St George and the Dragon - the true story
A pantomime for amateur actors made for a virtual era or an onstage performance should COVID ever end. It is written by amateurs for amateurs, and with a degree of flexibility. It can be acted by a cast of any size and ability - or no ability at all.
The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage
The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage is the first comprehensive study of the Parsi theatre, colonial South and Southeast Asia's most influential cultural phenomenon and the precursor of the Indian cinema industry. By providing extensive, unpublished information on its first actors, audiences, production methods, and plays, this book traces how the theatre--which was one of the first in the Indian subcontinent to adopt European stagecraft--transformed into a pan-Asian entertainment industry in the second half of the nineteenth century. Nicholson sheds light on the motivations that led to the development of the popular, commercial theatre movement in Asia through three areas of investigation: the vernacular public sphere, the emergence of competing visions of nationhood, and the narratological function that women served within a continually shifting socio-political order. The book will be of interest to scholars across several disciplines, including cultural history, gender studies, Victorian studies, the sociology of religion, colonialism, and theatre.Winner of the Theatre Library Association George Freedley Memorial Award Special Jury Prize. Shortlisted for the TaPRA David Bradby book prize. Finalist for the American Society for Theatre Research Barnard Hewitt Award.
Utopian Drama
Shortlisted for The TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize 2023 As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in Western drama from antiquity to the present, Utopian Drama: In Search of a Genre offers an illuminating appraisal of the objectives of utopianism as manifested in drama through the ages, and carefully ascertains the added value that live performance brings to the persuasion of utopian thought. Si璽n Adiseshiah scrutinises the distinctive intervention of utopian drama through its examination alongside the utopian prose tradition - in this way, the book establishes new ways of approaching utopian aesthetics and new ways of interpreting utopian drama. This book provides fresh understandings of the generic features of utopian plays, identifies the gains of establishing a new genre, and ascertains ways in which this genre functions as political theatre. Referring to over 40 plays, of which 18 are examined in detail, Utopian Drama traces the emergence of the utopian play in the Western tradition from ancient Greek Comedy to experimental contemporary work. Works discussed in detail include plays by Aristophanes, Margaret Cavendish, George Bernard Shaw, Howard Brenton, Claire MacDonald, Cesi Davidson, and Mojisola Adebayo. As well as offering extended attention to the work of these playwrights, the book reflects on the development of utopian drama through history, notes the persistent features, tropes, and conventions of utopian plays, and considers the implications of their registration for both theatre studies and utopian studies.
The Lamp
Doreen and Arnold have driven 25 miles to buy a lamp advertised in a magazine. Unfortunately, to their increasing frustration, Doreen, on actually seeing the lamp, is unable to decide whether she really wants to buy it. Their frustration is further greatly increased when they discover they have accidentally been locked in the shop overnight. Doreen and Arnold have been growing apart. Now trapped together with no chance of escape, they are forced to examine their present relationship. Will THE LAMP bring them together or drive them further apart? A funny, sad, tender, richly comic two-hander'.
The Wife
The Wife is a philosophical drama exploring the meaning of love and relationships. Sixty year old Weston and 28 year old Carter discuss the benefits of living, all to be challenged by the appearance of Carter's wife, Helena and her other husband, Robert.
Africa Presents The Congo RDC And Experience of Two Young African Ladies in America
This novel talks about the experience of newcomers in America. How certain individual attempted to take advantage of those two young African ladies, men and women alike. The young ladies underwent one challenge after another, prior to gaining their victory.
Mar穩a Mart穩nez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden in Plain Sight
The plays of Mar穩a Mart穩nez Sierra were popular in Spain, South America and in translation on Broadway and London's West End in the first half of the 20th century but they were thought to be written by her husband, the celebrated director and playwright Gregorio Mart穩nez Sierra. After his death, the authorship of his work was revealed to be that of Mar穩a, making her one of the most important playwrights of her time. This edited collection features three plays by Mar穩a Mart穩nez Sierra, translated by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker, along with an introduction by Patricia O'Connor, University of Cincinnati, US, which examines Mar穩a's extraordinary life and work, and the battle for her authorship to be recognized in both the Spanish-speaking and anglophone world. This volume focuses on plays centred on strong women; and each is translated by the eminent man of theatre Harley Granville-Barker and his wife, Helen, whose own story holds stark parallels to Maria's in terms of authorship. The collection is edited by playwright Richard Nelson and Professor Colin Chambers, who contribute an essay on the translation work of the Granville-Barkers. The plays are: The Kingdom of God (1928); The Romantic Young Lady (1920) and Take Two From One (1931). Mar穩a Mart穩nez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden in Plain Sight recognizes Mar穩a de la O Lej獺rraga Garc穩a, to use her birth name, as one of the most important female playwrights, not just in Spain, but globally, in the first half of the 20th century.
The Magic of Twelve
"This book is Dennis's third masterfully written contribution to our recreational drumming community. In this latest book Dennis entices us to delve deeper in the world of culturally specific polyrhythms from the many rhythmacultures on this planet today. These rhythmacultures are still celebrating life through traditional drum, dance, and song and have a lot to teach us how to live and play in the world" - Arthur Hull (Drummer/Percussionist, Author, Recording Artist, and internationally known as the "Father of the Modern Drum Circle Movement". Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Level The Magic of Twelve teaches the concepts of playing polymetric polyrhythms in cycles of twelve including concepts such as playing 4 over 6 pulses. The book includes over thirty full ensemble rhythms from traditional African, Afro Cuban and Afro Haitian sources.
Space Daze
In the beginning, there was Space Rock. Not quite in the very beginning, of course; sundry creation myths notwithstanding, nothing springs from absolutely nothing. But Space Rock has been with us 50 years, and it will surely be with us for at least 50 more. To the first Floyd fans, it is "Astronomy Domine"; to mid-period Gong fans, it is the Flying Teapot trilogy. To the festival faithful, it is "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout'; to the Hawkwind fans who still flock to see them, it was and is it all. Space Rock embraces all these things; Space Rock thus became all these things. And if the basics are blurred, ask Daevid Allen, Syd Barrett, Tim Blake, Edgar Broughton, Arthur Brown, Can, Robert Calvert, Chrome, the Deviants, Mick Farren, Faust, Edgar Froese, Gong, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Hillage, Kraftwerk, Legendary Pink Dots, Man, Michael Moorcock, Pink Fairies, Popol Vuh, Pressurehed, Quiet Sun, Ramases, Klaus Schulze, Sky Cries Mary, Sphynx, Tangerine Dream, Steve Took, Nik Turner, Twink AND MORE!
Beyond Drum Circle Grooves
"Dennis' book Beyond Drum Circle Grooves, is not only his second educational contribution to the development of our modern recreational hand drum movement, it is also an amazing gift to us all." Arthur Hull(From the Foreword). Includes thirty four downloadable audio tracks of selected exercises from the book. The follow up to the popular book Drum Circle Grooves from Dennis Maberry "Beyond Drum Circle Grooves" presents world rhythm and drumming concepts including basic hand drum technique for a variety of drums, African and Middle Eastern rhythmic vocalizations, basic four pulse rhythmic phrases, six over four polyrhythms and playing in odd time signatures.
A Kind of Love In
It was one of the most memorable hit singles of the late 1960s, an hypnotic, walking bass led swirl through an unreleased Bob Dylan song, that seemingly confirmed in the public eye that the critics had been saying for a year or more. That, in an age already awash with "super groups," the combination of singer Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and his Trinity was poised to become the most singularly innovative union of them all. It didn't work out like that. Today, they're probably best remembered for a sixties hit that was reworked for the theme to TV's Absolutely Fabulous. But still, the Driscoll-Auger Trinity remains among the most imposing partnerships of the late 1960s. This is their story.
