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  • Acting Chekhov in Translation

    4 Plays, 100 Ways

    by Robin Beth Levenson ...
    I am in awe of Robin Beth Levenson's scholarship and the detail of her research, as well as her ability to explain to the reader how the various translations of Chekhov's plays create such different blessings and curses for the actor trying to say the right words. This book is an amazing and unique achievement - Bruce Katzman, actor, teacher, director, www.secretsofchekhov.comIconic Russian writer ... Read more

    $45.79 USD

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  • Selected Letters, 1940–1977

    by Vladimir Nabokov ...
    "Wonderful, compulsively readable, delicious" personal correspondences, spanning decades in the life and literary career of the author of Lolita ( The Washington Post Book World).An icon of twentieth-century literature, Vladimir Nabokov was a novelist, poet, and playwright, whose personal life was a fascinating story in itself. This collection of more than four hundred letters chronicles the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Brecht Toolkit

    by Stephen Unwin ...
    A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brecht's theory and practice of theatre, with a full set of exercises to help put theory into practice.The Complete Brecht Toolkit examines, one by one, Brecht's many, sometimes contradictory ideas about theatre - and how he put them into practice. Here are explanations of all the famous key terms, such as Alienation ... Read more

    $20.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing

    by Christopher Innes, Maria Shevtsova ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    This Introduction is an exciting journey through the different styles of theatre that twentieth-century and contemporary directors have created. It discusses artistic and political values, rehearsal methods and the diverging relationships with actors, designers, other collaborators and audiences, and treatment of dramatic material. Offering a compelling analysis of theatrical practice, Christopher ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd

    by Michael Y. Bennett ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    Michael Y. Bennett's accessible Introduction explains the complex, multidimensional nature of the works and writers associated with the absurd - a label placed upon a number of writers who revolted against traditional theatre and literature in both similar and widely different ways. Setting the movement in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, Bennett provides an in-depth overview of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Stanislavski: The Basics

    by Rose Whyman ...
    Series series The Basics
    Stanislavski: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the life, thought and impact of Konstantin Stanislavski. Regarded by many as a great innovator of twentieth century theatre, this book examines Stanislavski’s:life and the context of his writingsmajor works in English translationideas in practical contextsimpact on modern theatreWith furth... ... Read more

    Was $33.99 USD Now $29.99 USD

  • Vladimir Nabokov

    The Velvet Butterfly

    by Alan Levy ...
    The Velvet Butterfly is the third in a series of introductions to some of our major literary figures by the noted cultural journalist and foreign correspondent Alan Levy. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cinema of Tarkovsky

    Labyrinths of Space and Time

    by Nariman Skakov ...
    Series series KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema
    The phenomenon of time was a central preoccupation of Tarkovsky throughout his career. His films present visions of time by temporal means - that is, in time. Tarkovsky does not represent time through coherent argument, Nariman Skakov proposes, rather he presents it and the viewer experiences the argument. This book explores the phenomenon of spatio-temporal lapse in Tarkovsky's cinema - from Ivan ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Stalking Nabokov

    by Brian Boyd ...
    At the age of twenty-one, Brian Boyd wrote a thesis on Vladimir Nabokov that the famous author called "brilliant." After gaining exclusive access to the writer's archives, he wrote a two-part, award-winning biography, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years (1990) and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (1991). This collection features essays written by Boyd since completing the biography, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Performing Violence

    Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian Drama

    by Birgit Beumers, Mark Lipovetsky ...
    New Russian Drama began its rise at the end of the twentieth century, following a decline in dramatic writing in Russia that stemmed back to the 1980s. Authors Beumers and Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works penned by young Russian playwrights. Performing Violence is the first English-language study of the consequent boom in drama and why this new breed of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • A Field Guide to Melancholy

    by Jacky Bowring ...
    A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self-help psychology books seems intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary existence. A Field Guide to Melancholy surveys this ambivalent concept and takes a journey through the articulation of melancholy in a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Directory of World Cinema: East Europe

    Edited by Adam Bingham ...
    Part of the Directory of World Cinema series, this title includes contributions from some of the leading academics in the field. It features film recommendations from a range of genres for those interested in watching more cinema from these regions. It also features comprehensive filmography as an index. Given the prevalence of important new wave cinemas across Eastern Central Europe in the post ... Read more

    $28.79 USD