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FILM AND THEATRE


  • Playwriting  Titles for working and student playwrights.
  • Dramaturgy Titles on dramaturgy in theater.
  • Acting Titles in acting, scene study, and screenwriting.
  • Screenwriting  A practical textbook for the writer.
  • Business.Legal and financial aspects of theater and the arts.
  • Classical Drama Focus also carries a number of excellent translations of Greek tragedy and comedy.
  • New Kittredge Shakespeare Series  Updated for the modern reader that includes the history of performances and how to read the plays as performances.

Playwriting


DG20112011 Dramatists Guild Resource Directory

The Dramatists Guild

 

2011 • 978-1-58510-403-1 • paper • 270 pages •  6 x 9  •  $24.95

The official annual Dramatists Guild reference for playwrights. New editions are issued each year in January and can be preordered.

The only playwriting resource directory updated annually!

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Resource DirectoryPlaywriting Master Class

The Personality of Process and the Art of Rewriting 2/e

Michael Wright

University of Tulsa

 

2011 • 978-1-58510-342-3 • paper • 338 pages • 6 x 9 • $29.95

 

A text for the working playwright that deals with writing style and methods for play revision. Includes case studies — eight short plays — by contemporary playwrights.

 

Master classPlaywriting in Process

Thinking and Working Theatrically, 2nd Edition

Michael Wright

University of Tulsa

 

2009 • 978-1-58510-340-9 • paper • 233 pages •  6 x 9  •  $22.95

Written to encourage new and experienced playwrights to build techniques for a greater range of creative expression in writing for the stage, the book uses exercises or etudes to guide playwrights towards thinking and working theatrically.

 

A More Perfect Ten

Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play

Gary Garrison

New York University, Tisch School

 

2008 • paperback • 177 pages • 978-1-58510-327-0 • $19.95

 

A brief guide to writing the short play, including forms, techniques, and sources for submission opportunities. Book details

 


Dramaturgy


dramaturgyThe Art of Active Dramaturgy

Lenora Inez Brown

 

978-1-58510-351-5 • © 2011 • paper • 230 pages • 6 x 10 • $29.95

A thorough textbook on the functions and activities of the dramaturg in modern theater, with an equal treatment of the role of the dramaturg in new play development. For courses in dramaturgy at the college level. Book details

The Process of Dramaturgy

Scott R. Irelan, Anne Fletcher, Julie Felise Dubiner

2010 • 978-1-58510-332-4 • paper • 170 pages •  6 x 9  •  $19.95

This text is a new guide to dramaturgy for students. Its practical approach is to "committing acts of dramaturgy," and contains exercises, models, and examples of how the dramaturg works to make his or her thoughtful and creative contributions to a theatrical production, from pre-production work through the rehearsal process. Book details


ACTING/SCENE STUDY


Breath and SpeakBreathe and Speak

A Scene Book for Actors

Marc Clopton

 

2004 • paperback • 180 pages • 1-58510-115-X • $14.95

 

Collection of "open scenes" for acting practice. The short plays contain with no stage directions. Book details


SCREENWRITING

ScreenwritingPractical Screenwriting

Charles Deemer

Portland State University

 

2005 • paperback • 234 pages • 1-58510-128-1 • $24.95

 

This is a practical text for beginning screenwriters or others who want a step by step guide to constructing a screenplay in the style and manner that will appeal to production companies.  Book details


Business for Artists


New Tax Guide

for Writers, Artists, Performers, and Other Creative People

Peter Jason Riley, CPA

2010 • paperback •   229 pages • 978-1-58510-379-9 • $19.95

A primer for anyone doing taxes, but with specific application for people who earn income through creative pursuits in theater, music, art, and other artistic areas. Includes discussions of income types, various kinds of expenses, IRS-allowed deductions, and samples of current tax forms. Book details

Artists Law An Artist's Guide to the Law

Richard Amada

 

2010 • paperback • 205 pages • 978-1-58510-356-0 • $19.95

 

A guide to the law as it relates to artists and creative people.  Book details 

 


Classical drama


Acharnians Aristophanes: Acharnians

Jeffrey Henderson

 

2/e 20031-58510-087-0 • paper • 98 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

 

birds Aristophanes: Birds

Jeffrey Henderson

 

1999 • 0-941051-87-0 • paper •   100 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

CloudsAristophanes: Clouds

Jeffrey Henderson

 

1993 • 0-941051-24-2 • paper •   108 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

Frogs Aristophanes: Frogs

Jeffrey Henderson

 

2008 • 978-1-58510-308-9 • paper • 114 pages • $9.95

English translation.