Apocalypse and Heroism in Popular Culture
Stories of world-ending catastrophe have featured prominently in film and television. Zombie apocalypses, climate disasters, alien invasions, global pandemics and dystopian world orders fill our screens--typically with a singular figure or tenacious group tasked with saving or salvaging the world. Why are stories of End Times crisis so popular with audiences? And why is the hero so often a white man who overcomes personal struggles and major obstacles to lead humanity toward a restored future? This book examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in films like The Walking Dead, Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road. Some have familiar roots in Western cultural traditions yet many question popular assumptions about heroes and heroism to tell new and fascinating stories about race, gender and society and the power of individuals to change the world.
The Letter
The Letter is a fictional play about a young woman's abortion choice in 1966 when abortion was illegal, and its consequences forty years later.
Two Hands
In the 1960s and '70s, the JESUS PEOPLE Movement exploded on the world ... and the ground-breaking group "LOVE SONG" was right in the middle of it. 50 years later, their songs - with a strong theme of evangelism - are still powerful and life-changing. Using a simple story (written by Jeanne Gossett Halsey) to showcase 21 songs (written primarily by CHUCK GIRARD), "WELCOME BACK" is a unique two-act Christian Retro Musical that will refresh your memory (if you're old enough) ... or open your eyes to what Jesus Christ still means today. "Sometimes you just don't know what you're missing / 'Til you leave it for awhile ... / Welcome back to what you knew was right from the start." This IS "Music as Evangelism"! "WELCOME BACK: A Retro Rock Musical" is an original publication by Masterpieces In Progress Publishing House.
Mambos Dream Beverages of the Bahamas
The book contains almost 150 recipes for beverages created during the illustrious career of Dennis' father, the late Herbert Zacharias Burrows. The beverages remain popular in hotel properties throughout the islands of the Bahamas. Beverages are great for any occasion and many can be made using ingredients already in your pantry.
By the Letter
"By the Letter," is a collection of short plays and miscellaneous writings by Dr. David Holcombe. The author continues to distill current events into plays that challenge and occasionally entertain the reader. Subjects range from family dynamics to COVID vaccinations, with a host of topics in between. Some the plays have been produced in various local settings, including in the context of the Spectral Sisters Productions Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. While not always intended for the general public, the plays touch on universal themes of sibling rivalry, professional challenges, personal choices, political interference and even psychological dysfunction. In short, something for everyone.
Life's Little Hurdles
To his friends, Mike Reeves had it all. He was the high school quarterback and track athlete that was on his way to a promising future. In the blink of an eye, his football career ended. Faced with entering his senior year in high school and not being able to play football, he turns his attention to track and field. Mike has been running the hurdles for years and the injury damaged his chances for a college scholarship. Looking at the prospect of having to stay in his hometown, he becomes determined to make his mark. During the year he struggles with a series of personal problems and challenges. These challenges and the people he encounters along the way change his view of the world. Life's Little Hurdles is a book that will allow the reader to follow Mike through his senior track season. He will have to overcome the obstacles in his life that stand in the way of his hope for a shining season. Most of all, it is a story of love and relationships that will touch your heart.
Contemporary Irish Popular Culture
This book uses popular culture to highlight the intersections and interplay between ideologies, technological advancement and mobilities as they shape contemporary Irish identities. Marshalling case studies drawn from a wide spectrum of popular culture, including the mediated construction of prominent sporting figures, Troubles-set sitcom Derry Girls, and poignant drama feature Philomena, Anthony P. McIntyre offers a wide-ranging discussion of contemporary Irishness, tracing its entanglement with notions of mobility, regionality and identity. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Irish studies, cultural studies, as well as film and media studies.
