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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “mr jack shepherd”
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  • In Lambeth

    by Mr Jack Shepherd ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Before there is Revolution there must be Revelation.In Lambeth is set against a background of the French and American revolutions. Pursued through the streets of Lambeth by an anti-republican mob, Thomas Paine seeks sanctuary in the garden of William Blake and his wife Catherine only to find them naked up a tree reading Paradise Lost and communing with angels.Originally produced in 1989 and first ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Impossible Plays

    Adventures with the Cottesloe Company

    by Keith Dewhurst, Mr Jack Shepherd ...
    Series series Plays and Playwrights
    Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company, which flourished at Peter Hall's National Theatre, was the English theatre's only true ensemble of the last thirty or so years. Impossible Plays tells the story of the company and the many actors and musicians connected to it.Co-written by Keith Dewhurst, author of eight plays for the group, and Jack Shepherd, a founder-actor, it explains the ideas behind the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • The Viewpoints Book

    A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

    by Anne Bogart, Tina Landau ...
    The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • An Actor's Work

    A Student's Diary

    by Konstantin Stanislavski ...
    Stanislavski’s ‘system’ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre.Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Training of the American Actor

    Edited by Arthur Bartow ...
    Successful acting must reflect a society’s current beliefs. The men and women who developed each new technique were convinced that previous methods were not equal to the full challenges of their time and place, and the techniques in this book have been adapted to current needs in order to continue to be successful methods for training actors. The actor’s journey is an individual one, and the actor ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Actor Training

    by Alison Hodge ...
    Actor Training expands on Alison Hodge’s highly-acclaimed and best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even more valuable for any student of the history and practice of actor training. The bibliography is brought right up to date and many chapters are revised. In addition, eight more practitioners are included - and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Creating A Role

    by Constantin Stanislavski ...
    Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood ...
    Creating a Roleis the culmination of Stanislavski's masterful trilogy on the art of acting. An Actor Preparesfocused on the inner training of an actor's imagination. Building a Characterdetailed how the actor's body and voice could be tuned for the great roles he might fill.This third volume examines the development of a character from the viewpoint of three widely contrasting plays: Griboyedov's ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Psychophysical Acting

    An Intercultural Approach after Stanislavski

    by Phillip B. Zarrilli ...
    Psychophysical Acting is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today’s actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work. Areas of focus include:an historical overview of a psychophysical approach to acting from Stanislavski to the presentacting ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Presence of the Actor

    by Joseph Chaikin ...
    Chaikin, who directed the celebrated Open Theater in the '60s, kindled an emphasis on communal playmaking whose impact is still evident today. This conversational review of his efforts details his methods and reveals the struggles involved in the creation of some of the most exciting theatre of our time. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cinderella in the Surgeon's Castle

    by Annie Claydon ...
    Strangers on a train, but their connection is undeniable… Only, what will happen when they get off? Find out in Annie Claydon’s latest Harlequin Medical Romance.Their meeting? Pure chance…Their connection? Meant to be!When orthopedic surgeon Penn meets enchanting physiotherapist Grace on a train from London to Cornwall, time stops still. Their chemistry is undeniable! Yet Penn carries the burden ... Read more

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  • Conversations with Peter Brook: 1970-2000

    Edited by Margaret Croyden ...
    -Peter Brook is considered one of the giants in world theatre. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Stanislavsky in America

    An Actor's Workbook

    by Mel Gordon ...
    Stanislavsky in America explores the extraordinary legacy that Constantin Stanislavski’s system of actor-training has left on acting in the US.Mel Gordon outlines the journey of Stanislavski’s theories through twentieth century American history, from the early US tours of the Moscow Art Theatre to the ongoing impact of 'The System' on modern American acting.This fascinating study by a leading ... Read more

    $47.99 USD