Theatre Books
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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The Ground On Which I Stand
A passionate and controversial call for black cultural separatism, from the author of the Olivier award-winning Jitney and the Pulitzer Prize-winning King Hedley II.
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£6.99£5.59There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
The Golden Rules of Acting
A treasure trove of advice, support and encouragement that no performer should be without. Honest, witty and direct, The Golden Rules of Acting is every actor's best friend – in handy paperback form.
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£7.99£6.39
More Golden Rules of Acting
that nobody ever tells you
More priceless nuggets from the author of The Golden Rules of Acting, gleaned from more than thirty years in the acting business. This is every actor's new best friend – in handy paperback form.
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£7.99£6.39
Playing Lear
An insider's guide from text to performance
A unique insight into Shakespeare's most monumentally complex character - and the play that bears his name - from a highly respected actor and former academic.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
The Empty Space
Peter Brook's seminal book, an acknowledged classic of theatre writing, setting out many of the ideas about theatre which informed his lifelong work as a theatre director.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
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.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Chekhov'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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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Secrets of Stage Success
Your Questions Answered
By Louise Dearman and Mark EvansTwo of the biggest musical-theatre stars working today answer questions submitted by the public on a wide range of theatrical topics.- Paperback
£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Surviving Actors Manual
By Felicity Jackson and Lianne RobertsonThe essential, one-stop handbook for actors, with everything you need to survive and thrive, from the team behind the internationally successful Surviving Actors conventions.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Secrets of Stage Success - SIGNED COPY
Your Questions Answered
By Louise Dearman and Mark EvansTwo of the biggest musical-theatre stars working today answer questions submitted by the public on a wide range of theatrical topics.- Paperback
£8.99£7.19
Learning Your Lines: The Compact Guide
By Mark ChannonAn accessible, systematic guide for actors who want to memorise their lines quickly and effectively, and let go of the fear of forgetting them – helping you build confidence and focus, and reducing anxiety and stress around auditions, rehearsal and performance.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Getting, Keeping & Working with Your Acting Agent: The Compact Guide
By J BRThis empowering, informative guide explains everything actors need to know about agents – how to find one, what they do, and how to work with them effectively to help you succeed in your career.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19A Moment Towards the End of the Play...
An Autobiography
By Timothy WestA revised and expanded edition of the autobiography that has delighted readers and theatregoers since its first publication in 2001.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Kenneth Tynan: Theatre Writings
By Kenneth Tynan Edited by Dominic ShellardThe 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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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Gambon
A Life in Acting
By Mel GussowA 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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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£8.99£7.19Primo Time
By Antony SherAntony Sher's enthralling account of the struggle – and the triumph – of bringing Primo Levi's Auschwitz memoir to the stage.
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Pinter in the Theatre
By Ian SmithAn 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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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99
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