- Table View
- List View
Kissing Shakespeare
by Pamela MingleA romantic time travel story that's ideal for fans of novels by Meg Cabot and Donna Jo Napoli--and, of course, Shakespeare.Miranda has Shakespeare in her blood: she hopes one day to become a Shakespearean actor like her famous parents. At least, she does until her disastrous performance in her school's staging of The Taming of the Shrew. Humiliated, Miranda skips the opening-night party. All she wants to do is hide. Fellow cast member, Stephen Langford, has other plans for Miranda. When he steps out of the backstage shadows and asks if she'd like to meet Shakespeare, Miranda thinks he's a total nutcase. But before she can object, Stephen whisks her back to 16th century England--the world Stephen's really from. He wants Miranda to use her acting talents and modern-day charms on the young Will Shakespeare. Without her help, Stephen claims, the world will lost its greatest playwright. Miranda isn't convinced she's the girl for the job. Why would Shakespeare care about her? And just who is this infuriating time traveler, Stephen Langford? Reluctantly, she agrees to help, knowing that it's her only chance of getting back to the present and her "real" life. What Miranda doesn't bargain for is finding true love . . . with no acting required.From the Hardcover edition.
Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater
by William T. Vollmann“Intrepid journalist and novelist William T. Vollman’s colossal body of work stands unsurpassed for its range, moral imperative, and artistry.”—BooklistWilliam T. Vollmann, the National Book Award–winning author of Europe Central, offers a charming, evocative, and piercing examination of the ancient Japanese tradition of Noh theatre and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty. Kissing the Mask is the first major book on Nohby an American writer since the 1916 publication the classic study Pisan Cantos and the Noh by Ezra Pound. But Kissing the Mask is pure Vollman—illustrated with photos by the author with provocative related side-discussions on femininity, transgender, kabuki, pornography, geishas, and more.
The Kite Runner (Play Script): Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini
by Matthew SpanglerThe script for the stage production of Khaled Hosseini's first and internationally bestselling novel, The Kite Runner, as adapted by playwright Matthew Spangler. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. Now adapted for the stage, the story is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and is an exploration of the influence of fathers over sons--their love, their sacrifices, their lies.A sweeping saga of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful story that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.This adaptation was first performed at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in December 2016.
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds
by John Higgs'By far the best book this year, brilliant, discursive and wise' BEN GOLDACRE. The strange tale of the death, life and legacy of the hugely successful band.They were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why.This is not just the story of The KLF. It is a book about Carl Jung, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Campbell, Dada, Situationism, Discordianism, magic, chaos, punk, rave, the alchemical symbolism of Doctor Who and the special power of the number 23.Wildly unauthorised and unlike any other music biography, THE KLF is a trawl through chaos on the trail of a beautiful, accidental mythology.
The Knights
by AristophanesIf the American Editor of this little volume (which is sent forth as a test of the character of American learning) deemed it either expedient or necessary to expatiate upon the merits of an author so celebrated and gifted as A ristophanes, he might extend his eulogia beyond the patient perusal of the moderns. The eloquent and erudite preliminary discourse by the accomplished translator, however, anticipates the remarks which otherwise would be expanded. No satirist, ancient or modern, ever enjoyed the deserved reputation of A ristophanes, and no one ever depicted, in colors so vivid and unfading, the essential and peculiar characteristics of democracy. As he lived under the dominion of the Universal People, he thoroughly understood the qualities of the democrats whom he has ridiculed and immortalized; and he never shrunk, when occasion demanded, from the exposure of flagrant abuses. Therefore, we commend, earnestly commend the perusal of this volume to our literary countrymen: and if the reception of this limited edition of a single comedy shall justify the editor in the more enlarged republication of all the works of A ristophanes, he will rejoice in the opportunity, thus afforded, of instructing and enlightening his countrymen.
Knowing Shakespeare
by Lowell Gallagher Shankar RamanA collection of essays on the ways the senses 'speak' on Shakespeare's stage. Drawing on historical phenomenology, science studies, gender studies and natural philosophy, the essays provide critical tools for understanding Shakespeare's investment in staging the senses.
