An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary

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Stanislavski’s ‘system’ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre. Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profou... More >>

An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary

Persuasion: Reception and Responsibility

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Intended for courses in persuasion, propaganda, advertising/marketing, or any course dealing with rhetorical and/or media criticism that takes a consumer approach to advertising, the media, and political persuasion. These courses are offered at four-year schools in departments of speech, speech communication, mass communication, communication studies and/or communication.... More >>

Persuasion: Reception and Responsibility

Stock Scenery Construction : A Handbook

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Stock Scenery Construction Handbook is an easy to use, complete manual on scenery construction. It has over 180 full-page drawings showing construction techniques for every conceivable kind of stock scenery piece, from flats (plain ones, door units, hardwall, etc.), to platforms and step units (including two kinds of parallel platforms and even folding-brace stairs), to all kinds of soft goods like curtains and drops. The second edition includes a new chapter on pai... More >>

Stock Scenery Construction : A Handbook

Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters

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Crackpot, originally released in 1986, is John Waters' brilliantly entertaining litany of odd and fascinationg people, places and things. From Baltimore to Los Angeles, from William Castle to Pia Zadora, from the National Enquirer to Ronald Reagan's colon, Waters explores the depths of our culture. And he dispenses useful advice along the way: how not to make a movie, how to become famous (read: infamous), and of course, how to most effectively shock and make our na... More >>

Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers

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* You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept?
* There's a painting in the background of your independent film; is it necessary to clear the rights?
* The screenplay you and a friend wrote gets optioned; how do you split the proceeds fairly?
* How do you get a script to popular Hollywood actors or deal with their agents?
Find quick answers to these and hundreds of other questions in The Pocket Lawyer for... More >>

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers

The Creative Arts: A Process Approach for Teachers and Children

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This unique book engages future teachers in the processes of creativity to encourage creative growth and participation in their classrooms. It emphasizes process, rather than product, so teachers learn that once they tap into their own creativity they are better equipped to help children participate in the creative process. The author's goal is to shift readers from depending on prescribed activities and products to a more secure awareness of everyone's ability to p... More >>

The Creative Arts: A Process Approach for Teachers and Children

Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere

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A fake U2 concert. A deranged hypnotist. A book signing by a dead author. Welcome to the wild world of Improv Everywhere. From the infamous No Pants! Subway Ride to the legendary Grand Central Freeze, Improv Everywhere has been responsible for some of the most original and subversive pranks of the Internet age. In Causing a Scene, the group's agents provide a hilarious firsthand account of their mischievous antics. Learn how they created a time loop in a Star... More >>

Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere

Bent: The Play

• ISBN13: 9781557833365
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Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. "It educated the world," Sherman explains. "People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews and, to some extent, gypsies and political prisoners. But very little had come out about their treatment of homosexuals." Gays were arrested and... More >>

Bent: The Play

Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell

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After six wildly successful and critically acclaimed season, HBO's Sex and the City lowered its curtain with an extraordinary finale befitting its remarkable run. Now Sex and the City, the first true comedy about sex and love from a female point of view (and the show that made cosmopolitans and designer shoes part of every single woman's night out), lives on in this luscious, uniquely entertaining, and one-of-a-kind book. Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, the officia... More >>

Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell

Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy

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BodyStories is a book that engages the general reader as well as the serious student of anatomy. Thirty-one days of learning sessions heighten awareness about each bone and body system and provide self-guided studies. The book draws on Ms. Olsen's thirty years as a dancer and teacher of anatomy to show how our attitudes and approaches to our body affect us day to day. Amusing and insightful personal stories enliven the text and provide ways of working with the body ... More >>

Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy

The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony

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Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including: colors of chords and keys * chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colors * dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions * the most ... More >>

The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony

Anthology of Living Theater

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This anthology of 18 plays offers a convenient and affordable alternative to ordering individual play scripts, with the additional benefit of a general introduction and headnotes.... More >>

Anthology of Living Theater

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films

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Completely updated and greatly expanded to include the explosion of black film stars and filmmakers that came out of the '70s and '80s, this comprehensive guide covers the entire history of African-Americans in films, from the shocking images in Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's controversial Malcolm X. Photos. Index.... More >>

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films

The Theatre Experience

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The re-imagined twelfth edition of The Theatre Experience is students' ticket to the best seat in the house. From Broadway to makeshift theater spaces around the world, the author demonstrates the active and lively role they play as audience members by engaging them in the collaborative and creative processes behind and in front of the curtain. Wilson introduces students to the roles of the performers, directors, producers and designers, while emphasizing the insigh... More >>

The Theatre Experience

How to Start Your Own Theater Company

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With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago’s award-winning Congo Square Theatre, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details—such as managing rent, parking, and safety issues; de... More >>

How to Start Your Own Theater Company

I am What I am

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"Anything Goes" gave you the story so far, "I Am What I Am" reveals more about the man behind the television sensation, focusing on John's unique approach to life and love. Written with John's trademark style, the book will be filled with juicy titbits from behind the scenes of "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood", alongside heart-warming family anecdotes and personal revelations, including John's perspective on fame and how it has affected him. Also containing exclusive de... More >>

I am What I am

Spring Awakening: A Play

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First performed in Germany in 1906, Frank Wedekind’s controversial play Spring Awakening closed after one night in New York in 1917 amid charges of obscenity and public outrage. For the better part of the twentieth century Wedekind’s intense body of work was largely unpublished and rarely performed. Yet the play’s subject matter—teenage desire, suicide, abortion, and homosexuality—is as explosive and important today as it was acentury ago. Spring Awakening... More >>

Spring Awakening: A Play

Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 2

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The cult show from the producers of The O.C. and The X-Files, starring Jared Padalecki (Gilmore Girls) and Jensen Ackles (Smallville), takes you on a spooky roadtrip through the dark heart of America.

Brothers Sam and Dean Winchester cruise America’s back roads in their 1967 Chevy Impala, on a mission to hunt down the demon that killed both their parents. Along the way they confront creatures most people believe exist only in folklore and nightmares, includ... More >>

Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 2

Practical Recording Techniques, Third Edition

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Practical Recording Techniques, Third Edition is a hands-on, practical guide for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts, offering guidance on a variety of recording situations, including small professional studios and on-location recording for both popular and classical music. It gives advice on equipping a home studio-from low-budget to advanced-and includes suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor spe... More >>

Practical Recording Techniques, Third Edition