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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

The Complete Guide on Setting the Stage With Light to Get Dramatic Results

The comprehensive guide to creating professional lighting effects for all types of theater productions has everything beginners and aspiring professionals must know.

Stage Lighting Step-By-Step

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British Film Institute Reader in Film Studies #rare #outofprint #educational #college #paperback #readers #musicals #theater

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Genre, The Musical: A Reader

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#annestelle #theater #paperdoll  Paper doll has never been taken out. Beautiful  Mary Engelbreit illustrations. #childrenshumor #firstedition 

Nebraska

Queen of the class

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

Queen

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#paperback #documentary #theater #lariots #racism 

Wisconsin

On the Road: A Search for American Character

Anna Deavere Smith's stunning new work of "documentary theater" in which she uses verbatim the words of people who experienced the Los Angeles riots to expose and explore the devastating human impact of that event.

Twilight Los Angeles, 1992

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#vintage #firstedition published in 1954, the #classic #theater play based on Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel. #hardcover #fiction #bestseller 

New Jersey

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

This Modern Library vintage book of Ibsen plays was published in the 50’s. With its aging papers, it makes the perfect addition to your vintage books or as a gift to your theater-loving friend. Beautiful for display or reading. #vintage #collegeedition #classicbooks #plays #theater #neutraldecor #vintagebooks #fiction 

Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen

#theater #arthurmiller #drama #america #war


Oregon

A Penguin Classic Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went back to business, making himself very wealthy in the ensuing years. In Miller’s work of tremendous power, a love affair between Keller's son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Steve’s daughter, the bitterness of George Keller, who returns from the war to find his father in prison and his father's partner free, and the reaction of a son to his father's guilt escalate toward a climax of electrifying intensity. Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for Best New Play in 1947, All My Sons established Arthur Miller as a leading voice in the American theater. All My Sons introduced themes that thread through Miller's work as a whole: the relationships between fathers and sons and the conflict between business and personal ethics. This edition features an introduction by Christopher Bigsby. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

All My Sons

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Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot (Paperback, Harvest Books, 1963). 

Very good condition for its age. Minimal spine and shelf wear. Pages are clean. No tears, rips or folds and text is clear.

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#TSEliot #Drama #Plays #Theater #Eliot #Murder #Cathedral

A play in verse form dramatizes the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by four knights of Henry II's court

Murder in the Cathedral

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Condition: Some pages have hi lighting and pen writing. 
 #paperback #theater #plays #anthology #blackwriters 

An Anthology of Black Dramatists in the Diaspora

"H[starred review] Powerful and rich, this outstanding contribution to theater arts is recommended for contemporary literature and black studies collections." ?Library Journal

Edited by award-winning U.S. playwright William Branch, this is a landmark collection of plays addressing various aspects of the global black experience by outstanding black playwrights from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and North and South America. Among the plays are dramas by Nobel laureates Derek Walcott and Wole Soyinka, pioneering folklorist Efua Sutherland, and two-time Pulitzer prize winner August Wilson.

Crosswinds

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#hardcover #fiction #british #theater #todaybookclub 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

A Novel

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic, fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Teen Theater 

#acting #dramaticarts#performingarts #nonfiction #theater 

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

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For beginning Christian puppeteers. Everything from creating stages, to simple puppets, and Gospel scripts. Outside cover is worn. Inked name. Pages inside are close to like new. 7.75” x 5”.  c1977.  124 pages.
 #paperback #Puppet #Puppeteer #Performer #StagePerformer #Theater #ChildrensToys #Scripts #Vintage        #Homeschool

Illinois

Various types of puppets and puppet plays are included in this book with scripts directed toward Christian education.

You Can Be a Puppeteer: A Complete “How-To” Book on Puppets and Plays

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#francais #theatre #comedie #drama #theater #play #french #criticaledition #1700s #18thcentury


North Carolina

Étude critique illustrée

L’illusion comique

#American #anthology #theater #witches 
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Pennsylvania

A Play in Four Acts-Penguin Plays

A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community
 
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft--and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.

First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can.

"A drama of emotional power and impact" --New York Post

The Crucible

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Alabama

THE STORY: How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc's best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It's about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal

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#stagelighting #theater #lighting #theaterlighting 

Rhode Island

Combining theory and application, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting provides a comprehensive analysis of lighting systems along with step-by-step examples and illustrations of the technical tools and methods. Readers will benefit from experience-based tips, techniques and traps to avoid in preparing and executing a lighting design. Anecdotes illustrate why some techniques succeed while others fail.

