Thursday, February 28, 2013

Reformations of the Body: Idolatry, Sacrifice, and Early Modern Theater (Early Modern Cultural Studies Series)

Reformations of the Body
Reformations of the Body: Idolatry, Sacrifice, and Early Modern Theater (Early Modern Cultural Studies Series)
Jennifer Waldron (Author)

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Reformations of the Body establishes new ties between theology and theatricality in the time of Shakespeare, juxtaposing original readings of religious thinkers such as John Calvin with case studies of influential tragedies such as Doctor Faustus and Othello. While current accounts of the Reformation often assume that Protestant iconoclasts devalued sensory experience and bodily praxis, Jennifer Waldron shows how and why the human body and the bodily senses retained sacred value after the Reformation. In readings of scenes of providential revival, bloody pacts with the devil, and sacrificial rites of revenge, she shows how theological problems became tightly bound to the living medium of theater itself.

  • Rank: #632505 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-02-13
  • Released on: 2013-02-13
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.45" h x .87" w x 6.46" l, 1.33 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 316 pages

The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate

The Empty Space
The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
Peter Brook (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars(17)

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First published in 1968, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre, from perhaps the most influential director of the twentieth century. In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance. Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht’s revolutionary alienation technique to the free form happenings of the 1960s, and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war. Passionate, unconventional, and fascinating, his book shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions, and creates lasting memories for its audiences.

  • Rank: #45123 in Books
  • Published on: 1995-12-01
  • Released on: 1995-12-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.27" h x .39" w x 5.31" l, .28 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 144 pages

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Amazon.com Review Peter Brook's career, beginning in the 1940s with radical productions of Shakespeare with a modern experimental sensibility and continuing to his recent work in the worlds of opera and epic theater, makes him perhaps the most influential director of the 20th century. Cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and director of the International Center for Theater Research in Paris, perhaps Brook's greatest legacy will be The Empty Space. His 1968 book divides the theatrical landscape, as Brook saw it, into four different types: the Deadly Theater (the conventional theater, formulaic and unsatisfying), the Holy Theater (which seeks to rediscover ritual and drama's spiritual dimension, best expressed by the writings of Artaud and the work of director Jerzy Grotowski), the Rough Theater (a theater of the people, against pretension and full of noise and action, best typified by the Elizabethan theater), and the Immediate Theater, which Brook identifies his own career with, an attempt to discover a fluid and ever-changing style that emphasizes the joy of the theatrical experience. What differentiates Brook's writing from so many other theatrical gurus is its extraordinary clarity. His gentle illumination of the four types of theater is conversational, even chatty, and though passionately felt, it's entirely lacking in the sort of didactic bombast that flaws many similar texts. --John LongenbaughAbout the AuthorPeter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (born 21 March 1925) is a highly influential British theatrical producer and director.During the 1950s he worked on many productions in Britain, Europe, and the USA, and in 1962 returned to Stratford-upon-Avon to join the newly established Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Throughout the next the 1960's he directed many ground breaking productions for the RSC before in 1970 forming The International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris.--This text refers to an alternateedition.

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The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Performance Studies: An Introduction

Performance Studies
Performance Studies: An Introduction
RICHARD SCHECHNER (Author)

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The publication of Performance Studies: An Introduction was a defining moment for the field. Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies, theatre, performing arts, and cultural studies. Among the topics discussed are the performing arts and popular entertainments, rituals, play and games, and the performances of everyday life. Supporting examples and ideas are drawn from the social sciences, performing arts, poststructuralism, ritual theory, ethology, philosophy, and aesthetics.


This third edition is accompanied by an all-new companion website curated by a dedicated media editor, with the following resources for instructors and students: 



  • Interactive glossary

  • Multiple choice questions

  • Powerpoint Slides.

  • Videos

  • Website links for further study

  • Tutorials on specific skills within Performance Studies

  • Sample Discussion Questions

  • Exercises and Activities

  • Sample Syllabi

The book itself has also been revised, with 25 new extracts and biographies, up-to-date coverage of global and intercultural performances, and further exploration of the growing international presence of Performance Studies as a discipline.


