Verdi's Shakespeare: Men of the Theater by Garry Wills

$14.00 NZD

Category: Shakespeare | Reading Level: very good

A dazzling study of the operas Verdi adapted from Shakespeare- and a spellbinding account of their creation. In "Verdi's Shakespeare, " Pulitzer Prize winner and lifelong opera devotee Garry Wills explores the writing and staging of Verdi's three triumphant Shakespearian operas: "Macbeth, Othello, " an d "Falstaff." An Italian composer who couldn't read a word of English but adored Shakespeare, Verdi devoted himself to operatic productions that authentically incorporated the playwright's texts. Wills delves into the fast-paced worlds of these men of the theater, focusing on the intense working relationships both Shakespeare and Verdi had with the performers and producers of their works. We see Verdi study the Shakespearean dramaturgy as he obsessively corresponds with his chosen librettists, handpicks the singers he feels are best- suited to the roles, and coaches them intensely. With fascinating portraits of these artistic giants and their entourages, sharp insights into music and theater, and telling historical details, "Verdi's Shakespeare" re-creates the conditions that allowed Verdi to complete his masterworks and illuminates the very nature of artistic creation. ...Show more

Twentieth Century Theatre: a Sourcebook by Richard Drain (ed.)

$14.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

Gielgud: A Theatrical Life 1904-2000 by Jonthan Croall

$18.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

Free Association: An Autobiography by Steven Berkoff

$14.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: good

The autobiography of actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff, which recounts his early life in the East End of London, and his formative days in the theatre, with discussion of how Berkoff siphoned off and transformed his life experiences for his plays.

The Italian Comedy with 259 Illustrations by Pierre Louis Duchartre

$25.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

The Messingkauf Diaries by Bertolt Brecht

$12.00 NZD

Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good

The Theatre of P.G. Wodehouse by David A. Jason

$14.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

Theaters by Craig Morrison

$45.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Series: Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks Ser. | Reading Level: very good

This visual sourcebook traces the development of its colorful and varied forms as they developed in early America, on the western frontier, and in cities from coast to coast. The first comprehensive study of American theaters, it illustrates their wide range from raucous music halls to vaudeville, from circus to grand opera, from World's Fair to Coney island, from nickelodeon to glorious picture palace. Also featured are theaters for burlesque, theaters afloat, military theaters, Shakespearean theaters, summer theaters, theaters and African-Americans, and arenas (when a stage just won't do), enlivened by a cast of entrepreneurs and showmen who were the movers and shakers of our theatrical heritage. ...Show more

Grotowski's Laboratory by Tadeusz Burzynski and Zbigniew Osinski

$25.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

Petits Grands Theatres du Marquis de Sade by Annie le Brun

$40.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

Legislative Theatre - Using Performance to Make Politics by Augusto Boal; Adrian Jackson (Translator)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

Augusto Boal's reputation is now moving beyond the realms of theatre and drama therapy, bringing him to the attention of a wider public. Legislative Theatreis the latest and most remarkable stage in his work. 'Legislative Theatre' is an attempt to use Boal's method of 'Forum Theatre' within a political system to create a truer form of democracy. It is an extraordinary experiment in the potential of theatre to affect social change. At the heart of his method of Forum Theatre is the dual meaning of the verb 'to act': to perform and to take action. Forum Theatre invites members of the audience to take the stage and decide the outcome, becoming an integral part of the performance. As a politician in his native Rio de Janeiro, Boal used Forum Theatre to motivate the local populace in generating relevant legislation. In Legislative TheatreBoal creates new, theatrical, and truly revolutionary ways of involving everyone in the democratic process. This book includes: * a full explanation of the genesis and principles of Legislative Theatre * a description of the process in operation in Rio * Boal's essays, speeches and lectures on popular theatre, Paolo Freire, cultural activism, the point of playwrighting, and much else besides.book includes: * a full explanation of the genesis and principles of Legislative Theatre * a description of the process in operation in Rio * Boal's essays, speeches and lectures on popular theatre, Paolo Freire, cultural activism, the point of playwrighting, and much else besides. ...Show more

Festival Designs by Inigo Jones: Drawings for Scenery & Costume by Roy Strong

$15.00 NZD

Category: Theatre | Reading Level: very good

An Exhibition of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes for the Court Masques of James I and Charles I lent and reproduced by permission of His Grace The Duke of Devonshire and the trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement