Lessons With Hypatia (Script)
Lessons With Hypatia is a musical tragedy that seeks to unveil the congruities between eroticism, philosophy, religion, culture, and love. In fifth century Alexandria, Egypt, the woman HYPATIA, among the last philosophers of Late Antiquity, was schooled as a man by her father THEON, chief librarian of the great library at Alexandria. Hypatia's philosophical dialogues and discussions about love with her confidants propel the drama: A shared love of ideas prompts Hypatia to wed ISIDORE, the philosophical leader of Alexandria, in hope of resolving the brewing turmoil between CYRIL, Alexandria's religious authority (and in love with Hypatia), and ORESTES, the new Roman consul (who also falls in love with Hypatia). But Isidore's extramarital sensual exploits grow reckless, and Orestes and Cyril seek to capitalize on Isidore's rashness to grab power. Hypatia reasons that producing a child might protect Isidore, and ruminates about consummating her longstanding love with Cyril. But when she attempts to offer herself to him, unanticipated emotions terrify her. Orestes begs Hypatia for love, and after her initial repulsion she considers giving herself to him. But when Hypatia finds Orestes with another love, she yields to her passion with Cyril. Orestes becomes enraged and threatens to rile up the Alexandrian people to burn Theon's library. And Hypatia and her students determine a risky method to preserve classical knowledge should the library be destroyed. Hypatia resists Orestes, and he lovingly recants his threats, but not in time to prevent disaster. Eroticism and philosophy mingle through the songs, dialogue, and action to blend together multiple levels of interpretation: What is the nature of love and divinity? What it is to communicate and to share one's self? What is culture, and how might it be preserved? And, how does each individual assign meaning to the emotional events in his or her life?
Performing New German Realities
Represents the first English-language monograph dedicated to theatre and migration in contemporary GermanyEngages with current and timely political debates surrounding refugees in EuropeEnables comparative perspectives on theatre and migration to emerge across and beyond European contexts
Telling Our Stories of Home
What is home? The answer seems obvious. But Telling Our Stories of Home, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, India, UK, and the US, complicates the answer. The "answer" includes stories as far-ranging as: enslaved women trying to create a home, one by any means necessary, and one in the ocean; siblings wrestling with their differing devotion to home after their mother's death; a family wrestling with the government's refusal to allow the burial of their soldier-son in their hometown; a young scholar attempting to feel at home after studying abroad; a young man fleeing home due to his sexual orientation only to discover the difficulty of creating home elsewhere, and Siddis (Indians of African descent) continuing to struggle for acceptance despite having lived in India for over 600 years. These are voices seldom represented to a larger audience. The plays and performance pieces range from 20 to 90-minute pieces and include a mix of monologue, duologue, and ensemble plays. Short yet powerful, they allow fantastic performance opportunities particularly in an age of social-distancing with flexible casts that together invite the theme of home to be performed and studied on the page. The plays include: The House by Arz矇 Khodr (Lebanon), Happy by Kia Corthron (US), The Blue of the Island by ?velyne Trouillot (Haiti), Nine Lives by Zodwa Nyoni (UK), Leaving, but Can't Let Go by Lupe Gehrenbeck (Venezuela), Questions of Home by Doreen Baingana (Uganda), On the Last Day of Spring by Fidaa Zidan (Palestine) Letting Go and Moving On by Louella Dizon San Juan (US), Antimemories of an Interrupted Trip by Aldri Anuncia癟瓊o (Brazil), So Goes We by Jacqueline E. Lawton (US), and Those Who Live Here, Those Who Live There by Geeta P. Siddi and Girija P. Siddi (India)
Radio’s Legacy in Popular Culture
Examining work by novelists, filmmakers, TV producers and songwriters, this book uncovers the manner in which the radio - and the act of listening - has been written about for the past 100 years. Ever since the first public wireless broadcasts, people have been writing about the radio: often negatively, sometimes full of praise, but always with an eye and an ear to explain and offer an opinion about what they think they have heard. Novelists including Graham Greene, Agatha Christie, Evelyn Waugh, and James Joyce wrote about characters listening to this new medium with mixtures of delight, frustration, and despair. Clint Eastwood frightened moviegoers half to death in Play Misty for Me, but Lou Reed's 'Rock & Roll' said listening to a New York station had saved Jenny's life. Frasier showed the urbane side of broadcasting, whilst Good Morning, Vietnam exploded from the cinema screen with a raw energy all of its own. Queen thought that all the audience heard was 'ga ga', even as The Buggles said video had killed the radio star and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers lamented 'The Last DJ'. This book explores the cultural fascination with radio; the act of listening as a cultural expression - focusing on fiction, films and songs about radio. Martin Cooper, a broadcaster and academic, uses these movies, TV shows, songs, novels and more to tell a story of listening to the radio - as created by these contemporary writers, filmmakers, and musicians.
