Performing Arts - General

At some point in their careers, all actors have to face the task of working up a classical monologuepreferably one that's accessible, compelling, and not done to death. This volume collects virtually all of the monologues for men from Shakespeare's 37 plays. Not only...

The book as theater: four astounding luxury editions of Painting the Stage, each housed in a wooden sculpture by archistar Mario Botta, with prints by William Kentridge, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Jan FabreFor this extraordinary tour de force of bookmaking, the acclaimed Swiss...

The book as theater: four astounding luxury editions of Painting the Stage, each housed in a wooden sculpture by archistar Mario Botta, with prints by William Kentridge, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Jan FabreFor this extraordinary tour de force of bookmaking, the acclaimed Swiss...

Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse's wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally "woke" teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.Author: Larissa FasthorseISBN-10: 0573707855ISBN-13: 9780573707858Publisher: Samuel French,...

Encyclopaedic in its scope, this is the ultimate tribute to the life and music of Taylor Swift. No need for glossy images here, the narrative says it all - a chronological account of her mercurial rise to fame; the stories that inspire the songs;...

A workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem-solving. It offers tools of the trade such as Clash of Context, Tension and Release, The Law of Comic Opposites, The Wildly Inappropriate Response, and The Myth of the Last Great Idea to writers, comics, and...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the incredible comedy about unrequited love, both hilarious and heartbreaking, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers.Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth...

When the Atlanta-born Paul Ford first fell in love with the American musical theatre at the age of five, after seeing the movie version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, he never imagined that his future skills as a "piano thumper" would lead him...

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world's most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King Featuring translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel...

The Shakespeare Made Easy series aims to take the fear out of Shakespeare. By having Shakespearean and Modern English facing each other, pupils will find it easier to comprehend the text. Through discussion of the life, work and theatre of Shakespeare pupils can gain...

The first two chapters of this book isolate and describe the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. In all but one of the extant Sophoclean dramas, a heroic figure who is compounded of the same literary elements faced a situation which is essentially...

An album by album guide through the career of Paul McCartney, from his early Beatles days, right to his recent solo works. Every album is explored, including his electronic, live and classical works. The book also features interviews with those who've worked with him,...

Volume 1 of My Collected Plays by award winning author Lazarre Seymour Simckes, who has taught at Harvard, Yale, Williams, Vassar, Bennington, Tufts, and Brandeis, and conducted nationally televised writing workshops, contains his first four plays: Seven Days of Mourning, Ten Best Martyrs of...

Ed Shaughnessy was an American drum legend who for decades was a leading big band force, educator, and role model for countless young musicians. Doc Severinsen called him the superb engine that drove the Tonight Show Band for thirty years with spirit and immense...

'Tiny is totally modern. He said, "Whenever there's more than two, it's a show". And an amazing show, giving and pouring it out, while the audience is joking at first and digging each other in the ribs. He'll wear them out. He'll wear all...

Queer Psychology is the first comprehensive book to examine the current state of LGBTQ communities and psychology, through the lenses of both queer theory and Intersectionality theory. Thus, the book describes the experiences of LGBTQ people broadly, while also highlighting the voices of LGBTQ...

Children Affirmation Coloring Book was created for the children to learn and to encourage them, help build up their self-esteem. Author: Deborah BatieISBN-10: 1956096655ISBN-13: 9781956096651Publisher: Agar PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2022Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.06d

This book brings you the joy of understanding the notations of film songs which you have always desired to sing or play on your musical instrument. The raag and taal on which these golden melodies are based have also been mentioned. As you learn...

The aesthetics of imperfectionemphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation. This comprehensive collection is the first time imperfection has been explored across all kinds of musical performance, whether improvisation or...

Prepare a feast fit for a warchief with World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook, a delicious compendium of recipes inspired by the hit online game from Blizzard Entertainment. Prepare a feast fit for a warchief with World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook, a compendium...

"I can't possibly belong to these people. When are my real parents coming for me? Tonight, at the dinner table, Mom sent me to my room for talking too much. No freedom of speech in this house. So, I wrote a suicide note, folded...

The rousing, illustrated history of the Birchmere music hall by founder and operator Gary Oelze with music writer Stephen Moore. Hundreds of performers, including Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Buddy Guy, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Vince Gill, Pete Seeger, Janis...

For more than sixty years, Yoko Ono has fascinated us as one of the world's most innovative, radical artists. From a childhood of both extraordinary privilege and extreme deprivation in war-time Japan, she adopted an outsider's persona and moved to America where, after a...

The rousing, illustrated history of the Birchmere music hall by founder and operator Gary Oelze with music writer Stephen Moore. Hundreds of performers, including Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Buddy Guy, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Vince Gill, Pete Seeger, Janis...

Author: Taalam AceyISBN-10: 0974723185ISBN-13: 9780974723181Publisher: Taalam AceyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2022Pages: 274Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63dLarge Print

Witty and dynamic lovers' dialogues for the stage. The actress and author Isabella Andreini won international renown playing the bold, versatile, and intellectual inamorata of the commedia dell'arte. After her death, her husband Francesco Andreini continued publishing her works, among them the thirty-one amorosi...

