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Books : Poetry, Drama & Criticism : Drama : Theatre Studies

• Twentieth Century Actor Training

  
  
   

• Games for Actors and Non-actors

  Augusto Boal

  
  
   

• Performance Analysis: An Introductory Coursebook

  
  
   

• Performance Studies

  Richard Schechner

  
  
   

• The Twentieth Century Performance Reader

  
  
   

• Theory/Theatre: An Introduction

  Mark Fortier

  
  
   

• Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

  Susan Hayward

  
  
   

• Shakespeare Made Easy - Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy)

  Alan Durband

  
  One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.

  However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton

  
   

• Experience Economy, The: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage: Work Is Theatre and Every Business a Stage

  B. Joseph Pine Ii, James H Gilmore

  
  Sometime during the last 30 years, the service economy emerged as the dominant engine of economic activity. At first, critics who were uncomfortable with the intangible nature of services bemoaned the decline of the goods-based economy, which, thanks to many factors, had increasingly become commodity-ised. Successful companies, such as Nordstrom, Starbucks, Saturn and IBM discovered that the best way to differentiate one product from another--clothes, food, cars, computers--was to add service.

  But, according to Joseph Pine and James Gilmore, the bar of economic offerings is being raised again. In The Experience Economy, the authors argue that the service economy is about to be superseded with something that critics will find even more ephemeral (and controversial) than services ever were: experiences. In part because of technology and the increasing expectations of consumers, services today are starting to look like commodities. The authors write that "Those businesses that relegate themselves to the diminishing world of goods and services will be rendered irrelevant. To avoid this fate, you must learn to stage a rich, compelling experience."

  Many will find the idea of staging experiences as a requirement for business survival far-fetched. However, the authors make a compelling case, and consider successful companies that are already packaging their offerings as experiences, from Disney to AOL. Far-reaching and thought- provoking, The Experience Economy is for marketing professionals and anyone looking to gain a fresh perspective on what business landscape might look like in the years to come. Recommended. --Harry C. Edwards, Amazon.com

  
   

• Directing for the Stage: A Practical Guide

  Katie Mitchell

  
  
   

• Singing and the Actor

  Gillyanne Kayes

  
  
   

• Modern Coin Magic: 116 Coin Sleights and 236 Coin Tricks

  J.B. Bobo

  
  
   

• Conditioning for Dance: Training for Peak Performance in All Dance Forms

  Eric Franklin

  
  
   

• Fifty Contemporary Choreographers: A Reference Guide

  
  
   

• The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies (Cambridge Introductions to Literature) (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

  Christopher B. Balme

  
  
   

• Drama Lessons for Five to Eleven-year-olds

  Judith Ackroyd, Jo Boulton

  
  
   

• Shakespeare Made Easy - Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Made Easy)

  Alan Durband

  
  
   

• Dance Composition: A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making

  Jacueline M. Smith-Autard

  
  
   

• Applied Theatre Reader

  
  
   

• Structuring Drama Work

  Jonothan Neelands, Tony Goode