Knucklebones
by Douglas AndersonFull Length, Comedy / 2 m., 2 f. / Int. / Most people laugh at a funny joke, but Professor Evans sees humor as an intricate puzzle to be reduced to brilliant but dry mathematical equations. He is working on probability textbook and has invited the departmental secretary to his kitchen to help prepare the manuscript. She is overweight and romantic; he is gaunt and scientific. Neither has ever been on a date. What are the odds that they will fall in love? Add a pair of eccentrics Eddie's mother, a bingo player who wins with alarming consistency, and a family friend who happens to be a magician and the result is a delight. / "A most thoroughly enjoyable, delightful comedy." Jewish Telegraph.
The Kojiki
by Gustav HeldtChronicles the mythical origins of Japan's islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs
Kompakt-Lexikon Sprechwissenschaft
by Christa M. HeilmannDas Lexikon enthält sämtliche für die Sprechwissenschaft relevanten Begriffe – insgesamt etwa 1000 Lemmata, ausgewählt auf Basis der sprechwissenschaftlichen Fachliteratur der letzten vierzig Jahre. Die Terminologie der Disziplin speist sich neben den facheigenen Teilgebieten aus Nachbarwissenschaften wie der Psychologie, der Sprachwissenschaft, der Phonetik, der Poetik sowie der Logopädie und Phoniatrie. Das Nachschlagewerk bildet diese interdisziplinäre Vielfalt ab und bietet damit erstmals passgenaues lexikalisches Wissen für das Fachgebiet.
Konstantin Stanislavsky (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
by Bella MerlinAs one of the most well-known names in theatre history, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s teachings on actor training have endured throughout the decades, influencing scholars and practitioners even in the present day. This second edition of Konstantin Stanislavsky combines: an overview of Stanislavsky’s life and work, including recent discoveries an assessment of his widely read text, An Actor Prepares (1936) with comparisons to Benedetti’s 2008 translation, An Actor’s Work detailed commentary of the key 1898 production of The Seagull an indispensable set of practical exercises for actors, teachers and directors. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial ex- ploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today’s student.
Kosher Lutherans
by William Missouri DownsComedy / Characters: 2m, 3f / Unit Set Kosher Lutherans centers on Hanna and Franklyn, the seemingly perfect couple who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are unable to do so. As the couple begins to wonder if they'll ever become parents, they have a chance encounter with a God-fearing pregnant girl from Iowa who offers to let the couple adopt her out-of-wedlock baby. Just before the adoption papers are signed, Hanna and Franklyn discover the girl is unaware that they are Jewish. Knowing the revelation could throw a ratchet into the whole works, the couple poses as Lutherans to appeal to the girl's apparent Midwestern sensibilities. But how far are they willing to go to have a family?
Krise und Reform als bürgerliches Projekt: Institutioneller Wandel der Hoftheater (1780-1880) (Szene & Horizont. Theaterwissenschaftliche Studien #10)
by Sabine Päsler-EhlenDie Krise und Reform des Theaters wird nicht erst seit den 2000er Jahren kontrovers diskutiert – bereits im 19. Jahrhundert beherrschten Narrative und Aushandlungen um dessen krisenhaften und reformbedürftigen Zustand Diskurse, Ordnungen und Praktiken des Theaters. Die Studie geht der Frage nach, inwiefern das bürgerliche Projekt der Theaterreform nicht zugleich den Krisenmodus des Theaters selbst hervorgebracht hat. Detaillierte Analysen von Theaterreformschriften, Krisenszenarien der Theatergesetzgebung und Reformvorhaben der Regie-, Dramaturgie- und Probenpraxis zeichnen erstmals den institutionellen Wandel der Hoftheater mit einem Fokus auf Karlsruhe zwischen 1780 und 1880 nach.
