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Arcadia (Faber Drama)

By Tom Stoppard

Different Aspects: The magical memoir from the West End legend

By Michael Ball

Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv

By J. Leep

A Backstage Betrayal: The new novel from the West End legend

By Michael Ball

Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres

By Gurr, Ichikawa

Essential CG Lighting Techniques

By Darren Brooker (Award-winning, independent rendering and lighting specialist. Experienced journalist - published work in: <I>The Guardian, 3D World, CGI, Computer Arts, Creation, Post Update, Digit</I>)

The Shifting Point: Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87

By Peter Brook

The Acting Book

By John Abbott

My Shakespeare: A Director's Journey through the First Folio

By Greg Doran

Renaissance Drama in Action

By Martin White

The Director's Craft: A Handbook for the Theatre

By Katie Mitchell (The Royal National Theatre, UK)

Directing a Play

By David Mayer, Michael McCaffery

Stage Management: The Essential Handbook

By Gail Pallin

Essentials of Stage Management

By Peter Maccoy

Costume and Make-up

By Michael Holt, David Mayer

Our Country's Good

By Timberlake Wertenbaker

Theatre-Making: Interplay Between Text and Performance in the 21st Century

By D. Radosavljevic

Theatre-Making: Interplay Between Text and Performance in the 21st Century

By D. Radosavljevic

Shooting Martha

By David Thewlis

What Do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts

By Richard Eyre

Lighting and Sound

By Neil Fraser, David Mayer

Readings in Performance and Ecology

By Wendy Arons, Theresa J. May

Direction: Readings in Theatre Practice

By Simon Shepherd

Imagining the Audience in Early Modern Drama, 1558-1642

By J. Low, N. Myhill

30-Second Theories: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Theories in Science

By Martin Rees, Paul Parsons, Susan Blackmore

Play Directing: Analysis, Communication and Style

By Francis Hodge

Authoring Performance: The Director in Contemporary Theatre

By A. Sidiropoulou

The Theatre Makers: How Seven Great Artists Shaped the Modern Theatre

By David Chadderton

Stage Manager: The Professional Experience

By Larry Fazio (Larry Fazio has served as a professional stage manger for 25 years, on well over 100 productions)

Odin Teatret: Theatre in a New Century

By Adam Ledger