Postdramatic Theatre and India
This book revisits Hans-Thies Lehmann's theory of the postdramatic and participates in the ongoing debate on the theatre paradigm by placing contemporary Indian performance within it. None of the Indian theatre-makers under study built their works directly on the Euro-American model of postdramatic theatre, but many have used its vocabulary and apparatus in innovative, transnational ways. Their principal aim was to invigorate the language of Indian urban theatre, which had turned stale under the stronghold of realism inherited from colonial stage practice or prescriptive under the decolonizing drive of the 'theatre of roots' movement after independence. Emerging out of a set of different historical and cultural contexts, their productions have eventually expanded and diversified the postdramatic framework by crosspollinating it with regional performance forms. Theatre in India today includes devised performance, storytelling across forms, theatre solos, cross-media performance, theatre installations, scenographic theatre, theatre-as-event, reality theatre, and so on. The book balances theory, context and praxis, developing a new area of scholarship in Indian theatre. Interspersed throughout are Indian theatre-makers' clarification of their own practices vis-?-vis those in Europe and the US.
Consuming Scenography
Longlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design & Scenography 2023 Consuming Scenography offers an insight into contemporary scenographic practice beyond the theatre. It explores the ways in which scenography is used to create a global cultural impact and accelerate profits in the site-specific context of themed shopping malls. It analyses the effect of the architectural, aesthetic, spatial, material and sensory aspects of design through their performative encounters with consumers in order to offer a better understanding of performance design. In the first part the author explores the spatial seduction of an enclosed market space and traces the origins of scenographic temporality in permanent architectonic spaces for trade and commerce, from ancient Greek and Roman roofed markets and Oriental bazaars to 19th-century arcades and department stores to modern-day shopping malls.The second section addresses the site-specific theatricality of the shopping mall, considering the use of performative aspects of scenography in the creation of corporate identity. It engages with production and consumption of experience in themed shopping malls, using historical, aesthetical, social and political lenses. In the final section, the author intertwines fluidity of market changes with flexibility of scenographic matter, drawing attention to both contradictions and prospects that merging of scenography and architecture can bring along. Considering a variety of case studies of themed shopping malls, including the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, Terminal 21 in Bangkok, the Villaggio in Doha and Montecasino in Johannesburg, as well as further examples from Europe, USA and Asia - this book provides a wide-ranging critical examination of the ways in which scenographic thinking and practices are exploited in wider cultural contexts for impact, branding, and higher profits.
It's me, Billy - Black Christmas Revisited
It's Me Billy: Black Christmas Revisited is a brand-new definitive book chronicling the making of Bob Clark's seminal 1974 Christmas slasher film. which is gearing up to celebrate its 50th anniversary while still being acclaimed by critics around the world as well as loved by a cult fanbase. Featuring interviews with both cast and crew of the ground-breaking original film, as well as delving into the making of the film and an exploration of its themes and characters, It's Me Billy brings you the ultimate behind the scenes account of both the 1974 classic, as well as the remakes and spin offs that have all continued the legacy of the infamous "Billy." It's Me Billy is the ultimate resource for fans of Bob Clark's influential horror film & its extraordinary legacy.
A Comparative Analysis of Americanness in the Play One-Third of a Nation
Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: 2,5, University of Erfurt, language: English, abstract: This paper attempts a comparative analysis of Americanness in the play "One-Third of a Nation". The title of the play was taken from the following statement in 1937 of Roosevelt: "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. ...". "One-Third of a Nation" became one of the most successful plays of Living Newspaper with 237 performances between 1937-1939. As the editor playwright of the group, Arent intended to investigate the circumstances behind conditions rather than surface news. "One-Third of a Nation" traced the story of American tenement housing by reflecting various conditions with various people. This paper deals with the circumstances of the play and the reactions of the public. It sheds light on the accusations of both the leftist and the rightist and shows that the project is "as American as Walt Disney".
Black Patience
Honorable Mention, 2024 Callaway Prize for the Best Book on Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies (New York University)2024 College Language Association Book Award Winner2023 Hooks National Book Award Winner (Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change)Honorable Mention, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present 2023 Book PrizeHonorable Mention, 2023 John W. Frick Book Award (American Theatre and Drama Society)Finalist, 2022 George Freedley Memorial Award of the Theatre Library Association.Finalist, Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History (ASTR)Finalist, ATHE Outstanding Book AwardA bold rethinking of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of Black theater "Freedom, Now!" This rallying cry became the most iconic phrase of the Civil Rights Movement, challenging the persistent command that Black people wait--in the holds of slave ships and on auction blocks, in segregated bus stops and schoolyards--for their long-deferred liberation. In Black Patience, Julius B. Fleming Jr. argues that, during the Civil Rights Movement, Black artists and activists used theater to energize this radical refusal to wait. Participating in a vibrant culture of embodied political performance that ranged from marches and sit-ins to jail-ins and speeches, these artists turned to theater to unsettle a violent racial project that Fleming refers to as "Black patience." Inviting the likes of James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Douglas Turner Ward, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Brown Jr. to the stage, Black Patience illuminates how Black artists and activists of the Civil Rights era used theater to expose, critique, and repurpose structures of white supremacy. In this bold rethinking of the Civil Rights Movement, Fleming contends that Black theatrical performance was a vital technology of civil rights activism, and a crucial site of Black artistic and cultural production.
