wyszukanych pozycji: 20
Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television
ISBN: 9780859897488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many university and further education departments, and yet despite recognition of the central importance of McGrath's work, very little has been written about him. This is the first full-length study of his work.This book illuminates the importance of John McGrath's role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Through play and script-writing, through directing, producing and co-ordinating work, and through his critical,...
John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many university and further education de...
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393,52 zł |
Performance and Politics in Popular Drama: Aspects of Popular Entertainment in Theatre, Film and Television, 1800-1976
ISBN: 9780521285247 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since the beginning of the nineteenth-century, many forms of theatre have been called 'popular', but in the twentieth-century the term 'popular drama' has taken on definite political overtones, often indicating a repudiation of 'commercial theatre'. Does this mean that political theatre is or tries to be more attractive to more people than commercial theatre? Does it conversely mean that commercial theatre has no political effects? The articles in this book were submitted as papers for a conference on the theme of 'popular' theatre, film and television. Contributions came from people with...
Since the beginning of the nineteenth-century, many forms of theatre have been called 'popular', but in the twentieth-century the term 'popular drama'...
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160,35 zł |
The Paris Jigsaw
ISBN: 9780719061844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Paris has always exerted a magnetic force on artists. A natural haven for those fleeing the Russian Revolution in the early years of the twentieth century, it later offered safety to artists escaping oppressive regimes in Europe and farther afield. In recent years it has welcomed performers, artists and intellectuals from Middle and Far Eastern countries, from Africa and Latin America, offering strategies for the practice of theatre in a new Europe of ever-shifting boundaries. This book examines the creation and development of communities of actors, directors, designers and playwrights in...
Paris has always exerted a magnetic force on artists. A natural haven for those fleeing the Russian Revolution in the early years of the twentieth cen...
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138,08 zł |
Exeter Performance Studies
ISBN: 9780859897495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many university and further education departments, and yet despite recognition of the central importance of McGrath's work, very little has been written about him. This is the first full-length study of his work.This book illuminates the importance of John McGrath's role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Through play and script-writing, through directing, producing and co-ordinating work, and through his critical,...
John McGrath's plays are compulsory reading and viewing for students of drama, film and television courses in many university and further education de...
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91,82 zł |
Jean Genet: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists
ISBN: 9780415375061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'This volume is a gem. Written by two experts in modern French theater, whose stated objective is to render the complexity of Genet's work exhilarating rather than intimidating, the book bears witness to the continued political relevance and artistic power of one of the most controversial and influential authors of the 20th century.' - CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2012 Jean Genet's significance within twentieth-century theatre has long been understated. This timely book, the only introductory text in English to Genet's plays in production, presents an overview of an influential and...
'This volume is a gem. Written by two experts in modern French theater, whose stated objective is to render the complexity of Genet's work exhilaratin...
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194,08 zł |
Jean Genet
ISBN: 9780415375047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Jean Genet has emerged in recent years as a key figure in defining and understanding 20th century theatre. This timely book offers an overview of this influential and controversial writer whose work prefigured many recent postmodern and post-colonial developments in theatre and performance studies."
Jean Genet has emerged in recent years as a key figure in defining and understanding 20th century theatre. This timely book offers an overview of this...
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708,33 zł |
The Theater of Michel Vinaver
ISBN: 9780472750443 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Michel Vinaver is considered the outstanding French dramatist of his generation. No other contemporary playwright commands such respect in his own country. Vinaver is the first playwright since the great days of Sartre and Beckett, Ionesco and Genet, to see his complete works published during his lifetime. Since 1955, Vinaver has published sixteen major plays, which have been praised by major critics from Camus to Barthes. Distinguished British scholar David Bradby systematically explores the vital components of Vinaver's achievement, examining his dramatic theory, criticism, and plays as...
Michel Vinaver is considered the outstanding French dramatist of his generation. No other contemporary playwright commands such respect in his own cou...
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195,56 zł |
Modern French Drama 1940-1990
ISBN: 9780521408431 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is an updated account and comparison of all the major traditions and tendencies in the French theatre from the outbreak of the Second World War to the opening of the 1990s. In the fifty-year period covered by this book, French theatre has undergone profound changes, at both the institutional and artistic level. In this book David Bradby assesses these developments in styles of writing, criticism, acting, directing and stage design. Bradby does not confine his account to events in Paris but also considers the work of the Centres Dramatiques and Maisons de la Culture. While giving due...
This is an updated account and comparison of all the major traditions and tendencies in the French theatre from the outbreak of the Second World War t...
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200,11 zł |
The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage
ISBN: 9780521479622 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Royal Court Theatre is one of the primary forums in the development of postwar drama. Under the title of the English Stage Company the theater produced some of the most influential plays in modern history, including the works of Brenton, Churchill, Bond and Osborne. In this account of the theater, from 1956 to 1998, Philip Roberts draws on unpublished archives and a series of interviews with people prominent in the Court's life. The book also includes a Foreword by the former Director of the Royal Court, Max Stafford-Clark.
The Royal Court Theatre is one of the primary forums in the development of postwar drama. Under the title of the English Stage Company the theater pro...
