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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.

Stage Director's Handbook

Stage Director's Handbook

Opportunities for Directors and Choreographers

Edited by David Diamond and Terry Berliner

An essential handbook for student and professional directors, covering training and courses, grants and fellowships, companies and organisations, agents and managers, and much more.

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Playing Commedia

Playing Commedia

A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques

By Barry Grantham

A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises - a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.

Beyond Stanislavsky

Beyond Stanislavsky

The Psycho-Physical Approach to Actor Training

By Bella Merlin

A guide to Psycho-Physical Acting, complete with games and exercises.

Hamlet In Pieces

Hamlet In Pieces

Shakespeare Reworked by Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson

By Andy Lavender

A casebook study of three extraordinary productions of Hamlet by three giants of modern theatre: Peter Brook, Robert Lepage and Robert Wilson.

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Through The Body

Through The Body

A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre

By Dymphna Callery

A step-by-step guide to Physical Theatre in both theory and practice - full of detailed exercises and inspiring ideas.

The Ground On Which I Stand

The Ground On Which I Stand

By August Wilson

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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One Night Stands

One Night Stands

A Critic's View of Modern British Theatre

By Michael Billington

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

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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.

Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice

A step-by-step guide for actors

By Barbara Houseman

A simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice.

The Articulate Body

The Articulate Body

The Physical Training of the Actor

By Anne Dennis

The highly regarded actor training manual by a top movement teacher.

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare

By Peter Brook

Renowned theatre director Peter Brook on the essential questions facing anyone performing Shakespeare today.

Naked Thoughts That Roam About

Naked Thoughts That Roam About

Reflections on Theatre

By John McGrath Edited by Nadine Holdsworth

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

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American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men

American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men

Edited by Stephanie Coen

A volume of audition pieces for men selected from the best contemporary American plays.

American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women

American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women

Edited by Stephanie Coen

A volume of audition pieces for women selected from the best contemporary American plays.

Laban For All

Laban For All

By Jean Newlove and John Dalby

A comprehensive 'how to' book on the Laban system of movement - from the author of Laban for Actors and Dancers.

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Other People's Shoes

Other People's Shoes

Thoughts on Acting

By Harriet Walter

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

So You Want To Be A Theatre Director?

So You Want To Be A Theatre Director?

By Stephen Unwin

A hands-on, step-by-step guide to directing plays – by one of Britain's leading theatre directors.

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