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A must have addition to the bookshelves of all theatre and performing arts aficionados.

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The first book to explore the nature and function of the oneiric in David Lynch's different phases and audio-visual formats.

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An ambitious and highly original analysis of the terrain of contemporary and future film theory, production and practice.

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This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990sthat of conspiratorial science fiction.

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This collection of essays examines the creation and development of communities of actors, directors, designers and playwrights in Paris over the past 30 years, showing how the willingness of the city to welcome international influences has enriched its creative life.

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Beginning with an introductory overview, this encyclopaedia contains entries for works including operas, diverse lyric compositions and ballets, as well as biographical sketches of composers, librettists, performers and choreographers. A repertory list (1671-1715) is included in the appendix.

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Since its first presentation of Twelfth Night in 1932, London's most famous al fresco theatre has wowed millions of playgoers with its dazzling productions and pastoral charm. Originally inspired by the desire to stage Shakespeare in the open air, the Park now also presents musicals, studio plays and concerts.

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The Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre provides a comprehensive and illuminating guide to the world of the theatre in over 5,000 thoroughly researches and clearly written articles. Together with its easy-to-use format and accessible style, the breadth of coverage in this dictionary makes it an invaluable reference guide for all students and lovers of drama.

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Looks in detail at the various programmes guiding the Volksbuhne's work and at the reception of the plays by the largely working-class audience, to offer a detailed study of the interactions between cultural and political history in Imperial Germany.

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Find the best reference sources on theatre, dance, and related theatre arts quickly and efficiently with this new resource. Arranged by type of material, the book describes and evaluates the most significant directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, and other works on theatre and dance.

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During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. This title recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. This title recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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This volume describes the psychological problems of the stage, with a focus on education and prevention. It is part of a series on creativity research.

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This volume describes the psychological problems of the stage, with a focus on education and prevention. It is part of a series on creativity research.

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This book looks at the creative output of one of the world's greatest filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman, through the prism of his personal life, in particular his interpersonal and internal conflicts. The author-a practicing psychiatrist as well as a professor emeritus of psychiatry-...

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It's Plato, it's Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!' Keanu Reeves on The Matrix

The Philosopher at the End of the Universe allows anyone to understand basic philosophical concepts from the comfort of their armchair, through the plots and characters of spectacular blockbusting science-fiction movies.

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