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Stagecraft 1: A Complete Guide to Backstage Work
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Julie Taymor Playing With Fire 3RD Edition
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With more than 40 pages of new material including illustrations and unpublished sketches, this book illuminates Julie Taymor’s entire career, from her theatrical apprenticeship to her most recent work for stage and screen. There is an all-new... (read more)
 
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Monologues and Scenes

The Actor's Scenebook
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Here is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from the best plays from recent theater seasons. More than 20 monologues for both men and women, carefully chosen to display the widest range of dramatic ability, are essential for... (read more)
 
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Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays (Vintage Originals)
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This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter. From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig... (read more)
 
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History and Criticism

Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
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