Teatro Alla Scala: the Illustrated History by Carlo Lanfossi
$80.00 AUD
The theatres history from its origins to the present day, richly illustrated in colour. La Scala is the worlds number one theatre, because it is the one that gives the maximum musical enjoyment, wrote Stendhal on 10 November 1816. La Scala had opened in 1778 with the opera Europa riconosciuta by Antonio ...Show more
Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of the New York Times by Ben Brantley
$70.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
It has been said that the New York Times theatre critics can make or break a show. Over the last century its six leading critics; Brooks Atkinson, Howard Taubman, Clive Barnes, Walter Kerr, Frank Rich, and Ben Brantley, have offered the most authoritative and influential commentary on musical theatre an ...Show more
Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures by Darcey Bussell
$59.95 AUD
Category: Theatre
This book celebrates the career of Darcey Bussell, one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time. Accompanied by stunning images from some of today's leading photographers such as Mario Testino, Lord Snowdon, Patrick Demarchelier and Mary McCartney, Darcey Bussell chronicles Darcey from her early y ...Show more
Shakespeare: Staging the World by Jonathon Bate
$80.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Authoritative, surprising, evocative and original, "Shakespeare: staging the world" offers a completely new approach to one of the most exceptional creative imaginations in history. While matters of religion, trade and war were being contested, the role of the playwright developed to inform, persuade an ...Show more
Magic 1400s-1950s by Mike Caveney
$300.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
The scientists of showbiz. Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless possibility - whether invoking spirits, reading minds, or inverting th ...Show more
Stravinsky's Ballets by Charles M. Joseph
$49.95 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Yale Music Masterworks S.
Igor Stravinsky was a towering composer of the twentieth century and closely linked to dance. His early commissions for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - "The Firebird", "Petrouchka", and "The Rite of Spring" - put him on the international map. This survey analyses each of Stravinsky's ballet pieces.
Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany by Stephen Sondheim
$100.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, giving us another remarkable glimpse into his life's work--and into his life. He richly annotates his lyrics with personal and theater history, discussions of his collaborations, and exacting, charming dissections of his work--both the suc ...Show more
A Streetcar Named Desire
$29.99 AUD
$32.99 (9% off)
Category: Theatre
Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" on cd for the first time! Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past--but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish ...Show more
Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century by John McCallum
$49.95 AUD
Category: Theatre
John McCallums new history explores the relationship between 20th century Australian drama and a developing concept of nation. The book focuses on the creative tension sparked by dueling impulses between nationalism and cosmopolitanism; and between artistic seriousness and larrikin populism.
RSC Shakespeare: The Life, the Works, the Treasures by Catherine M.S. Alexander
$39.99 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Treasures and Experiences Series