Kurosawa's Rashomon: A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films
by Paul AndererA groundbreaking investigation into the early life of the iconic Akira Kurosawa in connection to his most famous film—taking us deeper into Kurosawa and his world. Although he is a filmmaker of international renown, Kurosawa and the story of his formative years remain as enigmatic as his own Rashomon. Paul Anderer looks back at Kurosawa before he became famous, taking us into the turbulent world that made him. We encounter Tokyo, Kurosawa’s birthplace, which would be destroyed twice before his eyes; explore early twentieth-century Japan amid sweeping cross-cultural changes; and confront profound family tragedy alongside the horror of war. From these multiple angles we see how Kurosawa’s life and work speak to the epic narrative of modern Japan’s rise and fall. With fresh insights and vivid prose, Anderer engages the Great Earthquake of 1923, the dynamic energy that surged through Tokyo in its wake, and its impact on Kurosawa as a youth. When the city is destroyed again, in the fire-bombings of 1945, Anderer reveals how Kurosawa grappled with the trauma of war and its aftermath, and forged his artistic vision. Finally, he resurrects the specter and the voice of a gifted and troubled older brother—himself a star in the silent film industry—who took Kurosawa to see his first films, and who led a rebellious life until his desperate end. Bringing these formative forces into focus, Anderer looks beyond the aura of Kurosawa’s fame and leads us deeper into the tragedies and the challenges of his past. Kurosawa’s Rashomon uncovers how a film like Rashomon came to be, and why it endures to illuminate the shadows and the challenges of our present.
La cena dei ricordi
by Valerie Hockert Nicole StellaUna donna di mezza età ha recentemente perso il marito. Pensa che la propria vita sia ormai priva di significato e che lei sia inutile. Conserva dei ricordi in una scatola, quando le viene l'idea di organizzare una cena e di chiedere agli invitati di portare un oggetto che li aiuti a ricordare qualcosa--un fazzoletto, un gioiello, un piccolo strumento, un souvenir, un bottone, una locandina o qualsiasi altro articolo. L'idea è di far raccontare a ciascun invitato la storia dietro l'oggetto. Di certo non si aspetta che alcuni ospiti abbiano segreti così sorprendenti legati al proprio ricordo. Una vita precedente, un figlio perso, un incidente--molti provano tristezza di fronte al proprio oggetto, ma l'hanno comunque conservato per mantenere un contatto con la realtà. Dopo aver ascoltato tutte quelle storie tristi, la donna capisce che la sua vita non è poi così brutta e che il suo scopo, ora, è l'amicizia verso queste persone.
La Dénazification de Leni: L'incroyable histoire de Leni Riefenstahl dans l'Allemagne nazie
by Lázaro DroznesCette fiction dramatique recrée le procès de Leni Riefenstahl, mené par le comité de la dénazification alliée, afin de déterminer leur degré de responsabilité dans les crimes nazis dans le cadre de la campagne de dénazification menée dans l'Allemagne de l'après-guerre. Différentes scènes de ses documentaires sont utilisées comme preuve contre lui, affirmant qu'ils avaient été utilisés comme des outils de propagande du régime. Leni défend son indépendance et son autonomie en tant qu'artiste. Au cours du procès, la relation entre les artistes et le pouvoir, la nécessité de développer une carrière dans l’art qui ne dépend pas du pouvoir politique et la possibilité de créer un art de l’art lui-même apparaissent comme un thème. Un art qui se justifie.
La Giostra
by Antonio Morcillo LopezGro e Bru provano a scoprire durante una notte cosa è davvero successo loro nel momento precedente a quello. Qualcosa che non vogliono ricordare. Qualcosa di orribile che si sforzano di dimenticare. Attraverso giochi infantili e perversi, dialoghi, confronti e silenzi riveleranno la verità: lo stupro di una donna.
La Gloire: The Roman Empire of Corneille and Racine
by Louis AuchinclossA short but provocative book on the way these two playwrights deal with Rome.
La Gringa (English Version)
by Carmen RiveraComedy / 3m, 3f / Areas / La Gringa is about a young woman's search for her identity. María Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island and even majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once María is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of the Puerto Ricans on the island consider her an American - a gringa -- and María considers this a betrayal. If she's a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico - María concludes that she is nobody everywhere. Her uncle, Manolo, spiritually teaches her that identity isn't based on superficial and external definitions, but rather is an essence that she has had all along in her heart. This play is published in a bilingual edition, if you are applying for licensing rights please state which version (English or Spanish) you wish to produce.
