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The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
by Peter Brook
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First published in 1968, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre, from perhaps the most influential director of the twentieth century. In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the... (read more)

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Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
by Bertolt Brecht
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This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation... (read more)

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Italian Comedy (66 Edition)
Italian Comedy (66 Edition)
by Pierre L. Duchartre
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Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell arte. Describes improvisations, staging, marks, scenarios, acting troupes, and origins.... (read more)

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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
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From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and... (read more)

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Director Prepares : Seven Essays on Art in Theatre (01 Edition)
Director Prepares : Seven Essays on Art in Theatre (01 Edition)
by Anne Bogart
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"A Director Prepares" aims to offer a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly of the courage required to create "art with great presence". Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas... (read more)

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The Dramatic Imagination
The Dramatic Imagination
by Robert Edmond Jones
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"The Dramatic Imagination" is one of the few enduring works written about set design. Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of... (read more)

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Seven Guitars (96 Edition)
Seven Guitars (96 Edition)
by August Wilson
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It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has... (read more)

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Fences (08 Edition)
Fences (08 Edition)
by August Wilson
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A Pulitzer Prize winner. Garbage collector Troy Maxson clashes with his son over an athletic scholarship.... (read more)

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (85 Edition)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (85 Edition)
by August Wilson
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Play with music Characters: 8 males (5 black, 3 white) 2 black females Scenery: Unit set It's 1927 in a rundown studio in Chicago where Ma Rainey is recording new sides of old favorites. More goes down in the session than music in this riveting portrayal... (read more)

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Broadway Musicals: Show By Show (6TH 08 - Old Edition)
Broadway Musicals: Show By Show (6TH 08 - Old Edition)
by Stanley Green
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The most comprehensive and widely used Broadway reference book has been expanded and updated to include nearly 400 of the most important and memorable productions of the American musical theatre, including revivals. Chronologically arranged beginning... (read more)

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Directing the Documentary
Directing the Documentary
by Michael Rabiger
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Tens of thousands of readers have benefited from Michael Rabiger's classic text on documentary filmmaking, now updated to reflect the revolutionary switch to digital video equipment and software. You will learn how to research and focus a documentary... (read more)

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Cultural History of Theatre (93 Edition)
Cultural History of Theatre (93 Edition)
by Jack Watson
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This comprehensive, multicultural text presents the history of theater within a framework of cultural and social ideas.... (read more)

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A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's the Tempest, (Tcg Translations)
A Tempest: Based on Shakespeare's the Tempest, (Tcg Translations)
by Aime Cesaire
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A troupe of black actors perform their own Tempest. Cesaire's rich and insightful adaptation draws on contemporary Caribbean society, the African-American experience and African mythology to raise questions about colonialism, racism and their lasting... (read more)

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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
by David Mamet
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The purpose of theater, like magic like religion…ids to inspire cleansing awe. With bracing directness and aphoristic authority, one of our greatest living playwrights addresses the questions: What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an... (read more)

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Introduction To Play Analysis (05 Edition)
Introduction To Play Analysis (05 Edition)
by Cal Pritner
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Cal Pritner began teaching in Kansas City public schools; after serving in the military, he earned MA and PhD degrees at the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a theatre professor he has taught at: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Illinois... (read more)

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Origin of German Tragic Drama (09 Edition)
Origin of German Tragic Drama (09 Edition)
by Walter Benjamin
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Cited by Lukács as a principal source of literary modernism, Walter Benjamin’s study of the baroque stage-form called Trauerspiel (literally, “mourning play”) is the most complete document of his prismatic literary and... (read more)

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Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
by Steven D. Katz
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A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the movies... (read more)

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The Art of Theatre: Then and Now
The Art of Theatre: Then and Now
by William Missouri Downs
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This invigorating new introductory text makes timely and relevant connections between theatre and the familiar world of Hollywood television and film to help students understand how the living art of theatre relates to, predates, and influences the... (read more)

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Theater: the Lively Art (7TH 10 - Old Edition)
Theater: the Lively Art (7TH 10 - Old Edition)
by Edwin Wilson
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Theatre: The Lively Art, is a comprehensive introductory theatre text that combines an introduction to the audience's experience of theatre, an investigation of its elements, and a survey of the important developments in its history. Written by Edwin... (read more)

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Life of Galileo Notes (86 Edition)
Life of Galileo Notes (86 Edition)
by Bertolt Brecht
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This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and... (read more)

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