Performance Studies is the definitive overview for undergraduates, with primary extracts, student activities, key biographies and over 200 images of global performance.

  • Rank: #278844 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2013-02-15
  • Released on: 2013-02-15
  • Format: Kindle eBook
  • Number of items: 1

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Categories: Performing arts->General and miscellaneous, Theater->Anthropological aspects, Rites and ceremonies. Contributors: Richard Schechner - Author. Format: Paperback

Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop

Darkest America
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop
Yuval Taylor (Author), Jake Austen (Author), Mel Watkins (Foreword)
4.5 out of 5 stars(2)

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An exploration and celebration of a controversial tradition that, contrary to popular opinion, is alive and active after more than 150 years.

Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen investigate the complex history of black minstrelsy, adopted in the mid-nineteenth century by African American performers who played the grinning blackface fool to entertain black and white audiences. We now consider minstrelsy an embarrassing relic, but once blacks and whites alike saw it as a black art form—and embraced it as such. And, as the authors reveal, black minstrelsy remains deeply relevant to popular black entertainment, particularly in the work of contemporary artists like Dave Chappelle, Flavor Flav, Spike Lee, and Lil Wayne. Darkest America explores the origins, heyday, and present-day manifestations of this tradition, exploding the myth that it was a form of entertainment that whites foisted on blacks, and shining a sure-to-be controversial light on how these incendiary performances can be not only demeaning but also, paradoxically, liberating. 12 illustrations

  • Rank: #158799 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-08-27
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.46" h x 1.10" w x 5.55" l, .95 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 368 pages

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"An exploration and celebration of a controversial tradition that, contrary to popular opinion, is alive and active after more than 150 years.Yuval Taylor and Jake Austeninvestigate the complex history of black minstrelsy, adopted in themid-nineteenth century by African American performers who played the grinningblackface fool to entertain black and white audiences. We now considerminstrelsy an embarrassing relic, but once blacks and whites alike saw it as ablack art formand embraced it as such. And, as the authors reveal, blackminstrelsy remains deeply relevant to popular black entertainment, particularlyin the work of contemporary artists like Dave Chappelle, Flavor Flav, SpikeLee, and Lil Wayne. Darkest America explores the origins, heyday, and present-day manifestations of thistradition, exploding the myth that it was a form of entertainment that whitesfoisted on blacks, and shining a sure-to-be controversial light on how theseincendiary performances can be not only demeaning but also, paradoxically,liberating.File Size: 1486 KBPrint Length: 368 pages Publisher: WW Norton & Company (August 20, 2012) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B007HXFLOI"

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Darkest America : Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop, ISBN-13: 9780393070989, ISBN-10: 0393070980

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens

Pretty Things
Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens
Liz Goldwyn (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars(16)

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“The most comprehensive study on the era of burlesque.” —V Magazine

Training her journalist’s eye on the glitter and glamour of American burlesque’s Greatest Generation, Liz Goldwyn takes readers on an enthralling tour of the original queens of the striptease. Goldwyn’s incisive expose is a retrospective of the sights and spectacles of burlesque’s golden age—and an intimate look at the women whose sexuality, ambition, and verve brought the cabaret stage to life. Today, as burlesque enters a heady resurgence worldwide—with festivals around the globe, popular books like Burlesque Fetish and The Burlesque Handbook, and even a School of Burlesque in New York City—Pretty Things offers a unique and exciting look at its formative past and its earliest heroines.

  • Rank: #351224 in Books
  • Published on: 2010-12-21
  • Released on: 2010-12-21
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.76" h x 1.10" w x 7.99" l, 2.60 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 304 pages

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Categories: Burlesque (Theater). Contributors: Liz Goldwyn - Author. Format: Paperback

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Great Moments in the Theatre

Great Moments
Great Moments in the Theatre
Benedict Nightingale (Author)

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Renowned critic Benedict Nightingale, who served as chief theatre critic for the London Times from 1990–2010, collects what he considers the greatest moments from the past 2,500 years of theater. His informative and entertaining essays cover and celebrate a vast array of diverse, historical and important openings and events.


