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For over 40 years Tadashi Suzuki has been a force in both Japanese and Western theatre, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions. This book explores Suzuki's theatre practice and the development of his training system, the Suzuki Method. Video examples of Suzuki actor training are contained on the accompanying DVD.

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Individual histories of many London theaters (including a sketch of the facade) giving various reconstructions and the plays presented.

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This descriptive gazetter looks, town by town, at all surviving theatres built between 1750 and 1950. It makes assesments of their quality, architecturally and theatrically and also assesses the potential of reopening some disused theatres.

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This book analyses experimental performances by British music ensembles in the twenty-first century. It shows how theatrical approaches to presenting orchestral music can facilitate unique and powerful experiences for audiences, enable new interpretation of repertoire, and connect music-making to contemporary social issues.

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Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alleythe colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' rollyet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music.

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Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alleythe colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' rollyet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music.

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This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the diverse representations of the connections and differences in the way generations of artists and audiences have approached and used the tragedy. In the final section is an in-depth study of James Cameron's blockbuster film "Titanic".

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This is a history of the first 25 years of the groundbreaking program, The Today Show, from 1952-1977. The author looks at the aspects that contributed to Today's success-from the producers to the on air talent-and ultimately earned it a significant place in broadcast history....

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The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the leading role Germanophone women artists have played in deploying surrealism to respond to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War.

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In the sequel to "Roosevelt's Blues", Guido van Rijn presents an account of the gospel and blues music of the immediate post-war period, concentrating on songs that comment on contemporary political events and issues during a crucial time in the shaping of black consciousness in America.

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Here is the first hands-on how-to book for aspiring television writers, with in-depth exercises and substantive advice from an Emmy-nominated TV writer.

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Covering four decades of music history, this engaging book explores a genre of pop music that has been overlooked, under-reported, and ineffectively characterized-but which nevertheless remains immensely popular.

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An illustrated guide to the best gangster movies. It ranks and reviews the Top 100 gangster movies, including informative facts and trivia, special features, and original contributions from actors and gangsters. Featuring two colour design and black and white photos throughout, it is suitable for gangster movies fans.

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This handbook offers a rare glimpse into the private art collection of the Union League Club Chicago, inaccessible to the public, yet replete with premiere works of art by artists as diverse as Claude Monet and Hebru Brantley. The collection celebrates excellence and invention by artists creating in the nineteenth century to modern times.

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A historical overview of the development of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame including career biographies of all the inductees.

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Join Sir Dorian in the third and final Quest in Musical Acres. He meets Rubato, another Knight who interacts differently with the world but, in the end, saves the day when Sir Dorian has an unexpected problem. Be a part of the music they all make to celebrate at the end! You won't want to miss out on this final Quest.

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Planned with the same passion as a landscape garden, filled with monuments that represented the start of the art of craftsmanship in stone, and equipped with expensively constructed and fashionably designed gatehouses and chapels of rest, the Victorian cemetery was a matter of real civic pride. This illustrated study tells its fascinating story.

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What happens when you relocate to the perfect house, in the perfect village in Provence, and nearly ten years later the shine has gone Garden designer Alex Dingwall-Main is facing lavender fatigue, strife at home, neighbourly warfare and non-paying business clients.

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This book offers a new account of the development of conflict photography. It explores how the new technology of the camera was used in the British and French empires as a means of controlling subject populations, and how these populations found ways of turning the technology against their oppressors.

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This first in-depth study of European national anthems analyzes their evolution as indicative of the culture, characteristics, and histories of the 15 different nations.

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