Topic |
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Theatre Buildings |
Mackintosh, Ian |
Architecture, Actor and Audience. |
Routledge, London |
1993 |
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Cultural Theory |
Barthes, Roland |
Mythologies |
Vintage |
1993 (1957) |
One of the ‘standards’ on semiotics. Worth bearing with it. |
Cultural Theory |
Barthes, Roland |
Image Music Text. |
Fontana |
1981 |
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Cultural Theory |
Eco, Umberto |
Travels in Hyperreality. |
Picador |
1987 |
Useful stuff on cultural perceptions |
Community |
Sennett, Richard |
The fall of public Man |
London, Faber |
1983 (1996) |
Interesting thesis about the realtionship of architecture, display, and life |
Cultural Theory |
Storey, John |
Cultural theory and popular culture -An introduction |
Prentice Hall, (2nd Ed) |
1997 |
Useful overview of this area of thinking |
Cultural Theory |
Storey, John |
Cultural theory and popular culture -A reader |
Prentice Hall, (2nd Ed) |
1997 |
Collection of original texts |
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Directories |
Blair, Samantha |
British Theatre Directory. |
Richmond House |
1996 |
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Directories |
McGillivray, D |
McGillivray’s Theatre Guide 1996-97. |
Rebecca Books, 1996 |
1996 |
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Directories |
Tee, Dick (ed) |
The White Book |
Birdhurst Ltd |
annual |
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Directories |
Anon |
Contacts |
Spotlight publications |
annual |
Cheap and cheerful – does what it says on the cover. New editions in November |
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Theatre History |
Burgess, A |
A Dead Man in Deptford |
Vintage |
1994 |
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Theatre History |
Counsell, Colin |
Signs of Performance. |
Routledge |
1996 |
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Theatre History |
Davies, Andrew |
Other Theatres. |
Macmillan |
1987 |
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Theatre History |
Dessen, A.C. |
Elizabethan Stage Conventions and Modern Interpretations |
Cambridge University Press |
1984 |
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Theatre History |
Ducharte, Pierre |
The Italian Comedy. |
Dover Books |
1966 |
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Theatre History |
Hirsch, Foster |
Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre, |
Cambridge University Press |
1993 |
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Theatre History |
Irving, Laurence |
Henry Irving, The Actor and his World. |
Faber |
1951 |
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Theatre History |
Mayer, David (ed.) |
Henry Irving and The Bells, |
Manchester University Press |
1980 |
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Theatre History |
Ortaloni, Benito |
The Japanese Theatre, |
Princeton University Press |
1995 |
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Theatre History |
Styan, J.L. |
The English Stage |
Cambridge University Press |
1996 |
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Theatre History |
Weightman, Gavin |
Bright Lights, Big City. |
Collis & Brown |
1992 |
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Management |
Adair, John |
Effective Leadership |
Gower |
1983 |
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Management |
Armstrong, Michael |
Management Processes and Functions. |
IPM, |
1990 |
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Management |
Armstrong, Michael |
How to be an even better manager |
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Management |
Belbin, Meredith |
Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail |
Heinemann |
1981 |
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Management |
Drucker, Peter |
Managing for results |
Heinemann |
1963 |
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Management |
Drucker, Peter |
Management Challenges for the 21st Century |
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1999 |
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Management |
Johnson, Joe |
Problem Solving and Decision Making. |
Open College |
1992 |
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Management |
Kakabadse, Andrew |
The politics of management |
Gower |
1983 |
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Management |
Morgan, Gareth |
Images of organisation |
Sage |
1998 |
Up-to-date overview of management thinking. Looks at theory as metaphor. |
Management |
Peters, Tom |
Thriving on chaos |
Macmillan |
1988 |
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Management |
Peters T and Waterman R |
In search of excellence |
Harper & Row |
1982 |
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Management |
Sutton Robert I |
Weird ideas that work |
Penguin, London |
2002 |
Issues of innovation |
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Performance |
Boal, Augusto (trans Jackson) |
Games for Actors & Non-actors, |
Routledge |
1992 |
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Performance |
Barker, Clive |
Theatre Games |
Methuen |
1983 |
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Performance |
Boal, Augusto. |
Theatre of the Oppressed. |
Pluto Press |
1979 |
Very influential – asks questions about how theatre is ‘coercive’. |
Performance |
Callow, Simon |
Being an Actor. |
Methuen |
1984 |
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Performance |
Clark, Max Stafford |
Letters to George: the account of a rehearsal. |
Nick Hern |
1989 |
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Performance |
Clements, P |
The Improvised Play: The Work Of Mike Leigh, |
Methuen |
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Performance |
Cope, Edith |
Performances: dynamics of a dance group. |
Lepus |
1976 |
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Performance |
Coult , T & Kershaw, B (Ed) |
Engineers of the Imagination, |
Methuen |
