Theatre: technical and background skills

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What properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect?

Worthen uses contemporary Shakespeare performance to explore the technicity of theatre: its changing work as an intermedial technology.

This is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth examination of how the greatest playwright in the English language employed not only psychological brutality but also physical violence throughout his works.

Winner of the Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize, Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, 2023 Winner of the Nancy Staub Award, UNIMA-USA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette), 2023 In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages with early modern notions of wonder in religious, artistic, and social contexts.

a one-off from the word go, and no history of English humour could overlook him.

A practical guide to the art and technique of lighting for the stage, this book explains the complex mixture of craft, collaboration and creativity behind successful lighting design.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Third Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for 88 figure variations.

The one and only book on successfully staging amateur productions.

This diverse book brings together theoretical and practical viewpoints on objects in performance, how they can be part of theatre scenery, equal partners in performance, or autonomous things.

Shakespeare's plays are fascinated by the problems of speed and flight.

This book explores the development of Robert Lepage's distinctive approach to stage direction in the early (1984-1994) and middle (1995-2008) stages of his career, arguing that globalisation had a defining effect on shaping his aesthetic and his professional trajectory.

Emphasising the artistry behind the decisions made by theatrical sound designers, this guide is for anyone seeking to understand the nature of sound and how to apply it to the stage.

With hundreds of step-by-step illustrated instructions and a user-friendly, stay-flat format, Patternmaking with Stretch Knit Fabrics provides emerging fashion designers with comprehensive information on how to draft patterns for popular cut-and-sew stretch knit fabrics such as jersey and knits with spandex.

This book presents a new argument that reimagines modern theater''s critical power and places innovative writing at the heart of the experimental stage.

Why are so many women still not properly listened to?

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers - the show control devices that control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and projection content that have exploded onto the scene, becoming the industry standard for live event productions, TV, and theatre performances.

With over one thousand entries, this is the first encyclopedia of stage actors and acting around the world.

A unique account of the way architects, dramatists, and philosophers transformed theatre space in the eighteenth century.

This book is among the first to consider the subject of mad auralities in theatre and performance, asking: what does it mean to hear and listen madly?

Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal.

This practical, accessible and far-reaching guide to making site-specific theatre and performance emphasises the diversity of approaches to the practice, and explores key principles of space and site.

Chris Baugh explores how developments and changes in technology have been reflected in scenography throughout history.

Innerhalb der "Schwesterkünste", von denen Brecht sprach, hat sich das Bühnenbild in letzter Zeit einen souveränen Schauwert erarbeitet und nach allen Seiten geöffnet.

The first in-depth study of theatre''s relationship to the public sphere in a wide range of cultural and historical contexts.

'In life, I want students to be alive and on stage I want them to be artists' Jacques LecoqJacques Lecoq was one of the most inspirational theatre teachers of our age.

Worthen uses contemporary Shakespeare performance to explore the technicity of theatre: its changing work as an intermedial technology.

An invaluable introduction for students to the purpose and scope of scenography, its theories and concepts, pioneers and future potential.

Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Third Edition is designed for the college student who may be unacquainted with many plays and has seen a limited number of theatre productions.

This practical guide covers all aspects of stage lighting equipment, special effects, lighting a performance space and lighting design.

This book explores the circus as a site in and through which science and technology are represented in popular culture.

"e;Stage technicians or 'techies' don't read books, they seek information on the basis of the need to know.

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Third Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for 88 figure variations.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.