ilość książek w kategorii: 1223
Contours of the Theatrical Avant-Garde : Performance and Textuality
ISBN: 9780472097272 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays explores the development of avant-garde theater and its relation to questions of textuality, authority, and the academy. Although the canon of modern and contemporary drama would be difficult to imagine without the influential legacy of the movements and strands of the historical avant-garde, this critical history is often overlooked in courses on modern and contemporary drama and theater.
Though primarily focusing on issues of textuality and performance, the essays regard the antitextualism of the avant-garde as indicative of the wide variety of anti-cultural... This collection of essays explores the development of avant-garde theater and its relation to questions of textuality, authority, and the academy. Alt...
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393,21 zł |
Scene Design: A Guide to the Stage
ISBN: 9780486231532 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anyone working on scene design for the first time will find this book indispensable -- amateur and semi-professional groups, high school students and their teachers, even puppeteers who will find the advice on model building invaluable for their own sets. Whatever play you are putting on, designing the set will be no problem when you have this book to guide you.
It contains an excellent discussion of scenery, sets, models, the principles of design, painting scenery, and arena design. Throughout this discussion, the author gives many tips that will save you much wasted materials and hours... Anyone working on scene design for the first time will find this book indispensable -- amateur and semi-professional groups, high school students and ...
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55,88 zł |
A Dictionary of Stage Directions in English Drama 1580-1642
ISBN: 9780521000291 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary, the first of its kind, defines and explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage written by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The authors draw on a database of over 22,000 stage directions drawn from around 500 plays. Each entry defines a term, gives examples of how it is used, cites additional instances, and gives cross-references to other relevant entries. This will be an indispensable work of reference for scholars, historians, directors and actors.
This dictionary, the first of its kind, defines and explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage written ...
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219,99 zł |
African American Theatre
ISBN: 9780521465854 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A landmark work in the study of Black theater and drama, African American Theatre offers the first comprehensive history of a major cultural phenomenon until now too often neglected. In this fast-paced investigation, Hay seeks out the origins of Black theater in social protest, as envisioned by W.E.B. Dubois, and as a formal branch of arts theater. Divided between these opposing forces--the activist and the artistic--Black theater, Hay argues, faced conflicts of identity whose traces still haunt the medium today. African American Theatre thus offers a means of locating Black theater in the...
A landmark work in the study of Black theater and drama, African American Theatre offers the first comprehensive history of a major cultural phenomeno...
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219,99 zł |
A Dictionary of Stage Directions in English Drama 1580-1642
ISBN: 9780521552509 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary, the first of its kind, defines and explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage written by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The authors draw on a database of over 22,000 stage directions drawn from around 500 plays. Each entry defines a term, gives examples of how it is used, cites additional instances, and gives cross-references to other relevant entries. This will be an indispensable work of reference for scholars, historians, directors and actors.
This dictionary, the first of its kind, defines and explains over 900 terms found in the stage directions of plays for the professional stage written ...
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429,84 zł |
Theatre Matters: Performance and Culture on the World Stage
ISBN: 9780521634434 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures around the world. In this book a distinguished team of theater historians and dramatists explore how theater has a dynamic and often difficult relationship with societies and states, arguing positively that theatrical activity can make a difference. The collection begins with a foreword by Wole Soyinka and, throughout the volume, specially chosen plays, projects and movements are examined in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, Nigeria,...
Theater, in a variety of forms and contexts, can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultu...
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204,63 zł |
Improv Comedy
ISBN: 9780573606083 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drama Harold Pinter Characters: 4 male, 2 female Interior Set In a small house at a coastal resort live a man, his mentally wayward wife and their boarder who has been with them for a year. He is a strange chap, unkempt and in flight from we know not what. Enter an even stranger sleek Jewish man and his muscle bound Irish henchman. The mentally immature wife accommodates them with a room and then decides that it is time for the boarder to have a birthday. At the party she arranges, the new guests play cruel games with the boarder break his glasses, make a buffoon of him, and... Drama Harold Pinter Characters: 4 male, 2 female Interior Set In a small house at a coastal resort live a man, his mentally wayward wif... |
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77,09 zł |
ShowSmarts (tm): The Volunteer's Guide for Putting on Shows with Kids
ISBN: 9780595318834 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now you can say, "I'll do that" when your PTA president wants to organize a student "talent show." Now you can think, "No problem" when your teaching position includes directing the "class play." Now you can decide, "I will" when your church fund-raising committee recruits help for the family "variety show."
