Theatre: technical Books
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Practical Guide to Working in Theatre Backstage
Book SynopsisGill Foreman is Acting Head of the Young People's Programme at the Royal Shakespeare Co. and former Director of Education at the Bristol Old Vic.Trade Review'With contributions from across the industry, this new and up-to-date guide will be essential for all those planning their careers.' AS Magazine (Amateur Stage) (September 2009) 'Gill Foreman's book shows clearly what goes on backstage and how the industry works. Put this book on the shelves of your school and/or drama libraries and do your best to persuade your colleagues in the careers department to invest a copy.' Teaching Drama (Spring Term 2 2009/2010) 'It hugely conveys the work and effort that make possible your theatre night out' Noda Theatre Business
£22.99
Manchester University Press Digging Up Stories Applied Theatre Performance
Book SynopsisJames Thompson's book explores the problems of theatre practice in communities affected by war and exclusion. It is compellling reading for anyone interested in applied theatre, theatre practice and performance studies, and provides an invaluable commentary on the interface between practice and its context.Table of Contents1. Words of introduction/words of caution2. Going nowhere3. Arriving in Sri Lanka4. A previous workshop example: an archaeology of theatre in war5. Hatton workshops6. Batticaloa7. Seeing is believing? Three more workshop examples 8. Finding Kooththu9. Another aside on games10. Burning the drums11. Dance Class12. Sitars13. Memorials14. Forum Kooththu15. A public workshop16. Malaria maps17. Human rights/cultural rights18. A theatre of attack: visit to Suriya19. In the presence of the leader20. Refugee camp theatre 21. On watching children’s theatre22. Memorials 2: wearing the poppy23. Nowhere again24. Finding Kolam25. A final aside on games26. Anti-diagnosis: theatre, not case-histories 27. Open ceremony: development performed28. The Thin Strip29. Arts projects and Christmas lights: a final turn in the theatre of war30. Inconclusivity
£18.88
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
University Press of America Play and Performance
Book SynopsisPlay and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play is. This volume showcases the work of programs from early childhood through adulthood, in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings, and from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives. The chapters cover an array of practices that can be seen across the play to performance continuum. Taken together, the myriad ways that play is performance and performance is play become clear, sometimes blurring the need for distinction. The volume provides play advocates, researchers and practitioners a wealth of practical and theoretical ideas for expanding the use of performance as a tool for creating playful environments where children and adults can create and develop.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction: Play, Performance, Learning, and Development: Exploring the Relationship Part I: Play and Performance in Teaching and Teacher Education Chapter 1: Playworlds - An Art of Development Chapter 2: Complicating the Role of Play in Building Classroom Community Chapter 3: Play Intervention and Play Development Chapter 4: Critical Performative Pedagogy in Urban Teacher Education: Voices From the Field Chapter 5: Bringing out the Playful Side of Mathematics: Using Methods From Improvisational Theater in Professional Development for Urban Middle School Math Teachers Part II: Promoting Human Development Using Performance Chapter 6: Play As A Staging Ground for Performance and Life Chapter 7: Playing With Asperger's Syndrome: We're Not Supposed To Be Able To Do This, Are We? Chapter 8: Social Therapy with Children with Special Needs and Their Families Part III: New Understandings of Play and Performance Chapter 9: Play as Deconstruction Chapter 10: Performing Groups as Distributed Creative Systems: A Case Study
£35.10
University Press of America A Primer in Theatre History
Book SynopsisA Primer in Theatre History covers productions, personalities, theories, innovations, and plays from ancient Greece to the Spanish Golden Age. Grange discusses theatre from 534 BC in Athens to 1681 AD in Madrid. The book contains highly informative chapters on theatre culture in the ancient classical world, the medieval period, the Italian Renaissance, classical Asia, German-speaking Europe, France to 1658, and England to 1642. Following a wide-ranging introduction, chapters allow the uninitiated reader straightforward access to well-researched material, often presented in a humorous and approachable fashion. Descriptions of films augment discussions of theatre, while an extended bibliography and comprehensive index assist the reader in making further inquiries. Each chapter features illustrations by Mallory Prucha, a designer and graphic illustrator who has received several awards at theatre conferences around the US. A Primer in Theatre History does not read like a scholarly tome. Its whimsical wrinkles offer readers a more contemporaneous view of theatre than is customary. It employs, for example, frequent references to movies germane to topics and time periods under discussion. Such use of film promotes familiarity among younger readers, who can then appropriate analogies to theatre performance.Table of ContentsIntroduction: History and Time Chapter 1: The Origin of Theatre in Athens Chapter 2: Rome: Republic and Empire Chapter 3: The Theatre of the Middle Ages Chapter 4: The Theatre of the Italian Renaissance Chapter 5: The Classical Theatre of Asia Chapter 6: The Theatre of France to 1658 Chapter 7: The Theatre of Spain in the Siglo de oro Chapter 8: The Theatre of Elizabethan England Chapter 9: The German Theatre to 1700 Bibliography Index
£31.50
McFarland & Company Fred Zinnemann Films of Character and Conscience
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£27.54
McFarland & Company Romantic Stages Set and Costume Design in
Book SynopsisThis work shows how the emphasis placed on the visual elements of Victorian productions revolutionized the position that stage designers held. They emerged from anonymity, becoming recognized and highly-praised collaborators in the creative process.
£27.54
McFarland & Company Dalton Trumbo Hollywood Rebel A Critical Survey
Book SynopsisAs a screenwriter, novelist and political activist, Dalton Trumbo stands among the key American literary figures of the 20th century. This survey, covering his screenwriting career, examines the scores of films on which Trumbo worked and explores the techniques that made him, at the time he was blacklisted in 1947, Hollywood's highest-paid writer.
£27.54
McFarland & Company Encyclopedia of Stage Lighting
Book SynopsisIf one does not know who a snuff-boy was or how his job related to stage lighting, this encyclopedia provides the answers in the more than 1500 detailed entries. It is suitable for students, teachers, lighting technicians, lighting designers and those who have an interest in stage lighting.
£32.39
McFarland and Company, Inc. The Audio Theater Guide Vocal Acting Writing
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to achieving success in the exciting and imaginative world of audio performance - including radio, voice-overs, commercials, and live theater. It provides the information that radio and audio novices need to get started and brush up on their skills.