Romantic Comedy
'The course of true love never did run smooth' - so says Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and for more than 2000 years the problems faced by young men and women fighting to find and keep an appropriate sexual partner have been a theatrical staple. This book explores the shapes that Romantic Comedy has assumed from Greek New Comedy via Shakespeare to the present. Changing social values have helped to redefine the genre's traditional hetero-normativity, while the recent trend towards more fluid casting has opened up many romantic comedies to radical reinterpretations. Organized chronologically to allow readers to trace the development of the form against changing societal norms, the book features a range of case studies of key works from the British tradition, including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Susanna Centlivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, Stanley Houghton's Hindle Wakes, No禱l Coward's Private Lives, Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, Ayub Khan-Din's East is East and David Eldridge's Beginning.
Milestones in Asian American Theatre
This introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre.
Playing Outside the Lines
Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays 1 is a compilation of theatre plays created by intercultural theatre artist Michael Devine. Produced in different countries, Devine created each of the ten plays working as an outsider far from his own community and its conventions, making use of local languages, themes, and stories from each culture. The goal of each play is not merely to hold a mirror up to nature but also to create a bridge between cultures. This is a fascinating collection that pushes the boundaries of what plays can be and is sure to challenge the expectations of readers and audience members alike.
Playing Outside the Lines
Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays 1 is a compilation of theatre plays created by intercultural theatre artist Michael Devine. Produced in different countries, Devine created each of the ten plays working as an outsider far from his own community and its conventions, making use of local languages, themes, and stories from each culture. The goal of each play is not merely to hold a mirror up to nature but also to create a bridge between cultures. This is a fascinating collection that pushes the boundaries of what plays can be and is sure to challenge the expectations of readers and audience members alike.
Hugh Cornwell Hoover Dam Companion 2012 Edition
"A BLOODY GOOD READ" - Heart of a Punk Soul of a Rasta.com "I THINK IT'S GREAT" - Hugh Cornwell "HIGHLY INFORMATIVE" - Brighton Magazine All you need to know about the groundbreaking album, Hoover Dam, the latest studio album by ex Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell. Released by Invisible Hands, the album is available as a free download from Cornwell's site. The book explores this fruitful period in Hugh's career; featuring interviews with head of IH Charles Kennedy, Hugh Cornwell, bassist Caroline Campbell and producer Liam Watson. A must have for all Stranglers/ Cornwell fans. New 2012 edition features a new interview by the author with Cornwell.
Eclectic Explorations in the Field of Nescionism
This book is a joke, but what the heck, monetarily you are not dealt shortly. Moreover it is a great gift for that friend, relative, colleague or acquaintance that is struggling something aweful and pulling his or her hair out in attempting to complete a thesis for a university degree. That is all I am going to reveal.
A Fight Against...
"He said, 'The day will come when they don't cut our heads off in front of people.' And I asked him, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because we'll cut them off ourselves.'" A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico. A woman who won't stop dancing in Peru. Pablo Manzi's darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. A Fight Against... marks the English-language debut of one of Chile's most significant new voices. It was developed on a residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where it premiered in December 2021 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol
Newly expanded and revised edition. One of the most alluring, enigmatic, and simply irresistible movie icons of all time, Rudolph Valentino continues to inspire generation after generation of moviegoers. In Rudolph Valentino, The Silent Idol: His Life in Photographs, author Donna Hill retells the story of Valentino's life using a treasure trove of rare photographs. Drawn from the author's extensive collection and those of generous fellow collectors and archives, most of the images in this volume have not been seen since the 1920's; many have never been released publicly until now. Rudolph Valentino was more than the "sheik" of one of his most famous films. He was more than the legendary star who died at a tragically young age. For long-time fans as well as curious newcomers, these remarkable images - candid snapshots at home, traveling, on film sets - reveal the glamour and charm of the man who continues to beguile and inspire movie lovers to this day.
