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  • A Practical Handbook for the Actor

    For anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, "this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the ... Read more

    8,58 €

  • The Art and Practice of Costume Design

    Edited by Melissa Merz ...
    In The Art and Practice of Costume Design, a panel of seven designers offer a new multi-sided look at the current state and practice of theatrical costume design. Beginning with an exploration of the role of a Costume Designer, the subsequent chapters analyse and explore the psychology of dress, the principles and elements of design, how to create costume renderings, and collaboration within the ... Read more

    70,61 €

  • Making Site-Specific Theatre and Performance

    A Handbook

    by Phil Smith ...
    This practical, accessible and far-reaching guide to making site-specific theatre and performance emphasises the diversity of approaches to the practice, and explores key principles of space and site. Phil Smith draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary and international performance examples, and uses an innovative variety of exercises, to show students and aspiring performance-makers how to find ... Read more

    28,29 €

  • Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov

    by Stella Adler ...
    In her long-awaited book, the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler gives us her extraordinary insights into the work of Henrik Ibsen ("The creation of the modern theater took a genius like Ibsen. . .Miller and Odets, Inge and O'Neill, Williams and Shaw, swallowed the whole of him"), August Strindberg ("He understood and predicted the forces that would break in our lives"), and Anton Chekhov ( ... Read more

    4,34 €

  • Handbook of Model-making for Set Designers

    by Colin Winslow ...
    The Handbook of Model-making for Set Designers describes the entire process of making scale models for stage sets, from the most basic cutting and assembling methods to more advanced skills, including painting, texturing and finishing techniques, and useful hints on presenting the completed model. Many drawings and colour photographs of the writer's own work illustrate the text. Some state-of-the ... Read more

    15,25 €

  • 野台戲

    by 范毅舜 ...
    我會拍「野台戲」專題,可能是在尋找一種快消失殆盡的台灣情調,一種源自童年記憶的美麗印象,然而什麼又是古早的台灣情調,那可能是一種疼惜甘苦人的敦厚人情,一種胼手胝足、同心合力為生計獻身和為下一代孕育契機的無私付出。--范毅舜國際紀實攝影家范毅舜繼《海岸山脈的瑞士人》、《公東的教堂》、《台南‧家》後,追蹤野台戲、深入劇團生活,以影像與文字留住來自台灣底層最真實的人與事。小小戲棚除了連結著過往歲月記憶及人生故事,更是最道地的台灣風景。全書以野台戲演出的流程來編輯,從扮妝、扮仙、日戲、後台人生到夜戲,依序登場呈現。此刻,你不妨回到過去,變身為一位好奇的小小孩,盡量睜大雙眼,如路過一個野台戲現場那般,來欣賞這部以紙本型式演出的「野台戲」吧!◎為何一個看遍歐美奇景,聽慣西洋歌劇、熱愛京劇、崑曲的攝影師,會愛上草根味十足且通俗鄉土的野台戲?◎ 用影像與文字留住來自台灣底層最真實的人與事,呈現最平凡 ... Read more

    12,20 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology

    18 Student Scenes with Monologues

    Series series The 30-Minute Shakespeare
    Drawing on his eighteen years of experience as a teaching artist for Folger Shakespeare Library, Nick Newlin offers eighteen scenes to get young actors on their feet performing Shakespeare with confidence, understanding, and fun!Each scene averages five minutes in length, containing two to six characters, and features a monologue that young performers can use in performance, audition, or ... Read more

    7,09 €

  • Project Planning for the Stage

    Tools and Techniques for Managing Extraordinary Performances

    by Rich Dionne ...
    Author Rich Dionne reframes theatre production as a project and provides essential tools for understanding and managing it efficiently, whether it be a stage play, an opera, a dance piece, or other performance that requires the collaboration of the artists and artisans creating the visual and aural landscape for it.Project Planning for the Stage is organized into four sections corresponding to the ... Read more

    14,83 €

  • A History of the American Musical Theatre

    No Business Like It

    From the diverse proto-musicals of the mid-1800s, through the revues of the 1920s, the ‘true musicals’ of the 1940s, the politicization of the 1960s, the ‘mega-musicals’ of the 1980s, and the explosive jukebox musicals of the 2010s and ’20s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. This new edition has been brought up to date to include musicals from ... Read more

    46,26 €

  • From Zero to Superhero: A Novice's Guide to Writing Extraordinary Fiction

    Genre Writing Made Easy

    by S. B. Fates ...
    Series series Genre Writing Made Easy
    Embark on your storytelling adventure with "From Zero to Superhero: A Novice's Guide to Writing Extraordinary Fiction." This essential guide is perfect for anyone eager to delve into the world of superhero fiction. From beginners to seasoned writers, this book provides a comprehensive roadmap to creating stories that resonate with a diverse audience.In this guide, you'll explore the nuances of the ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Imitation of Life

    Preparing for the Real World Via Creative Theatrics

    by Rob Simon ...
    With Imitation of Life, **"**we are talking about a 'representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.' It's one or more stories you create to reflect some slice of life from the real world that you (or someone else) can observe; but you do it in a way that is 'the deliberate imitation of the behavior of one [real] group of people by another [comprised of REAL actor/performers] ... Read more