1990 |
About Welfare State International’s work. |
Performance |
Fo, Dario |
The Tricks of the Trade. |
Methuen. |
1991 |
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Performance |
Frost/Yarrow |
Improvisation in Drama, |
Macmillan |
1992 |
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Performance |
Frow, Gerald |
Oh, Yes It Is – A History of Pantomime. |
BBC Books |
1985 |
The standard work on panto. |
Performance |
Hilton, Julia |
New Directions in Theatre. |
Macmillan |
1993 |
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Performance |
Itzin, Catherine |
Stages in the Revolution. |
Eyre Methuen |
1980 |
Old but useful survey of the 60’s-70’s new theatre movement |
Performance |
Jackson, Tony |
Learning through Theatre, |
Routledge |
1993 |
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Performance |
Johnstone, K |
Impro, |
Methuen |
1981 |
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Performance |
McGrath, John |
A Good Night Out. |
Eyre Methuen |
1981 |
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Performance |
McKenzie, Jon |
Perform or Else |
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Provoking thought about how performance – cultural, technical, management – motivates modern society. |
Performance |
Redington, C. |
Can Theatre Teach? |
Pergamon |
1983 |
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Performance |
Redington, Christine |
6 Theatre-in-Education Programmes. |
Methuen |
1987 |
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SM & Tech |
Bond, Daniel |
Stage Management: A Gentle Art. |
A&C Black |
1991 |
Idiot guide’ |
SM & Tech |
Dilker, Barbara |
Stage Management Forms and Formats. |
Drama Book Pubs |
1992 |
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SM & Tech |
Equity, British /ITC |
Standard Contract for Fringe Touring |
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SM & Tech |
Equity, British/TMA |
Standard Contract for Subsidised Repertory |
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SM & Tech |
Glerum, Jay O |
Stage Rigging Handbook. |
Oxford University Press |
1994 |
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SM & Tech |
Hawkins, T & Menear. P |
Stage Management and Theatre Administration. |
Phaidon |
1988 |
Idiot guide’ |
SM & Tech |
James, Thirston |
Theatre Props Handbook. |
Betterways |
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SM & Tech |
Morgan, Nigel |
Stage Lighting for Theatre Designers. |
Herbert Press |
1994 |
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SM & Tech |
Pallin, Gail |
Stage Management, the essential handbook |
Queensgate |
2000 |
Probably the best ‘idiot guide’ going. Unsure about her definition of creative SM |
SM & Tech |
Shobin, Martin and |
Pattern Cutting & Making Up. |
Butterworth & Heineman |
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SM & Tech |
Walne, Graham |
Sound For The Theatre. |
Black |
1990 |
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SM & Tech |
Walne, Graham |
Effect for the stage |
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Good, basic guide to sound |
SM & Tech |
Warre, M. |
Designing & Making Stage Scenery. |
Studio Handbook |
1966 |
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SM & Tech |
James, Thirston |
The What,Where, When of Theatre Props, |
Betterways |
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Scenography/Design |
Bablet, D. |
Adolphe Appia 1862-1928 |
Heinemann |
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Scenography/Design |
Bablet, D. |
Edward Gordon Craig. |
Heinemann |
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Scenography/Design |
Beacham, R.C. |
Adolphe Appia, Theatre Artist. |
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Scenography/Design |
Burian, J. |
The Scenography of Josef Svoboda, |
Wesleyan University Press |
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Scenography/Design |
Rosenfeld, S. |
A Short History of Scene Design in Great Britain. |
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Dramaturgy |
Ansorge, Peter |
Disrupting the Spectacle. |
Penguin |
1975 |
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Dramaturgy |
Barker, Howard |
Arguments for a Theatre |
Manchester University Press |
1993 |
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Dramaturgy |
Bentley, Eric (ed.) |
The Theory of the Modern Stage |
Penguin |
1990 |
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Dramaturgy |
Boulton, M. |
The anatomy of drama |
Routledge |
1960 |
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Dramaturgy |
Brook, Peter |
The Empty Space |
Penguin |
1990 (1968) |
Influenced a generation |
Dramaturgy |
Cole, Toby |
Playwrights on Playwriting, |
Hill and Wang. |
1960 |
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Dramaturgy |
Griffiths, S. |
How plays are made |
Heinemann Educational |
1982 |
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Dramaturgy |
Hirsch, Foster |
A Method in Their Madness, |
Da Capo Press. |
1986 |
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Dramaturgy |
Monaco, James |
How to Read a Film. |
Oxford University Press |
1997 |
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Dramaturgy |
Pavis, Patrice |
Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture |
Routledge |
1992 |
Important |
Dramaturgy |
Savona, E & Aston, C |
Theatre as a sign system. |
Routledge |
1991 |
Poor approach to theatre semiotics – they don’t really understand it |
Dramaturgy |
Scolnicov, H. & Holland, P. |
Reading plays – interpretation and reception |
Cambridge |
1991 |
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Dramaturgy |
Styan, J.L. |
The dramatic experience: a guide to the reading of plays |
Cambridge |
1965, 71 |
Very helpful introduction |
Dramaturgy |
Thomas, J. |
Script analysis for actors, directors and designers |
Focal Press |
1992 |
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Dramaturgy |
Wallis, M. & Shepherd, S. |
Studying plays |
Arnold |
1998 |
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