  • Rank: #41635 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-02-26
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: .90" h x 5.40" w x 8.40" l, .78 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 272 pages

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Few figures are more respected and quoted internationally than Fintan O'Toole, both as a controversial and provocative political commentator and theatre critic. This extensive collection brings together a wide range of his writings going back to 1980. It provides a privileged insight into the great moments of contemporary Irish theatre, marking the contributions of playwrights (Carr, Murphy, Friel, McGuinness), directors (Hynes, Byrne), actors (Hickey, McKenna), and designers (Vanek, Frawley). It also demonstrates his unsettling of the usual "canon," with his thoughtful arguments promoting certain playwrights who deserve to up be there with Ireland's best, including Antoine O'Flatharta, Paul Mercier, Dermot Bolger, and David Byrne.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte (PAJ Books)

Lazzi
Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte (PAJ Books)
Mel Gordon (Editor)
3.6 out of 5 stars(5)

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"An important addition to the literature on Italian Commedia dell'Arte."—Choice

This best-selling PAJ volume presents over 250 comedy routines used by commedia performers in Europe from 1550 to 1750. Includes an introduction, two complete commedia scenarios, and a glossary of commedia characters.

  • Rank: #102073 in Books
  • Published on: 2001-07-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.74" h x .24" w x 5.51" l, .30 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 96 pages

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An important addition to the literature on Italian Commedia dell'Arte.-- Choice Author: Gordon, Mel ISBN-10: 0933826699

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Writing The Broadway Musical

Writing The
Writing The Broadway Musical
Aaron Frankel (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars(10)

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Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the three crafts of a musical—book, music, and lyrics. Using copious examples from classic shows, Frankel has created the quintessential musical writers' how-to. Among the topics:definitions of musical theater; differences between musical books and straight plays and between poetry and lyrics; what a score is and how it develops; how to write for the voice; and how to audition musicals for producers. With a new introduction and revised text, Frankel's work is ready to guide a new generation of aspiring writers.

  • Rank: #304902 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-08
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.02" h x .43" w x 6.02" l, .62 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 192 pages

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Categories: Musicals->Writing and publishing. Contributors: Aaron Frankel - Author. Format: Paperback

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Second City Almanac of Improvisation

The Second
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation
Anne Libera (Author), Second City Inc. (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars(6)

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It all began in a converted Chinese laundry on Chicago's north side on a cold December night in 1959. No one could have known that by the next century, The Second City would have established itself as the premier comedy institution in the world. Taking its act north, The Second City would build a second permanent home in Toronto where it would create the Emmy-Award winning television series "SCTV." Pioneering the use of improvisation in developing talent and creating satiric revue comedy, The Second City has become - in the words of the New York Times - "A Comedy Empire."

The Second City Almanac of Improvisation - like the theatre itself - is a collection of diverse ideas, viewpoints, and memories, written by a vast array of teachers, actors, and directors who all got their start at the legendary comedy theatre. Fred Willard recalls his introduction to The Second City style in the mid-Sixties; Tim Kazurinsky gives a hilarious visual demonstration on the art of object work; "Saturday Night Live" star Tina Fey talks about re-improvising material as a mode of writing revue comedy; noted director Mick Napier takes on the thorny debate between long-form improvisation and short-form improvisation. Anne Libera guides the reader through each essay by providing a road map for understanding how The Second City method of improv-based comedy has become the industry standard.

Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, John Candy, Martin Short, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Jim Belushi, Bonnie Hunt, Mike Myers, Ryan Stiles, Rachel Dratch, Nia Vardalos - no other theatre can boast an alumni list of this magnitude. The Second City Almanac of Improvisation provides practical instruction, personal details, and inspiration to both improvisers and their fans.

  • Rank: #42937 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-05-28
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.96" h x .55" w x 7.99" l, 1.33 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 200 pages

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Categories: Improvisation (Acting). Contributors: Anne Libera - Author. Format: Paperback

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Libera walks the reader through this collection of essays by providing a road map for understanding how the Second City method of improv-based comedy--studied by the likes of John Belushi and Mike Myers--has become the industry standard. *Author: Libera, Anne *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 200 *Publication Date: 2004/05/28 *Language: English *Dimensions: 9.98 x 8.00 x 0.57 inches

A Source Book in Theatrical History: Twenty-five centuries of stage history in more than 300 basic documents and other primary material

A Source Book in Theatrical History
A Source Book in Theatrical History: Twenty-five centuries of stage history in more than 300 basic documents and other primary material
A. M. Nagler (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars(4)

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A rich resource for students of theater and theater historians, this volume features an annotated collection of more than 300 unusually interesting and detailed articles. Passages by contemporary observers from ancient Greece to modern times include notes on acting, directing, make-up, costuming, stage props, machinery, scene design, and much more.

