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A stunning debut examining the ache we all have to belong from a major new literary talent

Richard C. BeachamDrawing on recent archaeological investigations, new scholarship and its author's own original research and staging experience, this book is the first extended English-language treatment of the Roman theatre to be published in several decades. With the aid of thirty-five black and white illustrations, a full bibliography and index, The Roman Theatre and its Audience provides an intriguing account for general readers and students, while presenting a great deal, too, which will be of interest to the specialist.

Tremendous DAVID HARE An absorbing necessary book AHAD AKHTAR Fascinating and energising FINANCIAL TIMES From the Winner of Winners of the Baillie Gifford Prize a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment and the self serving politicians that engineered its downfall In 1935 the American public was presented with a radical opportunity Established under President Franklin D Roosevelt s New Deal the Federal Theatre Project would employ 12 000 artists writers and actors stage more than 1 000 productions and reach over 30 million people Its output included Orson Welles directorial debut a landmark modern dance programme and shows that sought to shed light on the reality of racism inequality and the dangers of fascism But within three years an opportunistic Texas congressman had embarked on a campaign to destroy it inventing a playbook that echoes into the culture wars of today From one of the world s great storytellers The Playbook is an illuminating account of a terrifyingly prescient moment in twentieth century American cultural history

Arte, exilio y escándalo. En The Living Theatre, Arte, Exilio y Escándalo, John Tytell además de ofrecernos una trepidante crónica de unos años convulsos y apasionados nos narra la increible odisea del revolucionario grupo teatral que intento llevar la libertad artistica y personal a su maxima expresion y en cuya estela se cruzaron entre otros los poetas W. H. Auden, Jean Cocteau, A. Ginsberg, E. E. Cummings, W. C. Williams y E. Pound; los escritores J. Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Ken Kesey, A. Moravia, Gunter Grass y Jean Paul Sartre; los hombres de teatro Piscator, J.L. Barrault, Lenny Bruce, Jean Genet, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook y Tennesse Williams; los pintores Jackson Pollock, Jaspers Johns, Mark Rothko, W. de Kooning, Yoko Ono, De Chirico y Dali; los artistas Al Pacino y Martin Sheen; los directores de cine J. Huston, F.F. Coppola, Pier Paolo Passolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Louis Malle y Jean-Luc Godard; los pensadores H. Marcuse, Paul Goodman, Fritz Pearls, T. Leary, Ronald Laing y Michael Foucault; y los musicos J. Cage, Grateful Dead, Jim Morrison, John Lennon y Bob Dylan. Actualmente existe un intento de borrar la memoria historica de una epoca que, contra lo que algunos piensan, no solo no desemboco en una derrota, como se nos ha pretendido hacer creer, sino que dio forma e impulso a los espacios mas creativos de nuestro tiempo.

Clear, thoughtfully written text describes the theater''s development in the context of Japanese history, with detailed analyses of actors'' techniques, music and dance, plays and playwrights, playhouse''s design evolution, and six representative Kabuki plays. Glossary of Japanese terms.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul comes his most revealing to date a brutally honest and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black poor and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance and self acceptance

With the recent influx of A-list stars like Nicole Kidman, Kevin Spacey, and Matt Damon vying to perform on the London stage, never has the West End enjoyed such a high profile. This updated edition of "The Great Theaters of London"--with brand new sections on the Almeida, the Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare''s Globe, the Young Vic, and more--is a timely celebration of the cultural history behind each of the great London theaters. Handsomely illustrated, and with A-Z entries, this is the perfect book for the London visitor and theatergoer.

The English Stage tells the story of drama through its many changes in style and convention from medieval times to the present day. With a wide sweep of coverage, John Styan analyses the key features of staging, including early street theatre and public performance, the evolution of the playhouse and the private space, and the pairing of theory and stagecraft in the works of modern dramatists. He focuses on the conventions by which a playwright, actors and their audience create the phenomenon of theatre and the way such conventions have changed over time. Styan can be considered among a small number of influential scholars who have helped to develop theatre history from its origins in literary studies into an independent and respected field. From the vantage point of a lifetimes study he examines and illustrates the multitude of factors which have brought and continue to bring plays to life.

