Acting techniques

This volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century.

This book compares the theatrical cultures of early modern England and Spain and explores the causes and consequences not just of the remarkable similarities but also of the visible differences between them.

This book compares the theatrical cultures of early modern England and Spain and explores the causes and consequences not just of the remarkable similarities but also of the visible differences between them.

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure in the play.

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure in the play.

This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson's dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists.

This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson's dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists.

Plays of Our Own is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers.

Plays of Our Own is the first anthology of its kind containing an eclectic range of plays by Deaf and hard-of-hearing writers.

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023.

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023.

This book charts the impact of Shakespeare's works on Harold Pinter's career as a playwright.

This book charts the impact of Shakespeare's works on Harold Pinter's career as a playwright.

Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers, and Crew examines the relationship between staged intimacy, intimacy direction, and those supporting the process during pre-production, rehearsal, and performance.

Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers, and Crew examines the relationship between staged intimacy, intimacy direction, and those supporting the process during pre-production, rehearsal, and performance.

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Your Body Knows provides the foundation actors need to move with ease and power.

Your Body Knows provides the foundation actors need to move with ease and power.

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre.

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre.

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.

First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet.

First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet.

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding.

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding.

Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues illustrates how to apply the Michael Chekhov Technique, through exercises and rehearsal techniques, to a wide range of Shakespeare's works.

Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues illustrates how to apply the Michael Chekhov Technique, through exercises and rehearsal techniques, to a wide range of Shakespeare's works.

A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his multifarious theatrical works.

A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his multifarious theatrical works.

An Actor's Research: Investigating Choices for Practice and Performance presents an accessible and highly practical guide to the research approaches required of the actor.

An Actor's Research: Investigating Choices for Practice and Performance presents an accessible and highly practical guide to the research approaches required of the actor.

In Collaborative Playwriting, five collectively written plays apply polyvocal methods in which clash and frisson replace synthesis, a dialogic approach to collective writing that has never before been articulated or documented.

In Collaborative Playwriting, five collectively written plays apply polyvocal methods in which clash and frisson replace synthesis, a dialogic approach to collective writing that has never before been articulated or documented.

The Elements of Theatrical Expression puts forward 14 essential elements that make up the basic building blocks of theatre.

The Elements of Theatrical Expression puts forward 14 essential elements that make up the basic building blocks of theatre.

Stepping Stones is the book of a practitioner.

Stepping Stones is the book of a practitioner.

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting is the first book that reveals how Meisner and mindfulness can be united to create strong results for actors and help them navigate the challenges of the digital age.

Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting is the first book that reveals how Meisner and mindfulness can be united to create strong results for actors and help them navigate the challenges of the digital age.

First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

First published in 1991, Peter Brook and the Mahabharata is a collection of essays which contextualizes the production of Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas.

Equestrian Drama: An Anthology of Plays is a collection of four representative equestrian dramas.

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions.

This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance conditions.

Clowns: In Conversation is a groundbreaking collection of interviews expanded in this second edition to include over 30 of the greatest clowns on earth.

Clowns: In Conversation is a groundbreaking collection of interviews expanded in this second edition to include over 30 of the greatest clowns on earth.