£20.89
McFarland & Company Playwriting A Complete Guide to Creating Theater
Book SynopsisFifteen chapters explaining every aspect, with excerpts from classic and prominent modern works, quotations from noted playwrights, and anecdotes from the author's personal experiences with writers such as Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Interviews with A.R. Gurney, Lloyd Richards, Connie Congdon, Alfred Uhry, and others are included.Trade Reviewexcerpts from classic plays and prominent modern works [and] anecdotes from the author's personal experiences""-Theater Crafts ""emphasis throughout is upon the craft of dramatic literary production...style is persuasive""-Speech & Drama.
£23.96
Southern Illinois University Press Stage Rigging Handbook
Book SynopsisCovers the design, operation, and maintenance of stage-rigging equipment. This book is written in an at-a-glance out-line form. It explains four main principles, which make up the core of this book: know the rigging system; keep it in safe working order; know how to use it; and keep your concentration.Trade ReviewStage Rigging Handbook clearly explains the basics of how to maintain your rigging system and operate it safely. This manual can also be a ready reference and friend when rigging a show. This is a book to always keep handy in a cubbyhole at the end of your pinrail. - Steve Nelson, Dramatics ""Stage Rigging Handbook should become a standard text for advanced technical students and all individuals concerned with the safe and proper maintenance and operation of stage-rigging systems."" - Derek Hunt, Theatre Design and Technology
£42.95
Northwestern University Press Speaking in Shakespeares Voice
Book SynopsisFocuses on the technical elements of voice and speech, including breathing, resonance, and diction, as well as providing an introduction to verse speaking and scansion and to Shakespeare's rhetorical devices, such as antithesis, alliteration, onomatopoeia, irony, and metaphor. These topics are annotated with examples from Shakespeare's plays.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Breathing for Shakespeare's Text Chapter 2. Voice Work for Shakespeare Chapter 3. The Sounds of English in Shakespeare's Text Chapter 4. Shakespeare’s Language: Rhetoric Chapter 5. Verse and Prose Chapter 6. Shakespeare’s Text Appendix. Additional Shakespearean Texts Men’s Monologues Women’s Monologues Two-Person Scenes: Man and Woman Two-Person Scenes: Two Women Two-Person Scenes: Two Men
£23.70
Scarecrow Press Movement From Person to Actor to Character
Book SynopsisThis guide for actors concisely collects many common movement principles such as use of breath, alignment, relaxation, imagery, and surroundings.Trade ReviewMitchell's excellent text for young actors who begin their movement training in collegiate programs should also be on library shelves...the author's writing is clear...in the library the book will serve not only young dancers and actors...but also athletes...no other recent work so clearly and unambiguously outlines movement for the beginner. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Part One: Body and Care Chapter 5 Your Body: Structure and Function Chapter 6 Actor as Athlete Part 7 Part Two: Person to Actor Chapter 8 Relaxation Chapter 9 Alignment Chapter 10 Breath Chapter 11 Center Chapter 12 Sound and Movement Chapter 13 Imagery Chapter 14 Space, Time, Weight, and Action Chapter 15 Environment, Properties, and Costumes Part 16 Part Three: Character Chapter 17 Character and Relaxation Chapter 18 Character and Alignment Chapter 19 Character and Breath Chapter 20 Character and Center Chapter 21 Character: Sound and Movement Chapter 22 Character and Imagery Chapter 23 Character: Space, Time, Weight, and Action Chapter 24 Character: Environment, Properties, and Costumes Part 25 Case Studies Part 26 Conclusion Part 27 Bibliography Part 28 Plays Cited Part 29 Index Part 30 About the Author
£58.50
Scarecrow Press A Young Actors Scene Book A Training Tool
Book SynopsisThe task of finding scene material for young actors that is within their experiential and emotional plane is a particular problem for the acting teacher. Barbara Marchant has created a valuable reference especially for teachers working with young actors. A Young Actor''s Scene Book: A Training Tool is a collection of scenes specifically chosen with the undergraduate actor in mind. The material is based on issues that young people can relate to and which has enough content to make it worthwhile for them and the teacher to work on. Marchant has helpfully arranged the scenes in categories for beginning and advanced students. She has also added a section of style and language scenes for those actors with the requisite skills to tackle them. The book includes scenes from plays by Arthur Miller, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, and David Rimmer, among others. An invaluable resource, A Young Actor''s Scene Book will be useful to teachers in their ongoing quest to develop and reinforce the repertoire of their students.
£51.30
Scarecrow Press Lollipop Vaudeville Turns with a Fanchon and
Book SynopsisTake a journey back in time to an era when movie theatres were movie houses, jazz was king, and vaudeville was one of the premiere forms of entertainment. Lollipop is the late Reva Howitt Clar''s memoirs of her colorful career with the legendary brother and sister producing team of Fanchon and Marco and the first inside account to give detailed insight into the workings of this famous pair. A first-hand chronicle of the weekly shows, rehearsals, costumes, publicity stunts, and backstage intrigues that typified any vaudeville performer, Lollipop sweeps the reader into the jazz age, when live stage show entertainment served as the West Coast''s main link to the current music and dance trends in New York, detailing Clar''s ten-year association with Fanchon and Marco from 1923-1933, first as a dancer, then as co-director of their dance school. The text also highlights the eventual fade of vaudeville from the entertainment circuit, caused by the Great Depression. Supplemented with historical tidbits and anecdotes from her daughter, Clar''s memoir offers an intimate portrait of vaudeville life from the viewpoint of a non-headliner. This diverting and entertaining glimpse of a lost era in American culture is an enjoyable read for students of American popular culture, vaudeville, and theatre history.Trade ReviewThe book is fascinating and dispels much of the glamour that was, and is, attached to "the business." * New Orleans Music *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Debut Chapter 2 Amateur Time Chapter 3 Transition Chapter 4 Professional Life Chapter 5 Living Conditions Chapter 6 Working Conditions Chapter 7 Recollections Chapter 8 The Record Begins Chapter 9 Twenty-Four Shootouts Chapter 10 The Warfield Girls Chapter 11 The "San Francisco Beauties Idea" Chapter 12 Southern California Chapter 13 The "Yachting Idea" Chapter 14 A San Francisco Welcome Chapter 15 The "Book Idea" Chapter 16 Northward Again Chapter 17 And Southward Again Chapter 18 The "Polar Idea" Chapter 19 Goodbye, Los Angeles Chapter 20 Marquard's Café Chapter 21 San Francisco In 1928 Chapter 22 Change Partners Chapter 23 The Work Continues Chapter 24 The Boulevard Theatre Chapter 25 The "River Idea" Chapter 26 Flowing Northward Chapter 27 The "Gobs of Joy Idea" Chapter 28 Sailing Northward Chapter 29 New Territory Chapter 30 New York Chapter 31 The Palace! Chapter 32 Keith-Orpheum Time Chapter 33 Letters Chapter 34 Broadway Chapter 35 Washington, D.C. Chapter 36 Philadelphia Chapter 37 Loew's Southern Time Chapter 38 Atlanta and Memphis Chapter 39 New Orleans Chapter 40 Houston and Onward Chapter 41 Toronto, Montreal, and Boston Chapter 42 Fox-Poli Time Chapter 43 New York and "Gobs" End Chapter 44 Changes Chapter 45 The Pantages Theatre Chapter 46 More Pantages Chapter 47 Goodbye Dancing Chapter 48 The Booking Office Chapter 49 More Changes Chapter 50 Layoff Chapter 51 The Dancing School Chapter 52 Engagement Chapter 53 Marriage Chapter 54 One Last Bow
£64.80
Peter Lang Publishing Inc Guiding the Plot Politics and Feminism in the
Book SynopsisThe theatre of Ana Diosdado and Paloma Pedrero in Spain, and Aida Bortnik and Griselda Gambaro in Argentina, written between 1960 and 1990, reveals an increasing preoccupation with women''s issues together with a continuing awareness of problematic political realities. Whether they challenge the strict separation between the private and the public, or whether they choose to uphold that distinction, these authors make the personal political by appropriating the public space - the stage - for the stories of women.
