ISBN: 0073382167 Binding: Paperback Edition: 7 Author(s): Edwin Wilson, Alvin Goldfarb Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Number of Pages: 464
Edwin Wilson and Alvin Goldfarb combine the best of theatrical elements and history in this best-selling introductory text Theatre: The Lively Art is designed both to prepare and inspire students to become lifelong audience members if not actual participants in theatre With its clear narrative concise presentation and vibrant visual program Theatre: The Lively Art is appropriate for introductory theatre courses at any college or university The seventh edition continues to highlight the diversity within theatre while streamlining the text's organization and updating its coverage of the latest processes techniques and technologies in theatrical design and production
Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
ISBN: 081095303X Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Eric P. Nash Publisher: Abrams ComicArts Number of Pages: 304
Before giant robots space ships and masked super heroes filled the pages of Japanese comic books--known as manga--such characters were regularly seen on the streets of Japan in kamishibai stories Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater tells the history of this fascinating and nearly vanished Japanese art form that paved the way for modern-day comic books and is the missing link in the development of modern manga During the height of kamishibai in the 1930s storytellers would travel to villages and set up their butais (miniature wooden prosceniums) through which illustrated boards were shown The storytellers acted as entertainers and reporters narrating tales that ranged from action-packed westerns period pieces traditional folk tales and melodramas to nightly news reporting on World War II More than just explaining the pictures a good storyteller would act out the parts of each character with different voices and facial expressions Through extensive research and interviews author Eric P Nash pieces together the remarkable history of this art and its creators With rare images reproduced for the first time from Japanese archives including full-length kamishibai stories combined with expert writing this book is an essential guide to the origins of manga
The World of Theater: Performing Arts (Voyages of Discovery)
ISBN: 0590476424 Binding: Hardcover Edition: F Author(s): Scholastic Books Publisher: Scholastic Trade Number of Pages: 45
A variety of interactive effects illustrates the world of the theater including puppets and a translucent black set a turning wheel for operas and classic plays the interior of Shakespeare's Globe Theater and a Japanese Kabuki play print
Engendering Culture: Manhood and Womanhood In New Deal Public Art and Theater
ISBN: 087474721X Binding: Paperback Edition: 2nd prt. Author(s): Barbara Melosh Publisher: Smithsonian Press Number of Pages: 312
Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s Engendering Culture demonstrates that the visual and dramatic images of each form contain an underlying vocabulary of gender: a stock of commonly used poses subjects settings and dramatic roles that encode recognizable characteristics of manhood and womanhood
Career Opportunities in Theater And the Performing Arts
ISBN: 0816062897 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3 Author(s): Shelly Field Publisher: Checkmark Books Number of Pages: 320
For those who wish to appear on stage as well as those who prefer to work behind the scenes "Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts Third Edition" profiles more than 70 jobs in all branches of theater and the performing arts The appendixes have been completely reviewed and updated and two new profiles have been added - celebrity personal assistant and vocal coach Career profiles include: ActorActress Booking agent Casting director Celebrity personal assistant Costume designer Drama coach Playwright Theatrical press agent Vocal coach and more
ISBN: 0714845418 Binding: Hardcover Edition: annotated edition Author(s): Walter Wells Publisher: Phaidon Press Number of Pages: 264
Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper illuminates the life and work of one of America's most celebrated yet enigmatic artists Through a close study of the themes emotions and imagery that preoccupied Hopper (1882-1967) throughout his life Walter Wells presents many new insights especially into the haunting silence and loneliness at the heart of the artist's vision
Hopper's paintings are often described as belonging to a school of American realism and were in part inspired by the works of European realists such as Gustave Courbet and Edouard Manet; however the underlying themes of loneliness melancholy and silence that pervade his works also recall the surrealist dreamlike images of Giorgio de Chirico These elements of the dream world and the subconscious - psychological states that are intrinsic to all people however little we understand them - may be what make Hopper's work so universally compelling The paintings embody a particularly American sensibility; Hopper's evocative depictions of both urban and rural settings - including theatre interiors railways restaurants gas stations hotels street scenes and coastal landscapes - have become iconic images of early twentieth-century American culture
Walter Wells' informative yet eminently readable monograph explores the many facets of Hopper's art discussing from various perspectives his etchings watercolors and oil paintings which represent a wide range of subjects Particular attention is paid to the literary works from which Hopper took inspiration as well as the ways in which the artist's own psychology and emotional states influenced his output
The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being Watched
ISBN: 0195394801 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Paul Woodruff Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number of Pages: 272
What is unique and essential about theater What separates it from other arts Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way The art of theater as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself Defining theater broadly including sporting events and social rituals he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching and paying attention to action choice plot character mimesis and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom As Plato implied theater cannot teach us transcendent truths but it can teach us about ourselves Characteristically thoughtful probing and original Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly
Introduction to Theatre Arts Teacher's Guide: A 36-Week Action Workbook for Middle Grade and High School Students and Teachers
ISBN: 1566080916 Binding: Paperback Edition: Teacher Author(s): Suzi Zimmerman Publisher: Meriwether Pub Number of Pages: 356
This companion guide to the student's action workbook makes teaching this class easy and fun It includes the answers to all questions It provides lesson plans a weekly calendar a survival guide for a substitute poster ideas evaluation forms hand-outs planning materials for fundraising events and awards More teaching-assists than you will ever need
ISBN: 0078616255 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 2 Author(s): Glencoe McGraw-Hill Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Number of Pages: 613
Theatre: Art in Action teaches theater through hands-on performance-based exercises that have students assume the roles of actor director designer technician producer stage crew publicist etc to gain an appreciation for and understanding of theater as an art form today and through history Written by Dr Robert Taylor and Dr Robert Strickland Theatre: Art in Action is an award-winning theater text that from planning stage to center stage will prove the ideal high school theater resource
