Drama category: 27605 books
The Collected Drama of H. L. Mencken
Plays and Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Throughout his career as a literary critic, H. L. Mencken was intent on elevating the bold, the daring, and the innovative over the hackneyed, the trite, and the superficial, and his drama criticism exhibits this tendency to the fullest. Though known primarily as a newspaperman and commentator, Mencken...
by Chris Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book in the NHB Drama Games series, this title is for teachers and workshop leaders working with difficult or reluctant students, youth groups, young offenders, and all those who seem intent on saying 'no' to whatever is offered them.
For these groups,...
by Ian C. Storey, Arlene Allan
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.
Covers all three genres of ancient Greek drama – tragedy, comedy, and satyr-drama
Surveys the...
The Story of Drama
Tragedy, Comedy and Sacrifice from the Greeks to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Tracing the history of tragedy and comedy from their earliest beginnings to the present, this book offers readers an exceptional study of the development of both genres, grounded in analysis of landmark plays and their context. It argues that sacrifice is central to both genres, and demonstrates how...
Perspectives on Indian Drama in English
Splenderous Reality
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Indian contribution to World Drama is immense. The dramatic powers of our Indian dramatists are matchless and their experiments with stage in traditional and modern age are wonderful. At the beginning stage our dramatists had British influence. Some of our plays are covered out of mythological stories....
The Death and Life of Drama
Reflections on Writing and Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
What makes a film "work," so that audiences come away from the viewing experience refreshed and even transformed in the way they understand themselves and the world around them? In The Death and Life of Drama, veteran screenwriter and screenwriting teacher Lance Lee tackles this question...
Verse Drama in England, 1900-2015
Art, Modernity and the National Stage
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Verse Drama in England, 1900-2015 provides a critical and historical exploration of a tradition of modern dramatic creativity that has received very little scholarly attention. Exploring the emergence of a distinctly modern verse drama at the turn of the century and its development into the twenty-first,...
by Thomasina Unsworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
A practical guide to training as an actor, helping you get the most out of drama school - and survive in the world beyond.
Are you thinking of applying to drama school?
Do you have a place already and want to get the most out of your training? Are you seeking to make the best possible start...
by Helen Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The essential guide to getting into drama school.
Packed with sound advice and essential information for young people who want to train as actors and performers (including musical theatre), this clear and honest guide is written by a teacher and audition panellist with a lifetime's experience...
The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama
An Introduction with Primary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource forstudents embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the...
Theorising Performance
Greek Drama, Cultural History and Critical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
This exciting collection constitutes the first analysis of the modern performance of ancient Greek drama from a theoretical perspective. The last three decades have seen a remarkable revival of the performance of ancient Greek drama; some ancient plays - "Sophocles", "Oedipus",...
The Invention of Suspicion
Law and Mimesis in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
The Invention of Suspicion argues that the English justice system underwent changes in the sixteenth century that, because of the system's participatory nature, had a widespread effect and a decisive impact on the development of English Renaissance drama. These changes gradually made evidence evaluation...
by Trish McTighe, Dr David Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
This is the first full-length study to focus on the staging of Samuel Beckett's drama in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Beckett's relationship with his native land was a complex one, but the importance of his drama as a creative force both historically and in contemporary practice in Ireland...
The School Drama Book
Drama, Literature and Literacy in the Creative Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Developed by the Sydney Theatre Company, School Drama is a professional learning program for primary school teachers that demonstrates the power of using drama with quality literature to improve English and literacy in young learners. This publication introduces the program to a wider audience. As...