"ShowSmarts" will be your co-director This easy to understand guide provides step-by-step instructions for making any children's performance a successful and rewarding experience. "ShowSmarts" is comprehensive and concise. It is the ideal resource for busy volunteers, and others, who... Now you can say, "I'll do that" when your PTA president wants to organize a student "talent show." Now you can think, "No problem" when your teaching ...
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103,35 zł |
Digging Up Stories: Applied Theatre, Performance and War
ISBN: 9780719073151 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'Digging up stories', James Thompson explores the problems of theatre practice in communities affected by war and exclusion. Each chapter or 'story' is written in a lively and accessible style and draws on a range of contemporary performance theories. The chapters discuss:
- participatory theatre in refugee camps - theatre workshop and stories of a massacre - traditional dance-dramas in an insurgent controlled village - 'Forum' theatre with the Mahabharata - ethical issues the struggle to teach the author to dance 'Digging up stories' documents a range of... In 'Digging up stories', James Thompson explores the problems of theatre practice in communities affected by war and exclusion. Each chapter or 'story...
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86,13 zł |
Romantic Stages: Set and Costume Design in Victorian England
ISBN: 9780786423361 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though Romantic elements in stage design are often thought to have ended with the advent of the Victorian era, they in fact persisted into the second half of the nineteenth century. Romantic stages were used in the productions of many of the most prominent actor-managers of the period, including Madame Vestris, Charles Kean, Wilson Barrett, Henry Irving and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. This work shows how the emphasis placed on the visual elements of Victorian productions?the spectacular romantic settings and historically accurate costumes?revolutionized the position that stage designers held. They...
Though Romantic elements in stage design are often thought to have ended with the advent of the Victorian era, they in fact persisted into the second ...
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247,66 zł |
Conversations with Pinter
ISBN: 9780802134677 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than twenty years, Mel Gussow, a drama critic for the New York Times, has been meeting Harold Pinter to talk about work and life, plays and people. At the core of this book is a series of lengthy interviews - some of the most extensive that Pinter has ever given - all published here in full for the first time. Pinter and Gussow first meet in 1971, when Old Times is a new play and Pinter's status as a major writer is still being confirmed. Then come public and private conversations in the eighties, when the voice of Pinter's political commitment is first heard. And finally, over a...
For more than twenty years, Mel Gussow, a drama critic for the New York Times, has been meeting Harold Pinter to talk about work and life, plays and p...
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51,79 zł |
Shattered Applause: The Lives of Eva Le Gallienne
ISBN: 9780809318209 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first full-length biography of stage actress Eva Le Gallienne traces her life from her birth into the troubled but fascinating household of Richard Le Gallienne, British writer and intimate member of the Oscar Wilde circle, to her recent death. This comprehensive biography of the actress Rex Reed called "a national treasure" draws upon Robert A. Schanke s interviews and correspondence not only with Le Gallienne but also with more than one hundred of her colleagues and friends, including Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, Peter Falk, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Jackson, Farley... The first full-length biography of stage actress Eva Le Gallienne traces her life from her birth into the troubled but fascinating household of Ric... |
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242,12 zł |
The Scenographic Imagination, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780809318513 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this enlarged and thoroughly revised third edition of his widely used text, Darwin Reid Payne explores the principles and philosophies that shape the visual elements of theatre. Payne sets out to discover who scenographers are and to define their responsibilities. He sees scenographers as not merely craftspersons but artists with a special vision that spans all the arts. Such artists are in a position to extend and amplify underlying meanings of the production. The proper goal of beginning scenographers, according to Payne, is one day to be able to approach the job as artists in full...
In this enlarged and thoroughly revised third edition of his widely used text, Darwin Reid Payne explores the principles and philosophies that shape t...