La maison à la grande cheminée
by Giuseppina Valla InnocentiUne histoire émouvante sans être sentimentale. Plusieurs histoires de femmes aux parcours très différents mais toutes aussi fortes les unes que les autres. Une histoire familiale qui vous fera voyager entre l’Italie et la Belgique avec en toile de fond la tragédie de Marcinelle et le phénomène migratoire des années soixante-dix. Un style calme qui insuffle sérénité et force au lecteur : pour ceux qui le veulent, rien n'est impossible, surtout si ce sont les femmes qui le veulent.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre – A Lasting Bridge Between Cultures: The Dialogue with European Theater in the Years 1961–1975 (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
by Monica CristiniThis book focuses on the role of La MaMa Experimental Theatre within Avant-garde theater during the 1960s and 1970s. This study investigates the involvement of the Off-Off Broadway circuit in the Avant-garde experimentations both in the United States (New York specifically) and in Europe. This exploration shows the two-way influence – between Europe and the United States – testified by documents gathered in years of archival research. In this relevant artistic exchange, La MaMa (and Ellen Stewart as its founder and artistic director) emerges as a key element. La MaMa’s companies brought to Europe the American culture and the New York underground culture, while their members learnt European training techniques by attending workshops or taking part in the research of Eugenio Barba, Jerzy Grotowski, and Peter Brook, and brought their principles back to the United States. This book goes through a chronological path that presents some key cases of collaboration between the above-mentioned European masters and some La MaMa’s artists and companies: Tom O ’Horgan and La MaMa Repertory Troupe, the Open Theatre, Andrei Serban and The Great Jones Repertory Company, La MaMa Plexus. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theater and performance studies.
La Maschera dell'Inganno
by Paul ZunckelL'amore perfetto. La vita perfetta. Un futuro brillante davanti a loro, fino a quando il destino e un caso di scambio di identità non intervengono. Il mondo di Juliana viene messo sottosopra quando suo marito Paul viene brutalmente assassinato nell'oscurità di un vicolo di Venezia. Lei viene violentata e lasciata a morire mentre i suoni del Carnevale in maschera e le risate degli assassini riempiono l'aria. L'unica cosa che fa andare avanti Juliana sono i ricordi di un amore perfetto e il suo profondo desiderio di vendetta. Con l'aiuto del padre, gli assassini vengono rintracciati uno per uno e, nel giorno dell'anniversario della morte di Paul, con i suoni del Carnevale in sottofondo, gli assassini si trovano faccia a faccia con la maschera dell'inganno, a pagare il prezzo più alto per mano di una donna che è morta dentro. Con le parole del marito morto che le risuonano nelle orecchie: “Usa il coltello, amore mio, metti fine alle sofferenze dell'animale. Tagliale la gola”. Juliana si muove tra due mondi diversi. Uno pieno di amore, gioia e speranza per il futuro. L'altro pieno di dolore e di morte, mentre usa la lama nel suo cammino di vendetta e di sete di vendetta. “Ecco Paul, amore mio, ho mostrato pietà all'animale... Gli ho tagliato la gola”. Dallo sfondo del Carnevale di Venezia alla savana africana, il mondo che Paul amava, lei si muove come un angelo vendicatore dispensando il suo marchio di giustizia e versando il sangue degli uomini che le hanno rovinato la vita. Il suo appetito per la tortura non conosce limiti: ognuno di loro viene portato al limite prima di essere spedito all'inferno. Con la morte di ognuno di loro, per mano sua, la donna si avvicina alla fine. Tuttavia, ha oltrepassato il limite dalla sanità mentale, sfociando nella pazzia... Le uccisioni continueranno una volta che l'ultimo avrà mostrato pietà? Userà la lama per mostrare pietà all'animale, o
La Monaca Ebrea
by Lázaro Droznes Gilda LomonteSinossi Edith Stein fu una filosofa ebrea tedesca che si convertì al cattolicesimo e successivamente divenne monaca carmelitana. In occasione della rappresaglia per le proteste del clero olandese in merito al trattamento degli ebrei, fu deportata ad Auschwitz, uccisa, canonizzata dalla Chiesa Cattolica e infine dichiarata santa e compatrona d'Europa. Questo dramma di finzione, che si svolge ad Auschwitz, presenta la visita di un suo vecchio compagno dell'università, che la invita a collaborare alla creazione delle basi di una nuova dottrina religiosa funzionale al regime nazista.In seguito al suo rifiuto, viene inviata alla camera a gas e al forno crematorio. Edith Stein e la sua terribile parabola esistenziale riassumono le peculiarità essenziali della peggiore tragedia del XX secolo: il nazismo.
