Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983.
William Boddy provides a wide-ranging, rigorous analysis of the fledging American television industry during the period of its greatest economic growth, programming changes, and critical controversy.
The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods i
Chekhov's Dama s sobachkoy (1899) is perhaps the most celebrated example of his shorter prose and one of the most famous stories in Russian literature. The tale of an adulterous liaison, set in Yalta,
(Applause Acting Series). This book, by Jerome Rockwood and endorsed by actors such as Bruce Willis and Burgess Meredith, has been praised as the best acting textbook on the market today. It covers au
These words of Cicely Berry, the voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, speak to anyone who needs to speak his or her piece - in any arena, at sales meetings or religious revivals. Berry's
(Applause Libretto Library). "Richly illustrated, it is ideal for fans of the show, as well as admirers of musical theatre." Variety * "Anybody who has seen the show (who hasn't?) should read the
Reprint of the Hill & Wang edition of 1991 and beneficiary of very fulsome praise in PW (6/7/91), LJ (6/15/91), Booklist (9/1/91). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The Stanislavsky method for analyzing the characters in a drama, systematized for the first time and clearly explained, using the complete text ofThe Cherry Orchard as illustration. “An excellent book
First paperback printing of the work originally published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1981 (and endorsed by BCL3 ). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. It propose
At the age of fifty-seven, after nearly four decades in Hollywood, Academy-Award-winning actress and entertainer Shirley MacLaine is still moving us to laughter and tears in major film roles, still hi
The idea of staging a nation dates from the Enlightenment, but the full force of the idea emerges only with the rise of mass politics. Comparing English, French, and American attempts to establish nat
The theater is a particularly privileged semiotic object. Unlike literature or painting which operate within a single sign-system, theater combines a variety of sign-systems - language and gesture, co
A technical and artistic discussion of ballet focusing on its history, physical requirements, exercises, and training. (We challenge LC's characterization of it as "juvenile.") Annotation copyright Bo
