The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights

Much of the theatre we make starts with a script and a story given to us by someone else. But what happens when we're required to start from scratc...

DescriptionThis unique anthology presents the important historical essays on tragedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historica...

Stand-up: it's the ultimate solo art form. Yet, behind the scenes, you will increasingly find the shadowy figure of a director. For comics themselv...

Introduction to the Alexander Technique, part of the brand-new Acting Essentials series, is the first textbook about the Alexander Technique writte...

A collection of both serious and comic monologues from the last three decades of contemporary playwriting, this title features pieces from Caryl Ch...

This foundational study offers an accessible introduction to Native American and First Nations theatre by drawing on critical Indigenous and dramat...

Reducere. 'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of blackness, unburdened by the social and cultural...

DescriptionHow do you develop the craft and skills of stage management for today's theatre industry? And how can these same skills be applied in a ...

Reducere. The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays is an anthology of six outstanding plays from some of the most exciting playwrights currently receivin...

DescriptionThe Actor's Survival Guide: How to Make Your Way in Hollywood is a handbook and essential guide to the business of living and working as...

DescriptionContemporary Women Stage Directors opens the door into the minds of 27 prolific female theatre directors, allowing you to explore their ...

The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays for the Stage is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans chara...

DescriptionEver dreamt of putting on a musical from scratch? Or perhaps you already have, but some extra guidance would be welcome. Look no further...

DescriptionHow do you develop both the craft of directing as well as a professional career in freelance directing in today's theatre industry? Draw...

DescriptionIntended for actors, directors, teachers and researchers, this book offers an exceptionally clear and thorough introduction to the renow...

DescriptionCombining life-coaching and screen-acting tools and techniques in one accessible handbook, this guide empowers actors to overcome person...

Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre is the first book to combine traditional actor vocal training with musical theatre training, offering support ...

DescriptionSince it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one ...

The Government has so far refused a Public Inquiry into the riots that shook our cities this Summer, so the Tricycle is mounting its own. This verb...

This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by insightful commentary notes, while its lively introduction explains why Webster's inte...

DescriptionThis volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from a...

Reducere. You are a Prince, not a pauper. And before too long the whole of England will be in your hands... Jemma Kennedy's stage adaptation of The Prince an...

Grzegorz Niziolek's The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust is a pioneering analysis of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust on Polish theatre and so...

Published in English for the first time, Refugee Conversations is a delightful work that reveals Brecht as a master of comic satire. Written swiftl...

Reducere. This Student Edition of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a...

A civilised and complacent culture is on the brink of collapse... The tide of change is coming. Madam Ranyevskaya's liberal world of privilege and ...

DescriptionHow has the work and legacy of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed been interpreted and practised around the world? What does it loo...

From the bestselling author of The Right to Speak and The Need for Words comes this revised edition of the essential guide to voice work: The Actor...

Reducere. I'm really looking forward to robbing this bank Mischief Theatre's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy ca...

The Methuen Drama Book of Plays by Black British Writers provides an essential anthology of six of the key plays that have shaped the trajectory of...

DescriptionSound provides a lively and engaging overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studie...

Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of...

Reducere. A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels Set in Ankh-Morpork one of the most thoroughly imagined cities in fantasy, Night W...

Description"Generations of actors joining the RSC have benefited from John Barton's teaching" Trevor Nunn"One of the sanest, wisest and most practi...

I'm making a decision. I'm changing things. This is it.Three old friends in their mid-twenties. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, i...

In a remote part of the UK, where nothing ever happens, a group of teenagers share a safe house for LGBT young people. While their shared home welc...

Club toilets have taught me more about sisterhood than any book. Cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle and determined not to be rescued again, Ro...

A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that the cover-up unites them and br...

Dennis Kelly's play DNA centres on friendship, morality and responsibility in odd circumstances. When a group of young friends are faced with a ter...

"Neaptide races from domestic trauma to staff-room banter ... it bursts with provocative ideas and disturbing questions about human relationships. ...

Reducere. But you can't do this to us - my partner is about to have a baby and we need to eat and pay rent - and we need to eat - how is this legal! In the r...

Musical theatre students and performers are frequently asked to learn musical material in a short space of time; sight-read pieces in auditions; co...

Good evening, I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shock... The origina...

Reducere. Description4.48 Psychosis was written throughout the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane battled with one of her recurrent bouts of depression. On...

Reducere. If we can just get through the play once tonight for doors and sardines. That's what it's all about. Doors and sardines. Getting on - getting off.....

Reducere. No l Coward's Brief Encounter is remembered as one of the most haunting love stories on screen ever. Drawing on the characteristic wit and musicali...

Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Ch...

"As finely worked as a Swiss watch and as funny as the human condition permits..the zigzag brilliance of the text as the clunky lines of the farce-...

In this epic history-cum-anthology, Megan Vaughan tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post t...