Fair Play
The clocks are set. The line is drawn. They've got a chance to be champions. But at what cost?When Ann joins Sophie's running club she's thrown into a world of regimented training and pure focus. The two girls couldn't be more different, but soon their shared passion makes them inseparable - dreaming in lanes and lap-times, waking up picturing Olympic medals, each day stronger and faster... But set head to head in the run up to the World Championships, they find themselves and their friendship put to the ultimate test. As their relationships, their bodies and their very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price? A gripping exploration of the underside of women's athletics, Fair Play is the new work from Ella Road (The Phlebotomist) - 'the most promising young playwright in Britain' (The Telegraph).This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Bush Theatre, London, in December 2021.
Star Wars: Yoda One for Me
A sweet and funny collection of Star Wars messages of love and friendship--a little hug in book form. Tell the person you love that Yoda One For Me with this sweet book featuring beloved Star Wars characters and heartfelt, funny sentiments and artwork on the theme of love and friendship. From BB-8 holding a rose ("I am the droid you are looking for") to an Obi-Wan For Me box of chocolates, a retro videogame style Vader surrounded by hearts, Boba Fett as Cupid, and Chewbacca holding the Woo Key to your Heart, this charming collection of art created by Lucasfilm staff and fan favorite artists Jeffrey Brown and Katie Cook is the perfect gift for a special someone in your own galaxy, not so far away. (c) & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under Authorization I LOVE YOU. I KNOW. Let your special someone know how you feel through the words and pictures of your favorite Star Wars characters. A SWEET GIFT FOR YOUR VALENTINE: This cute little book will be the perfect fun, funny present. PERFECT FOR: Fans of Jeffrey Brown's Darth Vader and Son series and fans of all ages who love the sweet and funny side of Star Wars and are looking for a gift book for Valentine's Day or any day! FAN FAVORITE ARTISTS: Includes art by Jeffrey Brown and Katie Cook!
Classical Greek Tragedy
Classical Greek Tragedy offers a comprehensive survey of the development of classical Greek tragedy combined with close readings of exemplary texts. Reconstructing how audiences in fifth-century BCE Athens created meaning from the performance of tragedy at the dramatic festivals sponsored by the city-state and its wealthiest citizens, it considers the context of Athenian political and legal structures, gender ideology, religious beliefs, and other social forces that contributed to spectators' reception of the drama. In doing so it focuses on the relationship between performers and watchers, not only Athenian male citizens, but also women and audiences throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. This book traces the historical development of these dynamics through three representative tragedies that span a 50 year period: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, and Euripides' Helen. Topics include the role of the chorus; the tragic hero; recurring mythical characters and subject matter; Aristotelian assessments of the components of tragedy; developments in the architecture of the theater and their impact on the interactions of characters, and the spaces they occupy. Unifying these discussions is the observation that the genre articulates a reality beyond the visible stage action that intersects with the characters' existence in the present moment and resonates with the audience's religious beliefs and collective psychology. Human voices within the performance space articulate powerful forces from an invisible dimension that are activated by oaths, hymns, curses and prayers, and respond in the form of oracles and prophecies, forms of discourse which were profoundly meaningful to those who watched the original productions of tragedy.
Black Patience
Honorable Mention, 2024 Callaway Prize for the Best Book on Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies (New York University)2024 College Language Association Book Award Winner2023 Hooks National Book Award Winner (Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change)Honorable Mention, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present 2023 Book PrizeHonorable Mention, 2023 John W. Frick Book Award (American Theatre and Drama Society)Finalist, 2022 George Freedley Memorial Award of the Theatre Library Association.Finalist, Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History (ASTR)Finalist, ATHE Outstanding Book AwardA bold rethinking of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of Black theater "Freedom, Now!" This rallying cry became the most iconic phrase of the Civil Rights Movement, challenging the persistent command that Black people wait--in the holds of slave ships and on auction blocks, in segregated bus stops and schoolyards--for their long-deferred liberation. In Black Patience, Julius B. Fleming Jr. argues that, during the Civil Rights Movement, Black artists and activists used theater to energize this radical refusal to wait. Participating in a vibrant culture of embodied political performance that ranged from marches and sit-ins to jail-ins and speeches, these artists turned to theater to unsettle a violent racial project that Fleming refers to as "Black patience." Inviting the likes of James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Douglas Turner Ward, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Brown Jr. to the stage, Black Patience illuminates how Black artists and activists of the Civil Rights era used theater to expose, critique, and repurpose structures of white supremacy. In this bold rethinking of the Civil Rights Movement, Fleming contends that Black theatrical performance was a vital technology of civil rights activism, and a crucial site of Black artistic and cultural production.
The Vocal Arts Workbook
"Refreshing and imaginative, this book teaches through enhanced awareness and instructs through clear and specific exercises." Cicely Berry A practical course for actors and other professional voice-users to achieve clarity and expressivity with the voice. Setting out the fundamental principles of voice training, the book provides structured and informed methods for developing vocal power, range and flexibility. At the heart of the book are practical projects with exercises which enable you to: - connect your breath with your voice- meet the demands of your performance- use your voice expressively through fully controlling pitch and range Each chapter consists of an introductory framework; explorations; exercises; follow-up work; suggested texts and further reading altogether offering a unique, student-centred approach not found in other voice books. This revised edition speaks more directly to the actor, rather than the voice teacher, through revised terminology and descriptions, updated references, additional appendices on health and other issues related to trends in contemporary drama and questions of equality, diversity and inclusion with respect to vocabulary and suggested texts. Includes forewords by Cicely Berry and Fiona Shaw.
