Nick Hern Books

On New Ground

Contemporary Hispanic-American plays

Edited by M. Elizabeth Osborn

A collection of six plays by outstanding authors who write in English but draw from their various Hispanic backgrounds.

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Marsha Norman: Four Plays

By Marsha Norman

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'night, Mother comes an unforgettable collection of plays.

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Driving Miss Daisy

By Alfred Uhry

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play which became the Oscar-winning film - a delicate depiction of racial tensions and of growing old.

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Building arts audiences through dynamic subscription promotion

By Danny Newman

Examples from theatres all over America demonstrating how to build audiences through subscription schemes. Could be applied profitably to other countries.

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Breaking the Rules: The Wooster Group

By David Savran

A in-depth survey of the work of groundbreaking theatre company the Wooster Group, introduced by Peter Sellars.

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In Their Own Words

Contemporary American Playwrights

By David Savran

Interviews with 20 leading American playwrights, each with a substantial introduction.

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The Director's Voice

Twenty-One Interviews

Edited by Arthur Bartow

Interviews with twenty-one leading American theatre directors.

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Strictly Dishonourable and other lost American plays

Edited by Richard Nelson

Four lively dramas from the twenties and thirties evoking a world of gangsters, crooked cops, intrepid newpaper hacks and slightly tarnished damsels in distress.

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Coastal Disturbances: Four Plays

By Tina Howe

Four plays by Tina Howe: Coastal Disturbances, Museum, The Art of Dining and Painting Churches.

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Advice to the Players

On Acting

By Robert Lewis

A practical programme of study for the actor, by one of the founders of the famous Actors Studio.

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An exploration of the careers and personal viewpoints of eleven major US set designers, combining research, commentary, extensive interviews and nearly 150 photographs, sketches, renderings and model designs.

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Playing Joan

Actresses on the Challenge of Shaw's Saint Joan

By Holly Hill

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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Sister Suzie Cinema

The Collected Poems and Performances 1976-1986

By Lee Breuer

A 'doo-wop opera' inspired by Lee Breuer's coming of age amidst the pop culture of the 50s.

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The Gospel at Colonus

By Lee Breuer

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

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The Way of Acting

By Tadashi Suzuki Translated by J. Thomas Rimer

A landmark collection of the writings of one of the world's foremost contemporary theatre artists, offering Western audiences long-overdue insight into Suzuki's singular artistry.