Author: Sidney Homan Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000316467 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Why the Theatre is a collection of 26 personal essays by college teachers, actors, directors, and playwrights about the magnetic pull of the theatre and its changing place in society. The book is divided into four parts, examining the creative role of the audience, the life of the actor, director, and playwright in performance, ways the theatre moves beyond the playhouse and into the real world, and theories and thoughts on what the theatre can do when given form onstage. Based on concrete, highly personal examples, experiences, and memories, this collection offers unique perspectives on the meaning of the theatre and the beauty of weaving the world of the play into the fabric of our lives. Covering a range of practices and plays, from the Greeks to Japanese Butoh theatre, from Shakespeare to modern experiments, this book is written by and for the theatre instructor and theatre appreciation student.
Author: Szabolcs Musca Publisher: Intellect (UK) ISBN: 9781789380767 Category : Community theater Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities. It considers the aesthetic, social and cultural aspects of community-conscious theatre-making. It also reflects on transformations in structural, textual and theatrical conventions, and explores changing modes of production and spectatorship.
Author: David Mamet Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 9781429931786 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, "many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical." As always, Mamet delivers on his promise: in Theatre, the acclaimed author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory. For Mamet, either actors are good or they are non-actors, and good actors generally work best without the interference of a director, however well-intentioned. Issue plays, political correctness, method actors, impossible directions, Stanislavksy, and elitists all fall under Mamet's critical gaze. To students, teachers, and directors who crave a blast of fresh air in a world that can be insular and fearful of change, Theatre throws down a gauntlet that challenges everyone to do better, including Mamet himself.
Author: Deena Kaye Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317690575 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 420
Book Description
Covering every phase of a theatrical production, this fourth edition of Sound and Music for the Theatre traces the process of sound design from initial concept through implementation in actual performances. The book discusses the early evolution of sound design and how it supports the play, from researching sources for music and effects, to negotiating a contract. It shows you how to organize the construction of the sound design elements, how the designer functions in a rehearsal, and how to set up and train an operator to run sound equipment. This instructive information is interspersed with ‘war stores’ describing real-life problems with solutions that you can apply in your own work, whether you’re a sound designer, composer, or sound operator.
Author: Susan Crabtree Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1136084290 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 414
Book Description
Now in its Third Edition, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques continues to be the most trusted source for both student and professional scenic artists. With new information on scenic design using Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other digital imaging softwares this test expands to offer the developing artist more step-by-step instuction and more practical techniques for work in the field. It goes beyond detailing job functions and discussing techniques to serve as a trouble-shooting guide for the scenic artist, providing practical advice for everyday solutions.
Author: Marvin A. Carlson Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 544
Book Description
**** Expanded edition of the work originally published by Cornell U. Press in 1984 and endorsed by BCL3. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Augusto Boal Publisher: Get Political ISBN: 9780745328386 Category : Social classes in literature Languages : en Pages : 184
Book Description
''... brilliantly original ... brings cultural and post-colonial theory to bear on a wide range of authors with great skill and sensitivity.' Terry Eagleton
Author: Mayo Simon Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 9781557835628 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
"Structured as an evening in the theatre, this book is analytical but straightforward, serious but entertaining. Mayo Simon presents a working playwright's view of what really happens between the stage and the audience, from the beginning of the play until the end." --BOOK JACKET.
Author: Robert Cohen Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350316393 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 189
Book Description
Robert Cohen draws on fifty years of acting, directing and teaching experience in order to illustrate how the world's great theatre artists combine collaboration with leadership at all levels, from a production's conception to its final performance. This book challenges the notion that creating brilliant theatrical productions requires tyrannical directors or temperamental designers. Viewing the theatrical production process from the perspectives of the producer, director, playwright, actor, designer, stage manager, dramaturg and crew person, Cohen provides the techniques, exercises and language that promote successful collaborative skills in the theatre. Collaboration is vital to successful theatre making and Working Together in Theatre is the first book to show how leadership and collaboration can be combined to make every theatrical production far greater than the sum of its many parts.
Author: Sidney Homan
Author: Oscar Gross Brockett
Author: Szabolcs Musca
Author: David Mamet
Author: Deena Kaye
Author: Susan Crabtree
Author: Marvin A. Carlson
Author: Augusto Boal
Author: Mayo Simon
Author: Robert Cohen