The Dramaturgy of Space
In Ram籀n Griffero's seminal work, The Dramaturgy of Space, the playwright and director describes his aesthetic philosophy and theoretical approach to theatrical creation, illustrating his theory through practical application in a series of exercises. As well as touching upon some of Griffero's own work, like Cinema utopia (1985), Tus deseos en fragmentos (2003), Fin del eclipse (2007) and El azar de la fiesta (1992), this book also reinforces the practicality of Griffero's concepts through a series of online videos, breaking down each exercise and allowing readers to engage with the effects of his celebrated approach. Published here in English for the first time, in a translation by the leading expert on Griffero, The Dramaturgy of Space reveals the internationally renowned Chilean artist's thought process, and how his practice has influenced the theatrical, political, and social context, from the Pinochet dictatorship to the present day.
Musical Theatre Script and Song Analysis Through the Ages
How many times have you experienced a musical that was fabulous or just didn't work at all, but you had no idea how to communicate why? How do you differentiate between a flaw in the performance portrayal of a character to a structural flaw in the musical itself? How do you analyse musical theatre songs that are so subjective in its very nature? Is there even a common link of analysis between musicals from the Golden Age and musicals from the present day? Musical Theatre Script and Song Analysis Through the Ages answers these questions and gives students of musical theatre the tools they need to understand and articulate how musicals work. At the heart of any musical lie its music and lyrics, yet it is this area that is least understood. This book offers a brand new terminology of analysis that gets to the core of what holds a musical together: the libretto, music, and lyrics. Through identifying methods of lyric and musical analysis and applying these to ten different musicals throughout history, students are able to ask questions such as: why does this song sound this way?; what is this lyric doing to identify character purpose?; and how is a character communicating this feeling to an audience? From classroom analysis through to practical application, this text guides readers through a structured approach to understanding, disseminating and more importantly, articulating how a musical works. A perfect tool for students of musical theatre, its practical benefits of understanding the form, and realizing that it can be applied to any age musical, will benefit any theatre person in helping articulate all of those abstract feelings that are inherent in this art form. It offers a roadmap to the musical's innermost DNA.
Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping
Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping: For the Female Form provides the foundational tools necessary for success in the techniques of flat patterning and draping clothes and costumes.
Just Let Her Dance
Paula Leland is an exceptional writer. She immediately grasps the readers' attention and takes them on a journey through the life of the main character, a young girl named Patrice, who dreams of one day becoming a professional dancer. She is determined to make her dreams come true through hard work and dedication. Her journey is not easy and there are many ups and downs that she experiences. Ms. Leland makes the reader feel as if they are in the story with Patrice as she maneuvers through family dynamics when dealing with her siblings, interacting with friends, classmates, and teammates, and the anxiety she feels when confronted by everyday challenges. The reader will laugh, cry, applaud, and yearn right along with Patrice as she shares the triumphs and obstacles she faces in her life. The dialogue between the characters is so natural and very engaging. It's almost as if the readers are watching a movie. The author successfully uses imagery to weave an interesting storyline with her choice of words that paint a beautiful and very vivid picture of living in the city of Chicago. She addresses real-life situations that all people can relate to, whether they have experienced the events or just heard about them. However, she does not shy away from allowing her characters to deal with some of the brutal and harsh realities that city living brings-robbery, gun violence, loss of life, etc. This book will appeal to teens and women of all ages. It will leave you wanting more.
Polish Popular Music on Screen
This book examines the interface between Polish popular music and screen media against the background of Polish history, cinema, and popular culture and situates that interface in a local as well as global context. It looks at Polish musicals, biographical films about musicians, documentary films and, finally, music videos. The author draws attention to the immense popularity of musical comedies in Polish interwar cinema, the enduring appeal of musical genres during the period of state socialism, despite their low status in film criticism, and the re-birth of musicals in the 2010s. Mazierska also discusses the most important stars, directors and authors of songs presented in Polish films, and points to the effect of technological changes on inception and transformation of music-centred genres of screen media, including the effect of YouTube on their growth and preservation. The book is informed by the question of how parochial and universal is Polish popular music and its screen representation.
Finland's National Theatre 1974-1991
This study analyses the Finnish National Theatre's activities throughout the decades during which the post-war generation with its new societal and theatrical views was rising to power, and during which Europe, divided by the Iron Curtain, was maturing to break the boundaries dividing it.
A Comedy of Error's
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The Shadow Player (Director’s Cut)
In the late 1960's through the early 70's, Mr. Vortex was known as one of the most talented saxophonists of his time. By 1976, Mr. Vortex suddenly disappeared from the music scene that he helped spawn. Over a decade later, the legendary saxophonist revered by thousands went from secondary to has-been to never-was; and by then, Mr. Vortex was considered a relic by many, except for one of his greatest admirers, fifteen-year-old Hank Burl...