During its heyday, the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling American circuses performed for audiences of up to 14,000 per show and crisscrossed the country on 20,000 miles of railroad in one season alone. The spectacle of death-defying daredevils and strapping super-heroes gripped the American imagination, outshining theater, comedy, and minstrel shows of the day, and ultimately paving the way for film and television. The circus offered young Americans the dream of adventure and reinvention.This book brings to life the grit and glamour of the circus phenomenon. Images include photographic gems by early circus photographers Frederick Whitman Glasier and Edward Kelty, many of the earliest color photographs ever taken of the circus from the 1940s and 1950s, iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady or Cornell Capa, and little-known circus images by Stanley Kubrick and Charles and Ray Eames. For the first time, contemporary readers can experience the legend of the American circus in all its glory.

Written with style, imagination and insight, and packed with interesting illustrations, this authoritative book traces the development through the ages of plays and playwriting, forms of staging, the acting profession and the role of the actor - in fact all aspects of live entertainment. From satire and burlesque to melodrama and pantomime, this is a major history of British theatre from the earliest times to the present day. Shifting its focus constantly between those who played and those who watched, between officially approved performance and the popular theatre of the people, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre will be invaluable to anyone interested in theatre, whether student, teacher, performer or spectator.

Cicely Berry nos relata y trasmite las investigaciones que ha realizado en torno a la voz durante los últimos 50 años con actores, directores y dramaturgos. Una generosa labor que ofrece al lector la ocasion de sentirse participe de una experiencia unica. Pocos libros trazan una reflexion tan compleja como asequible sobre las relaciones entre el lenguaje, el pensamiento y el mundo. Sobre la influencia de la lengua en la percepcion y el pensamiento. Si algo caracteriza los libros de esta autora no es tanto su carga teorica sino su praxis, los ejercicios que comparte minuciosamente con lectores y alumnos. Quien nos interpela en este libro es la voz obstinadamente joven de una mujer de 80 años que nos habla del juego y de la vida, empecinada ademas en romper con las convenciones del idioma y batallar asi contra los topicos que abundan en el mundo del teatro. Para Cicely Berry un nimio detalle, un gesto, una sola palabra puede revelar la verdad de un personaje hasta el punto de ofrecer la clave de todo un espectaculo teatral.

The perfect book for dog lovers everywhere is your dog king of the hill or run of the mill Does your dog respond to hand gestures How about facial signals Can he perform tricks both inside and outside Now you can find out just how smart your dog really is by giving him or her the Dog IQ Test With three fun quizzes designed to measure your dog s communication skills social behaviour motor skills and memory you ll finally discover if your dog is really a canine Einstein Test Your Dog also comes complete with guidelines on analyzing your dog s score tips for improving your dog s IQ and amusing illustrations throughout

Con carácter eminentemente pragmático y con una visión muy completa del teatro europeo de la ilustración y del romanticismo, Andrés Prieto nos expone, con profusión de citas y referencias, puntos de vista sobre temas tan actuales como el sentido de espectáculo globalizador que debe tener el teatro, la conveniencia de definir mejor el concepto de Declamación en función de su significado actoral, los sentidos técnicos de incorporación del personaje, memoria emotiva, estudio del comportamiento humano en su aplicación artística, acercamiento a una dramaturgia del espectáculo... y mucho más. Y todo ello en 1835, cuando aún no podíamos imaginar ni a Freud, ni a Stanislavsky y mucho menos a Bertold Brecht.

John Lahr ha perfilado una inigualable biografía vinculada al mundo de la escena. Tennessee Williams nos permite acceder a los más íntimos recovecos de la mente de uno de los más brillantes dramaturgos de su siglo, un hombre cuyas obras trastocaron el teatro y hasta la imagen que la sociedad estadounidense tenía de sí misma. Lahr no solo nos ofrece un retrato de la tumultuosa figura pública que fue Williams, sino también, de su vida entre bastidores. Una biografía con mayúsculas, una obra sobre uno de los más influyentes dramaturgos estadounidenses de su tiempo, escrita por el más destacado crítico teatral estadounidense de nuestros días.