  • Rank: #53140 in Books
  • Published on: 1959-06-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.99" h x 1.14" w x 5.43" l, 1.36 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 640 pages

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Performing Arts - About the Book Offering a broad perspective of the philosophy, theory, and aesthetics of early Indian music and musical ideology, this study makes a unique contribution to our knowledge of the ancient foundations of India's musical culture. Lewis Rowell reconstructs the turnings, scales, modes, rhythms, gestures, formal patterns, and genres of Indian music from Vedic times to the thirteenth century, presenting not so much a history as thematic analysis and interpretation of Indian's magnificent musical heritage. In Indian culture, music forms an integral part of a broad framework of ideas that includes philosophy, cosmology, religion, literature, and science. Rowell works with the known theoretical treatises and the oral tradition in an effort to place the technical details of musical practice in their full cultural context. Many quotations from the original Sanskrit appear here in English translation for the first time, and the necessary technical information is presented in terms accessible to the nonspecialist. These features, combined with Rowell's glossary of Sanskrit terms and extensive bibliography, make Music and Musical Thought in Early India an excellent introduction for the general reader and an indispensable reference for ethnomusicologists, historical musicologists, music, theorists, and indologists. About the Author Lewis Rowel, professor of music theory at Indiana University, has written extensively on Indian music and on the philosophy of music. Contents PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS ABOUT THE FRONTISPIECE 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Music and Musical Thought Early India 1.2 The Divisions of Music 1.3 Microcosm and Macrocosm 1.4 Chronology and Source 2 THOUGHT 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Continuities of Indian Thought 2.3 Systematic Thinking 2.4 Symbolic Thinking 3 SOUND 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Division of Sound 3.3 The Theory of Sound 3.4 Sound: A Lexicon 3.5 Causal Sound: Nada 3.6 Akasa the Medium of Sound 3.7 Sound and the External World 3.8 Three Ancient Conceptions of Musical Sound 4 CHANT 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Samavedic Chant 4.2.1 The Role of Memory 4.2.2 Chironomy 4.2.3 Duration and Tempo 4.2.4 Dynamics 4.3 The Phonetic Treatises 4.4 Some Distinctive Features of Sanskrit and Their Musical Consequence 4.5 Narada's Siksa and the Organization of Musical Pitch 4.6 Milieu 5 THEATER 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Natyasastra 5.3 The Preliminary Rituals 5.4 The Incidental Musics 5.5 Instruments 5.6 Epilogue 6 SASTRA 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Musical Scholarship 6.3 Musical Discourse 6.4 The Language of Musical Speculation 6.5 Notations 7 PITCH 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Gamut and its Tuning 7.3 Philosophical Arguments on Sruti and Svara 7.4 The Gamut and its Variables 7.5 Sonance 7.6 The Tanas 7.7 Melodic Choices 7.8 The Concept of Raga 8 TIME 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Idea of Time in Ancient India 8.3 Tala 8.4 Chironomy 8.5 Rhythmic Patterns 8.6 The Concept of State 8.7 Timing 8.8 The Desi Talas 8.9 The Influence of Metrics 8.10 The Rhythms of Indian Music 9 FORM 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Formal Archetypes 9.2.1 The Human Body 9.2.2 Organic Growth 9.2.3 Ritual 9.2.4 Creation 9.3 Formal Components 9.4 Formal Tactics 9.4.1 Upobana 9.4.2 Upavartana 9.4.3 Prastara 9.5 Ritual Forms 9.6 Minor Forms 10 SONG 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Prabandhas 10.3 Song Forms 10.4 A Garland of Song 10.5 Expansion of the Genre 10.6 Cultural Mapping 10.7 The Theory and Practice of Song 11 STYLE 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Gender 11.3 Qualifications 11.4 Gunas and Dosas 11.5 The Qualities of Musical Sound 11.6 Style as a Composite 11.7 Levels of Ornamentation 11.8 Rasa 11.9 The Values of Indian Music 12 AFTERTHOUGHTS NOTES GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX TABLES 1 The Six Orthodox Systems of Indian Philosophy 2 The Forms of the Atman according to the Matri Upanisad 3 Two Perspective on Sound Production, according to the Krama System of Kashmir Shaivism 4 The Twenty-Five Mute Consonants of Sanskrit 5 Three Ancient Conceptions of Musical Sound 6 The Sanskrit Morphophonemes 7 The Seven Svaras 8 Correspondence to the Seven Svaras 9 The ganaElas as a Cultural Map of Medieval Indian song 10 Coordinates of Style from Matanga's Brbaddesi 11 Coordinates of Musical Style in the Sangitaratnakara