£35.82
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Elastizitaet
Book SynopsisFrequenting circuses in Paris and Berlin, Frank Wedekind, best known for Spring Awakening and the Lulu plays, learned that trapeze artists and tightrope walkers rely on different artificial reference points in space, in order to maintain their balance and orient themselves and to create their own sensorial and phenomenal worlds. This lesson in radical perspectivism and constructivism is a key to Wedekind's practice as a playwright, and it links the Munich dramatist's work to the thought of Schopenhauer, who first used the term Elastizität in a philosophical sense; Darwin, who considered adaptability to be a primordial characteristic of life; Nietzsche, whose commentary on acrobats in Also sprach Zarathustra announces the Overman; and Freud, who used the term to describe the reactive, conservative nature of the instincts. Taking Elastizität and the modern notion of adaptability as its point of departure, this book explores Wedekind's construction of space, mo
£50.04
Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Achillean Hero in the Plays of Tirso de
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£56.79
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Antonfrancesco Grazzini Il Lasca Two Plays
Book SynopsisAntonfrancesco Grazzini, known as Il Lasca (The Roach), was born and lived in Florence at the height of the Renaissance. He wrote prolifically in most genres, including novelle, burlesque poetry, and comedies. As a playwright he was, in his time, more popular than even Machiavelli. The Friar is a farce in three acts which satirizes, in the manner of Boccaccio, lustful men of the cloth and their willing female victims. The Bawd subverts stock classical comedy characters and situations while placing them in contemporary Florence. The result is the usual mayhem involving gullible fools, lustful young people, corrupt scheming servants, and a bit of black magic. The rise and subsequent popularity of the commedia dell'arte owes much to the likes of Il Lasca.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction – Note on the translation – The Friar – The Bawd – Bibliography.
£55.80
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers A Body Across the Map The FatherSon Plays of Sam
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£17.86
Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Undiscovered Country
Book SynopsisWilliams' later canon post Night of the Iguana has not received the intensive critical attention his earlier works have. The fifteen original essays in this book, written by leading authorities on Tennessee Williams, examine the energy and variety of Williams' late work in light of critical theory and performance objectives to reveal a powerful and rarely gifted experimental artist at work. Rather than seeing the works of the 1960s-1980s as a falling off of Williams' talent, the essays here demonstrate and argue that they are vital to the Williams canon and to American (and world) theatre alike.
£23.84
Peter Lang Group AG Staging Subversions The PerformancewithinaPlay in
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£52.07
Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Theater of Trauma American Modernist Drama
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£74.66
Peter Lang Group AG Approaching the Theater of Antonio Buero Vallejo
Book SynopsisApproaching the Theater of Antonio Buero Vallejo
£79.38
Watson-Guptill Publications Back Stage Guide to Stage Management 3rd Edition
Book SynopsisThe Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and ExpandedThe next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most comprehensive, educational book on stage management available. From preproduction planning and first rehersals to opening night and final strike, all the essentials of the profession are presented here in a friendly, engaging style.Blending how-to information with anecdotes from his own career, author Thomas A. Kelly explains the entire theatrical process, including:- Organizing all rehearsals and performances- Maintaining the working script, cue sheets, and daily records- Supervising the technical aspects of the show- Running shows outdoors and at other non-theatrical venues- Dealing with performers and crew members on all levelsThis new edition reflects all the latest developments and innovations in the industry and adds a totally new chapter on opera stage management, complete with an in-depth breakdown of the challenges this style of production presents. The text is supported by sample documents, diagrams, and charts that straddle time-honored approaches with what can be generated by today's computer software. All the latest stage machinery is discussed, along with tips on finding employment. This guide remians the first choice for anyone who works in any branch of the profession, whether amateur, educational, or professional.
£17.85
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Ultimate Scene Monologue Sourcebook The Updated Expanded Edition An Actors Reference to Over 1000 Monologues and Scenes from More Than 300 Contemporary Plays
Book SynopsisAll actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. This unique format is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. Using these guidelines, the actor can quickly pinpoint the perfect monologue, then find the text in the Samuel French or Dramatist Play Service edition of the play. Newly revised and expanded, the book also includes the author’s own assessment of each monologue.
£15.94
Currency Press Staging Ideas
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£24.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The James Adams Floating Theatre
Book SynopsisThe boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns up and down the East Coast in early twentieth-century America. The builder of the boat, James E. Adams, was a farmer from Michigan who taught himself to be a circus aerialist, started and prospered with his own carnival company, and, when retirement proved boring, decided to build a showboat. The book traces the history of the James Adams from its inception until its demise twenty-seven years later, a tale that includes fires, sinkings, a shooting, arrests, and several deaths.