Now I Have A Gun
A screenplay based on the psychological thriller, THE MARCH TO SUNDOWN by Ellis Kross
A Comedy of Error's
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira
The woman behind the icon known as the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. The paperback includes 32 new images and an original poem composed by Cassandra when she was 16, perfect for fans to collect. At only eighteen months old, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water, resulting in third-degree burns over 35 percent of her body. She miraculously survived, but burned and scarred, the impact would stay with her and become an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Cassandra left home at fourteen and supported herself as a go-go dancer. By age seventeen, she was performing as a showgirl in Las Vegas. Then a chance encounter with the "King" himself, Elvis Presley, inspired her to travel to Europe where she worked in film and toured Italy as lead singer of a band. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings. In 1981, as a struggling actress considered past her prime, Cassandra auditioned for a local LA station as hostess for their late-night horror movies. She got the job as "Elvira," never imagining it would lead to fame and a forty-year career. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long, strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon. Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller. A New York Times Best Books to Give This Season selection.
Ben Baker's Christmas Box
Join Ben Baker for a rustle through the selection box of stars, genres, movies, cliches, one-offs and programmes that made up the 20th century Christmas TV experience. From the obvious to the ridiculous, these are the British telly things which made us feel festive with everything from Noel Edmonds' seasonal sweaters, the rise and rise of Del Boy and the Trotters, The Box of Delights and other children's classics, music from The Beatles to B*Witched, the madness of the Muppets, the Queen's greatest hits, game show giveaways, how the UK celebrated New Year on the small screen and every major Christmas Day movie from 1960 to 1999. Plus lots more.
The Ancestors
A clique of Caribbean maroon warrior women, a general of Haiti and his right-hand man, an ex-enslaved couple reclaiming their land, a group of Black French Caribbean soldiers held captive in Portchester and their wives travelling across the Atlantic to be reunited with them. These are The Ancestors: manifesting in our world, in the hopes we can stop history repeating itself. But do we really hold the key? What dark forces are still currently at play? In October 1796 a fleet of ships from the Caribbean carrying over 2,500 prisoners-of-war, who were mostly Black or mixed-race, began to arrive in Portsmouth Harbour. By the end of that month, almost all of them were held at Portchester Castle, accompanied by their families. About 100 women and children were sent to live nearby. The Ancestors is a site-specific play by Lakesha Arie-Angelo that explores the grounds of Portchester Castle and the voices of Black revolutionaries imprisoned therein that history forgot. It was commissioned by the National Youth Theatre as part of Freedom and Revolution, a collaboration with English Heritage's Shout Out Loud Programme and University of Warwick aimed at shining a new light on the lives of these prisoners with the participation of local young people. The Ancestors is published in Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People Age series which offers suitable plays for young performers at schools, youth groups and youth theatres that have each had premiere productions by young performers in the UK.
Stage Management Basics
Stage Management Basics Second Edition offers a deep dive into the basics of stage management for theatre, dance, and opera productions.
The Next Horseman
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse meet for their centennial strategy call. They're firing Pestilence-and they need a new Horseman, fast! But who's the lucky candidate? Internet Trolling's too angry, Bigotry won't fit on the horse, and Injustice is just too easy to defeat. Will Climate Change get the job? This fast-paced, funny (& ultimately hopeful!) script is designed for rehearsal and performance over any video chat. Cast: 6 single roles and 3-13+ actors to double.All characters can be any gender. Running time: 30 minutesAllison Williams' plays have made the Educational Theatre Association's "most produced in high schools" list, with thousands of productions worldwide. She's the author of Hamlette, Mmmbeth, and Drop Dead, Juliet!From "The Next Horseman" DEATH: If it were up to me, I'd never have moved past the Dark Ages. But times change, and so must we. Let's get these candidates in-we've got a long list and I'm expecting the cable guy sometime between noon and next July.FAMINE: What's broken?DEATH: Nothing. He's on my list and I'm trying to work from home.WAR: Hold on, before we attack this, what's the selection criteria? Is it fight to the death and winner takes all, or panel interviews?KAY: Excuse me, Jerry in HR has issued a new policy against fighting to the death.WAR: Sometimes I wonder if Jerry's really in tune with the ethos of our organization....CONSPIRACY THEORIES appears, wearing tinfoil hat and Lizard People t-shirt.CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Hi. Nostradamus predicted I wouldn't get this job, because you're all controlled by the government. Which is both incredibly far-reaching and controlling and also completely incompetent.DEATH: And your passion is...?CONSPIRACY THEORIES: I dream up unlikely and unfeasible scenarios and then people convince each other they're actually true.WAR: How is that any different than Lying? Or Paranoia?CONSPIRACY THEORIES: It's not. I just have a better agent. Would you like to hear about the Illuminati?EVERYONE: No!CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Um, thanks for your time. Is Social Media still here? She's my ride.
The Cinema of James WAN
An auteur and the creator of multiple cinematic universes, James Wan has become one of the most successful directors in history, his films breaking box office records worldwide. Yet there is little scholarship on Wan's work. This collection of new essays fills the gap with contributions from around the globe offering analysis of his film and television productions, including Saw (2004), Aquaman (2018) and The Conjuring Universe franchise, along with less well-known works like Death Sentence (2007), Dead Silence (2007) and his pilot for the new MacGyver series. For the first time, Wan's films are explored in-depth from wide range of critical perspectives.
Power and Subversion in Game of Thrones
This collection of essays examines the structures of power and the ways in which power is exercised and felt in the fantasy world of Game of Thrones. It considers how the expectations of viewers, particularly within the genre of epic fantasy, are subverted across the full 8 seasons of the series. The assembled team of international scholars, representing a variety of disciplines, addresses such topics as the power of speech and magic; the role of nationality and politics; disability, race and gender; and the ways in which each reinforces or subverts power in Westeros and Essos.
