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Dance is the hidden language of the soul. Martha Graham

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The Mousetrap Story - 43 years of Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap'
St. Martins Theatre 1995
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  Barrett, Norman F'word by Ken Dodd: Ringmaster - my life in showbusiness
Aardvark 1st 1994
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  Box, Muriel & Sydney With a "Letter to a young actress" by Flora Robson: Ladies Only - six one-act plays with all-women casts
George G Harrap 1st 1934
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  Buchman, Herman: Stage Make-Up
Pitman/Watson-Guptill 2nd prtg 1972
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  Burton, E J: The British Theatre - its repertory & practice
Herbert Jenkins 1st 1960
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The Amateur Dramatics Handbook - a practical guide - scenery, lighting, make-up, costume Cassin-Scott, Jack: The Amateur Dramatics Handbook - a practical guide - scenery, lighting, make-up, costume
Cassell 1st 1992
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  Chipperfield, Jimmy: My Wild Life
Macmillan 1st 1975
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  Cook, Philip: How to Enjoy Theatre
Piatkus rep 1984
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Theatre Royal - 100 years of Stratford East Coren, Michael: Theatre Royal - 100 years of Stratford East
Quartet Books 1st 1984
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  Dent, Edward J Ills by Kay Ambrose: A Theatre for Everybody - The Story of The Old Vic and Saddler's Wells
T V Boardman 1st 1945
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  Dhotre, Damoo as told to Richard Taplinger: Wild Animal Man
Taplinger Publishing Co. 1973
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  Dunbar, Janet: Flora Robson
George G Harrap 1st 1960
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  Emery, Lynne Fanley: Black Dance in the United States from 1619 to 1970
National Press Books 1st 1972
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  Fowler, James (ed): Images of Show Business from the Theatre Museum, V & A
Methuen 1st 1982
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  Fox, Angela: Slightly Foxed by My Theatrical Family
Collins 1st 1986
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  Gibbons, Brian (ed): The Revenger's Tragedy
A & C Black rep 1995
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  Gielgud, John: An Actor and His Time
Sidgwick & Jackson 1st 1979
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  Goldsmith, Lynn: Circus Dreams
Rizzoli International 1st 1991
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  Gorham, Maurice Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone: Showmen and Suckers - an excursion on the crazy fringe of the entertainment world
Percival Marshall 1st 1951
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  Harding, James: George Robey & the Music Hall
Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1990
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  Harwood, Ronald (ed): The Faber Book of the Theatre
Faber & Faber 1st 1993
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  Hayes, Helen: My Life in Three Acts
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1st trade edn 1990
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Taking Off - The Story of the Mull Little Theatre Hesketh, Barrie F'word by Paul Scofield: Taking Off - The Story of the Mull Little Theatre
New Iona Press 1st 1997
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The setting was a guesthouse on the Hebridean island of Mull, one summer evening in 1966. The line was addressed to the after-dinner guests. The scene then moved across to a tiny, converted byre. And a unique adventure took off — the Mull Little Theatre. This is the story of Barrie and Marianne Hesketh's life together — from their early acting careers and the steps that led them to Scotland — to the leap of faith that created the country's smallest professional theatre — through drama on and off stage, at home and on tour — and finally to Marianne's courageous struggle with terminal illness. A story of survival, told with spirit and humor.
‘...a story of artistry and perseverance and love' (Paul Scofield)

Barrie Hesketh was born in Birmingham in 1930. He and his wife Marianne ran the Mull Little Theatre from 1966 until 1984. His retirement, spent until recently in East Anglia, has been occupied with writing about Shakespeare. He now lives in the north-east of Scotland. He has three sons, Richard, Nicholas and James.
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A Method to their Madness - the history of the Actors Studio Hirsch, Foster: A Method to their Madness - the history of the Actors Studio
Da Capo Press 2002
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How do professional actors manage to create and embody wildly varied characters? How do their best performances resonate so strongly with audiences? Many of the most revered practitioners of the trade—Al Pacino, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Shelley Winters, Paul Newman, and dozens more—credit their greatest theatrical education to one small room on Manhattan's West 44th Street, the home of Lee Strasberg and his Actors Studio. There, in the 1950s and 60s, these legendary performers absorbed the Stanislayskybased 'Method' acting that was Strasberg's trademark, and launched unforgettable careers.
In his classic history of the Studio, A Method to Their Madness, Foster Hirsch studies the early years, remembering Strasberg's controversial exercises, and revealing how the Studio's most successful alumni forever shaped theatrical history. But he also goes behind the scenes, spending months observing its twice-weekly acting sessions, interviewing its longtime members, and piecing together its internal politics. Now featuring a new afterword profiling the Studio's evolution since the turn of the millennium—from its worldwide television series to its highly prized MFA program—A Method to Their Madness is an essential account of the most influential acting institution America has ever known.