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225,96 zł |
Computer Scenographics
ISBN: 9780809319053 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Darwin Reid Payne s approach to theatrical design is that of a computer advocate and pioneer. With "Computer Scenographics, "he ushers in a new generation of scenery design by applying state-of-the-art technology to the traditional methods of scenography. Though not a how-to book, "Computer Scenographics "is a general introduction to, and an affirmation of, the value of computer graphics for both student and working scenographers. Payne acknowledges that many scenographers would not want to use computers exclusively in the preparation of their designs. Today s scenographers continue to... Darwin Reid Payne s approach to theatrical design is that of a computer advocate and pioneer. With "Computer Scenographics, "he ushers in a new gen... |
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215,19 zł |
Perspective Rendering for the Theatre
ISBN: 9780809320530 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William H. Pinnell first issues an "invitation to investigate the magic of perspective and explore its wondrous surround," then escorts the beginning as well as the advanced student through the complex process of artistically conveying scene designs via the scenographic drawing. Step by step, he illustrates the principles of perspective that apply to stage design. Starting with a brief history of perspective, he furnishes all of the information designers will need to transform a blank surface into a unique expression of theatrical space.As Pinnell makes clear, a stage setting must be...
William H. Pinnell first issues an "invitation to investigate the magic of perspective and explore its wondrous surround," then escorts the beginning ...
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209,80 zł |
Lighting the Shakespearean Stage, 1567 - 1642
ISBN: 9780809322756 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. R. B. Graves examines the lighting of early modern English drama from both historical and aesthetic perspectives. He traces the contrasting traditions of sunlit amphitheaters and candlelit hall playhouses, describes the different lighting techniques, and estimates the effect of these techniques both indoors and outdoors. Supporting recent scholarship, Graves demonstrates that the conventions of indoor and outdoor illumination are remarkably similar. In addition to providing new evidence, Graves makes use of experiments conducted at the "new" Globe in Southwark, London, and in various... R. B. Graves examines the lighting of early modern English drama from both historical and aesthetic perspectives. He traces the contrasting traditi... |
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323,19 zł |
Creating Historical Drama : A Guide for Communities, Theatre Groups,and Playwrights
ISBN: 9780809326426 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guidebook for transforming actual American figures and events
into dramatic form has aided many communities and groups in writing, planning, and producing first-rate historical dramas. The new edition of "Creating Historical Drama: A Guide for Communities, Theatre Groups, and Playwrights" features updated examples of drama and dramatic activities from short indoor productions to large-scale, outdoor historical dramas; new material about funding, economic impact on communities, budgeting, and marketing; and current information on physical theatre development. Responding to a... This guidebook for transforming actual American figures and events
into dramatic form has aided many communities and groups in writing, planning, a... |
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290,87 zł |
Composing Ourselves: The Little Theatre Movement and the American Audience
ISBN: 9780809326495 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When movies replaced theatre as popular entertainment in the years 191020, the world of live drama was wide open for reform. American advocates and practitioners founded theatres in a spirit of anticommercialism, seeking to develop an American audience for serious theatre, mounting plays in what would today be called alternative spaces, and uniting for the cause an eclectic group of professors, social workers, members of women s clubs, bohemians, artists, students, and immigrants. This rebellion, called the Little Theatre Movement, also prompted and promoted the college theatre major, the...
When movies replaced theatre as popular entertainment in the years 191020, the world of live drama was wide open for reform. American advocates and pr...
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225,96 zł |
Take Stage!: How to Direct and Produce a Lesbian Play
ISBN: 9780810832084 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take Stage is the first comprehensive "how-to" book for lesbians wanting to produce or direct lesbian theatre. Controversial and anecdotal, Take Stage is written for the lesbian with no previous experience with theatre or lesbian organization. In addition to chapters on auditioning, rehearsals, selecting the script, booking space, and assembling a staff, the book includes chapters on issues of special interest to lesbians. Take Stage includes information on how to challenge the "isms"--lookism, racism, classism, ageism, and other prejudices with which lesbian culture is currently engaged....
Take Stage is the first comprehensive "how-to" book for lesbians wanting to produce or direct lesbian theatre. Controversial and anecdotal, Take Stag...
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483,60 zł |
Theatrical Space: A Guide for Directors and Designers
ISBN: 9780810842113 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Too often directors and stage designers approach the architectural layout of theatres as obstructive to the creative process. Condee's book teaches theater professionals to work creatively within even the most restrictive theatrical space and transform it into an asset rather than an obstacle. Condee has interviewed hundreds of prominent American and British directors, designers, and actors, and provides photographs and groundplans of major American theatres. Each chapter tackles a different set of problems, offering thoughtful solutions to common obstacles. Theatrical Space is not only a...
Too often directors and stage designers approach the architectural layout of theatres as obstructive to the creative process. Condee's book teaches th...
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453,39 zł |