The second collection of work by Olivier award-winning British playwright Laura Wade, bursting with her trademark satiri......more
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This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
This workbook draws together over 100 of the most frequently used and treasured exercises from playwrights across the wo......more
This collection brings Crothers’s best plays back into the public eye, outside of archives, to prove their continued rel......more
This collection brings Crothers’s best plays back into the public eye, outside of archives, to prove their continued rel......more
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Screenplay Theory offers a comprehensive introduction and overview of screenplay theor......more
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: "I’m making this up as I go" Lawrence Kasdan and Raiders of the Lost Ark Chapter 1......more
A comprehensive guide for anyone interested in creating solo performances The art of solo performance has exploded in th......more
Reimagining theatre as a living, breathing collaboration between professional artists and the communities they serve. Jo......more
When Bob and Dick Sherman--two relatively unknown songwriters--first walked onto the Walt Disney Studios lot to pitch a ......more
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Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season F......more
Presented here for the first time in English is a remarkable screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, l......more
A very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish--a lurid, ......more
"Burroughs famously dubbed Waters the Pope of Trash. Female Trouble, we might say, is his Summa Trashologica." --Ed Halt......more
A feel-good fable and an enduring critique of conformity told with true John Waters flair. Tracy Turnblad, a spunky, ful......more
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season T......more
Ghosts, a toy horse, an ostrich egg, and a menagerie of apocalyptic and chimerical beasts feature in these characteristi......more
Acting Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a truthfu......more
Acting Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a truthfu......more
Actor and educator Cairn A. Moore’s Born Ready is packed with powerful, practical tools for actors. Discover cutting-edg......more
Harry Watkins was no one special. During a career that spanned four decades, this nineteenth-century actor yearned for f......more
Harry Watkins was no one special. During a career that spanned four decades, this nineteenth-century actor yearned for f......more
Scriptwriting for Theatre and Screen: A Practical Guide is an introduction designed to help readers understand the natur......more
Scriptwriting for Theatre and Screen: A Practical Guide is an introduction designed to help readers understand the natur......more
Zombie Thoughts addresses the topic of Generalized Anxiety Disorder set in a video game world. Co-written with a then ni......more
’So funny - Nabokov meets Spinal Tap.’ STEPHEN MERCHANT ’Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.’ TIM KEY ’Absolutely miraculou......more
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season O......more
Go deeper into the groundbreaking Emmy-winning series with the complete, authorized scripts of Stranger Things: Season T......more
Love affairs of the young men from eminent families and the courtesans who were trained to entertain (and to fleece) the......more
This book presents a new theater play, For Three Refrigerators and a Washing Machine, along with a thorough introduction......more
Feminist Theatre Then & Now - Celebrating 50 Years of women theatre makers in the UK and Ireland and their battle to mak......more
This book explores the works of Humanist/Absurdist American playwright Jack Gelber (1932-2003), whose groundbreaking, im......more
Includes the screenplays for Warfare and Civil War, with an accompanying interview on screenwriting with Iraq War verter......more
This book tracks dramaturgical affinities between some of Bernard Shaw’s late "extravagant" plays and those of Noël Cowa......more
This book is the first to explore Shaw’s full involvement with the twentieth-century British regional repertory movement......more
Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari, twelve-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by executive decree, all t......more
The French Dispatch brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of a fictional American magazine publish......more
Asteroid City (adapted from a "hypothetical" play) takes place in a fictional desert town, circa 1955. Synopsis: the iti......more
The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between......more
The book examines how early twentieth century Black theatre artists depicted national mythologies of the United States. ......more
This book proposes a vibrant intertextual dialogue between St. John Hankin’s manners comedies and what are considered Be......more
Drawing on qualitative research exploring the techniques of playwriting instructors, this book outlines signature pedago......more
Offering a definitive approach by which any individual may learn to unleash the power of the personal, this book provide......more