£22.94
Tomahawk Press Greasepaint and Gor The Hammer Monsters of Roy
Book SynopsisRoy Ashton was one of the cinema's greatest make-up designers. He designed most of Hammer's most famous monsters. Inside Greasepaint and Gore you will enter Ashton's own private world, featuring: never-before-seen original drawings and test photographs; Ashton speaking in his own words plus interviews with key actors and crew -- many speaking for the first time about a man the press dubbed The King of Horror! Greasepaint and Gore is a behind-the-scenes insight into the creative processes of the golden years of Hammer Films through the eyes of the people who made the Horrors possible!
£7.16
Currency House Inc Platform Papers 46 The Designer
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£10.79
Currency House Inc Platform Papers 49 The Lighting Designer
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£10.79
Taylor & Francis Ltd 18th Century Male Tailoring
Book Synopsis18th Century Male Tailoring: Theatrical and Historical Tailoring c1680â1790 introduces the reader to English eighteenth century tailoring and covers the drafting of patterns, cutting out in cloth and construction techniques in sequence for the tailoring of waistcoats, breeches and coats.From choosing the right cloth to preparing for the fitting process, this how-to guide will help readers create beautiful, historically accurate eighteenth century male garments for events and performances. The book contains the following: step-by-step instructions complete with illustrations for students and costumiers who are new to the making of male tailored garments from the eighteenth century; drafting blocks and construction techniques for the different styles through the eighteenth century and patterns, photographs, detailed measurements and articles taken from a variety of male coats, waistcoats and trousers from c1680 âc1790 from museums and collections. 18th Century Male Tailoring is written for costume design and construction students, fashion students and practitioners who have a reasonable working knowledge of sewing and general costume making, but not necessarily of tailoring, drafting patterns, cutting skills and the making of male garments.Table of Contents1. Getting Started 2. Pattern Drafting and Diagrams 3. Seam Allowances, Pattern Layouts, Cutting Out and Marking Up 4. Preparing for the Fitting and the Fitting Process 5. Making up Waistcoats 6. Making up Breeches 7. Making up Coats 8. Original Garments: Patterns, Photographs and Measurements
£50.34
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Environment on Stage
Book SynopsisThe Environment on Stage: Scenery or Shapeshifter? investigates a pertinent voice of theatrical performance within the production and reception of ecotheatre. Theatre ecologies, unavoidably enmeshed in the environment, describe the system of sometimes perverse feedback loops running through theatrical events, productions, performances and installations. This volume applies an ecoaware spectatorial lens to explore live theatre as a living ecosystem in a literal sense. The vibrant chemistry between production and reception, and the spiralling ideas and emotions this generates in some conditions, are unavoidably driven by flows of matter and energy, thus, by the natural environment, even when human perspectives seem to dominate. The Environment on Stage is an intentionally eclectic mix of observation, close reading and qualitative research, undertaken with the aim of exploring ecocritical ideas embedded in ecotheatre from a range of perspectives. Individual chaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Setting the Ecotheatrical SceneChapter One: The Environment on Stage in Production and ReceptionChapter Two: Natural Disasters as Ecotheatrical ShapeshiftersChapter Three: An Ecotheatrical Perspective on Dearth in PerformanceChapter Four: The Environment in Performance – Stage Invasion or Deus ex Machina?Chapter Five: Environmental Theatre, Site Specificity and Theatre EcologiesChapter Six: Frugal Modes of Story-telling as EcotheatreChapter Seven: Bicycles on Stage – Shapeshifters or Scenery?Chapter Eight: Reperforming Reception – The Skriker in 1994 and 2015Chapter Nine: On the Importance of Intrinsic Environmental Responsibility
£37.99
Routledge Dramaturgy of Sex on Stage in Contemporary
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£20.89
Cambridge University Press True History of the Ghost And All About Metempsychosis Cambridge Library Collection Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
Book SynopsisChemist and illusionist John Henry Pepper (1821â1900) lectured at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in London, and incorporated experiments, illusions and magic lanterns into his popular science lectures. In 1862 he developed a stage-show illusion called 'the ghost'. This involved using strategically placed pieces of glass and specific lighting in order to create the illusion of ghostly figures on stage. The illusion was immensely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century - it was visited by royalty, and Pepper's show toured to America, Canada and Australia. In this book, first published in 1890, Pepper details the history of 'the ghost' and the process of carrying out the illusion. 'Pepper's Ghost' is considered to be a precursor to cinema, and this book will be of interest to those studying the development of popular nineteenth-century culture, the 'entertainment industry', and the origins of cinema.Table of ContentsThe true history of the ghost.
£23.49
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Right Light Interviews with Contemporary
Book SynopsisNick Moran is Senior Lecturer in Lighting Design at Central School of Speech and Drama, London. He is a lighting designer as well as an academic, and his work as lighting designer on English National Opera's production of The Masked Ball formed part of the Collaborators exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2007/2008. He is the author of Performance Lighting Design.
