Why do Shakespeare's works continue to exert so strong an influence and have such lasting appeal? What do they have to offer modern readers and play-goers? The author seeks to answer these questions in this wide-ranging critical survey of Shakespeare's career as a poet and playwright.
Why do Shakespeare's works continue to exert so strong an influence and have such lasting appeal? What do they have to offer modern readers and play-g...
One of Britain's most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn is also the most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays and has worked with some of theatre's most celebrated names, yet he spends most of his time away from the limelight in a Yorkshire seaside town not writing at all but running a small repertory theatre. This book is a portrait of the man who - from Relatively Speaking in 1965 to his double play House and Garden at the National Theatre in 2000 - has chronicled human behaviour, our aspirations and insecurities, while shaping the theatrical experience of millions.
One of Britain's most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn is also the most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays and has worked with some ...
Tom Stoppard is one of the foremost writers of his generation; a giant of the English stage whose intellectual puzzles are box-office magic and whose personality is as notoriously intriguing as his works. Ira Nadel recounts this eventful life, from Stoppard's childhood - escaping the Nazi occupation of the Czech Republic to settle in Britain - to his breakthrough as a writer, his first theatrical success as the youngest playwright ever at the National Theatre, and his subsequent rise to the West End and international eminence. This portrait explores Stoppard's past and present friendships and...
Tom Stoppard is one of the foremost writers of his generation; a giant of the English stage whose intellectual puzzles are box-office magic and whose ...
Ekkehard Schall's life was devoted to the theatre. In this autobiographical memoir, he offers a lifetime of experience, expertise and memories of working with some of the great German writers, actors and directors of the twentieth century.
A member of the Berliner Ensemble established by Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel in 1949, Ekkehard Schall worked on numerous productions of Brecht's plays and others with the Ensemble between 1952 and 1995. In the 1970s and 80s he combined the roles of leading actor and deputy director of the Ensemble. In all he played over sixty roles...
Ekkehard Schall's life was devoted to the theatre. In this autobiographical memoir, he offers a lifetime of experience, expertise and memories of w...
An account of Anthony Sher and Gregory Doran's experiences producing Titus Andronicus for Johannesburg's Market Thearte. It provides an insight into how a director and actor approach a classic play and a portrait of theatre in post-apartheid South Africa. Originally published in 1996.
An account of Anthony Sher and Gregory Doran's experiences producing Titus Andronicus for Johannesburg's Market Thearte. It provides an insight into h...
Written by a former teacher and author of Stanislavski: An Introduction, this biography has been revised and updated to include new material now becoming available from the Russian archives, including a letter from Stanislavski to Stalin. The book is a set text for drama students.
Written by a former teacher and author of Stanislavski: An Introduction, this biography has been revised and updated to include new material now becom...
Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces he returned to Moscow at Stanislavski's invitation and founded a new, experimental studio for the Art Theatre. This biography recounts Meyerhold's extraordinary life of experiment and discovery, describing his rehearsal techniques and exercises, and provides as assessment of his continuing influence on contemporary theatre.
Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces he returned to Mosco...
A history of America's most influential avant-garde theatre ensemble. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s The Living Theatre was the most radical, uncompromising and experimental group in American theatrical history. Flamboyant, artistic and daring, both onstage and off, they attracted attention world-wide. At one point they became a tribe of exiled theatre artists roaming the world. The author's history of the company is a detailed biography of its two charismatic founders and lead performers, Julian Beck and Judith Malina. His story of The Living Theatre is also filled with an exotic cast of...
A history of America's most influential avant-garde theatre ensemble. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s The Living Theatre was the most radical, uncompro...
