teaching Drama *
£11.69
Nick Hern Books World Scenography 1990-2005
Book SynopsisWorld Scenography 1990-2005 is the second volume in a series of large-format, lavishly illustrated books documenting for posterity a collection of significant and influential theatrical set, costume, and lighting designs. This volume covers 1990-2005 and presents designs for 409 productions from 55 countries representing the work of hundreds of designers as researched by a group of more than 100 dedicated volunteers from around the globe. Like all performance-based art, stage design is ephemeral. If it is not recorded, it disappears. And if the designs are not contextualized through scholarship, their meanings will become obscure. World Scenography provides an outstanding visual and contextual record of the art of designing for the stage. The World Scenography series is an official project of OISTAT, the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians.
£56.25
Nick Hern Books World Scenography 1990-2005
Book SynopsisWorld Scenography 1990-2005 is the second volume in a series of large-format, lavishly illustrated books documenting for posterity a collection of significant and influential theatrical set, costume, and lighting designs. This volume covers 1990-2005 and presents designs for 409 productions from 55 countries representing the work of hundreds of designers as researched by a group of more than 100 dedicated volunteers from around the globe. Like all performance-based art, stage design is ephemeral. If it is not recorded, it disappears. And if the designs are not contextualized through scholarship, their meanings will become obscure. World Scenography provides an outstanding visual and contextual record of the art of designing for the stage. The World Scenography series is an official project of OISTAT, the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians.
£44.00
Nick Hern Books Russian Avant-Garde Theatre: War, Revolution &
Book SynopsisA sumptuously illustrated survey of the remarkable flowering of radical, visionary and experimental design for performance in Russia in the twenty years between 1913 and 1933. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Russian theatre produced an unprecedented period of creative radicalism and collaborative experimentation. Against the turbulent backdrop of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, the avant-garde movement transformed Russia’s cultural landscape as visionaries from several disciplines generated a vortex of innovative performance and design. The astounding body of work produced by Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, Vladimir Tatlin, Sergei Eisenstein and Liubov Popova, among others, overturned traditions in art, music, literature and theatre. This book explores the importance and influence of a seminal moment in twentieth-century culture – one that still resonates today. Published to accompany a major exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in association with the Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum in Moscow, this book includes essays by experts from Russia, Britain and America illustrated with over 150 images from leading artists and designers, many of which are previously unpublished. Edited by John E. Bowlt, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Southern California, the result is an astonishing record of a period of creative innovation that redefined not only what was possible in theatre and the avant-garde, but in wider artistic practices too. It will be of interest both to theatregoers and art historians, as well as current and future designers seeking inspiration for their own work.
£21.25
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Remaking the Comedia: Spanish Classical Theater
Book SynopsisLeading Golden Age theatre experts examine the ways that comedias have been adapted and reinvented, offering a broad performance history of the genre for scholars and practicioners alike. This volume brings together twenty-six essays from the world's leading scholars and practitioners of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Examining the startlingly wide variety of ways that Spanish comedias have been adapted, re-envisioned, and reinvented, the book makes the case that adaptation is a crucial lens for understanding the performance history of the genre. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from the early stage history of the comedia through numerous modern and contemporary case studies, as well as the transformation of the comedia into other dramatic genres, such as films, musicals, puppetry, and opera. The essays themselves are brief and accessible to non-specialists. This book will appeal not only to Golden Age scholars and students but also to theater practitioners, as well as to anyone interested in the theory and practice of adaptation. Harley Erdman is Professor of Theaterat the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Susan Paun de García is Professor of Spanish at Denison University. Contributors: Sergio Adillo Rufo, Karen Berman, Robert E. Bayliss, Laurence Boswell, Bruce R.Burningham, Amaya Curieses Irarte, Rick Davis, Harley Erdman, Susan L. Fischer, Charles Victor Ganelin, Francisco García Vicente, Alejandro González Puche, Valerie Hegstrom, Kathleen Jeffs, David Johnston, Gina Kaufmann, Catherine Larson, Donald R. Larson, Barbara Mujica, Susan Paun de García, Felipe B. Pedraza Jiménez, Veronika Ryjik, Jonathan Thacker, Laura L. Vidler, Duncan Wheeler, Amy Williamsen, Jason YanceyTable of ContentsPreface Terms and Concepts: The Adaptation of Classical Texts for the Stage "Los senderos qu se bifurcan": Adaptation, Appropriation, and the Proliferation of Possibilities Interpretative Directing Games for the Golden Age Repertory Re-Make, Re-Mix, Re-Model Refundación Redux: Revisiting the Rewritten Comedia Pepe Estruch and the Performance of Golden Age Drama: International