"A lively, gossipy, perceptive, sometimes scathing study." — Publishers Weekly

"From the beginning... Stanislaysky's ideas have ignited the fire of controversy, and nowhere more so than at the Actors Studio, the famous New York workshop where [they were] transformed into `the Method."' — New York Times Book Review

"[A] richly detailed history."— Backstage

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  Hobson, Harold: The French Theatre of Today - an English view
George G Harrap 1st 1953
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  Hubler, Richard: The Cristianis
Jarrolds 1st 1967
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  Landstone, Charles F'word by Huw Wheldon: I Gate-Crashed - a lively autobiography in three acts
Stainer & Bell 1st 1975
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  Le White, Jack & Ford, Peter: Rings & Curtains - family and personal memoirs
Quartet Books 1st 1992
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  Mander, Raymond & Mitchenson, Joe F'word by Bridget D'Oily Carte: Gilbert & Sullivan
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  Melvill, Harald: Harald Melvill's Magic Make-Up
Rockliff 1st 1957
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  Menear, Pauline & Hawkins, Terry: Stage Management and Theatre Administration
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  Merlini, Jim: Gems of Magic No. 3 - Pasteboard Parade
George Armstrong 1956
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  Morrison, Hugh: Directing in the Theatre
Pitman 1st in pb 1978
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  Neville, Giles Paintings by Patricia Neville: Incidents in the Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Jonathan Cape 1st 1980
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  Neville, Giles Paintings by Patricia Neville: Incidents in the Life of Joseph Grimaldi
Jonathan Cape 1st 1980
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  Nicoll, Allardyce: British Drama
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  O'Connor, Garry: Ralph Richardson - an actor's life
Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1982
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  Olivier, Tarquin: My Father Laurence Olivier
Headline 1st 1992
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The Natural History of the Chorus Girl Parker, Derek: The Natural History of the Chorus Girl
David & Charles 1st 1975
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Scene Design and Stage Lighting Parker, W Oren; Wolf, R Craig & Block, Dick: Scene Design and Stage Lighting
Thomson Wadsworth 8th edn 2003
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Practical Stage Make-up Perottet, Philippe: Practical Stage Make-up
Studio Vista/Reinhold rep 1968
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Make-up is an important part of any stage production, whether amateur or professional, and there is a great need for a book that deals comprehensively with the subject in an up-to-date and professional manner. This is such a book. It sets out to describe the purpose of make-up, the basic equipment and materials needed, and exactly how to set about achieving a successful result.

The early chapters explain in detail how to apply a basic make-up, using various techniques. Eyes, eyebrows, noses, mouths, chins, shading and highlighting are dealt with separately, culminating in a summary of straight make-up. The author then describes character make-up, how to make the face look older or younger, and racial, stylised and fantastic make-up. He also discusses the use of putty, wigs and false hair, and how to apply a complete body make-up. He writes in terms that will be understood by the amateur, without being too simplified for the professional who wants to extend his range.

The practical text is illustrated with a number of line drawings by Motley, and by a series of close-up photographs showing the make-up of leading actors and actresses in a variety of roles.

The author, Philippe Perrottet, has had a great deal of experience in the theatre. He began as a dancer, and was opera-ballet master at Sadler's Wells from '97 to 1965, during which time he supervised the company's make-up and designed it for a number of productions. He is now teaching stage technique, including makeup, at the London Opera Centre.

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  Pilbrow, Richard F'word by Lord Olivier: Stage Lighting
Studio Vista 1979
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  Reid, Frances: The Stage Lighting Handbook
A & C Black 5th edn 1996
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  Self, David: The Drama and Theatre Course Book
Nelson 1981
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  Spencer, Sybil: Love for Ballet
Triplegate 1st 1985
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  Stephens, Frances (ed): Theatre World Annual (London) No. 3
Rockliff 1952
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  Stroud, Nell: Josser - days and nights in the circus
Little, Brown and Co. 1st 1999
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  Tharp, Twyla: The Creative Habit
Simon & Schuster 1st pb edn 2006
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  Thomas, Terry: Create Your Own Stage Faces
A & C Black rep 1991
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  White, Paul: Fairs & Circuses
A & C Black 1st 1972
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Living Theatre - a history Wilson, Edwin & Goldfarb, Alvin: Living Theatre - a history
McGraw Hill 4th edn 2004
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Living Theatre provides a significant, scholarly coverage in a highly readable and accessible style. Students are provided a wealth of information in a manageable and accessible format.

New! Chapter 15, is now devoted entirely to developments in American Theatre Since 1975.

New! Chapter 16 covers the International Theatre world much more extensively than before. This new chapter includes material not only on Britain and Europe, but also Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and SouthAmerica.

New! more color inserts have been included, offering 16 pages of color photos, in order to fully demostrate the visual experience of the theatre.

New! Summary and review section at the end of each chapter. Included in this is an easy-to-understand Period Index. This will be an invaluable tool for both students and instructors in reviewing and reinforcing the material in each chapter.

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  Wood, Roger: A D'Oyly Carte Album
A & C Black 2nd edn 1958
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Create Your Own Stage Faces Young, Douglas: Create Your Own Stage Faces
Bell & Hyman 1st 1985
4to, ex lib, rems of date slip to fep, min bmps to bds o/w VG++/F 775 gms
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The "Create Your Own ..." series of books for the school and amateur theater
A series of books designed to cover every aspect of this fascinating subject that, though primarily for amateur actors and drama students, is sufficiently authoritative and comprehensive to be of considerable interest and help to the professional as well.
Each hook of the series tackles a different element of the theater and its complexities. There are detailed explanations on how to overcome particular problem: and how to achieve a professionaI effect at the lowest cost and with the minimum of effort. Also, step-by-step and well illustrated instructions are given for many specific projects, and the hooks themselves are an invaluable source of ideas.

Create Your Own Stage Faces
Douglas Young
Here, one of Europe’s foremost makeup designers details everything a performer must know to prepare a successful stage face.
Create Your Own Stage Faces explores bone structure, individual skin color, skin type, and character analysis. It demonstrates in detail the equipment and professional techniques that enable actors and actresses to devise a peronal soIution to the challenge of each new part - whether "straight”; ethnic or fantasy. To help you create a historically accurate look, the book ,also features a summary of makeup through the ages.
The book shows how to magically transform the face, using corrective make-up, light and shade modeling, special effects, false hair and wigs, false noses, beards and mustaches and many more ideas.

Also included are step-by-step make-up charts for many stage characters.

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