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Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark

Inside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades.

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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Women in American Theatre

A valuable collection of interviews and essays that explores and celebrates the complete spectrum of women's contributions to the theatre world in the US.

Commedia Plays

Scenarios, Scripts, Lazzi

A unique collection of performance pieces and improvisation exercises in the Commedia style, a companion volume to the author's best-selling Playing Commedia.

Ibsen's A Doll's House

A Study Guide

A highly accessible guide to the play, taking you scene by scene through the action, analysing moment by moment what is actually said and done, and how the staging of these moments affects our understanding of them.

Chekhov's Three Sisters

A Study Guide

A highly accessible guide to the play, taking you scene by scene through the action, analysing moment by moment what is actually said and done, and how the staging of these moments affects our understanding of them.

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Here We Stand

Politics, Performers & Performance

Here We Stand looks at the very different careers of Paul Robeson, Isadora Duncan and Charlie Chaplin and how their artistic work was affected by their determined stand for what they believed was right

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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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Invitation to the Party

Building Bridges to the Arts, Culture and Community

A handbook on how arts and cultural organisations can attract ethnic minorities and involve them as audiences.

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Swimming to Cambodia

Spalding Gray's extraordinary memoir/monologue, based on his experiences as an actor in the film The Killing Fields.

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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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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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Gambon

A Life in Acting

A unique collection of interviews with Sir Michael Gambon, ranging over thirteen years, offering a fascinating picture of this most mischievously evasive of actors.

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Year of the King

A classic of theatre writing, a unique insight into the creation of a landmark Shakespearian performance.

Ralph Koltai: Designer for the Stage

Edited by Sylvia Backemeyer Introduction by Trevor Nunn

A stunning full-colour record of half a century of inspired theatre work marking the 80th birthday of one of the UK's most distinguished stage designers.

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Other People's Shoes

Thoughts on Acting

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

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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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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