£36.86
Taylor & Francis Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques
Book SynopsisFoam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam. Step-by-step instructions, photographs, and explanations illustrate how to translate your design from paper to reality by creating custom skin patterns, followed by creation of a foam mockup. The book details how to bring your project to life with varied finishing techniques, including using fur and fabric coverings and dying and painting foam. Numerous supplies, tools, and safety procedures and protocols are also covered. Table of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface _____________________________________________________Section 1: The Medium of Foam: Materials, Tools and SafetyChapter 1: MaterialsChapter 2: SafetyChapter 3: What Type of Foam to Use?___________________________________________________Section 2: DesignChapter 4: An Approach to DesignChapter 5: Renderings, Working Drawings and Simplicity of Form _____________________________________________________Section 3: Translating Design into Reality: Techniques used in the Patterning ProcessChapter 6: Additive Patterning: Adding a Surface layer.Chapter 7: Subtractive Patterning: Cutting away the Surface Layer.Chapter 8: Speed PatterningChapter 9: Free Form Foam Patterning_____________________________________________________Section 4: Determining the Pattern Divisions, "Truing" Patterns and Changing ScaleChapter 10: Determining the Pattern DivisionsChapter 11: Transferring Patterns to Paper and "Truing" Pattern PiecesChapter 12: Scale: Determining the Size of the Finished Piece Chapter 13: Formula for Reducing and Enlarging Chapter 14: How to Enlarge and Reduce Pattern Pieces_____________________________________________________Section 5: Putting It All Together: From Pattern to ObjectChapter 15: How to Bevel Corners and Utilize DartsChapter 16: Cutting Pattern Pieces out of FoamChapter 17: Gluing and SewingSection 6: Finishing the DesignChapter 18: Fur and Fabric CoveringsChapter 19: Uncovered Foam: How To FinishChapter 20: Detailing and Bringing To Life________________________________________________________________________Section 7: This Section Goes Through The Full Process For 6 ProjectsChapter 21: Free Form Reticulated Foam Construction Chapter 22: Making Two Different Shapes from the Same Foam Pattern Chapter 23: Patterned Foam MaskChapter 24: Patterned Foam ArmorChapter 25: Patterned and Carved RaptorAppendicesA. Sources and SuppliesB. Bibliography
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd 3D Printing Basics for Entertainment Design
Book SynopsisAffordable 3D printers are rapidly becoming everyday additions to the desktops and worktables of entertainment design practitioners whether working in theatre, theme parks, television and film, museum design, window displays, animatronics, or you name it! We are beginning to ask important questions about these emerging practices: How can we use 3D fabrication to make the design and production process more efficient? How can it be used to create useful and creative items? Can it save us from digging endlessly through thrift store shelves or from yet another late-night build? And when budgets are tight, will it save us money? This quick start guide will help you navigate the alphabet soup that is 3D printing and begin to answer these questions for yourself. It outlines the basics of the technology, and its many uses in entertainment design. With straightforward and easy-to-follow information, you will learn ways to acquire printaTrade Review"The book shows how 3D printing technologies touch each discipline, and through numerous examples, it inspires the reader to consider their place in modern 3D practices. Any practitioner or educator who crafts, models, constructs, or designs anything should read this book and have a copy in their reference collection."Andrea Bilkey, Theatre Design & Technology Spring 2019Table of ContentsTable of ContentsPart I: The Basics Methods of 3D Printing Choosing a 3D Printer Part II: Workflow3. Acquiring a Model4. Creating your own 3D Model5. Fixing and Finalizing6. Printing7. TroubleshootingPART III: The Entertainment Industry8. Scenic Applications9. Costume Applications10. Character Design and Fabrication11. Exhibit Design12 Additional DisciplinesAppendicesAppendix A: Safety ConcernsAppendix B: Glossary of TermsEndnotesBibliographyIndex
£37.04
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sewing Techniques for Theatre
Book SynopsisSewing Techniques for Theatre: An Essential Guide for Beginners distills the intimidating art of sewing down into simple, quick, and effective lessons to prepare readers for an entry-level position in a costume shop. The lessons follow an hour-by-hour structure, offering detailed instructions to creating 11 sewing samples, a scrub shirt, and a tote bag. Embedded in the projects' directions are lecture materials on safety, irons, fabric, and patterns. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, review questions, photographs, and step-by-step instructions for compiling a portfolio, this guide teaches aspiring costume technicians about the culture and machinery of the costume shop, and equips them with the necessary skills to begin their career as members of a costume shop team.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Introduction to the Costume Shop, Shop Safety, Fabric, Introduction to the Overlock Sewing Machine, Introduction to the Portfolio 2. Overlock Machine, Sewing Notions, Irons, Right and Wrong Side of Fabric, Hemming Stitches 3. Introduction to Sewing Machines, Maching Stitching Projects, Curved Seams, Dart 4. Introducing the Scrub Shirt, Constructing the Shirt, Finishing the Neck Edge, Pinning and Attaching the Sleeves, Hemming the Sleeves 5. Tote Bag, Portfolio Master Supply List Chapter Review Answers Index
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Prop Effects Guidebook
Book SynopsisIn The Prop Building Guidebook, author Eric Hart demonstrated how to cut, glue, sculpt, and bend raw materials to build props. Now in The Prop Effects Guidebook, he shows us how to connect and assemble components and parts to make those props light up, explode, make noise, and bleed. It delves into the world of electricity, pneumatics, liquids, and mechanical effects to teach you how to make your props perform magic in front of a live audience. The book is complemented by a companion website featuring videos of how to create individual prop special effects: www.propeffectsguidebook.com.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 designing, prototyping, testing Chapter 2 electricity, wiring, soldering Chapter 3 lights Chapter 4 motion Chapter 5 trick mechanisms Chapter 6 pneumatics Chapter 7 liquid delivery Chapter 8 breakaways Chapter 9 smoke and fire Chapter 10 sound Chapter 11 control (remote, micro, practical) special note indexwebsite
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Ltd Scenic Automation Handbook
Book SynopsisScenic automation has earned a reputation of being complicated and cantankerous, a craft best left to the elite of our industry. Not sure of the difference between a VFD, PLC, or PID? If you have dreamed of choreographing scene changes with computerized machinery, but get lost in the technical jargon the Scenic Automation Handbook will guide you along the road to elegant automation.Adopting a pragmatic approach, this book breaks down any automation system into five points, known as the Pentagon of Power. Breaking down a dauntingly complex system into bite- size pieces makes it easy to understand how components function, connect, and communicate to form a complete system.Presenting the fundamental behaviors and functions of Machinery, Feedback Sensors, Amplifiers, Controls, and Operator Interfaces, the Scenic Automation Handbook demystifies automation, reinforcing each concept with practical examples that can be used for experimentation. Automation is acceTable of Contents Moving Stuff on Stage Pentagon of Power: Breaking up Automation into 5 Parts Meet the Machines - A Survey of Common Theatrical Machines Motivating a Machine Powering Motors and Actuators Sensing and Measuring Motion Simple Control Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's) Motion Control with a PID Loop Safety Operator Interface Networks Integrating with other Systems Implementation Resource for Learning More