Lysistrata Aristophanes: Lysistrata

Jeffrey Henderson

Boston University

1988 • 0-941051-02-1 • paper •  86 pages • $9.95

English translation.

 

Three Comedies Aristophanes: Three Comedies:

Acharnians, Lysistrata, Clouds

Jeffrey Henderson

Boston University

 

1998 • 0-941051-58-7 • paper • 240 pages • $19.95

English translation. 

four Plays Euripides: Four Plays:

Medea, Bacchae,  Heracles, Hippolytus

Stephen Esposito

Boston University

2003 • 1-58510-048-X • paper •  180 pages • $18.95

English translations.

BacchaeEuripides: The Bacchae

Stephen Esposito

Boston University

1998 • 0-941051-42-0 • paper •  134 pages • $10.95

 

English translation.

Hecuba Euripides: Hecuba

Robin Mitchell-Boyask

Temple University

2006 • 1-58510-148-6 • paper •  118 pages • $9.95

 

English translation. 

Heracles

Euripides: Heracles

Michael Halleran

University of Miami

1988 • 0-941051-01-3 • paper •  96 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

Hippolytus Euripides: Hippolytus

Michael Halleran

University of Miami

 

2001 • 0-941051-86-2 • paper •   116 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

Medea Euripides: Medea

Anthony Podlecki

 

2005 • 0-941051-10-2 • paper • 94 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.  

Trojan WomenEuripides: The Trojan Women

Diskin Clay

Duke University

2005 • 1-58510-111-7• paper •  128 pages • $9.95

 

English translation. 

PlautusPlautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus

David Christenson

University of Arizona

2008 • 978-1-58510-155-9 • paper • 272 pages • $18.95

 

English translation. 

AntigoneSophocles: Antigone

Ruby Blondell

1998 • 0-941051-25-0 • paper •  116 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

 

ElectraSophocles: Electra

Hanna M. Roisman

2008 • 978-1-58510-281-5• paper • 142 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

 

Oedipus at ColonusSophocles: Oedipus at Colonus

Ruby Blondell

2002 • 1-58510-065-X • paper •  118 pages • $10.95

 

English translation.

Kinhg OidipousSophocles: King Oidipous

Ruby Blondell

2002 • 1-58510-060-9 • paper •  140 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

PhiloketetesSophocles: Philoktetes

Seth Schein

University of California, Davis

2004 • 1-58510-086-2 • paper •  160 pages • $9.95

 

English translation.

 

Theban PlaysSophocles: The Theban Plays

Antigone, King Oidipous  and Oidipous at Colonus.

Ruby Blondell

2002 • 1-58510-037-4 • paper •  248 pages • $16.95

 

English translations.

BrothersTerence: Brothers

Charles Mercier

1998 • 0-941051-72-2 • paper •  100 pages • $9.95

 

In English. Video tape also available: see book details.

 


shakespeare

Henry VThe Life of King Henry V

Editor: Annalisa Castaldo

  2007 • 978-1-58510-161-0  paper • 144 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

 

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Julius CaesarThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar

Editor: Sarah Hatchuel

2008 • 978-1-58510-260-0  paper • 142 pages •5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

 

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Mac bethThe Tragedy of Macbeth

Editor: Annalisa Castaldo

2008 • 978-1-58510-162-1   paper • 136 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

 

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Anthony and CleopatraThe Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

Editor: Sarah Hatchuel

2008 • 978-1-58510-272-3  paper • 182 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

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Romeo and JulietThe Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet

Editors: Bernice W. Kliman and Laury Magnus

2008 • 978-1-58510-163-4 • paper • 180 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

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Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice

Editor: Kenneth Rothwell

2008 • 978-1-58510-264-8  paper • 128 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

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HamletThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Editors: Bernice W. Kliman and James H. Lake

2009 • 978-1-58510-140-5 • paper • 208 pages • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • $8.95

 

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