Antonin Artaud
Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Antonin Artaud was an active theatre maker and theorist whose ideas reshaped contemporary approaches to performance.
The Dramaturgy of Commedia Dell'arte
This book examines Commedia dell'Arte as a performative genre, and one that should be analysed through the framework of dramaturgy and dramaturgical practice. It is an important read for any student or scholar of Commedia dell'Arte and theatre historians grappling with the status of this unique and influential performance form.
Class, Culture and Tragedy in the Plays of Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is undoubtedly one of the most popular and commercially successful playwrights to have emerged in Britain in the early twenty-first century. This book, only the second so far to have been written on him, argues that the power of his most acclaimed work comes from a reinvigoration of traditional forms of tragedy expressed in a theatricalized working-class language. Butterworth's most developed tragedies invoke myth and legend as a figurative resistance to the flat and crushing instrumentalism of contemporary British political and economic culture. In doing so they summon older, resonant narratives which are both popular and high-cultural in order to address present cultural crises in a language and in a form which possess wide appeal. Tracing the development of Butterworth's work chronologically from Mojo (1995) to The Ferryman (2017), each chapter offers detailed critical readings of a single play, exploring how myth and legend become significantin a variety of ways to Butterworth's presentation of cultural and personal crisis.
Chess Endgames, Volume 1
In this large format book In this volume, we adopt the classification proposed in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Endgames. This one is an "exhaustive" study of chess endgames published by the Chess Informant, the editor of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening. All categories are covered: at least 1 Pawn AGAINST King alone, 1 Pawn AGAINST 1 Pawn, 2 united Pawns AGAINST 2 Pawns, 2 Pawns AGAINST 2 Pawns, 3 Pawns AGAINST 3 Pawns, 4 Pawns AGAINST 4 Pawns, 5 Pawns AGAINST 5 Pawns, 6 Pawns AGAINST 6 Pawns, 7 Pawns AGAINST 7 Pawns, 8 Pawns AGAINST 8 Pawns, 2 Pawns AGAINST 1 Pawn, 3 Pawns AGAINST 2 Pawns, 4 Pawns AGAINST 3 Pawns, 5 Pawns AGAINST 4 Pawns, 6 Pawns AGAINST 5 Pawns, 7 Pawns AGAINST 6 Pawns, 8 Pawns AGAINST 7 Pawns, and other Pawn Endgames. So, you will find 766 chess problems going from Checkmate in 1 to Checkmate in 8 (185 in 1, 345 in 2, 99 in 3, 72 in 4, 24 in 5, 29 in 6, 7 in 7 and 5 in 8). The title announces 500 chess puzzles. So, there are 266 more. Well, many situations are similar. We have chosen to include them rather than limit the number to 500, as repetition benefits assimilation. Finally, this is a large format book 8.5" x 11" (21,59 cm x 27,94 cm) for a greater comfort and readability. This series "I'm progressing in Chess Endgames" The series consists of 4 volumes: Volume 1, Pawn Endgames, 500 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 2, Minor Piece Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 3, Rook Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9 Volume 4, Queen Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9. Chess Endgames and Beginners, What benefit? Studying endgames is the best way to ease into the calculation of variations and the visualization of positions. It is advisable for beginners to start with the endgame so as to train to fully calculate and visualize. As studying endgames is quite boring, the practice of these exercises allows an intuitive assimilation of the different patterns.
Chess Endgames, Volume 3
In this large format book In this volume, we adopt the classification proposed in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Endgames. This one is an "exhaustive" study of chess endgames published by the Chess Informant, the editor of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening. All categories are covered: Rook AGAINST King alone, Rook AGAINST Pawn(s), Rook AGAINST Knight, Rook AGAINST Bishop, Rook alone AGAINST Rook alone, Rook and 1 Pawn AGAINST Rook alone, Rook and Pawns AGAINST Rook alone, Rook and 2 Pawns AGAINST Rook and 1 Pawn, Rook and Pawn(s) AGAINST Rook and Pawn(s), Rook and Pawn(s) AGAINST Rook and Pawn(s), Rook AGAINST 2 Minor Pieces, Rook AGAINST 3 Minor Pieces, Rook and 1 Minor Piece AGAINST Pawn(s), Rook and 1 Minor Piece AGAINST 1 Minor Piece, Rook and 1 Minor Piece AGAINST Rook, and other Rook Endgames. So, you will find 2000 chess problems going from Checkmate in 1 to Checkmate in 9 (66 in 1, 988 in 2, 502 in 3, 225 in 4, 87 in 5, 59 in 6, 60 in 7, 20 in 8 and 3 in 9). Finally, this is a large format book 8.5" x 11" (21,59 cm x 27,94 cm) for a greater comfort and readability. This series "I'm progressing in Chess Endgames" The series consists of 4 volumes: Volume 1, Pawn Endgames, 500 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 2, Minor Piece Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 3, Rook Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9 Volume 4, Queen Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9. Chess Endgames and Beginners, What benefit? Studying endgames is the best way to ease into the calculation of variations and the visualization of positions. It is advisable for beginners to start with the endgame so as to train to fully calculate and visualize. As studying endgames is quite boring, the practice of these exercises allows an intuitive assimilation of the different patterns.