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Adventures of Eugene Lee

The Adventures
The Adventures of Eugene Lee
Eugene Lee (Author), Lorne Michaels (Afterword), Oskar Eustis (Foreword)

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"This is a beautiful overview of the mind and spirit of Eugene Lee. It's messy, unpretentious, spontaneous and full of joy—an utterly original designer who has worked successfully in more venues, mediums and esthetics than any scenic designer in American history."—Oskar Eustis

"Over the years whenever I felt the show [Saturday Night Live] has lost something, a feeling that we have wandered off our original principles—I turn to Eugene to restore the balance. He is the keeper of the flame with me—the true heart of the show."—Lorne Michaels

The Adventures of Eugene Lee takes us through the personal artistic journey of one of the major scenic designers of our time, with stops along the way in Rhode Island; NBC studios; Broadway; Texas; London; Alberta, Canada; and The Great Karoo, South Africa. Designed by Lee himself, this autobiographical scrapbook is illustrated with hundreds of photographs, sketches, diagrams, and models from his personal archives.

It also provides an inside look at numerous collaborations with some of theater's major artists and Lee's designs for SNL and theater productions including Wicked, Ragtime, Show Boat, Candide, and Sweeney Todd. There are side trips and stories as well, covering his beloved sailboats, VW bug, carriage house design studio, and even his "flops."

Eugene Lee has been Saturday Night Live's production designer since 1974 and resident designer at Trinity Rep since 1967. An adjunct professor at Brown University, Lee has received numerous awards, including three Tony Awards, American Theatre Wing's Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Elliot Norton Award, Pell Award, and an induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame.


  • Rank: #290505 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-04-16
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 280 pages

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For sale is a great VHS Video entitled The Lost World. It is in like new condition. Movie description THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK is director Steven Spielberg's sequel to his original dinosaur thriller. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) returns for more dino-horror when, four years after the disaster at the would-be amusement park, another expedition is mounted by millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). To document the natural behavior of the beasts at a mysterious Site B, Hammond sends a team comprising Malcolm; Malcolm's girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore); and a wildlife videographer (Vince Vaughn). They face adversity in the form of a less-than-scrupulous big-game hunter (Pete Postlethwaite) and, of course, the terrible lizards themselves. The film is loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel THE LOST WORLD, which was named after the 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name. Spielberg proved his determination to alternate making socially conscious films with directing movies of sheer entertainment value; his prior film to THE LOST WORLD was SCHINDLER'S LIST, and he followed the dinosaur adventure with AMISTAD. Credits Producer: Colin Wilson, Gerald R. Molen Cast: Alan D. Purwin, Alex Miranda, Ariana Richards, Arliss Howard, Bari Buckner, Ben Skorstad, Bill Brown, Bob Boehm, Bradley Jensen, Brian Turk, C. Ransom Walrod, Camilla Belle, Carey Eidel, Colton James, Cyndi Strittmatter, Darryl A. Imai, Darryl Oumi, David Gene Gibbs, David Koepp, David Sawyer, David St. James, Domini Hoffman de Saldago, Elliot Goldwag, Eugene Bass Jr., Geno Silva, Gordon Michaels, Harry Hutchinson, Harvey Jason, Ian Abercrombie, Ian Zajonc, J. Patrick McCormack, J. Scott Shonka, Jaqueline Schultz, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Harly, Joseph Mazzello, Julianne Moore, Katy Boyer, Kenyon Williams, Marjean Holden, Mark Brady, Michael N. Fujimoto, PB Hutton, Paul Fujimoto, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Stormare, Richard Attenborough, Richard Schiff, Rick Wheeler, Robin Sachs, Ross Partridge, Thomas F. Duffy, Thomas Rosales, Thomas Stuart, Vanessa Lee Chester, Vince Vaughn, Vincent Dee Miles Details Sound: HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, THX Sound Notes Theatrical release: May 23, 1997. The film was shot in California, Hawaii, and New York. Estimated budget: $73 million. The film grossed nearly $230 million at the domestic box office and more than $615 million worldwide. A few scenes were cut from THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, including an ending shot of Pteranodons attacking the rescue helicopter. Editorial reviews "...Terrifically entertaining..." Rolling Stone - p.116 - Peter Travers (07/11/1991) "...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..." Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (05/30/1997) "...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..." Chicago Sun-Times - Lloyd Sachs (05/23/1997) Portions of this page Copyright 1981 - 2009 Muze Inc. All rights reserved. Video plays great. Please ask any questions before purchasing.

