Theatre: individual actors & directors books

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Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal

Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal

Author: Giles Terera ,  Lin-Manuel Miranda
ISBN: 9781848429994
Format: Hardback
$43.96

A unique, inside account of preparing for, rehearsing and performing in one of the most important cultural phenomena...  Read More >>

Contemporary Theatre Education and Creative Learning: A Great British Journey

Contemporary Theatre Education and Creative Learning:...

Author: Mark Crossley
ISBN: 9783030637378
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book considers the state of contemporary theatre education in Great Britain is in two parts. The second half...  Read More >>

Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Author: Ira Nadel (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of British Columbia)
ISBN: 9780199846108
Format: Hardback
$63.95

This new biography of the controversial, influential, and prize-winning American novelist Philip Roth, a writer...  Read More >>

Live Literature: The Experience and Cultural Value of Literary Performance Events from Salons to Festivals

Live Literature: The Experience and Cultural Value of...

Author: Ellen Wiles
ISBN: 9783030503840
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Wiles asks why literary events appeal and matter to people, and how they can transform the ways in which fiction...  Read More >>

Reza Abdoh

Reza Abdoh

Author: Charlie Fox ,  Dominic Johnson
ISBN: 9783775745529
Format: Paperback
$100.00

Profusely illustrated, Reza Abdoh is a major monograph on one of the most influential theater artists of the latter-20th...  Read More >>

Mussolini's Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics

Mussolini's Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and...

Author: Patricia Gaborik
ISBN: 9781108830591
Format: Hardback
$77.60

A vividly written portrait of Benito Mussolini, whose passion for the theatre profoundly shaped his ideology and...  Read More >>

Eugenio Barba and the Golden Apple: Witnessing Odin Teatret's Rehearsals

Eugenio Barba and the Golden Apple: Witnessing Odin...

Author: Diana Cozma ,  Eugenio Barba
ISBN: 9781789632040
Format: Paperback
$25.75

The dramaturgy of Eugenio Barba is discussed in the context of the rehearsals of The Chronic Life by avant garde...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594–1625

Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594–1625...

Author: Andrew Gurr (University of Reading)
ISBN: 9781139103961
Format: Undefined
$435.60

The Admiral's Men is the acting company that staged Christopher Marlowe's plays while its companion company was...  Read More >>

All of Me: My Extraordinary Life - The Most Recent Autobiography by Barbara Windsor

All of Me: My Extraordinary Life - The Most Recent Autobiography...

Author: Barbara Windsor
ISBN: 9781472287007
Format: Paperback
$29.99

This is the heart-warming story of a courageous woman and consummate performer who has always made sure the show...  Read More >>

Ibsen in Context

Ibsen in Context

Author: Narve Fulsås ,  Tore Rem (Universitetet i Oslo)
ISBN: 9781108422208
Format: Hardback
$232.85

Ibsen in Context identifies thirty different contexts for understanding Ibsen's life and career at home, and considers...  Read More >>

Florence Desmond: Entertainer

Florence Desmond: Entertainer

Author: Janet Hilderley
ISBN: 9780954719128
Format: Paperback
$27.72

Over a cobbler's shop in Islington life began for Florrie Dawson. She became known throughout the world as Florence...  Read More >>

The Dark Side of Stand-Up Comedy

The Dark Side of Stand-Up Comedy

Author: Patrice A. Oppliger ,  Eric Shouse
ISBN: 9783030372163
Format: Paperback
$232.85

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This Life At Play: Memoirs

This Life At Play: Memoirs

Author: Girish Karnad ,  Srinath Perur
ISBN: 9789390327805
Format: Hardback
$70.30

Girish Karnad was one of modern India's greatest cultural figures: an accomplished actor, a path-breaking director,...  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: 9781138619920
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving's art: his acting, his contribution...  Read More >>

Languages of Trauma: History, Memory, and Media

Languages of Trauma: History, Memory, and Media

Author: Peter Leese ,  Jason Crouthamel
ISBN: 9781487508968
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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Queer Exceptions: Solo Performance in Neoliberal Times

Queer Exceptions: Solo Performance in Neoliberal Times...

Author: Stephen Greer
ISBN: 9781526113702
Format: Paperback
$45.99

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On the Queerness of Early English Drama: Sex in the Subjunctive

On the Queerness of Early English Drama: Sex in the...

Author: Tison Pugh
ISBN: 9781487508746
Format: Hardback
$115.00

This book probes occluded depictions of queerness in early English drama, ranging from medieval morality plays to...  Read More >>

Site, Dance and Body: Movement, Materials and Corporeal Engagement

Site, Dance and Body: Movement, Materials and Corporeal...

Author: Victoria Hunter
ISBN: 9783030647995
Format: Hardback
$232.85

How does the moving, dancing body engage with the materials, textures, atmospheres, and affects of the sites through...  Read More >>

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story

Author: DK ,  Elaine Paige
ISBN: 9780241437537
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1940

Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre,...

Author: Ruud van den Beuken
ISBN: 9780815636434
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In 1928, Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir founded the Dublin Gate Theatre. In examining an extensive corpus...  Read More >>

Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1940

Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre,...

Author: Ruud van den Beuken
ISBN: 9780815636250
Format: Hardback
$198.00

In 1928, Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir founded the Dublin Gate Theatre. In examining an extensive corpus...  Read More >>

Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage

Derrida | Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage

Author: John Schad ,  Fred Dalmasso
ISBN: 9783030498061
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Benjamin, a volume that brings together two tragi-comic plays which mirror each other in a host of ways – above...  Read More >>

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