Chess Endgames, Volume 2
In this large format book In this volume, we adopt the classification proposed in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Endgames. This one is an "exhaustive" study of chess endgames published by the Chess Informant, the editor of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening. All categories are covered: Knight AGAINST King alone, Knight AGAINST Pawn(s), Bishop AGAINST King alone, Bishop AGAINST Pawn(s), Knight AGAINST Knight, Bishop and Pawn(s) AGAINST Knight alone, Bishop alone AGAINST Knight and Pawn(s), Bishop and Pawn(s) AGAINST Knight and Pawn(s), Bishop and Pawn(s) AGAINST Knight and Pawn(s), Bishop AGAINST Bishop with opposite color, Bishop AGAINST Bishop with same color, 2 Minor Pieces AGAINST King alone, 2 Minor Pieces AGAINST Pawn(s), 2 Minor Pieces AGAINST 1 Minor Piece, and other Minor Piece Endgames. So, you will find 2000 chess problems going from Checkmate in 1 to Checkmate in 8 (442 in 1, 1297 in 2, 152 in 3, 52 in 4, 28 in 5, 23 in 6, 5 in 7 and 1 in 8). Finally, this is a large format book 8.5" x 11" (21,59 cm x 27,94 cm) for a greater comfort and readability. This series "I'm progressing in Chess Endgames" The series consists of 4 volumes: Volume 1, Pawn Endgames, 500 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 2, Minor Piece Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 8. Volume 3, Rook Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9 Volume 4, Queen Endgames, 2000 Chess Puzzles from Mate in 1 to Mate in 9. Chess Endgames and Beginners, What benefit? Studying endgames is the best way to ease into the calculation of variations and the visualization of positions. It is advisable for beginners to start with the endgame so as to train to fully calculate and visualize. As studying endgames is quite boring, the practice of these exercises allows an intuitive assimilation of the different patterns.
The Comedienne
The book "" The Comedienne "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.
Production Collaboration in the Theatre
Production Collaboration in the Theatre reveals the ingredients of proven successful collaborations in academic and professional theatre training, where respect, trust, and inclusivity are encouraged and roles are defined with a clear and unified vision.Garnering research from conversations with over 100 theatre professionals on Broadway and in regional and educational theatre, the authors provide multiple approaches to working together that are designed to help students and teachers of theatre discover and develop the collaborative tools that work best for them. Each chapter offers practical application with discussion prompts from real-life scenarios to practice and develop the critical problem-solving skills necessary for theatre artists to navigate common collaboration challenges. Compelling topical case studies and insightful interviews invite readers to explore the principles of collaboration and inspire them to build joyful, equitable, and collaborative relationships in academic and professional settings.Production Collaboration for the Theatre offers theatre faculty and students a practical approach to developing the interpersonal skills necessary for a lifetime career in collaboration in the theatre. An ideal resource for actors, directors, designers, and production teams, this book provides theatre artists in training with an opportunity to develop their collaborative style in a way that will guide and support the longevity of a successful career.
Harlem Heyday
Harlem Heyday vividly describes the special magic of Harlem's "Heyday Years" - from the thirties to the seventies - which left a singular and enduring imprint on the world of entertainment. The author, son of the guiding spirit of the Apollo Theatre and witness to the enchantment and excitement of these years, recounts many amusing anecdotes about the singers, dancers, musicians and comedians who performed there and at the Lafayette. He follows the evolution of their art and describes how the early pioneers paved the way for the black superstars of today. The Apollo Theatre was just another uptown variety house when Frank Schiffman and Leo Brecher took over the old "Hurtig and Seamon" in 1935. This was the birth of a unique institution in American cultural history. Almost every black entertainer in modern history has, at one time or another, strutted across the stage of the Apollo. Legendary performers like Billie Holliday, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Nat "King" Cole, and Charlie "Bird" Parker, as well as acclaimed modern entertainers like Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Stevie Wonder, Flip Wilson, and Diana Ross and the Supremes are all part of the colorful and dramatic story of the Apollo. Harlem Heyday is heavily illustrated with photographs of the stars of the "uptown" theaters and choice memorabilia, including vintage theater programs and newspaper advertisements. There are chapters detailing the history of Harlem, jazz, the blues and gospel music, and dance and comedy at the Apollo.
Golem, Caligari, Nosferatu - A Chronicle of German Film Fantasy (hardback)
Nightmares and children's stories, fairies, witches and warlocks, giants, dragons and talking animals, golems, living statues, doppelg瓣nger, vanishing shadows and the incarnation of the Devil, Nosferatu, the iconic vampire, epitome of the Spanish Flu that followed WW1, robots, alchemists and mad scientists, occultism and stories of the supernatural, miracle weapons, rockets and spaceships, aliens, zombies and post-apocalyptic fiction.Paul Wegener, Conrad Veidt, Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau, Paul Leni, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Udo Kier, Roland Emmerich - these are the names usually associated with the German Cinema of the Fantastic. But there are more-many more.This book is the first attempt to chronicle German film fantasy, year by year: birthdays, dying days, special events and film premieres of fairy tales, animation, science fiction, and horror - from its origin till nowadays.DR. ROLF GIESEN has written 60 books, mostly devoted to animation, VFX, horror, fantasy and science fiction. He lectured in Germany and China and amassed a huge collection of movie artifacts stored at Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin and Filmmuseum Dusseldorf.
