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Acclaimed novelist A.L.Kennedy unpeels the layers and explains the mechanics before dissecting them with surgical precision. Beyond the theatre, the costume and the well-worn plot she focuses on the fact that a man faces his death while a crowd looks on. The result is a startling confrontation with her own, and mankind's mortality.

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A masterclass in film-making from the acclaimed director of Whisky Galore and The Ladykillers

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Organized in six parts ("The Taste Machine," "Young Kubrick," "Kubrick, Harris, Douglas," "Stanley Kubrick Presents," "Late Kubrick," and "Epilogue"), it offers provocative analysis of each of Kubrick's films together with new information about their production histories and cultural contexts.

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The first collection of Annette Michelson's influential writings on film, with essays on work by Marcel Duchamp, Maya Deren, Hollis Frampton, Martha Rosler, and others.

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This book argues that US theatre in the 20th century embraced the theories and practices of internationalism as a way to realize a better world and as part of the strategic reform of the theatre into a national expression. Live performance, theatre internationalists argued, could represent and reflect the nation like no other endeavour.

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In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. This new, definitive version of his master work clarifies the principles Chekhov taught Yul Brynner, Gregory Peck, Marilyn Monroe, and Anthony Quinn, among others. Line drawings.

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Britain's favourite entertainment writer celebrates Britain's best-loved sitcom.

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The first book from internationally celebrated director John Doyle, which explores his creative journey from UK regional theatre to reinventing the Broadway musical through Tony Award-winning revivals of Sweeney Todd, Company and The Color Purple.

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Discusses the mechanics of preparing a film or television script, and provides advice on selling the work, addresses, and legal forms.

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The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer, telling the story of the father of the atomic bomb.

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From the most brilliant and audacious choreographer of our time, the exuberant tale of a young dancer's rise to the pinnacle of the performing arts world, and the triumphs and perils of creating work on his own terms - and staying true to himself.

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The finest TV critic of our time talks about Sport, Sitcoms, News, the Weather, Children's programmes and 'Reality Television'.

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In an ambitious attempt to dominate the international sound film market, Paramount, the motion picture powerhouse, invested money abroad where great filmmaking talent was at hand. Waldman looks at the 300 films Paramount produced in Paris and the filmmakers who loaned their genius to an effort that has been overlooked by film historians.

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Hit show "Paranormal State" chronicles the extraordinary life of Ryan Buell and the other members of the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) as they seek to find the truth behind terrifying real life mysteries, hauntings, and ghosts. This title takes readers inside the cases from the show.

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The is the autobiography of the man whose successes such as Hello Dolly!, Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em and The Phantom of the Opera have made him a national institution.

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Tell your spouse, sister, mom, or best friend "ovaries before brovaries" with this charming fill-in book featuring prompts inspired by Leslie and Ann's hilarious and heartwarming friendship from the beloved show Parks and Recreation.