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Zen and the Art of the Monologue Jay Sankey, Stand-Up Comic, Writer and Cartoonist, Canada Spalding Gray and Eric Bogosian have made the monologue a significant part of contemporary theatre, and more and more one-person performances crop up every season. Building on the success of Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy, Jay Sankey brings his unique approach to the art of the monologue. With a blend of calm, sound advice combined with anarchic humour, Sankey explores the dangers of the monologue for, as he puts it, 'the vain and the inexperienced', as well as the freedom it offers the performer. This will be invaluable for those attempting full-length monologues as well as shorter audition pieces or speeches. Published November 2000: 234 x 156: 224 pp: illus. 30
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The World of Theatre - Edition 2000 Edited by Ian Herbert and Nicole Leclerq, both at the International Theatre Institute The World of Theatre is an on-the-spot account of current theatre activity across six continents. This edition covers the three seasons from 1996-97 to 1995-99, in over sixty countries - more than ever before. The content of the book is as varied as the theatre scene it describes, from round-ups by leading critics as far apart as Europe and North America, Iran and Sierra Leone. Published June 2000: 246 x 174: illus 100 b+w photos Hb: 0-415-23866-8 |
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Allen Edited by Kimball King, University of North Carolina, USA Woody Allen, who first became famous as a stand-up comedian and a writer of comedy routines, has also had a distinguished career as a playwright and screenwriter/director. Allen owes his celebrity status primarily to films, such as Manhattan, Hannah and her Sisters, and Crimes and Misdemeanours. In Woody Allen: A Casebook, Kimball King has selected major plays and films by Woody Allen and chosen well-known scholars to examine their complexities in detail. Allen's sophisticated movie musical scores as well as his thoughtful studies of American character and life are analysed by contemporary critics such as William Hutchings, Tom Sahy, and King himself. The result is a volume that surveys artistic high points of the Allen canon and illustrates the creative impact of Allen's works on audiences and readers. Casebooks on Modern Dramatists Published December 2000: 216 x 140:
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