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Thinking Through Communication (6th Edition)Thinking Through Communication (6th Edition)
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The book got to me quickly and was brand new as promised. I was pleased overall with my transaction.
Communication: Embracing Difference (3rd Edition)Communication: Embracing Difference (3rd Edition)
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This third edition has continued its staple as a text that relates the student to the concepts....
Natural Speaker, The (7th Edition)Natural Speaker, The (7th Edition)
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The Natural Speaker is a concise, practical, inexpensive, student-friendly guide to public...
Communicating: A Social, Career, and Cultural Focus and MyCommunicationLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card Package (11th Edition)Communicating: A Social, Career, and Cultural Focus and MyCommunicationLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Package consists of:    0205624898 / 9780205624898 Communicating: A Social,...
Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Plus MySpeechLab Pegasus (17th Edition)Principles of Public Speaking, Books a la Carte Plus MySpeechLab Pegasus (17th Edition)
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MyCommunicationLab -- Standalone Access Card -- for Interpersonal Communication  (6th Edition)MyCommunicationLab -- Standalone Access Card -- for Interpersonal Communication (6th Edition)
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This access code card gives you access to all of MyCommunicationLab?s grade-boosting resources....
On Actors and the Art of ActingOn Actors and the Art of Acting
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Mr. Lewes book is a gem--he was a keenly-observant Victorian theater-goer whose detailed...
Toward a General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)Toward a General Theory of Acting: Cognitive Science and Performance (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)
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Toward a General Theory of Acting explores the actor?s art through the lens of Dynamic Systems...
Theatre and NationTheatre and Nation
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How has theatre engaged with the nation-state and helped to formulate national identities? What...
Racial Geometries of the Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific and American Theatre (Studies in International Performance)Racial Geometries of the Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific and American Theatre (Studies in International Performance)
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Drawing on original archival research, Racial Geometries... examines popular forms of...


Fishers of Men: Jesus' Early Ministry in Galilee in Words and MusicFishers of Men: Jesus' Early Ministry in Galilee in Words and MusicAutoCAD 2005 for Interior Design and Space Planning Using AutoCAD(R) 2005AutoCAD 2005 for Interior Design and Space Planning Using AutoCAD(R) 2005
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This book tells you what to put in the command line. If you know a bit of AutoCAD then it's...
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future KingMrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
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Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role...
Sex, psyche, etcetera in the film (Pelican books)Sex, psyche, etcetera in the film (Pelican books)
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Other People's Shoes: Thoughts on ActingOther People's Shoes: Thoughts on Acting

Voice Onstage and Off with Cassette(s)Voice Onstage and Off with Cassette(s)
Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and...
Cats: The Book of the MusicalCats: The Book of the Musical
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Even despite the closure of the Broadway production, you can still relive the experience and...
The Architecture of Chance: An Introduction to the Logic and Arithmetic of ProbabilityThe Architecture of Chance: An Introduction to the Logic and Arithmetic of Probability
Undergraduate textbooks for statistics courses in the behavioral, biological, and social...
Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to SondheimEnchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim
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The contents of this book are very thorough, complete, and factual. The subject is very...
The Death of James DeanThe Death of James Dean

Drama's Patrons: Study of the Eighteenth Century London AudienceDrama's Patrons: Study of the Eighteenth Century London Audience
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Munch's Ibsen: A Painter's Visions of a PlaywrightMunch's Ibsen: A Painter's Visions of a Playwright
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Drawing on a mass of printed and archival sources, including Munch's extensive unpublished...
On ActingOn Acting
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In this extraordinary and revealing book, the greatest actor of our century shares his innermost...
Liebe Hanya: Mary Wigman's Letters to Hanya Holm (Studies in Dance History)Liebe Hanya: Mary Wigman's Letters to Hanya Holm (Studies in Dance History)
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These vividly written letters document the lives of two remarkable women artists who were at the...
It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White WayIt Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way
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From the living memories of the people who created the magic of Broadway theater, It Happened...

A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin Studies in Film)A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin Studies in Film)
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The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for...
Before, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance WritingBefore, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance Writing
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Sally Banes has been a preeminent critic and scholar of American contemporary dance, and ...
Shakespeare's Stage (Yale Shakespeare)Shakespeare's Stage (Yale Shakespeare)"Nutcracker" Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World"Nutcracker" Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World
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"Nutcracker Nation" is a fascinating examination of a much-loved, much-performed, but...
The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian CinemaThe Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in Indian Cinema
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What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with...

It Came From the 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular AnxietiesIt Came From the 1950s!: Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties
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It Came From the 1950s is an eclectic, witty and insightful collection of essays predicated on...
Worlding Dance (Studies in International Performance)Worlding Dance (Studies in International Performance)
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What world has been constructed for dancing through the term 'world dance'? What kinds...
Digital Practices: Aesthetic and Neuroesthetic Approaches to Performance and TechnologyDigital Practices: Aesthetic and Neuroesthetic Approaches to Performance and Technology
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Digital Practices , now in paperback and with a new preface, offers a description of a range of...
Staging Age: The Performance of Age in Theatre, Dance, and FilmStaging Age: The Performance of Age in Theatre, Dance, and Film
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This groundbreaking text examines how artists on stage consciously perform age and aging. From...
Hollywood AndrogynyHollywood Androgyny
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This study reveals the surprisingly frequent instances of cross-dressing and transvestism that...

