Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Theater - General

Hornbrook, referring to current legislation, argues the case for an organized curricular framework for drama in the 1990s which develops in children the activities of designing, directing, acting, writing and evaluating - all within the range of the historic context of dramatic work. He asserts that recent drama teaching in Britain has been child-centred and psychological, and viewed as a learning medium rather than as an aesthetic study in itself. This, he believes, has had the effect of cutting children off from the variegated world of the theatre and, in the broader sense, from any...

For the first time, a photographic facsimile of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is available in one affordable volume. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies gives actors, directors, and anyone interested in Shakespeare access to the plays as Shakespeare envisioned them. In returning to the original text, actors and directors can find answers to the many problems they find preparing a play of Shakespeare. Included is the introduction to acting from the First Folio and its accompanying acting guide and glossary, making this the most valuable tool for all who love...

At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be his only student, who understands the System . Demidov s incredibly forward-thinking processes not only continued his teacher s pioneering work, but also solved the problems of an actor s creativity that Stanislavsky never conquered.

Despite being one of the original teachers of the Stanislavski system, Demidov s name was little known either in his native Russia or the wider world until the turn of the 21st Century. Since then, his extensive works have been published in Russian but are yet to find their way to the...

• Anthologizes the most influential and critically received essays that have shaped the trajectory of diaspora studies.
  
• Offers classic statements that have defined the field by scholars including Appadurai, Gilroy, Radhakrishnan, and Hall.
  
• Presents divergent strains of multiple...