Existing textbooks about theatrical lighting analyze artistic vision and visual concepts, which are important for the aspiring designer. These texts do not, however, provide any information about the mechanics required to produce those visions. This book addresses the realities of working in the theatre using practical methods to squeeze flexibility out of a lighting system and present solutions to common problems.



A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

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#paperback #bullying #bullying #bullies #staycation #theater #hope #problem-solving #community #school 
NEW! The author is my partner. She will be happy to personally sign it if you like. Questions?? Just ask. Thanks 



Arkansas

Thomas Wisdom, editor 

Ethan faces a terrible problem at school: bullying. He just wants it to stop but is afraid of letting anyone know-especially his parents. The bullying is magnified once Chris and Jake find out that Ethan's family can't afford a summer vacation.
Ethan and his friends, Mandy and Nick, are frustrated and frightened as they repeatedly face the challenge of being bullied. As a part of Ethan's "staycation," his parents plan some fun home activities. When Ethan and his friends set up a lemonade stand, the bullies show up and almost ruin their fun. Ethan's solution reveals the aggravation that comes from being bullied. But it is not enough to keep the bullies from coming back.
During summer break, Ethan's involvement in reading and theater help build his confidence. Hope is finally realized when he and his friends form the "Bully Buster Club" and discover that they are not alone when several others join them to brainstorm how to cope.
When Ethan returns on the first day of third grade, he is ready and eager with his summer assignment, and he and his friends are prepared to challenge the powers that be. They realize that the bullying may not stop completely, but now they are more prepared to handle trouble with bullies.

Trouble with Bullies

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Autographed! Front cover has deep rubs. Most of the pages inside are in excellent condition. c1995.  222 pages. 8 1/2“ x 5 1/2“.
 #paperback #TheaterPlays #Scripps #Lesbian #LesbianPlays #LGBTQ #Theater #GayRights

Lesbian Plays

The plays in this unique collection will stir your compassion and strengthen your laugh reflex. Movie Queens and Hannah free feature old women reflecting with wit and insight on the glories and trials of their younger days as women in love with other women.

(Autographed) She's Always Liked the Girls Best; 4 Lesbian Theater Scripts: Roomers, Raincheck, Hannah Free, Movie Queens

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Translated by Richard Wilbur

Two plays in which the entertaining character of Sganarelle appears: in The School for Husbands as a guardian, and in Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold as a duped and jealous husband. Introductions by Richard Wilbur.

School for Husbands and Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold, by Moliere

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American Film in the Nineties

Thirty-four essays that take a serious look at the state of modern cinema
Almost half a century ago, Jean-Luc Godard famously remarked, "I await the end of cinema with optimism." Lots of us have been waiting forand wondering aboutthis prophecy ever since. The way films are made and exhibited has changed significantly. Films, some of which are not exactly "films" anymore, can now be projected in a wide variety of wayson screens in revamped high tech theaters, on big, high-resolution TVs, on little screens in minivans and laptops. But with all this new gear, all these new ways of viewing films, are we necessarily getting different, better movies?
The thirty-four brief essays in The End of Cinema as We Know It attend a variety of topics, from film censorship and preservation to the changing structure and status of independent cinemafrom the continued importance of celebrity and stardom to the sudden importance of alternative video. While many of the contributors explore in detail the pictures that captured the attention of the nineties film audience, such as Jurassic Park, Eyes Wide Shut, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, The Wedding Banquet, The Matrix, Independence Day, Gods and Monsters, The Nutty Professor, and Kids, several essays consider works that fall outside the category of film as it is conventionally definedthe home "movie" of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's honeymoon and the amateur video of the LAPD beating of Rodney King.
Examining key films and filmmakers, the corporate players and industry trends, film styles and audio-visual technologies, the contributors to this volume spell out the end of cinema in terms of irony, cynicism and exhaustion, religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, and the decline of what we once used to call film culture.
Contributors include: Paul Arthur, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Thomas Doherty, Thomas Elsaesser, Krin Gabbard, Henry Giroux, Heather Hendershot, Jan-Christopher Hook, Alexandra Juhasz, Charles Keil, Chuck Klienhans, Jon Lewis, Eric S. Mallin, Laura U. Marks, Kathleen McHugh, Pat Mellencamp, Jerry Mosher, Hamid Naficy, Chon Noriega, Dana Polan, Murray Pomerance, Hillary Radner, Ralph E. Rodriguez, R.L. Rutsky, James Schamus, Christopher Sharrett, David Shumway, Robert Sklar, Murray Smith, Marita Sturken, Imre Szeman, Frank P. Tomasulo, Maureen Turim, Justin Wyatt, and Elizabeth Young.

