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All the farces of Russia's greatest dramatist are rendered here in the classic lively translations which audiences and scholars alike applaud on the stage and in the classroom. The blustering,...

Combine Kafka's eerie vision with a soulless world run by computers and the result is this comic nightmare of a play. Strand's play - revolving around a bug in the system - premiered at the Actor's...

Six decades of commentary on theatre, dance, music, film, art, letters, and politics from this world-renowned critic. A New York Times notable book of the year.Author: Harold ClurmanPublisher:...

THE SCREENPLAYS OF PADDY CHAYEFSKY VOL 1Author: Paddy ChayefskyPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of Pages: 346 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A collection of screenplays by this brilliant writer. Includes: The Hospital, Network, and Altered States.Author: Paddy ChayefskyPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of...

A collection of five stage plays from this brilliant writer: Middle of the Night, The Tenth Man, Gideon, The Passion of Josef D., and The Latent Heterosexual. Includes an introduction by Arthur...

A collection of six television plays by this brilliant writer: Holiday Song, Printer's Measure, The Big Deal, Marty, The Mother, and The Bachelor Party. Includes an introduction and notes for each...

THE COMMERCIAL CTI THEATER INSTITUTE GUIDE TO PRODUCING PLAYS AND MUSICALSAuthor: Ben HodgesPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Mar 01, 2007Number of Pages: 416 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Abridged PAPER- BACK TEXT ONLYAuthor: Adam LongPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This book, by Jerome Rockwood and endorsed by actors such as Bruce Willis and Burgess Meredith, has been praised as the best acting textbook on the market today. It covers auditioning, blocking,...

Long-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsg?rd "You won't find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account... a cult classic that...

From Richard Hornby's preface: This book is written for those who act, those who teach acting, and those who are interested in seeing it. It is both a theoretical work and a call for action. This...

"Richly illustrated, it is ideal for fans of the show, as well as admirers of musical theatre." - Variety - "Anybody who has seen the show (who hasn't?) should read the book" - Entertainment Today -...

"The complete script to Frank Wedekind's symphony - or rather a cacophony - of deotic sexual rhetorics. Eric Bentley's achievement here as translator is a beautifully playable and juicy English; his...

If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

THE FULL MONTY: THE COMPLETE BOOK AND LYRICS OF THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICALAuthor: Terrence McNallyPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Aug 01, 2002Number of Pages: 148 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

THE GIRL WHO WALKED HOME ALONE: BETTE DAVIS A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHYAuthor: Charlotte ChandlerPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Mar 01, 2007Number of Pages: 380 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

Mark Rylance, the Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe says: As an actor and director I use and recommend the Applause First Folio Editions. They are extremely actor-friendly and share the...

The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtanghov, Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt, Piscator...

Television history was made on April 30, 1997, when comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her sitcom alter-ego Ellen Morgan, "came out" to her close friends and 36 million viewers. This groundbreaking episode...

For a time in the 1970s, New York City seemed to many to be genuinely on the cusp of collapse. Plagued by rampant crime, graft, catastrophic finances, and crumbling infrastructure, it served as a...

If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of...

A full-color gallery with over 150 photos of the original Broadway production; color costume and set designs and sketches; the complete back-story of the production from concept to launch to hit...

In one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, the three daughters of the king of Britain are put to the test of declaring their love for their father, King Lear. The test leads to the expulsion of...