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A biography of the Russian theatre director, Vsevolod Meyerhold. It recounts his extraordinary life of experiment and discovery, describing his rehearsal techniques and exercises, and provides as assessment of his continuing influence on contemporary theatre.

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In this volume, distinguished director Peter Brook provides candid answers to questions on his work and philosophy. Topics covered range from his innovative, award-winning production of "Marat/Sade" to his film and stage version of "King Lear".

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A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Nol Coward's plays

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A revised critical study covering the various phases of Dario Fo's theatrical career.

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The definitive biography of one of America's most celebrated playwrights whose Pulitzer Prize -winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross, was revived in the West End in 2007. This landmark study provides a comprehensive account of his life, work and ideas on writing, acting and directing.

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In this major study, Ira Nadel shows how Tom Stoppard's life imitates his art and vice versa. An authorised biography, it draws on inside sources including Stoppard's own notebooks and letters, some previously unpublished.

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A guide to The Welfare State, a theatre group which uses the traditions of carnival, music hall and fairground to entertain audiences. Their work formed the centrepiece of Glasgow's 1990 City of Culture celebrations.

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The second part of the autobiography of one of the most astonishing characters in British theatrical history.

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One of Britain's most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn is also the most private. This book is a portrait of the man who - from "Relatively Speaking" in 1965 to his double play "House" and "Garden" at the National Theatre in 2000 - has chronicled human behaviour, aspirations and insecurities.

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Anatoly Smelyansky has constructed a portrait of the writer Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is seen as a pariah of Soviet Russia, fighting for his work and his life in a society riven with fear of Stalin's tyranny.

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The paperback edition of the acclaimed definitive life of John Gielgud, arguably the greatest classical actor of the twentieth century.

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A history of America's most influential avant-garde theatre ensemble, and a biography of its two founders and lead performers, Julian Beck and Judith Malina. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s The Living Theatre was the most radical, uncompromising and experimental group in American theatrical history.

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In this volume, Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre. His account of his own famous productions is interspersed with his anecdotes of the famous.

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The first volume of Coward's autobiography. Displaying an early dedication to the theatre, it hints at the success that would come to Coward as actor, playwright, novelist and performer, and is punctuated with his trademark effervescent wit.

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Following Arthur Miller's death in February 2005, newspapers were filled with tributes to the man regarded by many as the greatest playwright of the twentieth century. This book contains reflections on him from over seventy writers, actors, directors and friends, with 'Arthur Miller Remembers' - an interview with the writer, held in 1995.

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Why do Shakespeare's works continue to exert so strong an influence and have such lasting appeal What do they have to offer modern readers and play-goers The author seeks to answer these questions in this wide-ranging critical survey of Shakespeare's career as a poet and playwright.

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Written by a former teacher and author of "Stanislavski: An Introduction", this biography has been revised and updated to include new material now becoming available from the Russian archives, including a letter from Stanislavski to Stalin.

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An autobiographical account by one of German theatre's great actors, describing his life in the theatre and his work with Brecht's Berliner Ensemble. It offers a lively and lucid account of working on Brecht's plays and provides concrete examples of how Brecht's theory translates to practice.

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The autobiographical account by one of German theatre's great actors of his life in the theatre and his work with Brecht's Berliner Ensemble.

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In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space, Brook assesses the lessons of his pioneering work from his brilliant debut at Stratford and the West End in the 1960s to the triumphant success of The Mahabharata.

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The autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester who at twenty-two became the youngest artistic director in the country.