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11. Fifty Key Theatre Directors

    Edited by Shomit Mitter, Maria Shevtsova

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential directors of the twentieth and twenty-first...

    Published April 3rd 2005 by Routledge
12. Jacques Lecoq

    By Simon Murray

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    This text offers a concise guide to the teaching and philosophy of one of the most significant figures in twentieth century actor training. Lecoq's influence on the theatre of the latter half of the twentieth century cannot be overestimated. This is the first book to combine an historical...

    Published September 3rd 2003 by Routledge
13. Vsevolod Meyerhold

    By Jonathan Pitches

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    All books in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series are carefully designed to enable the reader to understand the work of a key practitioner. They provide the first step towards critical understanding and a springboard for further study for students on twentieth century, contemporary...

    Published August 20th 2003 by Routledge
14. The Show Makers

    Great Directors of the American Musical Theatre

    By Lawrence Thelen

    The Show Makers describes twelve of the most creative and influential directors of contemporary musical theatre. Richly anecdotal, The Show Makers communicates the passion and joy which motivates these directors....

    Published June 6th 2002 by Routledge
15. To the Actor

    2nd Edition

    By Michael Chekhov

    Edited by Mala Powers

    How does an actor learn to: * Call up emotion? * Develop a character? * Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully...

    Published May 1st 2002 by Routledge
16. Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre

    Edited by Franc Chamberlain, Ralph Yarrow

    Jacques Lecoq and the British Theatre brings together the first collection of essays in English to focus on Lecoq's school of mime and physical theatre. For four decades, at his school in Paris, Jacques Lecoq trained performers from all over the world and effected a quiet evolution in the theatre....

    Published November 21st 2001 by Routledge
17. A Director Prepares

    Seven Essays on Art and Theatre

    By Anne Bogart

    A Director Prepares is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly and with wisdom of the courage required to create 'art with great presence'. Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas Bogart has identified as both potential...

    Published May 23rd 2001 by Routledge
18. Moscow Performances II

    The 1996-1997 Season

    Edited by John Freedman

    This is a collection of John Freedman's reviews and articles, most originally written for the Moscow Times, in which he focuses his expert critical eye on the directors, writers and actors who held centre stage during the 1996-97 theatre season in Moscow. The book looks at the debut of promising...

    Published January 25th 1999 by Routledge
19. Peter Brook: Oxford to Orghast

    By R. Helfer, G. Loney

    Peter Brook is known internationally as a theatre visionary, and a daring experimenter on the cutting-edge of performance and production. This book concentrates on Brook's early years, and his innovative achievements in opera, television, film, and the theatre. His productions are viewed separately...

    Published September 15th 1998 by Routledge
20. Moscow Performances

    The New Russian Theater 1991-1996

    By John Freedman

    The reviews and features collected in John Freedman's Moscow Performances bring to life the diversity, energy, and imagination of Russian theater as few books have done before. While focusing on the work of Moscow's leading directors - Pyotr Fomenko, Kama Ginkas, Valery Fokin, Anatoly Vasilyev,...

    Published April 6th 1998 by Routledge