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21. Programming Theater History

    The Actor's Workshop of San Francisco

    By Herbert Blau

    ‘One of the great stories of the American theater..., the Workshop not only built an international reputation with its daring choice of plays and nontraditional productions, it also helped launch a movement of regional, or resident, companies that would change forever how Americans thought about...

    Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
22. The Pleasures of the Imagination

    English Culture in the Eighteenth Century

    By John Brewer

    The Pleasures of the Imagination examines the birth and development of English "high culture" in the eighteenth century. It charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers, and presented to th public in...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
23. Baltic Musics/Baltic Musicologies

    The Landscape Since 1991

    Edited by Kevin C Karnes, Joachim Braun

    This volume is the first to bring together music scholars working on Baltic topics from throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East for the purpose of exploring the impact of Nazi and Soviet occupation (1940-91) and the restoration of republican independence upon the production of...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
24. Shakespeare, Jonson, and the Claims of the Performative

    By James Loxley, Mark Robson

    Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

    This book will constitute an original intervention into longstanding but insistently relevant debates around the significance of notions of ‘performativity’ to the critical analysis of early modern drama. In particular, the book aims to: show how the investigation of performativity can enable...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
25. Ideas for the Animated Short

    Finding and Building Stories, 2nd Edition

    By Karen Sullivan, Karen Sullivan, Kate Alexander, Kate Alexander, Aubry Mintz, Ellen Besen

    From demo reel creation to festival shorts, students and professionals alike are creating animated shorts that are dynamic and eye catching but the time constraints of these shorts are challenging in their own right. The unique format of the animated short of two to five minutes in length presents...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Focal Press
26. Audio Production Worktext

    Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment, 7th Edition

    By Samuel Sauls, Craig Stark

    Expanded to emphasize the impact media convergence has had on radio production, Audio Production Worktext, Seventh Edition provides a robust introduction to the modern radio production studio, the equipment found in that studio, and the basic techniques needed to accomplish radio production work,...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Focal Press
27. The Prop Building Guidebook

    For Theatre, Film, and TV

    By Eric Hart

    Theatre and film frequently require replicas of three-dimensional objects built for actors to use. This book lays the groundwork for an artisan to determine what materials and techniques to use to build these props. Walking the reader through the various tools and techniques used in historical and...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Focal Press
28. Draping Period Costumes: Classical Greek to Victorian

    (The Focal Press Costume Topics Series)

    By Sharon Sobel

    Draping Period Costumes provides you with the skill set you need to break away from two-dimensional patterns to drape three dimensional costumes. The basics of draping are explained in precise detail, followed by step-by-step draping projects from multiple historical periods. Packed with...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Focal Press
29. Perception and Imaging

    Photography--A Way of Seeing, 4th Edition

    By Richard D. Zakia

    When you look at an image, what do you see and feel? What do you want your audience to see and feel when they view your work? In today's digital age, it has become all too easy to randomly click away, without really focusing on what exactly it is that you are trying to capture in your shot. For...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Focal Press
30. Sound System Engineering

    4th Edition

    By Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, Pat Brown

    Long considered one of the key books on the well-informed audio engineer’s shelf, Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete, and concise tool for all those involved in designing, implementing, and testing sound reinforcement systems. This new fourth edition includes eight new chapters...

    Published March 7th 2013 by Focal Press