The Projection Designer’s Toolkit
The Projection Designer's Toolkit is an insider's guide to the world of professional projection design, serving as a reference for the planning and execution of each step in the projection design process.The text addresses the design process within the context of a professional projection designer's workflow, focusing on specific tools of the trade, best practices for communicating your design to collaborators, tips and tricks, determining budget, working with assistants, and more. Featuring interviews with some of the top names in the industry, the book offers an unprecedented insight into the professional projection designer's process across a wide range of fields, from Broadway and regional theatre to corporate design and music touring. The book also includes in-depth discussion on production process, system design, cue and content planning, content design, digital media fundamentals, media servers, video equipment, and projection surfaces. Additionally, it features hundreds of full-color photos and examples of designer artifacts such as draftings, mock-ups, paperwork, cue sheets, and renderings.Filled with practical advice that will guide readers from landing their first job all the way through opening night and beyond, The Projection Designer's Toolkit is the perfect resource for emerging projection designers and students in Digital Media Design and Projection Design courses.
Golem, Caligari, Nosferatu - A Chronicle of German Film Fantasy
Nightmares and children's stories, fairies, witches and warlocks, giants, dragons and talking animals, golems, living statues, doppelg瓣nger, vanishing shadows and the incarnation of the Devil, Nosferatu, the iconic vampire, epitome of the Spanish Flu that followed WW1, robots, alchemists and mad scientists, occultism and stories of the supernatural, miracle weapons, rockets and spaceships, aliens, zombies and post-apocalyptic fiction.Paul Wegener, Conrad Veidt, Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau, Paul Leni, Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Udo Kier, Roland Emmerich - these are the names usually associated with the German Cinema of the Fantastic. But there are more-many more.This book is the first attempt to chronicle German film fantasy, year by year: birthdays, dying days, special events and film premieres of fairy tales, animation, science fiction, and horror - from its origin till nowadays.DR. ROLF GIESEN has written 60 books, mostly devoted to animation, VFX, horror, fantasy and science fiction. He lectured in Germany and China and amassed a huge collection of movie artifacts stored at Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin and Filmmuseum Dusseldorf.
The Actor’s Mindset
The Actor's Mindset, authored by esteemed Los Angeles and Manhattan-based acting coach Craig Archibald, departs from most acting books--which focus either on the art or the business of entertainment--to show readers how to approach their acting career holistically as both artist and entrepreneur, and how best to nurture each.
Filming History from Below
Traditional historical documentaries strive to project a sense of objectivity, producing a top-down view of history that focuses on public events and personalities. In recent decades, in line with historiographical trends advocating "history from below," a different type of historical documentary has emerged, focusing on tightly circumscribed subjects, personal archives, and first-person perspectives. Efr矇n Cuevas categorizes these films as "microhistorical documentaries" and examines how they push cinema's capacity as a producer of historical knowledge in new directions. Cuevas pinpoints the key features of these documentaries, identifying their parallels with written microhistory: a reduced scale of observation, a central role given to human agency, a conjectural approach to the use of archival sources, and a reliance on narrative structures. Microhistorical documentaries also use tools specific to film to underscore the affective dimension of historical narratives, often incorporating autobiographical and essayistic perspectives, and highlighting the role of the protagonists' personal memories in the reconstruction of the past. These films generally draw from family archives, with an emphasis on snapshots and home movies. Filming History from Below examines works including P矇ter Forg獺cs's films dealing with the Holocaust such as The Maelstrom and Free Fall; documentaries about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Rithy Panh's work on the Cambodian genocide; films about the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War such as A Family Gathering and History and Memory; and Jonas Mekas's chronicle of migration in his diary film Lost, Lost, Lost.
Very Special Guest Star
In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy married life, professional millennials Michael and Phil switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town. Their goal: to get in with Generation Z by trying to get off with one. Enter fit, sexy, confident Quasim. But the 'just for one night' adventure brings shocking revelations as Michael and Phil discover more about the 20-year-old boy in their bed than they ever wanted to know, and their suburban dream is shaken to its core. Following the sold out runs of critical hits Undetectable (nominated for 3 Off West End Awards) and My Dad's Gap Year (nominated for 4 Off West End Awards), Tom Wright's darkly comedic and wildly sexy new play is his most provocative show to date.
Yes So I Said Yes
It's harder to kill people when there's a peace process on.Ulster Loyalist Alan Black is kept awake every night by his neighbour McCorrick's dog barking. To add to his difficulties, McCorrick refuses to acknowledge that he even owns a dog, let alone one that is creating a disturbance.In a Northern Ireland he barely recognises, where politics has proved just to be the continuation of war by other means, a disconsolate Alan sets out to rid himself of the incessant noise. As he seeks help from authority figures, he finally - as a very last resort - turns to the only voice he can really trust, Eamonn Holmes...Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the partition of Ireland and the foundation of Northern Ireland, Yes So I Said Yes is a blackly comic, ferocious, dystopian satire about what it's like to feel alone in a place where everyone else is conspiring to erase you and your history.This edition was published to coincide with the production at London's Finborough Theatre in November 2021.
