Theatre: individual actors & directors books

893 books were found.

Mesearch and the Performing Body

Mesearch and the Performing Body

Author: Mark Edward
ISBN: 9783319699974
Format: Hardback
$113.95

Through the innovative practice of 'mesearch', in which the author is both theoriser and theorised, this study delivers...  Read More >>

Reluctant Celebrity: Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom

Reluctant Celebrity: Affect and Privilege in Contemporary...

Author: Lorraine York
ISBN: 9783319711737
Format: Hardback
$204.41

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

Charles Dibdin and Late Georgian Culture

Charles Dibdin and Late Georgian Culture

Author: Oskar Cox Jensen (Leverhulme Fellow, Department of History, Queen Mary University of London) ,  David Kennerley (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Music Department, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780198812425
Format: Hardback
$195.95

This volume examines Charles Dibdin's extraordinarily wide-ranging career as an actor, lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter,...  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
$227.70

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

An inspiring story of one man's rise from poverty and oppression to success and fame in the international world...  Read More >>

Theatricalising Narrative Research on Women Casual Academics

Theatricalising Narrative Research on Women Casual Academics...

Author: Gail Crimmins
ISBN: 9783319715612
Format: Hardback
$129.35

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

Theatre, Performance and Change

Theatre, Performance and Change

Author: Stephani Etheridge Woodson ,  Tamara Underiner
ISBN: 9783319658278
Format: Hardback
$284.60

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

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 >>

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 >>

Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television

Agnes Moorehead on Radio, Stage and Television

Author: Axel Nissen
ISBN: 9781476667584
Format: Paperback
$62.70

 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 >>

Henry Irving: A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

Henry Irving: A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian...

Author: Richard Foulkes
ISBN: 9781138657953
Format: Paperback
$52.99

First published in 2008, this collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving’s...  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: 9781847011732
Format: Paperback
$20.95

PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY A collection of playscripts and texts that give an English-reading audience...  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
$93.95

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
$207.00

This book addresses the notion posed by Thomas Kilroy in his definition of a playwright’s creative process: ‘We...  Read More >>

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 >>

The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller

The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller

Author: Arthur Miller ,  Dr. Matthew C. Roudané (Regents Professor of English, Georgia State University, Georgia State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781472591739
Format: Paperback
$52.99

This comprehensive volume brings together essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual...  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 >>

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 >>

Latest Reading Guide

wl

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List