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[000674] Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870. Second Boston Edition. 192 pp. Illlustrations by John Tenniel. 7 inches by 5, later full red morocco, gilt borders with floral cornerpieces, raised bands, spine gilt letters and decoration. All edges gilt. Bound by Whitman Bennett of New York. Small bookplate of the writer and poet Eugene Field on front pastedown, and a handwritten notation on the rear flyleaf that this volume came from the library of Euge

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Flame Over India 11" x 17" (approx) Movie Poster When Moslems lay siege to a British fortress in India, Governess Wyatt (Bacall) and Captain Scott (More) save the Maharaja's son and escape by commandeering a train. Along the way they find treason, adventure and love. - Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White, IS Johar, Ursula Jeans, Ian Hunter, Eugene Deckers, Jack (Gwyllam) Gwillim, Govind Raja Ross, Frank Olegario, J. Lee Thompson, J. Arthur Rank,

Shakespeare: A Life

Shakespeare
Shakespeare: A Life
Park Honan (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars(18)

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History & Criticism

In the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright.

The young poet's relationships, his early courtship of Anne Hathaway, their marriage, his attitudes to women such as Jennet Davenant, Marie Mountjoy, and his own daughters, are seen in a new light, illuminating Shakespeare's needs, habits, passions and concerns. Park Honan examines the world of the playing companies -- the power of patronage, theatrical conditions, and personal rivalries -- to reveal the relationship between the man and the writing, and using previously unpublished material explores the causes of Shakespeare's success; Stratford childhood, his parents' capabilities, and his preparations for a London career. Shakespeare: A Life casts new light on the complexity and fascination of Shakespeare's life and his extraordinary development as an artist.

  • Rank: #22574 in eBooks
  • Published on: 1998-10-29
  • Released on: 1998-10-29
  • Format: Kindle eBook
  • Number of items: 1

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Shakespeare: A Life in Art ISBN: 1412806054 Author: Russell Fraser Publisher: Transaction Publishers Date: 2007-10-30 Qty Available: 1 Format: Paperback

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payment | shipping rates | returns Shakespeare: A Life Product Category :Books ISBN :0192825275 Title :Shakespeare: A Life EAN :9780192825278 Authors :Park Honan Binding :Paperback Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA Publication Date :2000-04-27 Pages :512 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :34.95 Height :1.6500 inches Width :5.4300 inches Length :8.3500 inches Weight :0.6000 pounds Keywords :Europe, General AAS, Theater, General, History Criticism, Auth

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Shakespeare: A Life by Honan, Park/ Honan, Park [Paperback]

Friday, February 22, 2013

The Theater and Its Double

The Theater
The Theater and Its Double
Antonin Artaud (Author), Mary Caroline Richards (Translator)
4.7 out of 5 stars(7)

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A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. AWe cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger,” he wrote. He fought vigorously against an encroaching conventionalism he found anathema to the very concept of theater. He sought to use theater to transcend writing, Ato break through the language in order to touch life.”