Flight 412
Special Edition of a gripping thriller written by Glenn P Clinger III
Cashiers du Cinemart 18
Cashiers du Cinemart #18 marks the 20th anniversary issue of the infamous Detroit film zine. Featuring reviews, interviews, and essays on films from the sublime to the obscure. Regular contributors Skizz Cyzyk, Rich Osmond, Mike Malloy, and Mike Sullivan are back with looks at Corrupt, Eye of the Tiger, Earl Owensby, and casting decisions that almost were. Jim Donahue, Calum Syers, Scott Lefebvre, and Andrew Leavold have returned to give us pieces about Michael Powell, Ulli Lommel, Anthony Matthews, and Eddie Romero. Joshua Gravel provides another batch of movie reviews that go beyond the usual thumbs up/down tripe. This issue also features articles by first-time contributors Jay A. Gertzman, Heather Drain, Greg Goodsell, Marisa Young Mike Dereniewski, Ryan Sarnowski, Jared Case, Joe "Woodyanders" Wawrzyniak, and David Bertrand.
Volume 1
How do you shift your music into a career?! Very simple. By reading this book. This book gives self releasing artists insights and advice on how to turn their part-time music career into a full time career. This book takes on various case studies from mainstream artists, personal observations, and research from other music business writers and simplifies these into basic instructions on how to do music for a full time. The goal of these books is to gain more knowledge, but eventually pursue what artists love to do, which is make MUSIC.
Faust / Red
FAUST Jude Rawlins follows in the cinematic tradition of Fellini, Jodorowsky, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman, and Sally Potter, with one of the most acerbic literary deviations ever attempted, re-imagining Faust's little known sequel as an irreverent Medieval poetic heresy. Faust, now female, returns to the wilderness to seek Mephistopheles' help to find his lost love Margret. But when they find her, grief has made her a shadow of her former self. After ending her suffering, Faust and Mephisto travel to London, where the goddess Venus plunges them into a world of vice and debauchery, which ends in tragedy for one of them and sexual awakening for the other. Or does it? Perhaps it doesn't. Or doesn't it? RED Red is Jude Rawlins' long-gestating tribute to English artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. The experimental film was made during the Covid-19 lockdown and consists of a complex soundtrack of music and sounds interwoven with stream-of-consciousness dialogue, set against a blank red screen. Jude describes the film is a kind of "spiritual sequel" to Derek Jarman's 1993 film Blue, a deeply immersive emotional journey. Blue was made when Jarman was terminally ill with Aids. "We all knew he didn't have long left," remembers Rawlins, "and in one conversation I tried ham-fistedly to lighten the mood by saying that he shouldn't die, he should live and make a sequel to Blue. Which he turned around on me and said that I should do it, and that as Blue was essentially a film about the pain of dying, any sequel should be called Red and be a film about the pain of living. Almost thirty years on, and I have come to understand that concept very well."
Orson Welles
Writer, musician and filmmaker Chris Wade examines the directorial career of ORSON WELLES, the maverick pioneer of American cinema. Accompanied by pictures from Welles' life, Wade explores the two book ends of Welles' filmography; the miraculously brilliant Citizen Kane and the mythical and posthumous enigma, The Other Side of the Wind, as well as every other film Welles directed in between. Including new reflections from those who worked with Welles, Journey Of A Filmmaker is an affectionate homage to one of film's true originals.
Stanley Kubrick On Screen
STANLEY KUBRICK: ON SCREEN IS A GUIDE TO THE FILMS OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME. FROM HIS EARLY SHORTS, THROUGH HIS BREAKTHROUGH MOVIES LIKE THE KILLING AND PATHS OF GLORY, CLASSICS INCLUDING 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE AND THE SHINING, TO HIS FINAL PICTURE EYES WIDE SHUT, RELEASED AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1999, KUBRICK REDEFINED EVER GENRE HE TOOK ON. HIS FILMS ARE BECOMING MORE INFLUENTIAL, IMPORTANT AND LAYERED AS TIME GOES ON, REVEALING NEW DEPTHS WITH EACH DECADE THAT PASSES. THE BOOK GOES INTO THE MAKING OF EACH FILM, WITH NEW COMMENTS FROM KUBRICK COLLABORATORS AND IMAGES FROM THE MOVIES THEMSELVES.
