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Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (95 Edition)
by John Russell (ed.) Brown  Publisher Comments Reaching back in time and across the world, The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to...
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom Publisher Comments A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom...
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Tartuffe and the Bourgeois Gentleman (Dual-language) (Dual-language Book)
by Moliere Publisher Comments Two timeless comedies by one of France's greatest playwrights: "Tartuffe," a 1664 verse comedy concerning a scoundrel who impersonates a holy man, and the 1670 prose farce "The Bourgeois Gentleman," a lampoon about the superficial characteristics of...
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Living Theatre : a History (5TH 07 Edition)
by Edwin Wilson Publisher Comments "Living Theatre: A History" conveys the excitement and variety of theatre throughout time, as well as the dynamic way in which our interpretation of theatre history is informed by contemporary scholarship. Rather than presenting readers with a mere...
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From Page to Stage: How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images
by Rosemary Ingham Publisher Comments How does a designer harness something as elusive as the human imagination to create a set that will complement and enhance a dramatic production? What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging imaginative stage? In From...
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Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art Out of Desperate Times
by Susan Quinn Publisher Comments A vivid portrait of the turbulent 1930s and the Roosevelt administration as seen through the WPA’s Federal Theater Project.Under the direction of a five-foot redheaded firecracker, Hallie Flanagan, the Federal Theater Project managed to turn a WPA...
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Shackleton's Boat Journey
by Frank Arthu Worsley Publisher Comments Frank A. Worsley was the captain of the H.M.S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice,...
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The Letters of Noel Coward
by Noel Coward Publisher Comments The definitive collection of letters of the incomparable Coward reveals a unique and irresistible portrait of a society and age--from the Blitz to the Ritz. Profoundly savvy, witty, and often surprisingly moving, this collection presents the artist at...
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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
by David Mamet 
Publisher Comments What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? With bracing directness and aphoristic grace, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross delivers a thrillingly original treatise...
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The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television
by Thomas Hischack Publisher Comments From films ranging from An American in Paris and Flying Down to Rio to such Broadway landmarks as Oklahoma and West Side Story and television hits such as Cinderella and High School Musical, the American musical has thrilled audiences around the world...
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Women in American Musical Theatre: Essays on Composers, Lyricists, Librettists, Arrangers, Choreographers, Designers, Directors, Producers and Perform
by Bud (edt) Coleman Publisher Comments The essays in this book examine the history of women in musical theatre, providing biographical descriptions of the women themselves; analyses and interpretations of their productions; and several accounts of how being a woman affected the artists...
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Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
by Bertolt Brecht Publisher Comments 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...
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Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub
by Rosa Lowinger Publisher Comments At Tropicana you could play the roulette wheel, dance to the latest mambo or rumba, or simply ogle the parading goddesses of the flesh. It was the brightest jewel in 1950s Cuban nightlife, and Nat "King" Cole, Liberace, Josephine Baker, and Carmen...
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Introduction To Play Analysis (05 Edition)
by Cal Pritner About the Author Cal Pritner began teaching in Kansas City publicschools; after serving in the military, he earned MAand PhD degrees at the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a theatre professor he has taught at: SouthernIllinois University, Edwardsville; Illinois...
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Alternative Theater in Taiwan: Feminist and Intercultural Approaches
by Iris Hsin-chun Tuan Publisher Comments This highly original book furnishes a creative interpretation of alternative, contemporary Taiwanese Theater by applying feminism, interculturalism, and other Western theories to three intercultural performances of four avant-garde female directors from...
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History Play: The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe
by Rodney Bolt Publisher Comments Rodney Bolt's delightful life of Marlowe plays out a surprising solution to an enduring literary mystery, bringing the spirit of Shakespeare alive as we've never seen it before. <BR>Rodney Bolt's book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than...
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Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts " #23: Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism
by James Fisher Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the American Theater Modernism by Felicia Hardison LondrZ and James Fisher covers the theatrical practice and practitioners as well as the dramatic literature of the United States of America from 1880 to 1929....
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Second ACT Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs
by Steven Suskin Publisher Comments If Broadway's triumphant musical hits are exhilarating, the backstage tales of Broadway failures are tantalizing soap operas in miniature. Second Act Trouble puts you with the creators in the rehearsal halls, at out-of-town tryouts, in late-night, hotel...
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Aristotle's Poetics (61 Edition)
by Aristotle Publisher Comments Introduced by Francis Fergusson, the "Poetics," written in the fourth century B.C., is still an essential study of the art of drama, indeed the most fundamental one we have. It has been used by both playwrights and theorists of many periods, and...
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The Recognition of Shakuntala (Clay Sanskrit Library)
by Kalidasa Publisher Comments "The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or keep quiet company. They stake out a vast territory, with works from two millennia in multiple genres: aphorism, lyric, epic, theater, and romance." —Willis G...
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