'Craig on Theatre' presents the essence of Edward Gordon Craig's ideas. This volume is a companion to 'Artaud on Theatre', 'Brecht on Theatre' and 'Meyerhold on Theatre'.
'Craig on Theatre' presents the essence of Edward Gordon Craig's ideas. This volume is a companion to 'Artaud on Theatre', 'Brecht on Theatre' and 'Me...
Following the careers and approaches of 14 female theatre directors, this book describes how they strove for success in what was once a male preserve. They discuss their working methods and their most celebrated productions, their influences and their network of support.
Following the careers and approaches of 14 female theatre directors, this book describes how they strove for success in what was once a male preserve....
An Actor Adrift is the remarkable account of Japanese actor director Yoshi Oida, who in 1968 left Japan and joined Peter Brook's international theatre company in Paris. Since then he has become a leading member and trainer in the company.
In this book, part personal story and part a workbook for actors and directors wishing to understand and employ Peter Brook's techniques, Oida describes the formation and early training of Brook's company and provides an account of the first decade of work.
It provides a fascinating account of the company's first public performance -...
An Actor Adrift is the remarkable account of Japanese actor director Yoshi Oida, who in 1968 left Japan and joined Peter Brook's internation...
This is a handbook for anyone involved in amateur dramatics. Keith Arrowsmith guides the reader through the potential pitfalls of putting on a production, from preliminary planning and choosing a play, through stage management, to first night. There are sections on staging a show, group organization and special performances, covering legal rights and obligations, health and safety, budgeting, copyright law, choosing a venue, stage management and front of house. Using personal anecdotes, checklists and clear guidelines, this book should be useful for all aspects of ameteur production.
This is a handbook for anyone involved in amateur dramatics. Keith Arrowsmith guides the reader through the potential pitfalls of putting on a product...
This study of the work of the European choreographer and pioneer of dance notation, Rudolf Laban (1879-1958), examines the many strands of his thinking and its application. The book attempts to convey the full implications of his ideas about movement, for like Picasso in painting, and Stravinsky in music, Laban has been a seminal influence and innovator who altered the whole course of modern dance and movement. His mark can be detected in works as diverse as that of the German dancers and choreographers Mary Wigman, Kurt Joos and Pina Bausch, and British theatre practitioners Joan Littlewood,...
This study of the work of the European choreographer and pioneer of dance notation, Rudolf Laban (1879-1958), examines the many strands of his thinkin...
Featuring notes gathered from Frank Hauser's successful career as a theatre director, this work offers a commentary on human interaction and a glimpse into the hidden process of creating live theatre.
Featuring notes gathered from Frank Hauser's successful career as a theatre director, this work offers a commentary on human interaction and a glimpse...
'In life I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age. The International Theatre School he founded in Paris remains an unrivalled centre for the art of physical theatre. In The Moving Body, Lecoq shares his unique philosophy of performance, improvisation, masks, movement and gesture which together form one of the greatest influences on contemporary theatre. Neutral mask, character mask, and counter masks, bouffons, acrobatics and commedia, clowns and complicity: all the famous...
'In life I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre t...
'A small jewel of a book, a knowleageable introduction to both Stanislavski's personal development and to the content and range of his writings' Theatre Journal '...shows the System to be a practical process - drama school students and actors will be grateful for it' Times Eductational Supplement 'A carefully documented study of peak interest and value to every serious student of acting theory' Choice The Stanislavski 'system' is still the only comprehensive method of actor training we possess. His theories can be hard to grasp and many academic books are impenetrable on the subject. This...
'A small jewel of a book, a knowleageable introduction to both Stanislavski's personal development and to the content and range of his writings' Theat...
