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This book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights on the celebrated works of William Shakespeare.

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This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. Richly contextualised analyses of individual productions by major directors help produce a nuanced picture of the performance history of the play, guiding the reader from the 1930s through the early twenty-first century.

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In modern times of political confusion, when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated by Right, this book stress the necessity of recovering the Leftist ethos of solidarity, social justice, and care for the commons.

(Paperback, New edition)

(Paperback)

A step-by-step approach to achieving success in Hollywood and beyond!

(Hardback)

Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White details the rejection of two Patrick White plays The Ham Funeral and Night on Bald Mountain by the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in the early 1960s.

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Filmmaking can be a complicated and risky adventure, but Making the Magic Happen shows you why directing a movie is actually simpler than you think. The trick is to properly learn the "craft" of filmmaking first, and then adapt your logistical and creative skills to the "art" of filmmaking.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Offers information and exercises to help compose a story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track. This book helps you understand the importance and significance of the soundtrack, and learn how to place a musical piece. It also helps to improve character development when creating/choosing a soundtrack.

(Paperback, Second Edition, second edition)

(Hardback)

This book presents cutting-edge historical and cultural essays in the field of women, theatre and performance. It explore women's networks of professional practice in the performance industries between 1900 and 1950, with a focus on women's sense and experience of professional agency in an industry largely controlled by men. -- .

(Paperback, Revised Edition)

Offers a history of Japanese theatre. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, this book provides summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, and more.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the post-modern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the notions of space and time into practical segments. This book offers actors a primer in a different technique.

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(Hardback)

Victorian touring actresses provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century theatre and the careers of previously neglected British women who had once starred at home and abroad. Chapters explore debuts, establishing a name, working life in the UK, touring North America, long-distance colonial touring, management, offstage life and ageing.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Halle Berry, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert DeNiro have all been coached by or participated in seminars with Brown. This invaluable manual offers an extensive compendium of reference information from the legendary acting teacher.

(Paperback, 2 Volumes)

Well-known for his late 19th and early 20th century plays such as "The Sea Gull" and "The Cherry Orchard", Anton Chekhov also wrote numerous short dramatic works. This title Contains translations of Chekhov's short dramas, dating from 1883 to 1902. It includes the well-known one act plays - "The Bear", "The Proposal" and "The Wedding".

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The setting is Dame Mary Gilmore's flat in Sydney in the 1950s while she is sitting for the portrait being painted by Sir William Dobell. Their discussions reveal a lot about their characters as well as a wide range of issues and events which are as relevant now as they were in the 1950s. Years 10-12.

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The last two plays in Mac Wellman's quartet of plays--Crowtet.

(Hardback)

(Paperback, Main)

Since the sixties, Keith Johnstone has led the work on improvisation in theatre, schools and universities.

(Paperback)