£54.14
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Performance Lighting Design
Book SynopsisA practical guide to the art and technique of lighting for the stage, this book explains the complex mixture of craft, collaboration and creativity behind successful lighting design. The designer paints with light - revealing form and composing a living picture from collections of objects and bodies in a given space. This handbook for professional practice walks you through how to achieve this, from first concept to development of design ideas, planning to realisation and, finally, public performance.Now fully revised, this second edition of Nick Moran's Performance Lighting Design has been brought up to date to consider advances made in the technology used for lighting design for live performance. Alongside this, Moran introduces new concepts and ways of working; includes a section on analysing the finished design; and discusses recent research into contemporary lighting practice, addressing emerging trends, particularly for drama. Combining practical information with aestheticTrade ReviewThis book has to be essential reading for any potential student of lighting design because it manages to combine the aesthetic with technique so successfully. The descriptions of the objectives of lighting design as a creative medium not only inform the student but also inform all the various aspects of theatrical collaboration that makes performance work. There’s much to be gained from reading this book for directors, set and costume designers, performers and indeed anyone who is intrigued by our mysterious artform * Peter Mumford, international lighting designer *Nick Moran’s book is a great guide to the subject of how to design light for the stage (or other performance space). It is perfect for anyone studying the art and craft of lighting both designers and technicians as it covers both how and why to make lighting decisions… it is easy to dip in and out of the book for reference as well as reading it through for an overview of current lighting practice. * Nick Peel, Lecturer in lighting design and technology, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK *Impressive ... the author goes carefully through all the minutiae of production and design, through to opening night and beyond, with more big green boxes for HSE and other detailed asides. The updated pictures in the later sections are very useful ... ready to equip its readers with the knowledge to face the LED and moving light era. * FOCUS Magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 An Introduction to Light in Performance Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Tools of Lighting Chapter 3 Describing Performance Lighting Chapter 4 From Text to Concept Chapter 5 Evolving the Concept Chapter 6 From Concert to Lighting Plan Chapter 7 Plans, Paperwork and Patching Chapter 8 Working in the Performance Space, Part I Chapter 9 Working in the Performance Space, Part II Chapter 10 Through the Opening Night and Beyond Chapter 11 Career Progression Appendix Index
£30.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Theatre Spaces 19202020
Book SynopsisIn this lavishly illustrated hands-on account of the creation of new theatre spaces spanning a century, Iain Mackintosh offers a compelling history that is part memoir, part impassioned call to rethink the design of our theatre spaces and the future of live theatre. As the originator of theatre designs as diverse as the Cottesloe in 1977, Glyndebourne in 1994, the Orange Tree Theatre in 1991, the Martha Cohen Theatre in 1985 and the Tina Packer Playhouse in 2001, he discovered why the same show worked in some theatres but not in others. It is this unique blend of experience that informs this account of many of the best-known theatre spaces in Britain, besides many international examples including the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis and the Oslo Opera House. Running throughout is a consideration of factors which have shaped design thinking during this time and which demand attention today. After the long theatre closures driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mackintosh argues that now is the tiTrade ReviewSuperb … if you have a theatre aficionado in your family, this beautifully illustrated, thoroughly opinionated volume ought to be on your list. With six decades of experience to call on, Mackintosh has no end of lessons to pass on. * The Times *The virtue of his book is that it is the work of a knowledgeable enthusiast, and proves that, while the play’s the thing, the frame in which it is seen is crucial to our enjoyment. * The Guardian *Iain Mackintosh describes his book as a memoir, but it is also a comprehensive handbook for theatre makers and audiences the world over. A one stop shop for anyone interested in how the delicate and vital relationship between audience and performance has evolved over centuries. Upon his shoulders I have stood for 30 years. His argument and understanding is as vital today as it always has been. Essential reading. * Stephen Daldry O.B.E. *Like the man himself, Iain Mackintosh’s memoir is erudite, trenchant, occasionally infuriating but always entertaining, enthusiastic and informative. Anyone who wants to understand more deeply the complexities and subtleties of theatre architecture should read this book. * Steve Tompkins, Director, HaworthTompkins *Iain’s memoir is a potpourri of historical thesis, personal recollection and entertaining gossip. It gives a glimpse of the theatre world and the agonies and ecstasies of achieving buildings suited to purpose. * Anne Minors, Founding Director, SOUND SPACE VISION, Theatre Planning and Acoustics *This book clears a luminous space of insight at the point where the pragmatics of architecture meet the poetics of the theatrical moment. Iain Mackintosh gleans highly consequential lessons about the challenge of engineering intimacy in the modern theatre auditorium from his long and rich practice. He also grounds them so deftly in their particular, British, history that they begin to acquire a universal appeal. With its stylish writing and generous, well-chosen illustrations this book vivifies and clarifies a theme that has been as elusive as it is important. * Himanshu Burte, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, India *A revelatory and much needed guide to the structure of theatres both in Britain and abroad. Iain Mackintosh reveals how certain architectural choices can be traced to having an effect on a performance: for example it’s easier to play comedy in a narrow proscenium, very hard to raise a laugh on the wide stages of the Olivier or the Lyttelton, and how crucial it is to the success of a play that it is performed in its correct home. It’s an amazingly detailed research of great value to anyone performing on stage today and a necessity for future architects. * Dame Eileen Atkins *A vivid hybrid manifesto/memoir … It is simply an essential book: authoritative, original, comprehensive, compulsively readable, beautifully designed. You can dip in and out; even if you just visit one of these venues casually, you will find this engrossing. * Plays International & Europe *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Richard Eyre An Introduction and a Summary Act 1 Pre-1920: Setting the Scene and Some Early Pioneers Chapter One: Theatre is Ephemeral While Buildings Endure. Some Necessary Background Chapter Two: Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia and the Spreading of the Fan Act II 1920 Chapter Three: The Festival Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon and Early Days of the National Chapter Four: Guthrie’s Thrust Stages Chapter Five: Germany’s Building Boom and Anglo-American Shakespeare Chapter Six: The Olivier, the Lyttelton and the Barbican Theatres Act III 1976–2020: The Past Informs the Present Chapter Seven: The Cottesloe and Other Courtyards Chapter Eight: Worthy Scaffolds: Brook’s Empty Space and Spaces Found by Others Chapter Nine: Regenerating the Old Offers an Antidote to Modernism. Part One: English Theatres of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter Ten: Regenerating the old offers an antidote to modernism. Part Two: A Couple of Twentieth-century Scottish Theatres Reborn – One in Edinburgh and the Other in Florida Chapter Eleven: New Opera Houses from Glyndebourne to Dallas. Elsewhere Some Starchitects Upstage the Performers Chapter Twelve: Learning from the Netherlands, Berlin, Brazil, Australia, Indian and Chinese Cultures. The Threat of Internationalism Chapter Thirteen: 2010–2020: Some New Builds, Two Renovations – One at Stratford-upon-Avon and One in London – And Diversions on In-the-round and the Open Air Act IV 2021: The Future Chapter Fourteen: Unforeseen Consequences of Seventeenth-century Plagues, of the Arrival of the Talkies and the More Recent Dangers of the Pandemic and of ‘Virtual Theatre’. Some Central Themes Restated References Further Reading Acknowledgements Theatre Index Person Index
