STEPHEN UNWIN

I used to be scared of them. They seemed so different. They dont scare me any more. Theyre just children, arent they? Just children.January 1941. A terrible crime is taking place in a clinic for disabled children. The perpetrators argue that it will help struggling parents and lift the financial burden on the mighty German state. One brave voice is raised in objection. But will the doctor listen?A moving examination of a terrifying moral dilemma, and a powerful story that shows what it takes for humanity and decency to be restored in a world that has abandoned them.First produced by Tara Finney Productions, Stephen Unwins debut play All Our Children premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2017.

¿Existe Dios? Probablemente esta sea la pregunta que más se ha debatido a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad. Algunos especialistas, científicos y filósofos han pasado toda su vida intentado demostrar o desmentir la existencia de Dios y como respuesta, sus teorias han sido crucificadas por otros especialistas, cientificos y filosofos. El debate se descompone cuando aparecen las ambiguedades y los coloquialismos del lenguaje que se emplea. Sin embargo, si se utilizara un lenguaje universal, un lenguaje que no dejase lugar a la ambiguedad, como el de las matematicas, ¿podria esta pregunta encontrar definitivamente una respuesta? Esto es lo que se propone el Dr. Stephen Unwin en La Probabilidad de la Existencia de Dios una obra fascinante, accesible e ingeniosa. En el punto neuralgico de este libro innovador, el autor revela como una ecuacion matematica formulada hace mas de 200 años por el reputado filosofo europeo Thomas Bayes, puede utilizarse para calcular la probabilidad de que Dios exista. La ecuacion es en si mucho mas complicada que el simple hecho de arrojar al aire una moneda (cara, El esta ahi arriba dirigiendo los asuntos, cruz, no lo esta). Aun asi, el Dr. Unwin se expresa con tal claridad que su prueba matematica puede ser facilmente entendida por alguien que no sea matematico, lo que hace que leer su novela se convierta en una delicia. Llevando al lector cuidadosamente a traves de cada paso en su argumento, demuestra al final del libro que Dios existe realmente.

A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brechts theory and practice of theatre, with a full set of exercises to help put theory into practice.The Complete Brecht Toolkit examines, one by one, Brechts many, sometimes contradictory ideas about theatre - and how he put them into practice. Here are explanations of all the famous key terms, such as Alienation Effect, Epic Theatre and Gestus, as well as many others which go to make up what we think of as Brechtian theatre.The book also explores the practical application of these theories in Acting, Language, Music, Design and Direction.Also included are fifty exercises contributed by Julian Jones, to help student actors investigate Brechts ideas for themselves, becoming thoroughly familiar with the tools in the Brecht toolkit.

The Nick Hern Books Page to Stage series highly accessible guides to the worlds best-known plays, written by established theatre professionals to show how the plays come to life on the stage.Director Stephen Unwin takes you scene by scene through the action of Ibsens play A Dolls House, analysing moment by moment what is actually said and done, and how the staging of these moments affects our understanding of them.Also included in this volume: a concise introduction to Ibsen and the historical background of the play; a discussion of the characters and setting; and an exploration of the possibilities for staging, lighting, costumes, props and furniture, and the sound and music.Ideal for anyone studying, teaching or performing A Dolls House, as well as anyone interested in how the play works on stage.

A hands-on, step-by-step guide to directing plays by one of Britains leading theatre directors. Stephen Unwin has worked with hundreds of different actors in a multiplicity of different venues. He is the ideal author of a how to guide to directing.As Unwin himself says: Directing plays is difficult. The aim of this book is to lay out what skills are needed, and to give some sense of how you might develop them. The emphasis is on the professional theatre, but the book is useful for directors in other contexts - amateur dramatics, university drama, school plays and so on. Directing is directing, wherever you do it.Starting at the very beginning, Unwin takes us step by step through: * Choosing the play * Casting * Design * Rehearsal - Establishing Facts, Improvisation, Language, Character, Blocking, Using Specialists and so on * Running the Play * Putting it on the Stage * Opening Night

Una guía para cualquiera que quiera refrescar su memoria respecto a un argumento o un personaje de una de las obras de Shakespeare. Esta guía brinda una información completa y amena sobre las 35 obras de teatro escritas por el, desde un resumen del argumento, la descripcion de los personajes, el significado de cada una de las obras y sus principales representaciones. Kenneth McLeish (1940-1997) fue autor de obras dramaticas y traductor. Fue asimismo editor de teatro y autor de obras como Companion to the Arts in the Twentieth Century y Theatre of Aristophanes, entre otras. Stephen Unwin es director artistico del English Touring Theatre, con el cual ha trabajado en numerosos montajes de obras de Shakespeare. Ha dirigido mas de cuarenta producciones de teatro y opera para el Royal National Theatre, la English National Opera y la Opera House entre otros.

An essential, concise and readable guide to the major plays of the twentieth century. Are you looking for a snapshot analysis of the major plays of the twentieth century? A Pocket Guide to 20th-Century Drama gives this and more: - A short introduction to a dramatic century - Historical and theatrical context to each play - Storyline for each play - Analysis of each play - Major productions around the world - A chronology of one thousand twentieth-century plays Featured playwrights include Strindberg, Chekhov, Synge, Beckett, Miller, Friel, Pinter, Osborne, Bond, Ayckbourn, Stoppard, Mamet, Hare, Churchill, Shepard, McGuinness, Wertenbaker, Frayn, Marber, Kane, McPherson.