The End of Cinema As We Know It

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The complete memoirs of Neil Simon, the greatest--and most successful--American playwright of all time, the author of such iconic works as Lost in Yonkers, The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues, and The Goodbye Girl, now with an insightful Introduction by Nathan Lane.

This omnibus edition combines Neil Simon's two memoirs, Rewrites and The Play Goes On, into one volume that spans his extraordinary five-decade career in theater, television, and film. Rewrites takes Simon through his first love, his first play, and his first brush with failure. There is the humor of growing up in Washington Heights (the inspiration for his play Brighton Beach Memoirs) where, despite his parents' rocky marriage and many separations, he learned to see the funny side of family drama, as when his mother thought she saw a body on the floor in their apartment--and it turned out to be the clothes his father discarded in the hallway after a night of carousing. He describes his marriage to his beloved wife, Joan, and writes lucidly about the pain of losing her to cancer. The Play Goes On adds to his life's story, as he wins the Pulitzer Prize and reflects with humor and insight on his tumultuous life and meteoric career.

"Neil Simon's terrific memoirs are worth revisiting" (New York Post). Now, with the whole story in one place, he traces the history of modern entertainment over the last fifty years as seen through the eyes of a man who started life the son of a garment salesman and became the greatest--and most successful--American playwright of all time.

Neil Simon's Memoirs

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#paperback #fiction #phantomoftheopera #retelling #romance #theater 

Isda should have died. Cast into a well for being one of the magical few who can manipulate memories when people sing, she was rescued by the local opera house's owner. All he asks in exchange for keeping her safe is that she use her power to keep his customers happy...and that she stay out of sight.

Then Isda meets Emeric Rodin, and she finds in his memories hints of a way to break free of her gilded prison. Haunted by this possibility, she searches his mind for the answers she's craved her whole life. But even as she struggles with growing feelings for Emeric, she learns that in order to take charge of her own destiny, she must become what the world always feared she would be--a monster.

"Lush and lavish, Sing Me Forgotten hit all the right notes." --Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows

"A deliciously magical feminist twist on the beloved classic The Phantom of the Opera." --Kester Grant, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Court of Miracles

Graham Walters

Stage Lighting Step-By-Step

Rick Altman

Genre, The Musical: A Reader

Mary Engelbreit

Queen of the class

MADHURI SHEKAR

Queen

Anna Deavere Smith

Twilight Los Angeles, 1992

Herman Wouk

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Henrik Ibsen

Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen

Arthur Miller; Christopher Bigsby (Introduction by)

All My Sons

T. S. Eliot

Murder in the Cathedral

William B. Branch (Editor)

Crosswinds

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Edwin & Nathalie Gross

Teen Theater

Melissa Bruder; Lee Michael Cohn; Madeleine Olnek; Nathaniel Pollack; Robert Previto; Scott Zigler; David Mamet (Introduction by)

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

Carolyn London

You Can Be a Puppeteer: A Complete “How-To” Book on Puppets and Plays

Pierre Corneille

L’illusion comique

Arthur Miller

The Crucible

Yasmina Reza; Christopher Hampton (Translator)

Art

Steven Louis Shelley

A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

Gail Ann Wisdom

Trouble with Bullies

Claudia K. Allen

(Autographed) She's Always Liked the Girls Best; 4 Lesbian Theater Scripts: Roomers, Raincheck, Hannah Free, Movie Queens

Richard Wilbur (Translator)

School for Husbands and Sganarelle, or the Imaginary Cuckold, by Moliere

Jon Lewis (Editor)

The End of Cinema As We Know It

Neil Simon

Neil Simon's Memoirs

Jessica S. Olson

Sing Me Forgotten