Feather Mysteries
Feather Mysteries is a unique study into the magick and mystery of feathers. Initially delving into the mystical aspects of birds, before venturing deeper into the rich realm of feathers including superstition, symbolism, divination, ritual and many other concepts. Hardbound with 286 pages, the book further features the authors own ideas and performance pieces, plus supporting contributions from Enrique Enriquez, Docc Hilford, Neal Scryer, Marc Salem, Ron Dayton (Kotah), Paul Gertner, Ning Cai, Jeff McBride, Jerome Finley, Mike Kay, Mark Edward & Carl Herron, Christian Chelman, Dr Steve Murray, Lary Kuehn, Mary Tomich and Bill Zuerner (Balaram). This collection of studies will enhance the creative process for any mystery performance You may never look at a feather in the same way again .... Foreword by Richard Webster Author - Steve Drury
Dice Mysteries
Dice Mysteries is a study into the world of dice aimed as a resource for the mystery - psychic entertainer As a hardbound, dust-jacket covered book - it runs at over 580 pages ! It initially delves into its journey from the shaman to the layman, then through history into its roles in society, religion and science, including various cultural and indigenous perspectives. Many types of dice are reviewed, alongside their varied uses, from reading systems to gambling and cheating plus performance applications and routines. Steve Drury's own ideas are included throughout, plus there are varied supporting contributions from: Les Cross, Richard Webster, Stephen Ball, David Berglas, Lior Manor, Mark Chandaue, Richard Osterlind, Ronald J. Dayton, Pablo Amira, Docc Hilford, T.C.Tahoe, Seamus Maguire, Dale Hildebrandt, Danny Proctor, Kenton Knepper, Craig Conley, Steve Cook, Scott St Clair, Neal Scryer, Jackie McClements, Cara Hamilton, Vito Gattullo and Sudo. Foreword is by Ronald J. Dayton
Dark Matters. The Arcane Thaumaturgy of Dr. Jacob Tordoff
Journey into the arcane world of Doctor Jacob Tordoff. A selection of new and updated bizarre magick performances from the repertoire and creative mind of Roger Curzon. As an exclusively designed dust cover bound hardback, it features a foreword by Jim Critchlow, plus some supporting contributions from Roni Shachnaey, Steve Drury, Kotah, Andrew Normansell and Ashton Carter.
Total Darkness
Total Darkness is a revealing look into the dark mentalism and s矇ance mind of Mark Edward. A 233 page hardback book with an exclusively designed dust-jacket by artist Vincent Mattina. Featuring a foreword by Tony 'Doc' Shiels, 15 in-depth fully photo illustrated s矇ance pieces concluding with six more effects in the first published release of The Keith Moon S矇ance.
New World Plays
NEW WORLD PLAYS is comprised of three lyrical, fantastical works for theatre - ISABELLA DREAMS THE NEW WORLD, MY NEBRASKA, and COATICOOK - by acclaimed writer and performer Lenora Champagne. With a preface by Julie H矇bert, introduction by Fiona Templeton and interview with the author by Jim O'Quinn, founding editor of AMERICAN THEATRE magazine.
The Archaeology of Dreams and other plays
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DREAMS AND OTHER PLAYS collects four of playwright Caridad Svich's epic "fantasias" for the theatre. In addition to the title play, the volume includes THE SPELL OF EDEN, which speculates on the creative relationship among Federico Garcia Lorca, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel; RELISH MY TEARS, a dark ballad play; and CALCULATING GENESIS, which imagines a poetic memoryscape for mathematicians Paul Erdos, G.H. Hardy, Stanislaw Ulam and John Nash.
