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The new theatre : lessons, techniques and ideas for making new theatre for a changing world from the most widely travelled theatre that ever packed a bag / Paul Stebbings & Phil Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stebbings, Paul, author.
- Smith, Phil, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Traveling theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Traveling theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Axminster, England : Triarchy Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- an extraordinary, wide-ranging, funny, clever account of 40 years in the life of the most successful touring theatre company of all time.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Visual
- Chapter One: 'Harlequin', '1945!', 'The Mystery'
- Travel
- Chapter Two: Germany, the Saving Grace
- Stage Imagery
- Chapter Three: 'Cabaret Faust', 'Wizard of Jazz', 'Moby Dick'
- Some Thoughts on Music Theatre
- Chapter Four: Poland
- Letter to Katie
- The Body
- Chapter Five: 'Video &
- Juliet', 'Don Quijote' and 'Le Petit Prince' - a multi-lingual English theatre, how does that work?
- Theatre Fetishes: technical rehearsals and press nights
- Chapter Six: Japan
- Chapter Seven: Company Politics
- What is Acting?
- Writing for TNT
- The Writing Process
- Chapter Eight: 'The Murder of Sherlock Holmes', 'Frankenstein', and 'Dracula and the Eco-Warrior'
- Chapter Nine: La Belle France
- Young Audiences
- Popular Theatre
- Chapter Ten: 'Oliver Twist', 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Gulliver's Travels'
- Actor Training
- The Elephant in the Room
- Chapter Eleven: 'A Streetcar Named Desire', 'The Crucible', 'Death of a Salesman' and 'Pygmalion'
- Chapter Twelve: China
- Failure
- Directing Theatre
- Chapter Thirteen: Latin America
- Actors and Spies
- Chapter Fourteen: TNT and Islam
- Comedy
- The Gulf
- Chapter Fifteen: 'Brave New World' and 'A Christmas Carol'
- Brave New Theatre
- Chapter Sixteen: Israel
- Race
- Chapter Seventeen: Martin Luther King, General Fatima Kassab, and Winnie and Nelson Mandela
- Prisons, Palaces and Fragments
- What was it all about? What is it now?
- Some Conclusions?
- Epilogue
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-911193-85-6
- OCLC:
- 1227269124
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