Finding that few costume books provided her with the information she needed for her coursework, Stephanie compiled her own. Lavishly illustrated with her own sketches of the costumes and sculptures she researched, the book ranges through the centuries, giving concise information. Lists couturiers, designers, collections and exhibitions. Stephanie Davies was a Fellow of the Royal…
Doris Day explains how adjudicators arrive at their hundreds of annual adjudications. Who selects them? Do they get training? How do they judge a performance? Illustrated by personal anecdotes, the author sets out the things which have influenced her judgement. She recalls good and bad treatment by officials and actors which will prompt everyone involved…
The author discusses the development of a stage production; marking scripts; rehearsals; the stage crew; the stage; first nights and running the play. This edition discusses the National Theatre, the restoration of Victorian theatres, the design of new acting areas for the open stage and the application of rnicro-processing to lighting control. Hendrik Baker used…
In the 1680s, a non-juring priest, Jeremy Collier, launched a vitriolic attack on the excesses of Restoration Theatre. In doing so, he started a vicious pamphlet war which was to change the history of drama. Puritanical in his views, Collier attacked the profanity and debauchery of the stage and demanded its abolition. In response, several…
The intricacies of period plays pose problems for actors and directors. Playing Period Plays how to express the spirit of the age through the acting style; costumes; dances; instruments; manners; movement; and music. Includes acting and mime exercises and suggestions for pageant and arena work. “The information has been carefully chosen to enrich presentation. It…
The author’s extensive experience will help you get the best results from your group. He explores every aspect of staging musicals: finances; show and cast selection; blocking moves (with examples from Fiddler on the Roof and Calamity Jane); /technical aspects; school productions; and legal matters. Peter Spencer has directed over 200 musicals, making him one…
Dr Hoare discusses the history of opera; the art of conducting; choosing the show; orchestral decisions; learning and preparation; the performance and the get-out. The author conducted more than 40 works during his life-long involvement with amateur operatics. “A painstaking work which covers every area of the musical director’s role, not only that which isvisible…
Getting the staging right for plays of these periods is difficult, but it is essential for proper realisation. Mary Woollard has drawn on her many years of experience as a drama teacher to provide invaluable help on getting the period detail right. The first section details the common principles, such as types of stage, columns,…
This revised edition of Kenneth Pickering’s study of the development of the Canterbury Festival and the resurgence of religious drama, is published to coincide with the author’s appearance as Becket in a major new production of T. S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. At the start of the twentieth century there was a great deal…
Educational drama makes heavy demands on teachers’ energy and time. This book suggests ways to stimulate work for children, by using improvisation in actor training, role-play, drama therapy and the study of Shakespeare. This innovative work includes the play, Radical Will, which brings Shakespeare to life for today’s children by presenting the characters and scenarios…