Relationships under Franco and Democratic Theatrical Cultures Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, and Performing Nationalism: Local, National, and Global Remakes of the Comedia Four Decades of the Chamizal Siglo de Oro Drama Festival and the Evolution of Comedia Performance Early Modern Dramaturgas: A Contemporary Performance History Adapting Lope de Vega for the English-Speaking Stage The Dog in the Manger: The Continuum of Transformation El Caballero de Olmedo: Los Barracos's Baroque Gentleman Corpus Lorqui: Transformation and Transubstantiation in Los Barracos de Federico's El caballero de Olmedo The Phoenix of Madrid: Calderón's No hay burlas con el amor Reborn in Bath A Prince in Pittsburgh: "Recasting" a Contemporary Staging of The Constant Prince Directing Marta the Divine: Provocative Choices in the Service of the Story The Dramaturgy of Absence: Minding the Gaps in Tirso de Molina, Ana Caro, and Feliciana Enríquez Translations and Transgressions: Twenty-First Century Questions Regarding Zayas Comedia Actresses, Then and Now: The Case of Ana Caro's Valor, agravio y mujer "Kinesthetic Empathy" and the Comedia Refundición Porous Boundaries: Novela or Comedia? Lope de Vega and Lenfilm: The Dog in the Manger's Cross-Cultural Journey Classical Theater and Puppetry: La Máquina Real Remaking Moreto's El Desdén con el desdén: From Author's Text to Director's Text Lope's Peribáñez on the Lyric Stage A Musical Marta Appendix: Play Titles Cited Works Cited
£60.00
The Crowood Press Ltd The Handbook of Stage Lighting
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Stage Lighting is a journey of exploration into the heart of the fascinating world that paints pictures and tells stories with the most basic of all materials - light. In this comprehensive guide, authors Neil Fraser and Simon Bennison bring to a clear and persuasive text a shared expertise and an inspirational joy in their subject. From the simplest beginnings, it takes you through the workings of lighting design and provides the technical know-how required to function as an effective lighting designer. Topics include: the lighting designer's role; researching and interpreting the text; production styles, and the relationship between directors and designers; the theory of lighting: angle, shape, colour, movement, composition and finally, choosing, using and controlling lighting equipment.
£18.04
University of Washington Press Architect of Dreams
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£22.09
Cambridge Media Group Theatre Engineering and Stage Machinery
£30.00
Cambridge Media Group Basics - A Beginner's Guide to Stage Lighting
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£9.95
Brepols N.V. Performing Arts and Technical Issues
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£161.50
De Gruyter Instruments in Art and Science: On the Architectonics of Cultural Boundaries in the 17th Century
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a collection of original papers at the intersection of philosophy, the history of science, cultural and theatrical studies. Based on a series of case studies on the 17th century, it contributes to an understanding of the role played by instruments at the interface of science and art. The papers pursue the hypothesis that the development and construction of instruments make a substantive contribution to the opening of new fields of knowledge, the development of new cultural practices, but also to the delineation of particular genres, methods, and disciplines. This perspective leads the authors to reflect anew on what actually defines an instrument and to develop a series of basic questions to determine what an instrument is - which actions does the instrument incorporate? – which actions does the instrument make possible? - when do the objects of examination themselves become instruments? – what skills are required to use an instrument, which skills does it produce? With its combination of new theoretical models and historical case studies, its detailed demonstration of the mutual influence of art and science with the instrument as the point of intersection, this volume enters new territory. It is of great value for all those interested in the history of our perception of instruments. Besides the editors, the authors of the papers are: Jörg Jochen Berns, Olaf Breidbach, Georges Didi-Huberman, Peter Galison, Sybille Krämer, Dieter Mersch, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, and Otto Sibum.
£195.70
De Gruyter Slapstick: An Interdisciplinary Companion
Book SynopsisDespite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions. Nonetheless, as a form of physical humor slapstick has a long history across various areas of cultural production. This volume approaches slapstick both as a genre of situational physical comedy and as a mode of communicating an affective situation captured in various cultural products. Contributors to the volume examine cinematic, literary, dramatic, musical, and photographic texts and performances. From medieval chivalric romance and nineteenth-century theater to contemporary photography, the contributors study treatments of slapstick across media, periods and geographic locations. The aim of a study of such wide scope is to demonstrate how slapstick emerged from a variety of complex interactions among different traditions and by extension, to illustrate that slapstick can be highly productive for interdisciplinary research.
£21.85
BÃhlau Verlag Wien Grammatik der BÃhne
Book SynopsisDer BÃhnenbildner und Theaterregisseur Karl Kneidl
£57.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Performance Design
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£36.54
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of
Book SynopsisThis book, the first to document the significant work carried out in these places, transports us back to a time of fearless experimentation in theatre.
£16.62