La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society
by Guillermo Gómez-Peña Saúl García-LópezLa Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society marks a transformation from its sister book, Exercises for Rebel Artists, into a pedagogical matrix suited for use as a performance handbook and conceptual tool for artists, activists, theorists, pedagogues, and trans-disciplinary border crossers of all stripes. Featuring a newly reworked outline of La Pocha Nostra's overall pedagogy, and how it has evolved in the time of Trump, cartel violence, and the politics of social media, this new handbook presents deeper explanations of the interdisciplinary pedagogical practices developed by the group that has been labeled "the most influential Latino/a performance troupe of the past ten years." Co-written by Guillermo Gómez-Peña in collaboration with La Pocha Nostra’s artistic co-director Saúl García-López and edited by Paloma Martinez-Cruz, this highly anticipated follow-up volume raises crucial questions in the new neo-nationalist era. Drawing on field experience from ten years of touring, the authors blend original methods with updated and revised exercises, providing new material for teachers, universities, radical artists, curators, producers, and students. This book features: Introductions by the authors and editor to Pocha Nostra practice in a post-democratic society. Theoretical, historical, poetic, and pedagogical contexts for the methodology. Suggestions for how to use the book in the classroom and many other scenarios. Detailed, hands-on exercises for using Pocha Nostra-inspired methods in workshops. A step-by-step guide to creating large-scale group performances. New, unpublished photos of the Pocha Nostra methods in practice. Additional texts by Reverend Billy and Savitri D., Dragonfly, Francesca Carol Rolla, VestAndPage, Micha Espinosa, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Praba Pilar, L. M. Bogad, Anuradha Vikram, and Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, among many others. The book is complemented by the new book Gómez-Peña Unplugged: Texts on Live Art, Social Practice and Imaginary Activism (2008–2019).
La Ronde
by Arthur SchnitzlerArthur Schnitzler, Translated by Eric Bentley Full Length, ComedyCharacters: 5 male, 5 female. By the author of the classic romantic romp The Loves of Anatol, Schnitzler's popular roundelay of love in old Vienna is told in ten interwoven scenes: two characters appear in each and one of these moves into the next. The soldier of the first scene leaves a prostitute to appear in the next scene with a parlor maid. The maid then departs to be with her wealthy employer. He, in turn, receives his mistress, a certain married lady. The next scene is reveals the married lady and her husband and then the husband meets a street girl at a private cafe. This girl and her poet lover, the poet and the actress, the actress and the count, and finally the count and the prostitute bring the evening full circle.
La Soeur juive
by Lázaro Droznes Quentin StoumontPièce de théâtre qui présente Edith Stein et son destin incroyable, résumé des caractéristiques essentielles de la plus grande tragédie du XXe siècle : le nazisme. Edith Stein est une philosophe allemande juive qui s'est convertie au catholicisme avant de rejoindre l'ordre des Carmélites. En réponse aux plaintes du clergé néerlandais au sujet du mauvais traitement accordé aux juifs, elle est envoyée à Auschwitz, où elle est assassinée. Elle est canonisée par l'Église catholique, avant d'être proclamée sainte et copatronne de l'Europe. À Auschwitz, elle reçoit la visite d'un ancien camarade de l'université qui lui demande sa collaboration pour jeter les bases théoriques d'une nouvelle religion adaptée au régime nazi. Cette fiction présente la progression du conflit entre deux visions du monde que rien ne pourrait jamais réconcilier.