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Performance Books eBook Series

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  • Brecht on Performance

    Messingkauf and Modelbooks

    by Bertolt Brecht ...
    Translated by Tom Kuhn, John Willett, Romy Fursland, Charlotte Ryland, Prof. Steve Giles ...
    Series series Performance Books
    Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings for directors and theatre practitioners, and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through these texts Brecht provides a general practical approach to acting and to realising texts for the stage that crystallises and makes concrete many of the ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

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  • The History Boys: A Play

    by Alan Bennett ...
    "A play of depth as well as dazzle, intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny." — The Daily TelegraphIn The History Boys, Alan Bennett evokes the special period and place that the sixth form represents in an English boy's life. In doing so, he raises—with gentle wit and pitch-perfect command of character—not only universal questions about the nature of history and how it is taught ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Aristophanes: The Complete Plays

    A brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist.With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes remains arguably the finest satirist of all time. Collected here are all 11 of his surviving plays-newly translated by the distinguished poet and translator Paul Roche. ... Read more

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  • The School for Scandal and Other Plays

    by Richard Sheridan ...
    The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of his age. In The Rivals, Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Theatre of David Greig

    by Clare Wallace ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    David Greig has been described as 'one of the most interesting and adventurous British dramatists of his generation' (Daily Telegraph) and 'one of the most intellectually stimulating dramatists around' (Guardian). Since he began writing for theatre in the early nineties, his work has been both copious and remarkably varied, defying neat generalisations or attempts to pigeon-hole his work. Besides ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Three Plays

    Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Mountain Giants

    by Luigi Pirandello ...
    Translated by Anthony Mortimer ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR * HENRY IV * THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS Pirandello ranks with Strindberg, Brecht, and Beckett as a seminal figure in modern drama. Innovative and influential, he broke decisively with the conventions of realist theatre to foreground the tensions between art and reality. In his best known play, six characters, imagined but then abandoned by their author, intrude on ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play (Routledge Revivals)

    by John Russell Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1967, this title considers the idea of the ‘well-made play’ in the context of how and why it has been devalued and how far, in allowing it to be devalued, we have lost sight of certain important elements of the theatre. The focus of the book is largely on the development of British theatre and those who have been instrumental to it. This is an indispensable introduction for any ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Understanding David Henry Hwang

    by William C. Boles ...
    Series series Understanding Contemporary American Literature
    A critical study of the playwright's process and the role of identity in each major theatrical workDavid Henry Hwang is best known as the author of M. Butterfly, which won a 1988 Tony Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he has written the Obie Award-winners Golden Child and FOB, as well as Family Devotions, Sound and Beauty, Rich Relations, and a revised version of Flower Drum Song. ... Read more

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  • Christopher Marlowe in Context

    Edited by Emily C. Bartels, Emma Smith ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    A contemporary of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe was one of the most influential early modern dramatists, whose life and mysterious death have long been the subject of critical and popular speculation. This collection sets Marlowe's plays and poems in their historical context, exploring his world and his wider cultural influence. Chapters by leading international scholars ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Masterclass: Writing Plays

    How to create realistic and compelling drama and get your work performed

    by Ann Gawthorpe, Lesley Bown, Lesley Hudswell ...
    Writing Plays is the invaluable and comprehensive guide to anyone who wants to write plays and get them performed.It covers the basics of the theatre, creating and working with characters, writing realistic speech and dialogue, constructing compelling plots and creating a great ending. There are also separate chapters focused on writing for different genres, including pantomimes, musicals, radio ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare

    by Robert Shaughnessy ...
    Demystifying and contextualising Shakespeare for the twenty-first century, this book offers both an introduction to the subject for beginners as well as an invaluable resource for more experienced Shakespeareans.In this friendly, structured guide, Robert Shaughnessy:introduces Shakespeare’s life and works in context, providing crucial historical backgroundlooks at each of Shakespeare’s plays in ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge

    On the Rise of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes

    by G. Wilson Knight ...
    First published in 2002. This is the Volume III of the five G. Wilson Knight collected works series and focuses on Shakespeare’s tragic heroes for his early to later tragedies or Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. This book has grown from Knight’s dramatic recital 'Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge', and therefore includes a prefatory note on his stage experience. The complete ... Read more

    $52.99 USD