Theatre: technical & background skills books

1043 books were found.

Thirty Years a Dresser

Thirty Years a Dresser

Author: Dennis Milam Bensie
ISBN: 9781736282236
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Watching The Tony Awards as a teenager in the early 1980s, Dennis Milam Bensie knew he wanted to be in theater....  Read More >>

Speed and Flight in Shakespeare

Speed and Flight in Shakespeare

Author: Matthew Steggle
ISBN: 9783030936563
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Shakespeare's plays are fascinated by the problems of speed and flight. In Speed and Flight in Shakespeare, the...  Read More >>

Get the Job in the Entertainment Industry: A Practical Guide for Designers, Technicians, and Stage Managers

Get the Job in the Entertainment Industry: A Practical...

Author: Kristina Tollefson (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) ,  Jim Volz (California State University, Fullerton, USA)
ISBN: 9781350103788
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Looking for a job in the theatre and entertainment industry can be daunting, especially when you are newly entering...  Read More >>

How to Dress Dancers: Costuming Techniques for Dance

How to Dress Dancers: Costuming Techniques for Dance...

Author: Mary Kent Harrison
ISBN: 9780916622732
Format: Paperback
$38.68

Intended for costuming dancers, this book includes over 400 line drawings that demonstrate how to make a costume...  Read More >>

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Techniques for Planning and Running a Successful Paint Shop in the Theatre and Performing Arts

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates,...

Author: Jennifer Rose Ivey
ISBN: 9780367520762
Format: Paperback
$67.99

The Scenic Charge Artist’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to managing a theatrical paint shop.  Read More >>

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Techniques for Planning and Running a Successful Paint Shop in the Theatre and Performing Arts

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates,...

Author: Jennifer Rose Ivey
ISBN: 9780367518714
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The Scenic Charge Artist’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to managing a theatrical paint shop.  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Costume in Practice

Shakespeare and Costume in Practice

Author: Bridget Escolme
ISBN: 9783030571511
Format: Paperback
$206.97

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Doing Research in Sound Design

Doing Research in Sound Design

Author: Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367404895
Format: Paperback
$101.00

’Doing Research in Sound Design‘ gathers chapters on the wide range of research methodologies used in sound design....  Read More >>

Doing Research in Sound Design

Doing Research in Sound Design

Author: Michael Filimowicz (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367404901
Format: Hardback
$284.00

’Doing Research in Sound Design‘ gathers chapters on the wide range of research methodologies used in sound design....  Read More >>

Costume Design for Performance

Costume Design for Performance

Author: Bettina John
ISBN: 9781785009273
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A detailed insight into the creative process behind designing costumes for performing arts.  Read More >>

The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect Embodiment

The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect...

Author: Bess Rowen
ISBN: 9780472054367
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Focuses on how playwrights have written stage directions that engage readers, production team members, and scholars...  Read More >>

The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect Embodiment

The Lines Between the Lines: How Stage Directions Affect...

Author: Bess Rowen
ISBN: 9780472074365
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Focuses on how playwrights have written stage directions that engage readers, production team members, and scholars...  Read More >>

Digital Theatre: The Making and Meaning of Live Mediated Performance, US & UK 1990-2020

Digital Theatre: The Making and Meaning of Live Mediated...

Author: Nadja Masura
ISBN: 9783030556303
Format: Paperback
$258.72

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My Name is Not Wigs!: Or ... the day I thought PAVAROTTI was a stagehand

My Name is Not Wigs!: Or ... the day I thought PAVAROTTI...

Author: Angela Cobbin
ISBN: 9781839523472
Format: Paperback
$33.61

An enthralling journey through time, fashion and theatreland: from hairdressing student in the early 1960s to theatrical...  Read More >>

Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor

Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography...

Author: Christin Essin
ISBN: 9780472054961
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

Author: Anne E. McMills (Head of Design, California State University, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9780367423728
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This ground-breaking text returns in its second edition, unlocking the insider secrets and proven, time-tested methods...  Read More >>

Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film

Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre...

Author: Martha Ruskai ,  Allison Lowery
ISBN: 9781032179605
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film, Second Edition is the one-stop shop for the knowledge...  Read More >>

The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

Author: Anne E. McMills (Head of Design, California State University, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9780367423711
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This ground-breaking text returns in its second edition, unlocking the insider secrets and proven, time-tested methods...  Read More >>

Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor

Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography...

Author: Christin Essin
ISBN: 9780472074969
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Illuminating the history of a typically hidden workforce, this book focuses on the work of New York City’s theatre...  Read More >>

Staging Shakespeare's Violence: My Cue to Fight

Staging Shakespeare's Violence: My Cue to Fight

Author: Seth Duerr ,  Jared Kirby
ISBN: 9781526762405
Format: Hardback
$90.00

The first book to examine staging all the violence in Shakespeare.  Read More >>

Here to Stay

Here to Stay

Author: Suanne Laqueur
ISBN: 9781737264972
Format: Paperback
$31.02

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Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics

Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics

Author: Geraint D'Arcy
ISBN: 9783030511159
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This book explores some of the less frequently questioned ideas which underpin comics creation and criticism. If...  Read More >>

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