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...
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...
This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press French Texts series, in French with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Chiefly known as leader of the "Theatre du Quotidien" school, Vinaver has forged a dramatic idiom which is both original and accessible. This volume includes three of his representative "chamber" plays, chosen to exemplify his personal approach both to dialogue and problems of dramatic structure. The introduction provides an account of Vinaver's place in the French theatre of the 1990s, as well as guidance on how to approach the staging of his dialogue.
This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press French Texts series, in French with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Chiefly known as lea...
Working through a generational mix of writers, from Sarah Kane, the iconoclastic "bad girl" of the stage, to the "canonical" Caryl Churchill, Elaine Aston charts the significant political and aesthetic changes in women's playwriting at the end of the twentieth century. Aston also explores "new" writing for the 1990s in theater by Sarah Daniels, Bryony Lavery, Phyllis Nagy, Winsome Pinnock, Rebecca Prichard, Judy Upton and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
Working through a generational mix of writers, from Sarah Kane, the iconoclastic "bad girl" of the stage, to the "canonical" Caryl Churchill, Elaine A...
'"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. In "The Moving Bod"y, Lecoq shares with us first-hand 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, "commedia," clowns and complicity: all the famous Lecoq techniques are covered in this book - techniques that have made their way into...
'"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 the...
