James Seabright
Nick Hern Books
"A perfect handbook for beginners and a useful aide-memoire for those of us who've been at it for years" ~ Nicholas Allott, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd This is the first 'how-to' book of its kind It offers clea...
$19.99
Jim Volz
Methuen
Working in American Theatre is a coast-to-coast overview of the opportunities awaiting theatre practitioners in every discipline Featuring tips from America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers...
$22.99
John Dover Wilson
Used Copy
Professor Dover Wilson analyses the play very carefully; signifying each part of complex action and also deals with the background of Elizabethan beliefs Reprinted edition published 1967 by Cambridge Univers...
$24.00
Steve Waters
Nick Hern Books
A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes...
$24.99
Jane Dorner
A & C Black
This Second Edition explores how to - - interview, collborate and deliver text using email - join writers circles and reading groups - locate agents, editors, translators and publishers - research both ...
$22.99
Ronald Hayman
Used Copy
$30
Various Authors
Used Copy
$18.99
John Wright
Nick Hern Books
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written a...
$24.99
Jean-Claude van Itallie
Applause Books
A series of 13 written workshops for playwrightsSubjects include: - Conflict and Character: The Dominant Image; Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller - Dialogue and the Spoken Word: Overheard Voices; ...
$19.99 , $17.99 (10% off)
Terry Browne
Used Copy
$29.99
John Byrne
A & C Black
Byrne breaks down the basics of writing comedy into simple steps and shows that with a combination of talent, hard work, and a systematic approach, you can discover and make the most of your abilities. But j...
$19.99
Ian Watson
Used Copy
Pubj 1981 + interviews + production stills - with d/j
$29.99
Lajos Egri
BnPublishing
Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play-construction This book does just that - and its principles a...
$13.99
Allen Cohen & Steven L Rosenhaus
Palgrave Macmillan
A complete guide to the modern musical, covering the entire process of creating a show, from finding and working out the initial idea, through the writing of both songs and libretto, to the ways in which wri...
$42.95
Glen Alterman
Allworth Press
This is a one-kind-of a book that shows actors how to write and produce successful monologues, performance art pieces, and one-person plays The writing process is explained in easy-to-follow steps that cove...
$19.99
Michael Wright
Focus Publishing
Written to encourage new and experienced playwrights to build techniques for a greater range of creative expression in writing for the stage, the book uses exercises or etudes to guide playwrights towards th...
$22.99
Robert A Martin - ed - Foreword Arthur Miller
Methuen
The twenty-three essays and three interviews collected here give us Arthur Miller's views on the theatre including such topics as the origins of modern drama, the nature of tragedy, what makes plays endure, ...
$28.99
John Lahr - editor
Methuen
Unexpurgated insight into the life of one British theatre's most controversial figure of the 60s From December 1966 until his murder in August 1967, Joe Orton kept a series of diaries that prove to be one ...
$16.99
John Freeman
Palgrave Macmillan
Contemporary practitioners such as Orlan, Franko B, Robert Wilson and Tim Etchells are creating work that flies in the face of traditional thinking about what performance might mean New Performance/New Writ...
$39.99
Syd Field
Walker & Co
A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers in film Now the celebrated producer, lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author has updated his classic guide...
$16
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