  • Rank: #26189 in Books
  • Published on: 1994-01-07
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.27" h x .47" w x 5.31" l, .45 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 159 pages

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A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. "We cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger," he wrote. He fought vigorously against an encroaching conventionalism he found anathema to the very concept of theater. He sought to use theater to transcend writing, "to break through the language in order to touch life."

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author antonin artaud format paperback language english publication year 07 01 1994 subject the arts subject 2 other performing arts title the theater and its double author antonin artaud mary c richard publisher grove pr publication date dec 01 1966 pages 176 binding paperback dimensions 5 50 wx 8 25 hx 0 25 d isbn 0802150306 subject performing arts theater history criticism description a collection of manifestos originally published in 1938 the theater and its double is the fullest statement

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The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera

The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess
The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
Ellen Noonan (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars(1)

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Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. In this comprehensive account, Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. In its surprising endurance lies a myriad of local, national, and international stories.
For black performers and commentators, Porgy and Bess was a nexus for debates about cultural representation and racial uplift. White producers, critics, and even audiences spun revealing racial narratives around the show, initially in an attempt to demonstrate its authenticity and later to keep it from becoming discredited or irrelevant. Expertly weaving together the wide-ranging debates over the original novel, Porgy, and its adaptations on stage and film with a history of its intimate ties to Charleston, The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess uncovers the complexities behind one of our nation's most long-lived cultural touchstones.

  • Rank: #470810 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-12-10
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.22" w x 6.14" l, 1.69 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 448 pages

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera by Ellen Noonan Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, quot;Porgy and Bess quot; has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. In this comprehensive account, Ellen Noonan examines the opera #039;s long history of invention and rei

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Ozu: His Life and Films

Ozu
Ozu: His Life and Films
Donald Richie (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars(5)

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Full length critical work of the director's life, career, working methods, buttressed with reproductions of pages from his notebook and shooting scripts, numerous quotes from co-workers and Japanese critics, stills and a filmography.

  • Rank: #312297 in Books
  • Published on: 1977-03-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.90" h x .75" w x 5.98" l, .88 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 296 pages

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theatre performance art theatre all our items our feedback faqs about us contact us item description ozu his life and films ean 978 0520032774 isbn 10 0 520032772 ref wly 0520032772 title ozu his life and films author richie publisher university of california press published 01 july 1992 media binding

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Director Yasujiro Ozu is often revered for his poignant observations of family life. These early silent films showcase all the themes of familial struggle that would show up in his later work, along with a comic touch that some may find surprising. This collection of three domestic comedies--made during his tenure at Shochiku studios and supplied with new scores by composer Donald Sosin--offer a fresh perspective on the Japanese filmmaker.A string of men murdered in the heat of passion has left the police virtually without clues in PASSING FANCY. That is, until the young, beautiful Fancy is brought to their attention. Just home from college, Fancy's past is riddled with secret, unthinkable traumas, and now she is out for revenge. But the officer who brings her down just might be the one who can heal her.Simultaneously dark and comedic, I WAS BORN BUT... presents the story of a typical suburban father and his two sons, aged eight and ten. The conflicts between the boys' worlds of youthful innocence and the fat

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payment | shipping rates | returns Ozu: His Life and Films Product Category :Books ISBN :0520032772 Title :Ozu: His Life and Films EAN :9780520032774 Authors :Donald Richie Binding :Paperback Publisher :University of California Press Publication Date :1977-03-15 Pages :275 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :27.95 Height :0.7900 inches Width :5.9800 inches Length :8.9000 inches Weight :0.8800 pounds Keywords :Theater, Biographies Memoirs, Movies, Japan Condi

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Gielgoodies!: The Wit and Wisdom of John Gielgud

Gielgoodies!
Gielgoodies!: The Wit and Wisdom of John Gielgud
Jonathan Croall (Author), Simon Callow (Foreword)
4.0 out of 5 stars(1)

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AA glorious compendium of John’s scintillating irreverences and fabulous faux pas... He was one of the greatest of all theatrical personalities, and these utterly characteristic throwaway squibs bring him vividly back to life.’ Simon Callow

