[PDF] A Book About The Theater eBook

Author : Karin Tidbeck
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 10,90 MB
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1524748331

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From the award-winning author of Amatka and Jagannath—a fantastical tour de force about friendship, interdimensional theater, and a magical place where no one ages, except the young In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It’s a place where feasts never end, games of croquet have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of masters, it’s a decadent paradise where time stands still. But for those who serve them, it’s a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle—best friends and confidants—set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt for the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way, they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality. Endlessly inventive, The Memory Theater takes us to a wondrous place where destiny has yet to be written, life is a performance, and magic can erupt at any moment. It is Karin Tidbeck’s most engrossing and irresistible tale yet.

Author : Brad Schreiber
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 37,55 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0306902109

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The first book to compile all of theater's glorious bloopers--an uproarious homage to the stage Stop the Show! is the first book to assemble humorous, frightening and bizarre anecdotes about the history of all that went wrong during live theatrical productions in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. It is the publishing equivalent of TV bloopers for the legitimate stage. This book includes stories from top directors, actors, playwrights and technicians from New York, Los Angeles, and points in between, to the United Kingdom, from the 19th century to today. There are stories about missed entrances and exits, onstage unscripted fights between performers, improvised lines, accidental pratfalls, falling scenery, and costume, lighting and makeup screwups. The backstage provides sordid tales of practical jokes, treachery, misplaced props, wild arguments, and generally the kinds of things Michael Frayn created for his farce about a theatrical disaster, Noises Off. This book doesn't leave out the theatergoers either, who snore, fight with each other, talk back to the performers, search for their seats, become suddenly ill, eat, drink, make merry, and are yelled at by the performers--all of which sometimes prompts the show to stop, even though we've always been told it must go on.

Author : James R. Hamilton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0470766107

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The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships An important and original contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater

Author : Richard Christiansen
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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Who produced the first stage adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1902-nearly forty years before the movie classic?

Author : Brander Matthews
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781514339961

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A Book About the Theater. By Brander Matthews

Author : Mary C. Henderson
Publisher : New York : H.N. Abrams
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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Though expensive, this account gives an excellent history and a stunning collection of photographs.

Author : Brander Matthews
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 2015-11-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781346658667

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