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Kenneth Tynan: Theatre Writings

The best of Kenneth Tynan's theatre criticism, selected and edited by his biographer Dominic Shellard - with a foreword by Tom Stoppard.

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Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide

An essential resource for anyone studying Leave Taking for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

Letters & Texts 1972-1984

A collection of letters and collaborative texts written by playwright Sam Shepard and director Joseph Chaikin, covering one of the richest periods of contemporary American playmaking.

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Letters to George

A unique insight into the working methods of one of today’s most influential directors.

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Love Is Where It Falls

An Account of a Passionate Friendship

Simon Callow's candid and moving memoir of his passionate friendship with legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay.

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Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design

A sumptuously illustrated record of the career of one of America's leading theatre designers, Ming Cho Lee: A Life in Design is a fascinating insight into the creation of some of the landmark productions in American theatre history, and an essential book for anyone with an interest in theatrical set design.

A Moment Towards the End of the Play...

An Autobiography

A revised and expanded edition of the autobiography that has delighted readers and theatregoers since its first publication in 2001.

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Monty Python at Work

A fascinating account of the making of the Monty Python TV and stage shows, films, books and albums, drawn from Michael Palin's published diaries.

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My First Play

An Anthology of Theatrical Beginnings

Compiled by Nick Hern

A unique collection of pieces by playwrights, actors and theatre directors - candid, hilarious, and often sharply revealing.

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My Life in Pieces

An Alternative Autobiography

An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography.

My Life in Pieces (Hardback edition)

An Alternative Autobiography

An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography.

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Naked Thoughts That Roam About

Reflections on Theatre

A lifetime of polemical writing about the theatre from the socialist playwright, director, producer and founder of 7:84.

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The Necessary Theatre

A distillation of Sir Peter Hall's thinking on the state of theatre. Part of the Dramatic Contexts series.

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One Night Stands

A Critic's View of Modern British Theatre

Michael Billington's own selection from twenty years of reviewing theatre for The Guardian - from 1971-1991.

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Other People's Shoes

Thoughts on Acting

Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting.

People Who Led to My Plays

A magical scrapbook of words, pictures and memories, capturing the life of a middle-class black girl growing up in the Midwest in the 1930s and 40s, aspiring to be a writer.

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Pinter in the Theatre

An exploration of Harold Pinter's work in the theatre – through interviews with the man himself and with actors and directors who worked with him.

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Playing by Ear

Reflections on Sound and Music

A collection of new essays from the world-renowned director, offering unique and personal insights into sound and music.

Playing Joan

Actresses on the Challenge of Shaw's Saint Joan

Interviews with 26 actresses who have played George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, including Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Bergner, Judi Dench, Wendy Hiller, Barbara Jefford, Siobhan McKenna, Sarah Miles, Joan Plowright.

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The Playwright's Voice

American Dramatists on Memory, Writing and the Politics of Culture

Interviews with 15 key American playwrights, including Edward Albee, Tony Kushner and Paula Vogel.

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Poetics

A clear and authoritative edition of one of the most influential tracts in world theatre, a text that is crucial to an understanding of how drama works, and how it has evolved.

Primo Time

Antony Sher's enthralling account of the struggle – and the triumph – of bringing Primo Levi's Auschwitz memoir to the stage.

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Princess & The Hustler: The GCSE Study Guide

An essential resource for anyone studying Princess & The Hustler for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

Profiles

The only collection of Tynan's star-studded profiles, his incisive pen-portraits of many of the most significant performers and writers of his day.

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