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Fools and Jesters at the English Court

by John Southworth

Clowns, fools, and comedians of various kinds have been a feature of virtually every recorded culture in the history of civilisation and made significant contributions to the development of early theatre and...


Belly Dance: The Dance of Mother Earth

by Tina Hobin

Tina Hobin – acknowledged expert and practitioner of belly dance, with many years experience of teaching and dancing throughout the world – introduces us to the history of this ancient and mystical dance...


Historias del Table Dance

by Lupita Dominguez

With stories collected through years of work as a table dancer, these true tales uncover a world of night clubs filled with housewives, mothers, students, drug addicts, minors, and illegal aliens working as...


A Brief Guide to Star Trek

by Brian J. Robb

For over 40 years Star Trek has made a phenomenal cultural impact. Now more popular than ever - J.J. Abrams' reinvented Star Trek movie was one of the box office hits of 2009, grossing $385 million worldwide...


Stage Design: A Practical Guide

by Gary Thorne

In Stage Design - A Practical Guide Gary Thorne, a freelance theatre set and costume designer, introduces the concept of art and design for performance, drawing on his considerable experience in a wide variety...


Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide

by Neil Fraser

In Stage Lighting Design Neil Fraser, who teaches the subject at RADA, provides a comprehensive guide to designing effective and appropriate stage lighting. Assuming no previous knowledge, the book guides the...


Hollywood Irish: John Ford, Abbey Actors and the Irish Revival in Hollywood

by Adrian Frazier

'I have to say the book is an unalloyed pleasure to hold and to glance through -- a sensual delight. It is an absolute credit to everyone involved. Paper, typeface, photos -- the whole production is a glowing...


The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance

by Maggie B. Gale & John F. Deeney

The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook is a groundbreaking compilation of the key movements in the history of modern theatre, from the late Nineteenth Century to contemporary performance practice.

Each...


Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s

by Gerald Nachman

The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences....


Dance While You Can

by Shirley Maclaine

In a candid memoir, the Academy Award-winning actress reminisces about her forty years in Hollywood, her acting craft, her recovery from personal and professional crises, and her feelings about herself.


Tales from An Actor's Life

by Steven Berkoff

Long considered the enfant terrible of the British theatre – as actor, director and writer – and famous for such startling productions as Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis and The Trial, Oscar Wilde’s Salomé...


Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

by Deirdre Kelly

Throughout her history, the ballerina has been perceived as the embodiment of beauty and perfection— the feminine ideal. But the reality is another story. From the earliest ballerinas in the 17th century, who...


Beaumarchais and the Theatre

by William D. Howarth

William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and...


Magic of Modern Metaphor: Walking with the Stars

by David Hodgson & Nick Owen

A collection of stories for teachers, trainers, parents and thinkers sharing ancient wisdom through a modern relationship between grandson and grandad. Warm, funny and inspiring stories to be read individually...


Inside Book Publishing

by Giles Clark & Angus Phillips

How do publishers work and make money? Why do they exist?

This expanded and thoroughly revised fourth edition of Inside Book Publishing is designed for students of publishing, authors needing to find out publishing...


Writing Your First Play

by Roger Hall

Writing Your First Play provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of exercises which gradually grow more complex, the books helps...


Maverick Screenwriting: A manual for the adventurous screenwriter

by Josh Golding

Every film development executive says they’re looking for original stories. Maverick Screenwriting will teach you how to play with advanced narrative techniques - time, logic and reality - that change the way...


Musical Theatre Auditions and Casting: A performer's guide viewed from both sides of the audition table

by Neil Rutherford

Musical theatre is a tough and over-crowded industry. Yet, despite the huge competition, many performers find auditioning difficult with little knowledge of what the directors, creative teams and producers are...


Performance Theory

by Richard Schechner

This cogent and provocative compilation of essays is now a classic text for students of the emergent discipline of performance studies.


Satellite Newsgathering

by Jonathan Higgins

Praise for the first edition:

"It is a wonderful source of information and has the merit of going straight to the subject, being technically precise although very easy to understand. There are numerous pictures,...