Theatre: technical & background skills books

At Last! A practical handbook for Shakespearean Performance. The bard wrote the world's greatest verse plays. Almost...  Read More >>

Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne...  Read More >>

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This book interprets the handling of costume in the plays of the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes, using...  Read More >>

By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells...  Read More >>

It explores the possibilities of creating a set which utilizes creative design in a multi-dimension perspective....  Read More >>

Theatre technicians need to ensure that sets are aesthetically pleasing and functional for the production, but also...  Read More >>

Generally taking place in front of closed curtains during set changes between acts, the entr'acte delivers a fleeting...  Read More >>

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A unique meditation on the art and practice of theater, from one of its most original thinkers and practitioners....  Read More >>

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"Introducing ""Survey of Historic Costume"" STUDIO--an online tool for more effective study! Study smarter with...  Read More >>

The definitive guide to designing for theatre – by an award-winning designer with over 160 productions to his name....  Read More >>

Cruel Britannia: Sarah Kane’s Postmodern Traumatics examines four plays by British playwright Sarah Kane (1971–1999),...  Read More >>

With over one thousand entries, this is the first encyclopedia of stage actors and acting around the world. More...  Read More >>

A celebration of ""the dean of American set designers"" (The New York Times).  Read More >>

Make/Believe is a full colour, fully illustrated celebration of the diversity in design for performance by over...  Read More >>

What is scenography, and how can it enhance our understanding of theatrical events? Who are the key scenographic...  Read More >>

Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting,...  Read More >>

Historically accurate Elizabethan costume designs from an award winning costume designer!  Read More >>

Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting,...  Read More >>

A rich history of American theater, Timothy White's Blue-Collar Broadway tells the story of the people who created...  Read More >>

Drawing on philosophy, dramatic theory, and architecture, this is the only book in English about the modernisation...  Read More >>

This book joins Krzysztof Warlikowski’s theater with the dynamic changes in Polish society following 1989, using...  Read More >>