Astaire and RogersAstaire and Rogers
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When I first moved to New York City, there was a theatre in the West 80's (now demolished,...
Discovering Stage Lighting, Second EditionDiscovering Stage Lighting, Second Edition
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I can't for the life of me figure out why this book is so expensive. It is a workbook for...
Scenes for Women by WomenScenes for Women by Women
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This book of monologues is for those actors who wish to exachange pointless dialogue with one...
Museum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through DramaMuseum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through Drama
Best Price: $17.85
This unique new book will open people's eyes to the power of live theatre in museum settings...
The Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners and Nominees with a History of the American Theatre WingThe Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners and Nominees with a History of the American Theatre Wing
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The good stuff first. It is wonderful to have an updated version (up to and including the...

Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the CommunityApplied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Community
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Applied theatre is both a term and a movement that's gathering momentum. The movement...
Life Expectancies: Monologues That ChallengeLife Expectancies: Monologues That Challenge
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The average life expectancy is about 75 years. But there's another kind of life expectancy,...
The Solo Performer's Journey: From the Page to the StageThe Solo Performer's Journey: From the Page to the Stage
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Written and performed by : a credit that suggests the profound artistic commitment of the solo...
British Musical TheatreBritish Musical TheatreRalph Richardson: The Authorized BiographyRalph Richardson: The Authorized Biography
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Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated...

Actor at Work, The (8th Edition)Actor at Work, The (8th Edition)
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For over twenty years, Robert Benedetti's highly acclaimed The Actor at Work has offered...
Public Speaking: Strategies for Success (with Interactive Companion Website) (3rd Edition)Public Speaking: Strategies for Success (with Interactive Companion Website) (3rd Edition)
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At all stages of the public speaking process, readers learn how to develop and apply strategies...
Essential Elements of Public Speaking, The (2nd Edition)Essential Elements of Public Speaking, The (2nd Edition)
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Very politically correct, and thus helpful if you plan on speaking to a cross-cultural audience....
Family Communication: Theory and ResearchFamily Communication: Theory and Research
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Family Communication: Theories and Research combines the topical coverage of an overview text...
Essentials of Human Communication (with Study Card) (5th Edition) (Myspeechlab (Access Codes))Essentials of Human Communication (with Study Card) (5th Edition) (Myspeechlab (Access Codes))
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This best-selling text presents the fundamental skills of interpersonal, small group, and public...

Public Speaking: Strategies for Success,  Books a la Carte Plus MySpeechLab CourseCompass (4th Edition)Public Speaking: Strategies for Success, Books a la Carte Plus MySpeechLab CourseCompass (4th Edition)
"Public Speaking: Strategies for Success" proposes that at all stages of the public...
Successful Nonverbal Communication: Principles and Applications (4th Edition)Successful Nonverbal Communication: Principles and Applications (4th Edition)
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Successful Nonverbal Communication: Principles and Applications demonstrates how knowledge of...
Communication in SocietyCommunication in Society
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Communication in Society explores communication in a larger, social context. Alberts, Martin...
MyCommunicationLab CourseCompass with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Communication: The Basic Course  (11th Edition)MyCommunicationLab CourseCompass with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Communication: The Basic Course (11th Edition)
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MyCommunicationLab is an interactive online solution for Communication courses.  This site...
MySpeechLab CourseCompass with E-Book Student Access Code Card for Mastering Public Speaking (standalone) (6th Edition)MySpeechLab CourseCompass with E-Book Student Access Code Card for Mastering Public Speaking (standalone) (6th Edition)

The Automated Lighting Programmer's HandbookThe Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook
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Buying this book to expand my knowledge into this area, I found it a bit thin. It feels...
Stagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for Theatrical ProductionStagecraft Fundamentals: A Guide and Reference for Theatrical Production
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Full disclosure: I've known Rita for about ten years and consider her incredibly...
The Director's Idea: The Path to Great DirectingThe Director's Idea: The Path to Great Directing
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look for typos on (at least) pages 7 and 27 (McQ and The Lost Crusade, respectively), and also...
Illustrated Theatre Production Guide, Second EditionIllustrated Theatre Production Guide, Second Edition
Best Price: $22.99
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this? ) This...
Democracy at the Opera: Music, Theater, and Culture in New York City, 1815-60 (Music in American Life)Democracy at the Opera: Music, Theater, and Culture in New York City, 1815-60 (Music in American Life)
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Music exists as it is being heard. Looking more closely at who is hearing the music and how...

Dancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce CunninghamDancing Lives: Five Female Dancers from the Ballet d'Action to Merce Cunningham
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Working from the premise that dance history can be studied as it has been created in and through...
La Voz Latina: Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by LatinasLa Voz Latina: Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by Latinas
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Surveying the Latina theatre movement in the United States since the 1980s, La Voz Latina ...
The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSEThe Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE
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Let me preface this review by saying that it will center entirely on the using the book in a...
Empty Figure on an Empty Stage: The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and HisEmpty Figure on an Empty Stage: The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His
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Empty Figure on an Empty Stage The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His Generation Les Essif An...
Burton: The Man Behind the MythBurton: The Man Behind the Myth

Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie ShowStriptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show
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This book really started my serious fascination with Burlesque Striptease. It truly deserves...
To Broadway, To Life!: The Musical Theater of Bock and Harnick (Broadway Legacies)To Broadway, To Life!: The Musical Theater of Bock and Harnick (Broadway Legacies)
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Very curious about the rationale for letting this mixed bag get published as a final draft, and...
The Shaw Festival: The First Fifty YearsThe Shaw Festival: The First Fifty Years
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On a warm, humid night in June of 1962, four amateur actors sat on stools in the Court House of...
The Action of English Comedy: Studies in the Encounter of Abstraction and Experience from Shakespeare to ShawThe Action of English Comedy: Studies in the Encounter of Abstraction and Experience from Shakespeare to Shaw
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This text analyzes the works of varied writers in the comic tradition: Sheridan, Fielding,...
Italian Futurist Theatre, 1909-1944Italian Futurist Theatre, 1909-1944
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I can't say enough about how great I think this book is. It took me almost twelve hours of...

American Musical Theatre: A ChronicleAmerican Musical Theatre: A Chronicle
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Hailed as "absolutely the best reference book on its subject" by Newsweek, American...
Stage Management: A Guidebook of Practical TechniquesStage Management: A Guidebook of Practical Techniques
The "bible" in the field of stage management, this book is a practical examination of...
Conflict Management: A Communication Skills Approach (2nd Edition)Conflict Management: A Communication Skills Approach (2nd Edition)
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Conflicts surround us daily; we see it between countries, cities, and even neighbors. Often...
Public Speaking: Strategies for SuccessPublic Speaking: Strategies for Success
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At all stages of the public speaking process, readers learn how to develop and apply strategies...
Communication (8th Edition)Communication (8th Edition)
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".....The eighth edition of this book was written to aid you in communicating in an...

Straight-Acting: Popular Gay Dramatists from Wilde to Rattigan (Lesbian & gay studies)Straight-Acting: Popular Gay Dramatists from Wilde to Rattigan (Lesbian & gay studies)
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This text argues that, haunted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde as gay man, writer and self-invented...
Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin Solo (Critical Performances)Of All the Nerve: Deb Margolin Solo (Critical Performances)
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The "Critical Performance" series pairs a performance artist or playwright with a...
Inside American Ballet Theatre (A Da Capo paperback)Inside American Ballet Theatre (A Da Capo paperback)
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Nonfiction: fine arts dance
Sondheim & CompanySondheim & Company
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Buy the book!(No intended reference to "Ellen") Well written and infomative,...
Wicked women of the screenWicked women of the screen
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Wow! I was impressed with this book thinking it was just going to be pic's with short...

Stage Right: Crisis and Recovery in British Contemporary Mainstream TheatreStage Right: Crisis and Recovery in British Contemporary Mainstream Theatre
Stage Right is a refreshingly abrasive account of the state of British theatre since 1979,...
Gordon Craig's Moscow Hamlet: A Reconstruction (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)Gordon Craig's Moscow Hamlet: A Reconstruction (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
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The "Hamlet" that Edward Gordon Craig directed in tandem with Konstantin Stanislavsky...
Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts)Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts)
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If you are searching for a Biography of Tallulah Bankhead that centers on her specific talents...
Human Communication: The Basic Course (8th Edition)Human Communication: The Basic Course (8th Edition)
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althought this book gives off important info, it leaves us w/ a desire to want and know more....
Stage Directions Guide to Publicity (Stage Directions Guides)Stage Directions Guide to Publicity (Stage Directions Guides)
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The key to getting people into a regional or community theatre is getting the word out about it....

Scenes for Women by WomenScenes for Women by Women
Best Price: $3.98
This book of monologues is for those actors who wish to exachange pointless dialogue with one...
Museum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through DramaMuseum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through Drama
Best Price: $17.85
This unique new book will open people's eyes to the power of live theatre in museum settings...
The Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners and Nominees with a History of the American Theatre WingThe Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners and Nominees with a History of the American Theatre Wing
Best Price: $14.05
The good stuff first. It is wonderful to have an updated version (up to and including the...
Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the CommunityApplied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Community
Best Price: $15.00
Applied theatre is both a term and a movement that's gathering momentum. The movement...
Life Expectancies: Monologues That ChallengeLife Expectancies: Monologues That Challenge
Best Price: $5.91
The average life expectancy is about 75 years. But there's another kind of life expectancy,...

The Solo Performer's Journey: From the Page to the StageThe Solo Performer's Journey: From the Page to the Stage
Best Price: $11.64
Written and performed by : a credit that suggests the profound artistic commitment of the solo...
British Musical TheatreBritish Musical TheatreRalph Richardson: The Authorized BiographyRalph Richardson: The Authorized Biography
Best Price: $49.99
Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated...
  
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