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175,26 zł |
Theatre of Movement and Gesture
ISBN: 9780415359436 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The Theatre of Movement and Gesture" is the first English-language translation of the classic work, "Le Thé â tre du Geste," by Jacques Lecoq--one of the most influential theorists and teachers of what is now known as physical theatre. Departing from the Stanislavski school of acting, Lecoq emphasized physical movement, mime and non-text-based acting. His teaching was enormously influential on a number of well-known actors, directors and theatre practitioners, including Ariane Mnouchkine, Robert Wilson, Julie Taymor, and Peter Stein. This well-illustrated volume collects a number...
"The Theatre of Movement and Gesture" is the first English-language translation of the classic work, "Le Thé â tre du Geste," by Jacques Lec...
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682,09 zł |
The Royal Court Theatre and the Modern Stage
ISBN: 9780521474382 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Royal Court Theatre is one of the primary forums in the development of postwar drama. Under the title of the English Stage Company the theater produced some of the most influential plays in modern history, including the works of Brenton, Churchill, Bond and Osborne. In this account of the theater, from 1956 to 1998, Philip Roberts draws on unpublished archives and a series of interviews with people prominent in the Court's life. The book also includes a Foreword by the former Director of the Royal Court, Max Stafford-Clark.
The Royal Court Theatre is one of the primary forums in the development of postwar drama. Under the title of the English Stage Company the theater pro...
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453,61 zł |
An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theatre
ISBN: 9780521567220 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book Brian Crow and Chris Banfield provide an introduction to post-colonial theater by concentrating on the work of major dramatists from the third world and subordinated cultures in the first world. Crow and Banfield consider the plays of such writers as Wole Soyinka and Athol Fugard and his collaborators, Derek Walcott, August Wilson and Jack Davis, and Badal Sircar and Girish Karnad. Each chapter contains an informative list of primary source material and further reading about the dramatists. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of theater and cultural history.
In this book Brian Crow and Chris Banfield provide an introduction to post-colonial theater by concentrating on the work of major dramatists from the ...
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160,35 zł |
The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre
ISBN: 9780878301416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 169 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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167,84 zł |
Directors' Theatre
ISBN: 9781352007947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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152,10 zł |
Chinese Theatre and the Actor in Performance
ISBN: 9780521570909 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work gives an "inside" view of Chinese theater and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges Western theater artists such as Brecht, Grotowski, Barba and Schechner, who have extracted from Chinese theater elements that might enrich their own theaters. It is based on personal observations of and dialogue with Chinese actors, experiences that were impossible before 1980. Riley's study is well illustrated with photographs and diagrams and is accessible to anyone interested in theater, even those with no knowledge of Chinese or Chinese theater.
This work gives an "inside" view of Chinese theater and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges Western theater artists such as Bre...
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548,11 zł |
Beckett: Waiting for Godot
ISBN: 9780521595100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. David Bradby's study explores the impact of Waiting for Godot and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theater in society. After discussing the first productions in France, Britain and America, he examines subsequent productions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Israel, America, China and Japan. The book assesses interpretations by Bert Lahr and Ben Kingsley, as well as such directors as Roger Blin, Susan Sontag, Sir Peter Hall, and Beckett himself. It also contains an extensive production chronology, bibliography and illustrations from major productions.
David Bradby's study explores the impact of Waiting for Godot and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theater in society. Afte...
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185,20 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Moliere
ISBN: 9780521546652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A detailed introduction to Moliere and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L'Ecole des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Moliere and his collaborators, are re-instated to the...
A detailed introduction to Moliere and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre s...
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140,46 zł |
Mise En Scene French Theatre Now
ISBN: 9780413712301 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Divided into two parts, this book provides a historical and critical survey of drama and theatre in France since 1968. It also features a listings guide to major theatre companies, institutions, festivals, training schools and A-Z profiles of contemporary playwrights and directors.
Divided into two parts, this book provides a historical and critical survey of drama and theatre in France since 1968. It also features a listings gui...
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136,36 zł |
Chinese Theatre and the Actor in Performance
ISBN: 9780521035231 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This work gives an "inside" view of Chinese theater and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges Western theater artists such as Brecht, Grotowski, Barba and Schechner, who have extracted from Chinese theater elements that might enrich their own theaters. It is based on personal observations of and dialogue with Chinese actors, experiences that were impossible before 1980. Riley's study is well illustrated with photographs and diagrams and is accessible to anyone interested in theater, even those with no knowledge of Chinese or Chinese theater.
This work gives an "inside" view of Chinese theater and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges Western theater artists such as Bre...
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181,87 zł |
Beckett: Waiting for Godot
ISBN: 9780521594295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. David Bradby's study explores the impact of Waiting for Godot and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theater in society. After discussing the first productions in France, Britain and America, he examines subsequent productions in Africa, Eastern Europe, Israel, America, China and Japan. The book assesses interpretations by Bert Lahr and Ben Kingsley, as well as such directors as Roger Blin, Susan Sontag, Sir Peter Hall, and Beckett himself. It also contains an extensive production chronology, bibliography and illustrations from major productions.
David Bradby's study explores the impact of Waiting for Godot and its influence on acting, directing, design, and the role of theater in society. Afte...
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379,10 zł |