Now in its third edition, this guide outlines the techniques needed to achieve success in getting acting work. It covers all aspects of casting, including gaining a place on a drama course, landing a part in a film, TV comme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of 18th-century Vienna doesn't recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is torture

One hot summer night in the house of the Mississippi Delta's richest cotton planter, a family imprisoned by the past is torn apart by the revelations of feelings of lust, greed and envy.

"Closer" is a play which views love and sex like politics: its not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do.

Gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. This book includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the stage, as well for radio.

Set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, a community stands accused of witchcraft, and in the mood of fear and recriminations that develops, men denounce their neighbours and truth is perverted by superstition.

When a deranged boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment. Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang committed his crime, but in do

This is the first comprehensive survey and study of the major acting techniques developed over the past 60 years. Each of the ten famous techniques included in the book is described in detail by one of today's foremo

From the stages of Broadway and London to university campuses, Paris, and the bourgeoning theaters of Africa, Greek tragedy remains constantly in production. This title explains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles concei

A collection of Wilder's drama: "Our Town" searches for a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life; "The Skin of Our Teeth" depicts the events of family life against the vast dimensions o

'The Oxford Dictionary of Plays' provides handy, and illuminating information on 1000 of the best-known, most popular, and most important plays of world theatre. Each entry contains information including title, author, dates

In the humid air of 16th-century Peru, Atahuallpa, the Sun-God King, meets Pizarro the Conquistador, representative of the Spanish Empire at its insatiable. While the Inca King is convinced of his own immortality, the Spaniar

Guides the would-be playwright over the many hurdles that must be cleared. This work raises - and provides answers to - over fifty topics ranging from 'Should you know which theatre you are writing for?' to 'What if you get

Tennessee Williams's sensuous, atmospheric plays transformed the American stage with their passion, exoticism and vibrant characters who rage against their personal demons and the modern world. This collection

A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytaemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena.

Provides commentary for the play, which was written as a pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". The introduction describes the play's Renaissance context, its historical and literary source

The inhabitants of a small Welsh town must defend their sanity in a court case.

A play that is presented in two languages.

Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined for a social evening by another faculty couple at a New England college. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare o

'This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you!' In this adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexp