Download or read book The 101 Greatest Plays written by Michael Billington and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having surveyed post-war British drama in State of the Nation, Michael Billington now looks at the global picture. In this provocative and challenging new book, he offers his highly personal selection of the 100 greatest plays ranging from the Greeks to the present-day. But his book is no mere list. Billington justifies his choices in extended essays- and even occasional dialogues- that put the plays in context, explain their significance and trace their performance history. In the end, it's a book that poses an infinite number of questions. What makes a great play? Does the definition change with time and circumstance? Or are certain common factors visible down the ages? It's safe to say that it's a book that, in revising the accepted canon, is bound to stimulate passionate argument and debate. Everyone will have strong views on Billington's chosen hundred and will be inspired to make their own selections. But, coming from Britain's longest-serving theatre critic, these essays are the product of a lifetime spent watching and reading plays and record the adventures of a soul amongst masterpieces.
Download or read book Broadway Musicals written by Ken Bloom and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an alphabetical survey of the most popular Broadway musicals in history, with commentaries, synopses, behind-the-scenes information, and lists of songs and cast members for each musical.
Download or read book 101 Best Scenes Ever Written written by Barnaby Conrad and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favorites and savor scenes new to them. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish with this passage and the literary devices he or she employs. Any avid reader will enjoy Conrad's ""101 Best Scenes Ever Written,"" but countless fledgling and established writers will benefit enormously by sampling and studying these gems from the masters of the written word.
Download or read book D H Lawrence In Context written by Andrew Harrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original, concise essays by leading international scholars draws closely on the Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence to provide up-to-date insights into the key contexts to the author's life, career and legacy. It opens with an overview of Lawrence's life as it is explored in biographies and revealed in his letters and writing, before reassessing his relationship to the contemporary literary marketplace, and his response to - and intervention in - a range of literary/cultural and social/historical contexts. It ends with sections on Lawrence's changing critical reception and his powerful legacy in the work of later authors and filmmakers. The essays present a detailed and nuanced picture of Lawrence as an enterprising professional author with a truly cosmopolitan outlook who engaged deeply and strongly with his contemporary culture, and with currents of thought across a range of disciplines.
Download or read book 101 Greatest Cookies on the Planet written by Erin Mylroie and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cookie Lover’s Dream Come True This is the ultimate cookie book full of all the flavors you love! From New York City Giant Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies to Nutella® Lava Cookies, Erin Renouf Mylroie, author of 2-Ingredient Miracle Dough Cookbook, has ranked 101 of her favorite cookies ever. With so many cookies to choose from—and some brownies and bars, for good measure—you’re sure to have the perfect treat to share no matter who you’re baking for. Erin compiled this impressive collection of cookies so that you can have the best flavors for every season, holiday and party. Even better, most recipes can be made in a single bowl to cut down on cleanup, and there are so many delicious choices! Welcome the return of autumn with Dark Chocolate–Dipped Pumpkin Biscotti and Maple-Pecan Shortbread. Savor cozy winter days with Peppermint Sugar Cookies or Hot Cocoa and Marshmallow Sno-Cap Cookies. Or nix the cake and bake up a batch of Happy Birthday Cake Batter Cookies this year. With this cookbook, you’ll have everything you need to make your celebrations effortlessly sweet.
Download or read book British Radio Drama 1945 63 written by Hugh Chignell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Radio Drama, 1945-1963 reveals the quality and range of the avant-garde radio broadcasts from the 'golden age' of British radio drama. Turning away from the cautious and conservative programming that emerged in the UK immediately after World War II, young generations of radio producers looked to French theatre, introducing writers such as Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco to British radio audiences. This 'theatre of the absurd' triggered a renaissance of writing and production featuring the work of Giles Cooper, Rhys Adrian and Harold Pinter, as well as the launch of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Based on primary archival research and interviews with former BBC staff, Hugh Chignell places this high-point in the BBC's history in the broader context of British post-war culture, as norms of morality and behavior were re-negotiated in the shadow of the Cold War, while at once establishing the internationalism of post-war radio and theatre.
Download or read book The Drama Teacher s Survival Guide written by Matthew Nichols and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a terrific and instructive book, and an essential reminder of how inspiring and empowering a good drama teacher can be. I hope it's read widely and that new generations of pupils and teachers benefit from its wisdom and its verve." Nick Hytner Drama teaching is at a critical juncture. With new qualifications in the market, changes in government approach to the arts in education and hundreds of thousands of students wanting to be part of the country's hugely successful performing arts industry, the pressures on drama teachers are enormous. Many don't have a specialist background in drama and theatre and end up taking on the role of drama teacher; others feel disconnected from current theatre practice because of the time-demands of teaching; plenty of drama teachers feel they could be serving their students better, if only they had the resources and the support. For all of those teachers, this book will come as welcome relief. The Drama Teacher's Survival Guide provides support, inspirational ideas and rock-solid guidance for secondary drama teachers. It outlines the fundamental principles of a creative drama curriculum, and looks at how teachers can facilitate this and deliver inspiring lessons to fulfill the potential of their learners. It addresses head-on the common and numerous challenges that drama teachers face, from having to design their own creative curriculum to understanding how students learn. The author's own advice and expertise is supplemented by case studies, thereby collating and offering up the best advice and experience available. Written by Matthew Nichols, drama teacher for 12 years, this book offers a range of strategies, case studies and methods that really work.
Download or read book 101 Best Android Apps Survival Guide written by Toly K and published by MobileReference. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 101 Best Android Apps Survival Guide is a collection of 101 applications, tested and highly recommended by the author. This guide will save you lots of time and money, by pointing you to the apps you will surely love. Each app description contains: - Price - Brief description - Features - Link to the app in the Google Play Store - Link to the free version, if available - Screenshots In addition to the full list of apps, all of the apps are separately organized by genre. Here are some of the apps that are included: - Angry Birds Space - Amazon Kindle - Badoo - CamScanner - Dolphin Browser HD - Easy Tether Pro - Epicurious Recipe - GasBuddy - Gesture Search - Groupon - Max Payne Mobile - Mr. Number - RedLaser - Shush! - Stitcher Radio - Toddler Lock - Waze - WebMD - Winamp - Yelp
Download or read book Modern Drama written by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.
Download or read book Horror on the Stage written by Amnon Kabatchnik and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are numerous publications about the horror genre in film and television, but none that provide information about horror on a legitimate stage until now. This book highlights the most terrifying moments in theater history, from classical plays like Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Euripides' Medea to the violence of the Grand Guignol company productions in 18th-century France, and present-day productions like Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd, Stephen King's Carrie and dark 21st-century plays by Clive Barker and Conor McPherson. The book compiles the history and behind-the-scenes tales surrounding stage productions about monsters, hauntings and horrors both historical and imagined. Included are the nightmarish adaptations of popular writings from Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others, as well as plays starring popular characters like Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, and the Woman in Black. More than 500 plays are documented, accompanied by dozens of photographs. Entries include plot synopses, existing production data, and evaluations by critics and scholars.
Download or read book 101 Best Games for Teen agers written by Lillian Frankel and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Performance New Writing written by John Freeman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary theatre is going through a period of unparalleled excitement and challenge. Terms like 'postmodern' and 'postdramatic' have their own contested and defended histories, while notions of truth in verbatim theatre are open to serious critical challenge. Theatre writing can result in no words being spoken and nothing appearing on the page, and productions are stretching the boundaries of space, place and context like never before. This revised and significantly expanded edition of New Performance/New Writing explores immersive and solo theatre, autoethnography, applied drama, performance writing, plot, story, narrative and devising. It presents an invaluable response to questions that arise from new theatre, prompting active reading that enhances classroom and workshop learning, and improves productivity in rehearsal. Each chapter explores a key aspect of theatre study, while an extensive timeline of theatre events gives a broad overview of its evolution. Case studies on practitioners as diverse as Kneehigh, Punchdrunk, Mark Ravenhill and Forced Entertainment are scattered throughout the book, along with detailed suggestions for workshops, which encourage readers to test some of the book's ideas in practice.
Download or read book 101 Double wing Offense Plays written by Tim Murphy and published by Coaches Choice Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The double-wing is an offensive system thats whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It is the definition of synergy, which is synchronized energy. The double wing has the greatest combination of power and deception you will ever find in an offense. Tim Murphys 101 Double-Wing Offense Plays is very easy to understand and the philosophies on how to attack defenses can help improve any coachs game. The book is a must-have for anyone trying to better understand the high-powered double-wing offense. Chapters are separated by series and include: power series, Trojan series, G series, midline series, rocket series, tackle trap series, striker series, and wedge series.
Download or read book Problem Solving 101 written by Ken Watanabe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fun and simple problem-solving guide that took Japan by storm Ken Watanabe originally wrote Problem Solving 101 for Japanese schoolchildren. His goal was to help shift the focus in Japanese education from memorization to critical thinking, by adapting some of the techniques he had learned as an elite McKinsey consultant. He was amazed to discover that adults were hungry for his fun and easy guide to problem solving and decision making. The book became a surprise Japanese bestseller, with more than 370,000 in print after six months. Now American businesspeople can also use it to master some powerful skills. Watanabe uses sample scenarios to illustrate his techniques, which include logic trees and matrixes. A rock band figures out how to drive up concert attendance. An aspiring animator budgets for a new computer purchase. Students decide which high school they will attend. Illustrated with diagrams and quirky drawings, the book is simple enough for a middleschooler to understand but sophisticated enough for business leaders to apply to their most challenging problems.
Download or read book 101 Best Family Card Games written by Alfred Sheinwold and published by . This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lights Camera Execution written by Helen J. Knowles-Gardner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lights, Camera, Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment fills a prominent void in the existing film studies and death penalty literature. Each chapter focuses on a particular cinematic portrayal of the death penalty in the United States. Some of the analyzed films are well-known Hollywood blockbusters, such as Dead Man Walking (1995); others are more obscure, such as the made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County (1983). By contrasting different portrayals where appropriate and identifying themes common to many of the studied films – such as the concept of dignity and the role of race (and racial discrimination) – the volume strengthens the reader’s ability to engage in comparative analysis of topics, stories, and cinematic techniques.Written by three professors with extensive experience teaching, and writing about the death penalty, film studies, and criminal justice, Lights, Camera, Execution! is deliberately designed for both classroom use and general readership.
Download or read book 101 Video Games to Play Before You Grow Up written by Ben Bertoli and published by Walter Foster Jr.. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-play checklist and guidebook for the top 101 video games every kid should experience, including trivia and tips, behind-the-scenes tidbits, and ratings. Full color. 5 15/16 x 8 5/16.
