Thorougly revised, second edition of one of the most successful theatre books ever published by NHB - a definitive guide to acting. "The Actor and the Target" offers a fresh and radical approach to ac..

$NZ 42.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 42.50

Actor Training expands on Alison Hodge's highly-acclaimed and best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even more valuab..

$NZ 72.50 $NZ 77.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 72.50

William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creativ..

$NZ 34.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.50

Stanislavski's 'system' has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical techniq..

$NZ 44.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.50

Part One of "Angels in America", subtitled "Millennium Approaches", erupted on to the stage of the National Theatre in January 1992. Part Two, "Perestroika", followed in November 1993. Since then "Ang..

$NZ 37.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.50

Martin Crimp's 17 scenarios for the theatre, shocking and hilarious by turn, are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography and ethnic violence, to terrorism and unprotected sex..

$NZ 29.50 $NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.50

This guide to playreading for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather then contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts.Ball develo..

$NZ 65.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 65.50

When Stanislavsky died, he was working on a new system, Psycho-Physical Acting. Previously he had taught that truthful performance can only spring from the actor's imagination (the Method). Late in li..

$NZ 34.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.50

..

$NZ 38.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 38.50

Cloud Nine is an inventive, surrealistic and entertaining look at sexual repression and sexual role conditioning. The first act takes placei n Victorian Africa, suggeting the parallel between col..

$NZ 29.50 $NZ 32.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.50

Looking for a whizzpoppingly wonderful collection of plays for your whole class? Want some ready-made, delumptious lesson plans to accompany them? Biffsquiggled at the thought of how to stage these pi..

$NZ 44.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 44.99

The Director's Craft is a unique and completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage. Written by one of the most adventurous and respected directors working today, this bo..

$NZ 69.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 69.50

Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty en..

$NZ 21.50 $NZ 23.00 Ex Tax: $NZ 21.50

The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked empl..

$NZ 22.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 22.99

A new book by the author of Impro, the classic text on improvisation using techniques which specialise in releasing an individual's potential within the context of group work. ..

$NZ 37.50 $NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.50

Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than one hundred thousand copies and..

$NZ 57.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 57.50

Renowned improvisation instructor and award-winning director Mick Napier has been at the heart of the professional improvisation community for over 25 years. The first edition of Improvise. quickly ea..

$NZ 39.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 39.50

Mother Courage was first performed in Zurich in 1941 and is usually seen as Brecht's greatest work. Remaining a powerful indictment of war and social injustice, it is an epic drama set in the seventee..

$NZ 25.50 $NZ 27.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 25.50

Immerse yourself in the world of musicals, and fall in love all over again with the songs, stories, characters, and legendary stars from every era.From Show Boat and The Wizard of Oz to Les Miserables..

$NZ 54.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 54.99

..

$NZ 45.50 $NZ 49.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 45.50

Contains the following: "Birthday Party", "The Room", "Dumb Waiter", "Slight Ache", "The Hothouse", "Night Out", Black and White (Prose), "The Examination" ..

$NZ 36.50 $NZ 39.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 36.50

This volume contains Ibsen's two most famous and frequently read, studied and performed plays about women: A Doll's House (1879), his first international success, which 'exploded like a bomb into cont..

$NZ 29.50 $NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 29.50

Six actors and actresses explain their philosophy concerning the theater, discuss physical action, scene analysis, costume, makeup, and mannerisms, and identify the common problems working actors must..

$NZ 28.50 $NZ 32.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 28.50

Immensely popular comedy of manners featuring such memorable characters as the lovely Lydia Languish, her suitor, Capt. Jack Absolute; and Lydia's aunt -- Mrs. Malaprop, cleverly revolves around false..

$NZ 7.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 7.50

This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecti..

$NZ 35.50 $NZ 37.99 Ex Tax: $NZ 35.50

..

$NZ 32.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.50

Extraordinary new departure for leading black American woman playwright - a piercing play about two men. A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks's latest riff on..

$NZ 34.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 34.50

The 'Harold', an innovative improvisational tool, helped many actors on the road to TV and film stardom, including George Wendt (Norm on Cheers). Now it is described fully in this new book for would-b..

$NZ 37.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 37.50

Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot..

$NZ 14.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 14.50

" No. 2" - Nanna Maria decides it is time to hand over the reigns of the family to her as yet unnamed successor. She orders a feast, and while the family prepare and await her decision, we get to know..

$NZ 25.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 25.50

From an inauspicious beginning at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone in 1953, followed by bewilderment among American and British audiences, "Waiting for Godot" has become one of the most importan..

$NZ 32.50 Ex Tax: $NZ 32.50