Reveals the relationships between Arthur Miller's life and his work, from the early, autobiographical plays to his personal and political references in After the Fall. All his work is discussed, from tentative idea to completed production.Faber and Faber, 2005; 486 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 20,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
At This Theatre tells the complete history of Broadway in the 20th century, theatre by theatre. Louis Botto opens the doors and lets readers explore the 40 active Broadway theatres in New York. In this updated edition, Botto includes the histories of all the theatres saved from the wrecker in the last 10 years. Filled with great stories featuring a cast of characters including Ethel Merman, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey and Humphrey Bogard.Applause Books, 2002; 359 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 52 %
This production history of The Mother provides substantial new insights into Bertolt Brecht's theatre and drama, his impact on political theatre and the relationship between text, performance, and politico-cultural context.Oxford, 2006; 261 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 92,50 Voor/Our Price € 19,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 78 %
Brecht at the Opera looks at the German playwright's lifelong ambivalent engagement with opera. An ardent opera lover in his youth, Brecht later denounced the genre as decadent and irrelevant to modern society even as he continued to work on opera projects throughout his career.Univ. of California, 2008; 282 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 72 %
Poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, artist, illustrator and film producer, Jean Cocteau made art an integral part of his intensely creative life. In this personal view, Mauries concentrates on important and unusual aspects of Cocteau's life and work, considering the genius of place he exhibited throughout his life, the strange and mythical world he created and the enchantment that lies at the heart of each of his creations.Thames and Hudson; 79 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 22,50 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Baron Adolf de Meyer's 33 photographs of Nijinsky's first choreographic work, L'Apres-midi d'un Faune, are important both as a detailed visual record of the initial production, and as an accomplishment in photography. The photographs were taken at the time of the ballet's premiere for a limited edition album published in Paris at the outbreak of WWI.Dance Books; 130 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 18,00 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Long recognized as America's most brilliant jazz writer, Gary Giddins has also produced a wide range of stimulating and original cultural criticism in other fields. These collected essays are written with insight, humor, and a famously deft touch on such diverse subjects as Fellini and Jean Renoir, Norman Mailer and Ralph Ellison, Marlon Brando and Groucho Marx, Duke Ellington and Bob Dylan, and more.Oxford, 2008; 410 pp.; EN; index; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Paul Robeson was an all-round athlete, a law school graduate, a political activist, and a singer and actor. Foner has brought together a stirring collection of Robeson's speeches and writings, as well as interviews, newpaper reports and photographs.Citadel Press, 2002; 623 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,80Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Fred Astaire defined elegance on the dance floor, and with a succession of elegant dance partners -Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland a.o.- he created an indelible image of the international bon vivant. Levinson looks at the entirety of Astaire's career, from vaudeville to Broadway to Hollywood to television. For Puttin' On the Ritz, Levinson interviewed more than 200 people who worked closely with Fred Astaire.St. Martin's, 2009; 477 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 32,50 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
De legendarische Rus Sergej Diaghilev, 1872-1929, oprichter van de vermaarde Ballets Russes in 1909, behoort tot de invloedrijkste artistieke pioniers van de 20e eeuw. Een uitzonderlijk gedocumenteerde, rijk geschakeerde biografie. Bert Bakker, 2010; 638 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; pbpb € 19,95
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