Offering a definitive approach by which any individual may learn to unleash the power of the personal, this book provide......more
In this book, dramaturg Tom Bryant shares with readers and writers his insights into the process of historical adaptatio......more
This book examines the transformations Egyptian theatre has undergone since 1967. Through detailed analyses of the plays......more
Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights, Second Edition provides a revised and greatly expand......more
Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights, Second Edition provides a revised and greatly expand......more
Presents the history and an analysis of the experimental theater works produced by Bodies in Flight. Based in Bristol an......more
Presents the history and an analysis of the experimental theater works produced by Bodies in Flight. Based in Bristol an......more
Adapted for the stage by acclaimed actor-writer-director Leah Purcell, Is That You, Ruthie? The Play brings Ruth Hegarty......more
One half of the duo that co-wrote (with Yorgos Lanthimos) such cinematic masterpieces as Dogtooth, The Lobster, and Kind......more
Édouard Glissant has emerged as one of the major figures of 20th-century postcolonial literature, and his novels, poetry......more
Édouard Glissant has emerged as one of the major figures of 20th-century postcolonial literature, and his novels, poetry......more
A grotesque and hilarious satire about the American dream, suburban living, and the corrupting influence of power, set i......more
One part of John Waters’ iconic Trash Trilogy, Flamingos Forever is a dark-comedy screenplay about a drag queen trying t......more
"A grotesque satire from the writer, actor, and visual artist John Waters"--...more
This Malone Society edition of Barnabe Barnes’s The Devil’s Charter presents a photo-facsimile of the 1607 quarto, with ......more
"when I admire a film they say to me yes, it’s very pretty but it’s not cinema so I asked myself what it was" Phrases pr......more
An insightful presentation of Indian film scripts that explore alienation and loss in middle-class life. Renowned Indian......more
One Wedding. One Funeral. Zero Boundaries. Meet the Hendersons, a happily dysfunctional family, reuniting for their dad’......more
In this collection, Cătălina Florina Florescu focuses on several contemporary Romanian female playwrights with residenci......more
Who says a playground has to be on the ground? After floods have devastated the streets of Brisbane, ten-year-old George......more
Step right up and dive into the dazzling world of "Circus Life and Circus Celebrities" by Thomas Frost, a timeless maste......more
With an alcoholic father and a hole in her wallet, Danielle Pryer’s life in the rustic town of Bleakwood goes from bad t......more
In this book, Michael Evans discusses what he calls standard dramaturgy a set of seven principles upon which most plays,......more
A sweeping tale of deception, loyalty, and reconciliation, Cymbeline, King of Britain showcases Shakespeare’s masterful ......more
LAUGHTER IS THEIR ONLY WEAPON Brace yourself for hilarious mayhem and a not-so-secret mission with Mischief’s newest act......more
’Active Speech’ is a groundbreaking collection of scholarly essays and practitioner interviews focused on the work of Ir......more
’Active Speech’ is a groundbreaking collection of scholarly essays and practitioner interviews focused on the work of Ir......more
Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain’t Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text si......more
Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain’t Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text si......more
So. Man of many turns. Tell us your story. From the beginning. As the strike begins miner John O’Donnell finds himself t......more
Prof. (Dr) Sanghamitra Mishra is an acclaimed critic and writer who has earned her name in Odia language and literature.......more
In All Together Now (first published in 1984), Steve Gooch, himself a playwright with extensive experience of ’community......more
Collecting together Fin del Mundo, Valley of the Heart, and Adíos Mamá Carlota, this book compiles the latest plays of L......more
Collecting together Fin del Mundo, Valley of the Heart, and Adíos Mamá Carlota, this book compiles the latest plays of L......more
"The Torch-Bearers: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts" by George Kelly is a hilarious and insightful look at the world of......more
"The Torch-Bearers: A Satirical Comedy in Three Acts" by George Kelly is a hilarious and insightful look at the world of......more
Samson Raphaelson’s "The Jazz Singer" explores the complex themes of Jewish identity and assimilation against a backdrop......more
"Dramatic Technique" by George Pierce Baker offers a comprehensive exploration of the art and craft of playwriting. A co......more
"Dramatic Technique" by George Pierce Baker offers a comprehensive exploration of the art and craft of playwriting. A co......more
Discover the secrets to appreciating dramatic art with Richard Burton’s "How to See a Play," a timeless guide to underst......more
Arnold Bennett’s "The Title, A Comedy in Three Acts" is a classic of British literature, presented here in a meticulousl......more