£26.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Theatre Spaces 19202020
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSuperb … if you have a theatre aficionado in your family, this beautifully illustrated, thoroughly opinionated volume ought to be on your list. With six decades of experience to call on, Mackintosh has no end of lessons to pass on. * The Times *The virtue of his book is that it is the work of a knowledgeable enthusiast, and proves that, while the play’s the thing, the frame in which it is seen is crucial to our enjoyment. * The Guardian *Iain Mackintosh describes his book as a memoir, but it is also a comprehensive handbook for theatre makers and audiences the world over. A one stop shop for anyone interested in how the delicate and vital relationship between audience and performance has evolved over centuries. Upon his shoulders I have stood for 30 years. His argument and understanding is as vital today as it always has been. Essential reading. * Stephen Daldry O.B.E. *Like the man himself, Iain Mackintosh’s memoir is erudite, trenchant, occasionally infuriating but always entertaining, enthusiastic and informative. Anyone who wants to understand more deeply the complexities and subtleties of theatre architecture should read this book. * Steve Tompkins, Director, HaworthTompkins *Iain’s memoir is a potpourri of historical thesis, personal recollection and entertaining gossip. It gives a glimpse of the theatre world and the agonies and ecstasies of achieving buildings suited to purpose. * Anne Minors, Founding Director, SOUND SPACE VISION, Theatre Planning and Acoustics *This book clears a luminous space of insight at the point where the pragmatics of architecture meet the poetics of the theatrical moment. Iain Mackintosh gleans highly consequential lessons about the challenge of engineering intimacy in the modern theatre auditorium from his long and rich practice. He also grounds them so deftly in their particular, British, history that they begin to acquire a universal appeal. With its stylish writing and generous, well-chosen illustrations this book vivifies and clarifies a theme that has been as elusive as it is important. * Himanshu Burte, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, India *A revelatory and much needed guide to the structure of theatres both in Britain and abroad. Iain Mackintosh reveals how certain architectural choices can be traced to having an effect on a performance: for example it’s easier to play comedy in a narrow proscenium, very hard to raise a laugh on the wide stages of the Olivier or the Lyttelton, and how crucial it is to the success of a play that it is performed in its correct home. It’s an amazingly detailed research of great value to anyone performing on stage today and a necessity for future architects. * Dame Eileen Atkins *A vivid hybrid manifesto/memoir … It is simply an essential book: authoritative, original, comprehensive, compulsively readable, beautifully designed. You can dip in and out; even if you just visit one of these venues casually, you will find this engrossing. * Plays International & Europe *This book is the distillation of a lifetime's experience and study, the unique and practical voice of a true man of the theatre ... The writing is always stylish, and the book is well referenced and copiously illustrated with photos, diagrams and plans. If you are going to read one book on theatre spaces this should be it -- Peter Longman * Theatres Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Richard Eyre An Introduction and a Summary Act 1 Pre-1920: Setting the Scene and Some Early Pioneers Chapter One: Theatre is Ephemeral While Buildings Endure. Some Necessary Background Chapter Two: Richard Wagner, Adolphe Appia and the Spreading of the Fan Act II 1920 Chapter Three: The Festival Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon and Early Days of the National Chapter Four: Guthrie’s Thrust Stages Chapter Five: Germany’s Building Boom and Anglo-American Shakespeare Chapter Six: The Olivier, the Lyttelton and the Barbican Theatres Act III 1976–2020: The Past Informs the Present Chapter Seven: The Cottesloe and Other Courtyards Chapter Eight: Worthy Scaffolds: Brook’s Empty Space and Spaces Found by Others Chapter Nine: Regenerating the Old Offers an Antidote to Modernism. Part One: English Theatres of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter Ten: Regenerating the old offers an antidote to modernism. Part Two: A Couple of Twentieth-century Scottish Theatres Reborn – One in Edinburgh and the Other in Florida Chapter Eleven: New Opera Houses from Glyndebourne to Dallas. Elsewhere Some Starchitects Upstage the Performers Chapter Twelve: Learning from the Netherlands, Berlin, Brazil, Australia, Indian and Chinese Cultures. The Threat of Internationalism Chapter Thirteen: 2010–2020: Some New Builds, Two Renovations – One at Stratford-upon-Avon and One in London – And Diversions on In-the-round and the Open Air Act IV 2021: The Future Chapter Fourteen: Unforeseen Consequences of Seventeenth-century Plagues, of the Arrival of the Talkies and the More Recent Dangers of the Pandemic and of ‘Virtual Theatre’. Some Central Themes Restated References Further Reading Acknowledgements Theatre Index Person Index
£71.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Get the Job in the Entertainment Industry
Book SynopsisLooking for a job in the theatre and entertainment industry can be daunting, especially when you are newly entering the work market. How do you take the skills and experience acquired through study and present them to prospective employers in the arts industry? Where does your search begin and what should you consider as you plan your future career steps? What is expected in a portfolio and what should you expect in an interview? This book provides straightforward strategies and practical exercises to turn anxiety into excitement and help you develop the job search skills and materials that will empower you to go after the job you want, and get it. If you are about to graduate or just ready to make a change, this book will teach you how to plan for your career as a designer, technician, or stage manager, and put your best professional persona forward when applying for jobs. Topics include resumes, cover letters, business cards and portfolios that will get you moveTrade ReviewGet the Job in the Entertainment Industry: A Practical Guide for Designers, Technicians, and Stage Managers is a much needed addition to the resources for theatre practitioners who are considering a career in theatre and live entertainment industries. Professor Tollefson addresses all aspects of the job hunt from education through internships and to the dream job. * Dr. Anne Toewe, University of Northern Colorado, USA *Where was this book 30 years ago! Kristina gives sound advice to those entering the entertainment industry and