    38,15 €

  • Theory for Theatre Studies: Light

    Series series Theory for Theatre Studies
    What properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect? What role does the perception of the audience play in how stage information is received and processed? How do changes in technology affect methods or approaches to design and practice?This book is designed to introduce key ideas about light and to generate questions and perspectives that will encourage readers to explore light in ... Read more

    16,74 €

  • The Prop Effects Guidebook

    Lights, Motion, Sound, and Magic

    by Eric Hart ...
    In The Prop Building Guidebook, author Eric Hart demonstrated how to cut, glue, sculpt, and bend raw materials to build props. Now in The Prop Effects Guidebook, he shows us how to connect and assemble components and parts to make those props light up, explode, make noise, and bleed. It delves into the world of electricity, pneumatics, liquids, and mechanical effects to teach you how to make your ... Read more

    46,26 €

  • Il corpo morbido

    (per)corso di teatro

    Diario esperienziale che raccoglie il racconto dei trenta incontri del ciclo di studio frequentato dall'autrice. Una narrazione personale ed emozionale per scoprire che cosa significa avvicinarsi al misterioso mondo del teatro, mettersi in gioco senza riserve, affrontare la fatica del corpo e l'impegno della mente, provare l'ebbrezza del palcoscenico, sapere che cosa si nasconde davvero dietro il ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Making Faces, Playing God

    Identity and the Art of Transformational Makeup

    Wearing a mask—putting on another face—embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. In this extensively illustrated book, Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other."Morawetz begins by ... Read more

    35,50 €

  • Designing Broadway

    How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre

    In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award–winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades.Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that ... Read more

    16,99 €

  • Staging Social Justice

    Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

    Series series Theater in the Americas
    Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations ... Read more

    14,83 €

  • Quartett (Heiner Müller - mise en scène Robert Wilson - 2006)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Quartett de Heiner Müller, un spectacle mis en scène par Robert Wilson.«Période / Un salon d'avant la Révolution française / Un bunker d'après la troisième guerre mondiale.» Ces didascalies ouvrent le texte de Quartett, donnant son cadre et son ton à cette pièce de Heiner Müller qui réunit, pour une ultime rencontre, le couple imaginé par Choderlos de Laclo...Un ouvrage ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Theatrical Public Sphere

    The concept of the public sphere, as first outlined by German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, refers to the right of all citizens to engage in debate on public issues on equal terms. In this book, Christopher B. Balme explores theatre's role in this crucial political and social function. He traces its origins and argues that the theatrical public sphere invariably focuses attention on theatre as an ... Read more

    34,55 €

  • Diario di un Capocomico

    corso rapido per animali da palcoscenico

    Dispensa teatrale utile per un approccio alle scene. Attraverso lo studio dei libri suggeriti nella Bibliografia è possibile approfondire le informazioni date in modo sintetico. ... Read more

    2,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Presentar-Representar

    Cuatro perspectivas en El fallecido ojo de vidrio

    Series series Creaciones
    Presentar-Representar. Cuatro perspectivas en El fallecido ojo de vidrio tiene como punto de partida la necesidad de generar diálogos entre conceptos y contextos relacionados por la posmodernidad en el territorio de las artes escénicas y el teatro dramático y posdramático. Se experimenta a partir de múltiples preguntas sobre el actuante, los personajes, el drama, el texto y los profundos enigmas ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Andrés de Claramonte Tan largo me lo fiáis (El burlador de Sevilla) El infanzón de Illescas

    Tan largo me lo fiáis, popularizado como El burlador de Sevilla, es la versión original del mito de Don Juan. Su autor, Andrés de Claramonte, escribió otra comedia dramática ambientada en la misma época (mediados del siglo XIV) publicada indistintamente a nombre de Lope de Vega y de Calderón, que editamos también en este volumen como complemento.El tema de un gran señor que seduce y engaña a ... Read more

    50,87 €

  • Symphonie pour un homme seul (chorégraphie Maurice Béjart - 1955)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Symphonie pour un homme seul, un spectacle chorégraphié par Maurice Béjart.Lorsqu'il crée, le 26 juillet 1955, Symphonie pour un homme seul, Maurice Béjart, chorégraphe né à Marseille en 1927, n'est pas encore célèbre. Pourtant, sa pièce fera scandale au théâtre de l'Étoile, à Paris. Le sujet certes est dans l'air du temps, marqué par l'existentialisme et l'ex...Un ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zeitgeist und die Szenen der Imagination

    Stadt- und Theaterräume der Moderne in Berlin und London (1918–2011)

    Series series J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)
    Das Buch untersucht in drei Fallstudien den Einbruch des gesellschaftlichen Zeitgeschehens ins Theater. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf Momenten politischer Aushandlung: Im ersten Teil werden postrevolutionäre Angriffe auf die Weimarer Republik anhand von Bühnenräumen für Wilhelm Tell (1919) und Der fliegende Holländer (1929) am Berliner Staatstheater betrachtet. Im zweiten Teil werden die Proteste ... Read more

    80,23 €