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Poetics

Poetics

By Aristotle Translated by Kenneth McLeish

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.

Preface to Antony and Cleopatra

Preface to Antony and Cleopatra

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Coriolanus

Preface to Coriolanus

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Cymbeline

Preface to Cymbeline

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time.

Preface to Hamlet

Preface to Hamlet

By Harley Granville Barker

The best known - and longest - of Harley Granville Barker's celebrated Prefaces to Shakespeare: some of the best practical guides to Shakespeare's work yet written. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Julius Caesar

Preface to Julius Caesar

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to King Lear

Preface to King Lear

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Love's Labour's Lost

Preface to Love's Labour's Lost

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to Macbeth

Preface to Macbeth

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Othello

Preface to Othello

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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Preface to Romeo and Juliet

Preface to Romeo and Juliet

By Harley Granville Barker

The classic - and most practical - guide to Shakespeare’s major plays, available in separate, pocket-format volumes for use in study or rehearsal room. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Preface to The Merchant of Venice

Preface to The Merchant of Venice

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

Prefaces to A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale & Twelfth Night

Prefaces to A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale & Twelfth Night

By Harley Granville Barker

Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.

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The Presence of the Actor

The Presence of the Actor

By Joseph Chaikin

Illuminating notes on acting from America's foremost champion of actor-led theatre, drawing on his experience with the Living Theatre, the Open Theatre and with Sam Shepard.

Primo Time

Primo Time

By Antony Sher

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

Princess & The Hustler: The GCSE Study Guide

By Alicia Pope

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.

The Production Notebooks: Volume 1

The Production Notebooks: Volume 1

Theatre in Process

By Mark Bly

Detailed case-studies of four major productions by leading American theatre companies.

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The Production Notebooks: Volume 2

The Production Notebooks: Volume 2

Theatre in Process

By Mark Bly

An inside view of the process involved in the creation of four major theatrical productions - a sequel to The Production Notebooks: Volume 1.

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