UK Edition Relax and unwind with these 25 stress-relieving Mandalas, each design has been printed one-sided in order to prevent bleed-through. Test your colours on the Colour Test page, and use fine tip pens or pencils to colour the intricate mandalas. Features: 25 stress-relieving...

This teaching book has been on my mind for years, but I am glad I waited. It's only a beginning, there is so much more out there to learn, document, play, and teach. I hope for some, this book will shed some "Light Upon...

Film noir? Dark crime movies mainly. The bible? An encyclopedia really. So browse, cruise around, even read it. You'll be hooked in no time flat. The book? It'll last a lifetime. Noir? Special, unique. My advice: dig in.Author: 12 Wampa 12, Wampa 12ISBN-10: 141161559XISBN-13:...

Māori performing arts is a dynamic part of the Māori culture which has effectively ensured the inter-generational transmission of Māori knowledge for thousands of years. Performing arts was crucial amongst a group of people with no written form of their language. Traditionally, Māori performing...

The author is a huge fan of Alan Bennett's work, having studied Talking Heads at A-level. All the characters in Against the Tide are fictitious, reflecting individuals who see situations very differently to mainstream society; and who, due to circumstances, feel isolated and somewhat...

John Cage has been described as the most important composer of our time. He combined classical European training with Eastern spirituality to produce an American amalgam of such vitality and originality that it continues to define what we mean by avant-garde. His influence has...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Roger ManvellISBN-10: 1447442695ISBN-13: 9781447442691Publisher: Spargo...

Finalist for the 2020 Organization of American Historians Mary Nickliss Prize Pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made more than sixty films, headlined theater and vaudeville productions, and even starred in her own television show. Her work helped shape racial modernity as she...

Macbeth is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Set mainly in Scotland, the play dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The play is believed to have been written between 1599 and...

Julie Alice Kinscheck is an Assistant Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music, Private Voice Teacher, Christian Artist and Worship Leader, Singer-Sonwriter, Author, Wife, and Mother of Twins. Raised in Ithaca, NY, Kinscheck studied Vocal Pedagogy for her Masters at Westminster Choir College/Rider...

Elvis Presley spoke to a whole generation of people through his music. Whether it was a ballad, a gospel hymn, or pure rock'n'roll, when he sang, people listened. However, there was more to Elvis than his music and movies. Throughout his career he was...

Anita Kerr, a softly spoken, petite lady from Memphis, Tennessee is a window into history. What this gifted and disciplined artist achieved in the man's world that was Nashville in the 50's, and her West Coast ascent in the 60's, is the great untold...

THE ONLY AUTHORIZED STORY OF THE MONKEES THE 60'S PHENOMENON THAT BECAME AN 80'S PHENOMALY* "There are autobiographies...and there are ought-to-buy...ographies. This is definitely the best ography I personally can ever remember writing." -David Jones- "Fascinating...controversial...hilarious...yet subtly poignant, somehow. As the authoritative account of...

Lucid, easy-to-follow book teaches beginners how to create a full working range of puppet motions and emotions. Also covers elements of good puppet theatrical technique.Author: Larry EnglerISBN-10: 0486293785ISBN-13: 9780486293783Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/1997Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.36w x 0.46d

This book shows you HOW TO DO Japanese Rope Bondage. Rope bondage has been practiced in Japan since ancient times times and is becoming more popular in the rest of the world. This book sets out to show how you can tie your partner...

Before he gave us the "one of a kind classic" (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, "one of the best books on American popular culture" (Philadelphia Inquirer).From the author of dozens of #1 New...

The authoritative edition of Coriolanus from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the...

Based on over seventy interviews conducted around the world by playwright Paul Lucas, Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women is a compelling exploration of the lives of trans women, as told in their own words. These unique and compelling stories are honest, funny, moving,...

What does it mean to "love cinema?" It is not just a love for a specific movie or even a particular genre but a general love for movies. In the pages of It Came From Hollywood, there are no "guilty pleasures," no "so bad...

Author: Lajos EgriISBN-10: 9562915867ISBN-13: 9789562915861Publisher: www.bnpublishing.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2008Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

365 Daily Meditations on Freedom, Personal Transformation, Living Fully, and Much More, from the Man the Dalai Lama Described as "One of the Greatest Thinkers of the Age"Author: Jiddu KrishnamurtiISBN-10: 0060648791ISBN-13: 9780060648794Publisher: HarperOneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/1995Pages: 400Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 7.42h x 5.10w x 0.93d

These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the...

Social Presencing Theater: The Art of Making a True Move is a journey into the origins, principles, and practices of an innovative social art form co-created by Arawana Hayashi and colleagues at the Presencing Institute. This embodiment practice deepens reflection and supports individual, team,...

This is a reference book about the TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin. It includes the 20 episodes that aired 1974-75 as well as the two made-for-TV pilot films. The book includes complete cast listings, numerous photographs, directorial credits, original dates...