Directors & Designers
ISBN: 9781841502892 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Directors and Designers "explores the practice of scenography the creation of perspective in the design and painting of stage scenery and offers new insight into the working relationships of the people responsible for these theatrical transformations. With contributions from leading practitioners and theorists, editor Christine White describes the way in which the roles of director and designer have developed over time. Featuring chapters on theater and site-specific performance, theatrical communication and aesthetics, and the cognitive reception of design by the audience, this volume... "Directors and Designers "explores the practice of scenography the creation of perspective in the design and painting of stage scenery and offers n... |
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158,07 zł |
Peter Brook: Threads of Time
ISBN: 9780413733009 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An autobiography of Peter Brook charting his career of over fifty years in theatrical direction from major post-war productions, through a radicalisation of his approach in the 1960s and his exploration of the roots of non-Western theatre in the 70s and 80s, to Paris and his founding of the theatrical company where he still works today.
An autobiography of Peter Brook charting his career of over fifty years in theatrical direction from major post-war productions, through a radicalisat...
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129,62 zł |
The Lee Strasberg Notes
ISBN: 9780415551854 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg s Method. Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is based on unpublished transcripts of Strasberg s own classes on acting, directing and Shakespeare. It recreates his theoretical approach, as well as the practical exercises used by his students, and brilliantly conveys his approach and personality. The book features Strasberg s teachings on: ...The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning d... |
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700,25 zł |
The Lee Strasberg Notes
ISBN: 9780415551861 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg's Method. Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is based on unpublished transcripts of Strasberg's own classes on acting, directing and Shakespeare. It recreates his theoretical approach, as well as the practical exercises used by his students, and brilliantly conveys his approach and personality. The book features Strasberg's teachings on: ...The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning d... |
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165,93 zł |
Sheldon Cheney's Theatre Arts Magazine: Promoting a Modern American Theatre, 1916-1921
ISBN: 9780810872660 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early decades of the 20th century, Sheldon Cheney was the American theatre's zealous missionary for modernism. In 1916, Cheney founded Theatre Arts Magazine in Detroit with the intent to foster and support a "renaissance" in America. Through this publication, Cheney gave voice to scores of "little theatres"--groups around the country with artistic aspirations and local commitment that would become the models for the American regional theatre movement later in the century. In the first five years of Theatre Arts Magazine are the keys to understanding the progressive movement for a...
In the early decades of the 20th century, Sheldon Cheney was the American theatre's zealous missionary for modernism. In 1916, Cheney founded Theatre ...
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742,19 zł |
Making contemporary theatre: International rehearsal processes
ISBN: 9780719074929 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making contemporary theatre reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made.
The book opens with an introductory chapter which contextualises recent trends in approaches to theatre-making. In the ensuing eleven chapters, eleven different writer-observers describe, contextualise and analyse the theatre-making practices of eleven different companies and directors, including Japan's Gekidan Kaitaisha and the Quebecois director Robert Lepage. Each chapter is enriched with extensive illustrations as well as boxed-off 'asides', giving the reader... Making contemporary theatre reveals how some of the most significant international contemporary theatre is actually made.
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109,15 zł |
André Antoine
ISBN: 9780521272285 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andre Antoine, founder of the Theatre Libre in 1887, was one of the initiators of the modern theatre. This full-length study of Antoine's work in English for more than sixty years is notable for its attention to the variousness of Antoine's remarkable career. It explores the power and some of the inherent contradictions of Antoine's stage realism, his creation of a repertory theatre noted for its ensemble playing, and his innovatory work in directing Shakespeare and the French classics. In the final section, Antoine's encounters, c.1918, with the new medium of film are discussed. The book...
Andre Antoine, founder of the Theatre Libre in 1887, was one of the initiators of the modern theatre. This full-length study of Antoine's work in Engl...
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160,74 zł |
Site-Specific Performance
ISBN: 9780230576704 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Site-specific performance acts of theatre and performative events at landscape locations, in village streets, in urban situations. In houses, chapels, barns, disused factories, railway stations; on hillsides, in forest clearings, underwater. At the scale of civil engineering; as intimate as a guided walk.
Leading theatre artist and scholar Mike Pearson draws upon thirty years practical experience, proposing original approaches to the creation and study of performance outside the auditorium. Inthis bookhe suggests organizing principles, innovative strategies, methods and exercises for... Site-specific performance acts of theatre and performative events at landscape locations, in village streets, in urban situations. In houses, chapels,...
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492,77 zł |
A Gambler's Instinct: The Story of Broadway Producer Cheryl Crawford
ISBN: 9780809329588 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902 1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, The theatre has been my life. Crawford was notoriously circumspect about her private life, and only now, with Milly S. Barranger s insightful biography, is her full story revealed. A major Broadway producer in an era when women producers were exceedingly rare, Crawford found unprecedented success with the plays of Tennessee Williams, including "The Rose Tattoo "and "Sweet Bird of Youth," but her enduring legend is as a musical producer, having brought Kurt Weill s "One Touch of Venus, "Lerner and Loewe s... Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902 1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, The theatre has been my life. Crawford was notoriously circumspec... |
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179,91 zł |
Yevgeny Vakhtangov: A Critical Portrait
ISBN: 9780415465861 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth and twenty-first-century performance. These compact and clearly written books will unravel the contributions of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. Yevgeny Vakhtangov was a pioneering theatre artist who married Stanislavsky's demands for inner truth and sincerity with a quest for an imaginative form for every role and production. This is the first book to combine: an...
Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the backgro...
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700,25 zł |
Fundamentals of Theatrical Design: A Guide to the Basics of Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Design
ISBN: 9781581158496 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Veteran theater designers Karen Brewster and Melissa Shafer have consulted with a broad range of seasoned theater industry professionals to provide an exhaustive guide full of sound advice and insight. With clear examples and hands-on exercises, "Fundamentals of Theatrical Design" illustrates the way in which the three major areas of theatrical designscenery, costumes, and lightingare intrinsically linked. Attractively priced for use as a classroom text, this is a comprehensive resource for all levels of designers and directors."
Veteran theater designers Karen Brewster and Melissa Shafer have consulted with a broad range of seasoned theater industry professionals to provide an...
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117,53 zł |
Choreographing Problems: Expressive Concepts in Contemporary Dance and Performance
ISBN: 9781349556106 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographers. A discussion of key issues in contemporary performance from the viewpoint of Deleuze, Spinoza and Bergson is accompanied by intricate analyses of seven groundbreaking dance performances.
This book illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographer...
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352,59 zł |
Bustle Fashions 1885-1887: 41 Patterns with Fashion Plates and Suggestions for Adaptation
ISBN: 9780963651785 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 contains patterns for a complete middle-class Victorian woman's wardrobe, from undergarments, through multi-part ensembles, to outerwear. The patterns are to be enlarged with apportioning scales-- special rulers that enable dressmakers to easily create custom sizes, from queen size to doll size. Printed apportioning scales and instructions are included.
Each pattern is accompanied by a fashion illustration and instructions. The patterns are drawn from The Voice of Fashion and The National Garment Cutter. Because these patterns are highly similar to those... Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 contains patterns for a complete middle-class Victorian woman's wardrobe, from undergarments, through multi-part ensembles, ...
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209,40 zł |
Biographical Theatre: Re-Presenting Real People?
ISBN: 9780230252776 / Angielski / Twarda / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marilyn Monroe, Vincent van Gogh or the victims of rendition flights - the number and variety of historical and contemporary figures represented on British stages is amazing. This book develops a new theoretical framework for the representation of real life figures on stage and examines different ways in which they can be included in performances.
Marilyn Monroe, Vincent van Gogh or the victims of rendition flights - the number and variety of historical and contemporary figures represented on Br...
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195,87 zł |
Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project
ISBN: 9780230113312 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in American history, considering the Federal Theatre Project on its own terms - as a "federation of theatres" designed to stimulate new audiences and create locally-relevant theatre during the turbulent 1930s. It integrates a wealth of previously undiscovered archival materials with cultural history, delving into regional activities in Chicago, Boston, Portland, Atlanta, and Birmingham, as well as tours of refugee camps and Civilian Conservation...
The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in...
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301,65 zł |
Stages: A Life in the Theatre
ISBN: 9780983882558 / Angielski / Miękka / 682 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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134,39 zł |
Bennewitz, Goethe, 'Faust': German and Intercultural Stagings
ISBN: 9781442643338 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany's Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and linguistic adjustment, he directed productions in twelve countries, always adapting shows to make them meaningful to local audiences. Notably, Bennewitz conducted stagings of Goethe's Faust in four different languages over a series of seven productions -- three in pre-unification Weimar, one in the reunited Germany, and one each in New York, Manila, and Mumbai. The first comprehensive account of Bennewitz's remarkable career,... Fritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany's Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and lin... |
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306,03 zł |
Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/O Americas
ISBN: 9780809336319 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate "other" to Europe and the United States. In reaction to these shifting power dynamics, theatre scholars and artists have continuously rewritten and remapped Latina/o American cultural histories. Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/o Americas, edited by Jimmy A. Noriega and Analola Santana, reconsiders geographical space and power and the ways in which theatrical and performance histories have been constructed throughout the...
From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate "other" to Europe ...
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294,84 zł |
Erwin Piscators Theater gegen das Schweigen
ISBN: 9783484660427 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Als Begruuuml;nder des politischen Theaters schrieb Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) in den zwanziger Jahren Theatergeschichte. Nach Piscators Ruckkehr aus der Emigration 1951 verhindert der Kalte Krieg zunaauml;chst eine Reaktivierung dieses Theatermodells. Als dem Regisseur 1962 die Intendanz der Freien Volksbuhne in West-Berlin ubertragen wird, leitet er mit der Urauffuhrung von Rolf Hochhuths Stellvertreter die Ara des Dokumentartheaters ein. Dessen betrachtliche Provokanz beruht auf Piscators engagierter Fursprache fur eine Aufarbeitung der NS-Vergangenheit und fur eine Deeskalation inmitten...
Als Begruuuml;nder des politischen Theaters schrieb Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) in den zwanziger Jahren Theatergeschichte. Nach Piscators Ruckkehr aus ...
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503,37 zł |
The Post-Traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor: History and Holocaust in 'Akropolis' and 'Dead Class'
ISBN: 9780857285164 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in various gaps in English-language scholarship by offering a historical and critical analysis of two of the most influential works of Polish theatre: Jerzy Grotowski s Akropolis and Tadeusz Kantor s Dead Class . By examining each director s representation of Auschwitz, this study provides a new understanding of how translating national trauma through the prism of performance can alter and deflect the meaning and reception of theatrical works, both inside and outside their... Despite its international influence, Polish theatre remains a mystery to many Westerners. This volume attempts to fill in various gaps in English-l... |
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653,64 zł |