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Brecht's "Work Journals" cover the period from 1938 to 1955, the years of exile and his return to East Berlin. The accounts of his writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works, the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre.

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With each section beginning with a short introductory essay summarizing Brecht's thought in the relevant year, this volume contains new translations to extend our image of one of the 20th century's most entertaining and thought-provoking writers on culture, aesthetics and politics.

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Gathered together in English, this volume contains all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956.

(Paperback, New edition)

This text includes all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956 as well as all of his important screenplays produced during the 1920's and 1930's.

(Paperback, New Edition - New ed)

A comprehensive insightful read for anyone interested in British culture during the sixties and seventies. The volume includes the diaries of the revolutionary British film and theatre director who became one of the major cultural figures of his time. It has a preface by Malcolm McDowell.

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These letters, most of them translated into English for the first time, tell the inside story of the Moscow Art Theatre, which changed the face of 20th century acting. They include correspondence between such important figures as Stanislavski, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Meyerhold and Isadora Duncan.

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"List of contemporary plays produced by Piscator between 1919 and 1930": p. 368-369.

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This second volume of Edward Bond's notebooks explores the meeting point between politics and the art of the writer. His notes chart the creative process of some of his most recent work, his involvment in theatre-in-education and his increasing popularity in Europe.

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Volume one of Edward Bond's notebooks charts the progress of his work, from 1959, when his plays were first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, to 1980, when he had achieved fame as a major writer. As well as commenting on his plays, it also considers his poems and stories.

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This handbook is a companion volume to Stanislavski's three teaching books. It is a selection of articles, speeches, notes and memoirs written between 1898 and his death in 1938, and includes a final section in which Stanislavski envisages the theatre and actors of the future.

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Coward's entire collected verse compiled from published volumes, private letters and diaries and edited with a contextualising narrative by Coward expert Barry Day.

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This collection of passionate and polemical essays deal with drama, from its origin in the human mind to its use in history and the present. It elucidates on the hidden working of drama behind the state, religion, family, crime and war.

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This is the diary of Brian Cox, in which he describes the emotional and physical problems that came with playing the all-consuming role of King Lear. It also reveals the personal strains of touring, in particular the problems of being separated from his family as he embarks on a year-long tour.

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'A uniquely charming and enticing journey through a remarkable life.' Stephen Fry
With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure.

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Sara Hudston collects a range of plays, literature and writings about private and public theatrical spectacles during the Victorian era to show how British theatre had, by the 1890s, reached out to the widest audience possible.

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In this volume of essays addressing the author's drama, novels, short stories and poetry, renowned Beckett scholar Enoch Brater offers a variety of delightfully original, playful and intriguing studies of Beckett's work. For theatre audiences and Beckett readers it will provide a fresh approach to this great writer.