many tips for the experienced. It was an easy and informative read. * Jack Feivou, Keene Consulting, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments and Dedication A Note on the Text Introduction: Owning Your Own Business — Yes, This Does Apply to You 1. Where Are You Going and How Will You Get There? Do I Need a College Degree? Is Graduate School Right for Me? Internships Freelance Staff Positions Touring Cruise Ships Jobs in Academia: Faculty or Staff, Tenure, and Promotion What Else Can You Do with a Theatre Degree? Finding Job Openings Figuring Out What You Need and What You Want Long-Term Planning Networking and Mentors 2. Creating Your Marketing Materials and Establishing Your Professional Persona Professional Email Choosing a Typeface and Fonts Choosing a Color Palette Logos Letterheads Business Cards Writing Your Bio Headshots Artist Statement Managing Your Online Persona 3. Resumes and Curriculum Vitae The Differences Between a Resume and a CV What Resume Style Is Best for My Purposes? How Many Resumes Do I Need? What Should I Include on My Resume? What Not to Include How Long Should My Resume Be? Organization Organization by Job Title Organization by Employer Organization by Level of Experience Formatting and Layout Prioritization Headings and Subheadings No Centering Avoid Long Descriptive Sentences Be Consistent Spacing Setting Tab Stops Instead of Templates or Tables Placing Your Content Education Layout Skills Layout References Layout Sending Your Resume 4. Cover Letters and Other Correspondence Formatting Your Formal Cover Letter What Goes in My Cover Letter? Opening Paragraph Details Wrap Up Closing Salutation Professional Emails Thank-You Notes Letters of Recommendation 5. Portfolios Choosing What to Include General Guidelines Photographs Portfolios for Graduate School Applications Breakdown by Specialty Technical Positions Designers Presentation Portfolios Planning Your Design, Order, and Layout The Construction Process Supplemental Materials Selecting Your Case Website Portfolios What Is Good Design? What You Need to Know to Create Your Website Planning Your Website Compiling and Preparing Your Content Putting It Together 6. The Interview What to Expect at an Interview Worst-Case Scenarios Personal Appearance and First Impressions What Makes a Good Answer to an Interview Question? What Are They Really Asking? Remember to Interview Them Illegal Interview Questions Portfolio Presentations Follow Up Phone Etiquette Phone Interviews Video Interviews Informational Interviews Graduate School Interviews Academic Job Interviews Dining Etiquette Receptions and Networking Events 7. Talking About Money Setting Your Fees Negotiating Accepting the Job Offer … or Not Contracts, Riders, Letters of Agreement, and NDAs Unions Taxes and Business Deductions Important Terms Business Income and Deductions Planning and Protecting Your Financial Future Types of Money Basic Budget Protection: Insurance and Legal Documents Eliminating Debt Disciplined Saving Hiring a Professional Tax Preparer Financial Advisor Entertainment Lawyer 8. Career Profiles Ryan Gravilla — Principal Lighting Designer for Disney Parks Live Entertainment at Walt Disney World Meredith Tomkovitch — Director of Costuming, Resorts World Genting, Malaysia Yuri Cataldo — Co-Founder and General Partner at Athenian Venture Capital, Innovation Engagement Manager Jeramy Boik — Scenic Designer, Technical Director, Landscape Architect, Builder of Tiny Houses Shawn Boyle — Projection and Lighting Designer, Instructor, Yale School of Drama Charles “Chip” Perry — Director, Lighting and Television Production, World Wrestling Entertainment Jenny Sargent — Opera Stage Manager Turned Banquet Director Claudia Lynch — Broadway Stage Manager, College Professor Aaron Jackson — Lead Set Designer, Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 Jerrilyn Lanier-Duckworth — Costume Designer, Educator on African American Hair and Makeup for Theatre Ted Ozimek — Senior Project Manager II, Electronic Theatre Controls Bailie Slevin — Stage Manager Turned Financial Advisor for Theatre Artists Brad Berridge — Director of Sound Operations, Feld Entertainment Index
£25.64
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New Playwriting at Shakespeares Globe
Book SynopsisShakespeare's Globe Theatre is recognised worldwide as both a monument to and significant producer of the dramatic art of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. But it has established a reputation too for commissioning innovative and distinctive new plays that respond to the unique characteristics and identity of the theatre. This is the first book to focus on the new drama commissioned and produced at the Globe, to analyse how the specific qualities of the venue have shaped those works and to assess the influences of both past and present in the work staged.The author argues that far from being simply a monument to the past, the reconstructed theatre fosters creativity in the present, creativity that must respond to the theatre''s characteristic architecture, the complex set of cultural references it carries and the heterogeneous audience it attracts. Just like the reconstructed wooden O', the Globe's new plays highlight the relevance of the past for the present and give the spectators aTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I – The new Globe plays 1 - Something old, something new 1.1 - A reconstructed theatre 1.2 - Specially constructed plays 2 - Presenting the past 2.1 - Multiple time-planes 2.2 - Shakespeare’s ghost 2.3 – Language centre stage 2.4 - Laughing matter 2.5 - Founding narratives 2.6 - Topicality 2.7 - Come all ye... 3 - The spectacle of spectators 3.1 - Spectators as participants 3.2 - Spectators as a challenge 3.3 - Spectators as interlocutors 3.4 - Spectators as supernumeraries 3.5 - Spectators as subject matter Part II – Brenton’s Globe 4 - The weight of the past 4.1 - Virtuoso meets Steinway 4.2 - History plays for now 4.3 - A British epic theatre 4.4 - Perverse saints 4.5 - Historiographic metatheatre 5 - Playing to the crowd 5.1 - Aiming at an audience 5.2 - Attracting the audience 5.3 - Addressing the audience 5.4 - Admonishing the audience Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
£33.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Playwriting
Book SynopsisThis book is ideal for anyone keen to understand how contemporary plays and playwrights work, particularly those wanting to write for the stage themselves. Drawing heavily on contemporary practice, it considers moments from a range of plays, with a focus on those from the National Theatre''s repertoire. The book embraces a range of different dramaturgical structures and styles popular today; plays by a diverse selection of writers; and the current openness of dramatic form. A book of tools, rather than rules, this guide provides suggestions and provocations, exercises and tricks, examples and discussions. An ideal text for playwrights to hone their craft.Trade ReviewIt's hard to think of a scholar and theatre maker more knowledgeable about new work and how it’s made or a more perspicacious critic of the contemporary UK theatre scene than Dan Rebellato. * David Eldridge, Dramatist and Screenwriter *Written in an informal style, it’s an inspiring and entertaining resource, providing tools, suggestions, exercises and tricks. * Writers' Forus *Rebellato offers up concrete examples to demystify the process of writing … He shares examples of his own playwriting practice, quotidian events that could be turned into drama, and the practices of great playwrights from history. The book is packed full of references to other contemporary and classic plays, which is helpful to see and note down real-world examples of the process in action. * Drama & Theatre *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Does a Playwright Do? 2. How to have Ideas 3. Monologue 4. (How) Can We Learn from Aristotle? 5. Structure 6. Form 7. Plot vs. Story 8. Time and Place 9. Making a Scene 10. Dialogue and Subtext 11. Character 12. Writing Your Play 13. Getting It Staged Notes Further Reading
£9.99
