Theatre: individual actors & directors books

918 books were found.

Performance, Transparency, and the Cultures of Surveillance

Performance, Transparency, and the Cultures of Surveillance...

Author: James M. Harding
ISBN: 9780472037094
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Placing the disciplines of performance studies and surveillance studies in a timely critical dialogue, Performance,...  Read More >>

Reluctant Celebrity: Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom

Reluctant Celebrity: Affect and Privilege in Contemporary...

Author: Lorraine York
ISBN: 9783319711737
Format: Hardback
$263.97

In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity who expresses discomfort with his or her intense...  Read More >>

Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre: The New York Reign of ""Blood and Thunder” Melodramas

Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre: The New York...

Author: Thomas A. Bogar
ISBN: 9783319684055
Format: Hardback
$287.76

This book recounts the personal and professional life of Thomas Souness Hamblin (1800-1853), Shakespearean actor...  Read More >>

Odyssey of an African Opera Singer

Odyssey of an African Opera Singer

Author: Musa Ngqungwana
ISBN: 9781776092970
Format: Paperback
$48.84

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Staging Memory and Materiality in Eighteenth-Century Theatrical Biography

Staging Memory and Materiality in Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Amanda Weldy Boyd
ISBN: 9781783086665
Format: Hardback
$115.00

An introduction to theatrical biography as an immensely popular genre in eighteenth-century England.  Read More >>

Theatre, Performance and Change

Theatre, Performance and Change

Author: Stephani Etheridge Woodson ,  Tamara Underiner
ISBN: 9783319658278
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book works to 'make change strange' from and for the field of theatre and performance studies. Growing from...  Read More >>

Theatricalising Narrative Research on Women Casual Academics

Theatricalising Narrative Research on Women Casual Academics...

Author: Gail Crimmins
ISBN: 9783319715612
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book presents the research journey involved in sensitively unearthing and re-presenting the lived experience...  Read More >>

Brechtian Cinemas: Montage and Theatricality in Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Peter Watkins, and Lars von Trier

Brechtian Cinemas: Montage and Theatricality in Jean-Marie...

Author: Nenad Jovanovic
ISBN: 9781438463643
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Explores the influence of Bertolt Brecht’s ideas on the practice and study of cinema.  Read More >>

Adapturgy: The Dramaturg's Art and Theatrical Adaptation

Adapturgy: The Dramaturg's Art and Theatrical Adaptation...

Author: Jane Barnette
ISBN: 9780809336272
Format: Paperback
$62.70

"Dramaturg Jane Barnette has put together an essential guide for theatre scholars and practitioners seeking to understand...  Read More >>

Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott

Author: Edward Baugh
ISBN: 9789766406875
Format: Paperback
$24.20

This succinct account of the life of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott focuses on his development as poet, playwright...  Read More >>

Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television

Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television

Author: Axel Nissen
ISBN: 9781476667584
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Brazilian Collaborative Theater: Interviews with Directors, Performers and Choreographers

Brazilian Collaborative Theater: Interviews with Directors,...

Author: Aleksandar Dundjerović ,  Luiz Fernando Ramos
ISBN: 9781476671062
Format: Paperback
$131.87

One of the most thriving, vibrant and exciting theatre cultures in the world is Brazil, offering plurality of various...  Read More >>

African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa

African Theatre 16: Six Plays from East & West Africa...

Author: Martin Banham ,  Jane Plastow
ISBN: 9781847011725
Format: Hardback
$343.20

A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience access to key plays as well as less...  Read More >>

Do You Mind If I Smoke?: The Memoirs of Fenella Fielding

Do You Mind If I Smoke?: The Memoirs of Fenella Fielding...

Author: Fenella Fielding ,  Simon McKay
ISBN: 9780720619911
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Do You Mind If I Smoke? tells the story of Fenella Fielding's remarkable 65-year career in theatre, radio, TV,...  Read More >>

Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating the Stage

Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating...

Author: Anne Etienne ,  Thierry Dubost
ISBN: 9783319597096
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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Platform Papers 53: The Jobbing Actor: Rules of engagement

Platform Papers 53: The Jobbing Actor: Rules of engagement...

Author: Lex Marinos
ISBN: 9780994613066
Format: Paperback
$18.99

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10,000 Nights: Highlights from 50 Years of Theatre-Going

10,000 Nights: Highlights from 50 Years of Theatre-Going...

Author: Marvin Carlson
ISBN: 9780472130504
Format: Hardback
$145.07

Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions...  Read More >>

Death of a Salesman' in Beijing

Death of a Salesman' in Beijing

Author: Arthur Miller ,  Professor Claire Conceison
ISBN: 9781472592040
Format: Paperback
$52.99

A new edition of Arthur Miller's account of his time in China in 1983, directing a production of Death of a Salesman....  Read More >>

Scripting Detention: A Project in Theater and Autoethnography with Incarcerated Teens

Scripting Detention: A Project in Theater and Autoethnography...

Author: Nandita Dinesh
ISBN: 9781476669052
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Documenting a theatre project for incarcerated youth in a New Mexico juvenile detention facility, this book presents...  Read More >>

A Royal Shakespeare Company Book

A Royal Shakespeare Company Book

Author: Simon Trowbridge
ISBN: 9781999730529
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A history and biographical dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).  Read More >>

Rise Above!: Letters From Tyrone Guthrie

Rise Above!: Letters From Tyrone Guthrie

Author: Christopher Fitz-Simon
ISBN: 9781843517184
Format: Hardback
$77.63

Rise above!: Letters from Tyrone Guthrie details the life of the celebrated theatrical director whose influence...  Read More >>

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