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  • The New Music Theater

    Seeing the Voice, Hearing the Body

    by Eric Salzman, Thomas Desi ...
    Alternatives to grand opera and the popular musical can be traced at least as far back as the 1912 premiere of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire." Yet this ongoing history has never been properly sorted out, its complex ideas and philosophy as well as musical and theatrical achievements never brought fully to light. The New Music Theater is the first comprehensive attempt in English to cover this ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    "So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration." —Dan Cryer, NewsdayStephen Greenblatt, the charismatic Harvard professor who "knows more about Shakespeare than Ben Jonson or the Dark Lady did" (John Leonard, Harper's), has written a biography that enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented boy, surrounded by the ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The Secret Life of the American Musical

    How Broadway Shows Are Built

    by Jack Viertel ...
    New York Times Bestseller: "Both revelatory and entertaining . . . Along the way, Viertel provides some fascinating Broadway history." — The New York Times Book ReviewAmericans invented musicals—and have a longstanding love affair with them. But what, exactly, is a musical? In this book, longtime theatrical producer and writer Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • Three Uses of the Knife

    On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

    by David Mamet ...
    The purpose of theater, like magic, like religion . . . is to inspire cleansing awe. What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet, one of our greatest living playwrights, tackles these questions with bracing directness and aphoristic authority. He believes that the tendency to dramatize is essential to human nature, that we ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Peter Pan and Other Plays

    The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose

    by J. M. Barrie ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    As well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays, Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman Knows are shrewd and entertaining contributions to the politics of class and gender, while Mary Rose is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Beggar's Opera and Polly

    by John Gay ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Gamesters and Highwaymen are generally very good to their Whores, but they are very Devils to their Wives.' With The Beggar's Opera (1728), John Gay created one of the most enduringly popular works in English theatre history, and invented a new dramatic form, the ballad opera. Gay's daring mixture of caustic political satire, well-loved popular tunes, and a story of crime and betrayal set in the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Jesus Christ Superstar

    by Robert Price ...
    Though the Rock Opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" has become a religious and musical phenomenon beloved around the world among Christians and non-believers alike no one has ever delved into the lyrics with the practiced eye of a professional biblical critic until now. Robert M. Price here shows in surprising detail the astonishing insight and creativity of Tim Rice's sifting and rewriting of the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Maids by Jean Genet (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    by Bright Summaries ...
    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Maids with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Maids by Jean Genet, a play that describes the daily ritual of two sisters employed as maids, who re-enact the death of their mistress, until the day when the role play becomes a reality. This unsettling play confronts readers with the existence ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coriolanus

    [Special Illustrated Edition] [Free Audio Links]

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series Starbooks Classics Collection - William Shakespeare
    Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.[Critical appraisal]A. C. Bradley described this play as "built on the grand scale," like King Lear and Macbeth, but it differs from those two masterpieces in an important way. The warrior Coriolanus is perhaps the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Effect

    by Ms Lucy Prebble, Luckstar Enterprises ...
    Series series Modern Classics
    I can tell the difference between who I am and a side effect.The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen

    Critical Approaches from 'Snow White' to 'Frozen'

    Edited by George Rodosthenous ...
    The Disney Musical: Critical Approaches on Stage and Screen is the first critical treatment of the corporation's hugely successful musicals both on screen and on the stage. Its 13 articles open up a new territory in the critical discussion of the Disney mega-musical, its gender, sexual and racial politics, outreach work and impact of stage, film and television adaptations. Covering early 20th ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • British Musical Theatre since 1950

    by Robert Gordon, Olaf Jubin, Millie Taylor ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British – as opposed to American – popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in order to explore the range of forms through which significant sociocultural moments are represented.Introductory chapters ... Read more

    $30.99 USD