This delicious feast of "Gielgoodies", compiled by Gielgud’s biographer, reveals a less well-known side to this celebrated man of the theatre: his lightning wit, his love of scandal and gossip, his wicked delight in putting down his fellow-artists, his relish of bawdy humour. Full of startling new material, drawn from many unpublished letters and Jonathan Croall’s extensive interviews, the book also celebrates the man who dropped a thousand bricks. Gielgud’s excruciating gaffes were legendary, and here are both the famous and the unknown, collected in all their glory. Whether committed backstage, in the wings or in rehearsals, on film sets or in television studios, they bring this merry and much-loved man vividly to life.

  • Rank: #816430 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-02-26
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: .65 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 120 pages

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Categories: Entertainment/Performing Arts Biography * General. Contributors: Jonathan Croall - Author. Format: NOOK Book

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Categories: Entertainment/Performing Arts Biography * General. Contributors: Jonathan Croall - Author. Format: Hardcover

The Astaires: Fred & Adele

The Astaires
The Astaires: Fred & Adele
Kathleen Riley (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars(25)

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Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s, the Astaires seemed to define the Jazz Age. They were Gershwin's music in motion, a fascinating pair who wove spellbinding rhythms in song and dance.

In this book, the first comprehensive study of their theatrical career together, Kathleen Riley traces the Astaires' rise to fame from humble midwestern origins and early days as child performers on small-time vaudeville stages (where Fred, fatefully, first donned top hat and tails) to their 1917 debut on Broadway to star billings on both sides of the Atlantic. They became ambassadors of an art form they helped to revolutionize, adored by audiences, feted by royalty, and courted socially by elites everywhere they went. From the start, Adele was the more natural performer, spontaneous, funny, and self-possessed, while Fred had to hone his trademark timing and elegance through endless hours of rehearsal, a disciplined regimen that Adele loathed. Ultimately, Fred's dancing expertise surpassed his sister's, and their paths diverged: Adele married into British aristocracy, and Fred headed for Hollywood.

The Astaires examines in depth the extraordinary story of this great brother-sister team, with full attention to its historical and theatrical context. It is not merely an account of the first part of Fred's long and illustrious career but one with its own significance. Born at the close of the 1800s, Fred and Adele grew up together with the new century, and when they reached superstardom during the interwar years, they shone as an affirmation of life and hope amid a prevailing crisis of faith and identity.

  • Rank: #214823 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-03-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.25" h x .91" w x 6.34" l, 1.18 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 266 pages

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The Astaires: Fred & Adele

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Astaires : Fred and Adele, ISBN-13: 9780199738410, ISBN-10: 0199738416

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Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s, the Astair...

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era

I'm Dying Up Here
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era
William Knoedelseder (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars(38)

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In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. There, in a late-night world of sex, drugs, dreams and laughter, they created an artistic community unlike any before or since. It was Comedy CamelotAbut it couldn’t last.William Knoedelseder was then a cub reporter covering the burgeoning local comedy scene for the Los Angeles Times. He wrote the first major newspaper profiles of several of the future stars. And he was there when the comediansAwho were not paid by the clubs where they performedA tried to change the system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community. In I’m Dying Up Here he tells the whole story of that golden age, of the strike that ended it, and of how those days still resonate in the lives of those who were there. As comedy clubs and cable TV began to boom, many would achieve stardom.... but success had its price.

  • Rank: #162917 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-08-25
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.29" h x 1.02" w x 6.14" l, 1.13 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 304 pages

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"In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from all across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. There, in a late-night world of sex, drugs, dreams and laughter, they created an artistic community unlike any before or since. It was Comedy Camelotbut it couldn't last.William Knoedelseder, then a cub reporter covering the scene for the Los Angeles Times, was there when the comedianswho were not paid for performingtried to change the system and incidentally tore apart their own close-knit community. In I'm Dying Up Here he tells the whole story of that golden age, of the strike that ended it, and of how those days still resonate in the lives of those who were there.File Size: 1647 KBPrint Length: 306 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 1586488961 Publisher: PublicAffairs; 1 edition (August 25, 2009) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B002JFMV9M"