Methuen Drama imprint: 1030 books
The Art of Rehearsal
Conversations with Contemporary Theatre Makers
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
What are the key elements that go into creating a work of art for the stage? Which are the most productive conditions and methods of rehearsal? In this collection of interviews, 18 international artists share their experience and offer practical advice on the creation of performance work. Their answers...
Stage Lighting - the technicians guide
An on-the-job reference tool
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
"Stage technicians or 'techies' don't read books, they seek information on the basis of the need to know."
This is a practical guide to stage lighting covering equipment, lighting a performance space, special effects and lighting design. It can be read cover-to-cover, but also used...
Dramaturgy in the Making
A User's Guide for Theatre Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Dramaturgy in the Making maps contemporary dramaturgical practices in various settings of theatre-making and dance to reveal the different ways that dramaturgs work today. It provides a thorough survey of three major areas of practice - institutional dramaturgy, production dramaturgy and dance dramaturgy...
by Susan Bennett, Kim Solga, Susan Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
Sound provides a lively and engaging overview of relevant critical theory for students and researchers in theatre and performance studies. Addressing sound across history and through progressive developments in relevant technologies, the volume opens up the study of theatrical production and live...
Ivo van Hove
From Shakespeare to David Bowie
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
This book offers a wealth of resources, critical overviews and detailed analysis of Ivo van Hove's internationally acclaimed work as the foremost director of theatre, opera and musicals in our time. Stunning production photos capture the power of van Hove's directorial vision, his innovative use of...
The Shifting Point
Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Hailed as "the theatrical event of this century" (Sunday Times), Peter Brook's unique dramatisation of India's great epic poem, The Mahabharata played to ecstatic audiences worldwide. In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space, Brook assesses the lessons of his pioneering...
New Dramaturgy
International Perspectives on Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Recent shifts in the theatrical landscape have had corresponding implications for dramaturgy. The way we think about theatre and performance today has changed our approaches to theatre making and composition. Emerging new aesthetics and new areas of dramaturgical work such as live art, devised and...
Costumes for the Stage
A complete handbook for every kind of play
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
For anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work. It includes sections onm Greek...
by Ms Molly Davies
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
When he was small and his parents told him if he was good he would get a sweet, the boy knew it was not true. Getting the sweet had nothing to do with being good.
'Badger Do Best' has landed, bringing with it a new world of rules and regulations. But the kids in the classroom are fighting back....
Disobedient Theatre
Alternative Ways to Inspire, Animate and Play
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Theatre is at its best when it is disobedient, when it argues back to society. But what enables it to achieve this impact? What makes it a force to be reckoned with? What are the principles and the tools of the trade that shape it to be effective, powerful and resonant? Drawing from both theory and...
Impossible Plays
Adventures with the Cottesloe Company
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company, which flourished at Peter Hall's
National Theatre, was the English theatre's only true ensemble of the
last thirty or so years. Impossible Plays tells the story of
the company and the many actors and musicians connected to it.
Co-written by Keith Dewhurst, author of...
by Ms Judith Kleinman, Mr Peter Buckoke
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The Alexander Technique for Musicians is a unique guide for all musicians, providing a practical, informative approach to being a successful and comfortable performer. Perfect as an introduction to the Alexander Technique, or to supplement the reader's lessons, the book looks at daily and last-minute...
Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia
Ridicule and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns in the urban landscape of Bogotá. In doing so it brings a fresh and updated perspective on what clowning...
by Paul Elsam
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
A 1967 obituary in The Times labelled Stephen Joseph 'the most successful missionary to work in the English theatre since the second world war'. This radical man brought theatre-in-the-round to Britain, provoked Ayckbourn, Pinter and verbatim theatre creator Peter Cheeseman to write and direct, and...