Brigid of Kildare
In 450 A.D. Ireland, the Druid CHIEF DUBTACH of Leinster simultaneously fathered a son [BACENE] by his wife, CONDLA, and a daughter [BRIGID] by his bondmaid BROCESA. Condla insisted that the pregnant Brocessa be sold and sent away to Connacht. Irish law demanded that the children of slaves be returned to their original owners upon reaching the age of eight. After the King ordered Dubtach to give 15 year-old Brigid her freedom, she took her vows to become a Sister in Christ. Along the Great Road on her return to help her mother in Connacht, Brigid met other Sisters and discovered how miserable and isolated the women were. She vowed to help them by creating a monastery community for women. Brigid's dream of a monastery (convent) for women is glimpsed within the context of the play's dream sequence. Women in Brigid's community would establish scriptoriums, hospitals, communal farms, and nurture art and music [women would sing Gregorian chants].
The Playwright's Purpose
Dramatist Motti Lerner delineates what the role of the playwright is throughout history and in modern drama in this book that serves as a useful playwriting primer on structure and aeshthetics. With an introduction by Professor Gad Kaynar of Tel Aviv University.
The Imperial Phase - The Rise and Fall of British Indie Music 1986-1997
A man with a quiff and a hearing aid twirls around with a bunch of gladioli sprouting from his trouser pocket. Two sullen Scotsmen deafen you with descanting feedback. Jackson Pollock paint-splattered mods in flared trousers become the sound of Ecstasy.Five lads from Burnage standing still and playing football style anthems to hundreds of thousands of people. Common People! Bez! Parklife! The "Imperial Phase" is a term defined by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys to describe a time in an artists' career when they were at their commercial peak - when they could do nothing wrong. This book describes the imperial phase of British indie music from the end of the Smiths to the death of Britpop. In 45 coruscating essays Ray Dexter analyses the records that told the story. Artists covered include the Smiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead, The Verve and many, many more.
Doctor Who Episode-by-Episode
Everybody watches Doctor Who the wrong way. Ever since the widespread availability of VCR's and their subsequently more advanced offspring, fans of the show have been able to watch Doctor Who whenever they want and in whatever order they want. This is not how the show should be watched. It's about an evolving narrative over fifty years. This book is the seventh in a series that chronicles, analyses and reviews all of Doctor Who in the order it was shown, episode-by-episode, as it should have been watched. Isn't it about time you did the same? This book covers the Sylvester McCoy incarnation of the Doctor.
Yabbing and Wording
Yabbing and Wording: The artistry of Nigerian stand-up comedy is a long-overdue academic interrogation of the novel stand-up practice in Nigeria as performance. 'Yabbing' comes from the Nigerian Pidgin English verb, 'yab', which means a satirical jibe thrown at individuals, groups or institutions. Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo-Kuti used this effectively in his recorded and live music performances against successive military regimes. 'Wording' derives from the English term 'word' and refers to a game in which parties exchange insults. It is a modern-day coinage for traditional forms of joking that existed across Nigeria and elsewhere in precolonial times.In this book, Nwankwọ identifies 'yabbing' and 'wording' as outstanding indigenous elements within contemporary stand-up practice in Nigeria. On the one hand, these local joking patterns inform how comedians fashion their narratives. On the other, they mitigate offence and how the audience responds to ridicule in joke performance venues. The book's strength is its academic perspective and the inclusion of as many examples of stand-up and comedians as possible, to give a panoramic view of the practice. It also traces the historical path of the development of professional stand-up comedy in Nigeria. Its closing chapters detail the global outreach of Nigerian stand-up while also anticipating its future developments.
