Posts Tagged ‘performing-arts’
Macbeth
This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed…
Read MoreOthello
The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare’s Othello, a disturbing exploration of jealousy and wrath. Tragedy takes hold as the cunning and hateful Iago drives the heroic Moor of Venice first to suspicion, then to homicidal rage against his love Desdemona, in one of the Bard’s darkest plays. This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique…
Read MoreJulius Caesar
The Signet Classics edition of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal. In the first of his Roman history plays, the Bard tells the story of the murder of Julius Caesar and the gruesome aftermath as Rome descends into a violent mob. This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview…
Read MoreOrphan Black Classified Clone Reports
From the secret files of Dr. Delphine Cormier, comes this ultimate guide to all of the characters, conspiracies, and shadowy organizations in the smart, innovative BBC America television thriller Orphan Black. Designed to resemble the classified files and notes of Dr. Delphine Cormier, this in-world compendium chronicles the inner workings of the mysterious people and…
Read MoreA Practical Guide to Stage Lighting
In the first edition of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Steve Shelley cracked open his production book and showed how to prepare a lighting design and create the paperwork needed to mount a production. In the second edition, he pulled back the curtain and showed the methods and processes that go on before the…
Read MoreMacBeth
Notes on the background and sources of the tragedy and past and present criticism preface the text
Read MoreMacbeth
Includes a general introduction to Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Macbeth, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentary.
Read MoreWild Tales
A founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and the Hollies shares the story of his life from his youth in post-war England through his creative relationship with Joni Mitchell and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist.
Read MoreThe Merchant of Venice
The text of the play is supported by criticism, historical and textual notes, and discussions of specific presentations
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