Inside the Rehearsal Room
Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the Rehearsal Room is both an instructional and conceptual examination of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and underpinned by theory, this book moves through each stage of rehearsals, considering the inter-connectivity between the actor, director, designers and the backstage team, and how the cumulative effect of the weeks in rehearsal influences the final production. The text also includes: - Auto-ethnographic and fully ethno-graphic case study approaches to different rehearsal rooms- Interviews with directors, actors, designers and actor trainers- A consideration of the ethics of the rehearsal room and material selected for production- Practical exercises on how to creatively read a text from an acting and directing perspective Informed by over 20 years of directing experience in the UK and Europe, Robert Marsden's book offers a practical guide that ultimately demystifies the rehearsal process and challenges how the rehearsal room should be run in the twenty-first century.
The Ghost of the Unsaid
Benjamin-Joshua hates his life. His family, or more appropriately, his sham-of-a-family/shamily despise him. His peers think the world would be better off if he were dead. And he cannot escape the spectre of the Incident-the fateful day that changed his life forevermore and saw the end of someone else's.Then one day, he providentially enters Angoria; a world that has been usurped by a one-to-one-scale copy subdivided by blockades and overrun with fearsome monstrous wardens, whose inhabitants have been cursed to relive the same torturous day on a loop for centuries by three wicked mages who purport that Angoria stands on the brink of the Apocalypse. Yet Angoria's plight might just offer the young, unimpressive nobody a chance at finding purpose and redemption... if he does not sound the planet's death knell first.For the prophesied Triumvirate are coming-three nameless, faceless, merciless machines bred for war: Skylar, the Mex Confetricus and the Pretender, whose sole purpose is to usher in the End of Days and make history end.This is not a story about good conquering evil, protagonists finding true love, victims forgiving victimisers, and the rewarding of the virtuous with a respective happy ending.This is a story about the fine line between destiny, self-preservation, and revenge.And no-one can be trusted.
F. Paul Wilson, Repairman Jack, and More
The 33 essays in this collection begin with a lengthy interview with author F. Paul Wilson, reviews of 15 of his Repairman Jack novels, and other reviews and essays on books and other freedom-oriented topics including the movie "Colossus," Edgar Rice Burroughs, freedom-friendly music, and humor as a weapon for freedom.
Monologues and Scenes for Lesbian Actors
Finally! A book for lesbians who are tired of "passing" at auditions and in acting classes and workshops! Here at last, from one of the most talented and inventive contemporary playwrights, is a book of thirty-two monologues and sixty scenes by, for, and about lesbians. This collection includes scenes with characters taken from lesbian history: Jane Addams, Charlotte Cushman, Joan of Arc, Calamity Jane, Sappho, Babe Didrikson, Benedetta Carlini, Ren矇e Vivien, Natalie Barney, and Eva LeGallienne. It also includes women from history whose sexual orientation may or may not have been documented, but whose survival strategies resonate with strategies of lesbians. These strategies include the separatism of Hildegard von Bingen, the confrontation of sexual violation in the art of Artemisia Gentileschi, the liberation struggle of Harriet Tubman, the repression and denial of Louisa May Alcott, the resistance of Mary Mallon ("Typhoid Mary").
Key Mysteries
Key Mysteries is a unique study into Keys in magick and mystery entertainment. Hardbound with 286 pages it features essays on the historical and symbolic concepts of keys in magic, plus feature contributions by over 30 highly respected performers on presentation approaches and many routines - both seminal and new. Contributors include David Berglas, Eugene Burger, Bruce Bernstein, Kenton Knepper, Docc Hilford, Marc Salem, Jeff McBride, Roni Shachnaey, Christian Chelman, E.Raymond Carlyle, Professor BC, Robert E. Neale, Bob Fitch, Ed Solomon, Luca Volpe, Dale Hildebrandt, Lary Kuehn, Barrie Richardson, Paul Prater, Simon Drake, Daniele Nigris, Leslie Melville, Paul Voodini, Alan Jones, Jim Magus, Barry Cooper, Ariel Frailich, Master Payne and Mark Fishman Foreword is by Ed Solomon. Author / Editor Steve Drury
