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| Author | : Adrienne Kennedy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : American drama |
| ISBN | : |
The Alexander Plays consists of four pieces that are, like all of Kennedy's works, complex, intense, and experimental. They revolve loosely around a writer named Suzanne Alexander. In She Talks to Beethoven (previously published in Antaeus in 1991), Alexander has a discussion with Beethoven. In The Ohio State Murders , when asked why her works are so violent, Alexander tells a chilling story about the murder of one of her twin daughters. The Film Club (a monolog) and The Dramatic Circle (a radio play) concern Suzanne's anxiety while awaiting the release of her husband, who has been imprisoned in Ghana. Village Voice writer Alisa Solomon provides a perceptive foreword to the plays. Bryant-Jackson and Overbeck's fine collection will help in appreciating Kennedy's work. The volume is divided into four sections. The first, largely biographical, includes an interview with the playwright. The second discusses Kennedy's work in light of such traditions as transcendentalism, German Expressionism, and African American women's literature. The third, on critical interpretations, is likely the most significant section. Articles by Kimberly Benston on the importance of race in Kennedy's plays are especially illuminating. The final section is a series of interviews with people involved in the production of Kennedy's plays. The book includes good primary and secondary bibliographies. These two volumes will help secure Kennedy's rightful place as a major figure in American literature. Essential for all libraries interested in contemporary drama.
| Author | : Kelly McEvenue |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2016-01-14 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1474279120 |
This practical book with illustrations links Alexander technique to acting, dancing and singing by the trainer of performers on The Lion King The Alexander Technique is a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension and strain throughout the body. It promotes a beneficial use of movement that is stress-free by learning to free-up the body. It teaches an individual to use their body efficiently in order to avoid damage or loss of control. Kelly McEvenue has been teaching the Alexander Technique to performers for nearly twenty years and is a world expert on the system. In this book she draws on her considerable experience and sets up a series of set-by-step warm-ups and exercises that anybody can follow. The exercises are linked to accurate anatomical drawings, showing where stress is most pronounced in the body. The Foreword is by Patsy Rodenburg, Head of Voice for the Royal National Theatre and author of Methuen titles The Right to Speak and The Actor Speaks.
| Author | : Alexander McCall Smith |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2013-10-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307948501 |
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 7 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother. If you haven’t met the residents of 44 Scotland Street yet, there is no better time, since everyone seems to be in the midst of new beginnings. New parents Matthew and Elspeth must muddle through the difficulties of raising their triplets Rognvald, Tobermory and Fegus—there's normal sleep deprivation, and then there's trying to tell the children apart from one another. Angus and Domenica are newly engaged, and now they must negotiate the complex merger of two households. Domenica is also forced to deal with the return of an old flame, while Big Lou has begun the search for a new one, boldly exploring the new world of online dating and coming up with an Elvis impersonator on the first try. And in Bertie’s family, there's a shift in power as his father Stuart starts to stand up to overbearing mother, Irene—and then there’s Bertie, who has been thinking that he might want to start over with a new family and so puts himself up for adoption on eBay. With his signature charm and gentle wit Alexander McCall Smith vividly portrays the lives of Edinburgh’s most unique and beloved characters.
| Author | : Alexander Ostrovsky |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 445 |
| Release | : 2014-02-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1468309285 |
Contemporary of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy and precursor to Chekhov, he was a keen sociological observer, often exposing abuses of power, landing him in trouble with the censors again and again. He wrote 47 original plays and began the tradition of acting today associated with Stanislavsky. Ostrovsky’s plays were written with performance in mind and with a masterful use of colloquial language. To this day they are a much-performed part of the Russian repertory. Â This volume collects four of Ostrovsky’s key plays, each from a different decade—A Profitable Position, An Ardent Heart, Without a Dowry, and Talents and Admirers, and is rounded out by the translator’s introduction, an afterword for each play, an extensive bibliography, and complete list of Ostrovsky’s works.
| Author | : Phillip Telfer |
| Publisher | : Elm Hill |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2019-12-17 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1400328292 |
Can a hardcore gamer survive a real-world crisis? Seventeen-year-old Alex Brooks is obsessed with becoming an e-athlete. What teen wouldn’t want to make a million dollars playing video games professionally? Especially if you’ve got a real shot at it like Alex. His mom, a television producer in Hollywood, casts her son in a reality show about young gaming hopefuls seeking fame and fortune. This gives him great exposure in the industry. On top of that, His dad owns an up-and-coming tech business that is about to launch a revolutionary product. Life couldn’t be better--or could it? Truth be told, Alex doesn’t need to go pro as bad as he needs to grow up, and what teen really wants to do that? He’s popular with other gamers but his over-inflated ego makes him obnoxious to almost everyone else. He hides a deep secret--the cavernous void in his life that nothing seems to fill. He thrives on a false sense of accomplishment but is haunted by an inescapable sense of loneliness. He has lived in the shadow of his dad’s relentless pursuit of building a tech empire while watching him fail to keep his family from falling apart. What will it take for Alex to gain a new perspective on what it means to become a man and what it takes to be a hero? Everything changes when Alex goes missing. He must face a life or death struggle in a foreign culture that doesn’t have a power grid. Man or computer mouse? His digital world didn’t prepare him for the challenges that are about to confront him. Alex is not ready to rescue anyone, he needs to be rescued. For those who really know Alexander, why would anyone want to save him? This coming-of-age story follows Alex as he is forced to grow up the hard way through extraordinary circumstances, which cause him to re-evaluate what’s important in life, his need for God, and the positive influence of older mentors. Adventure, danger, romance, survival, despair and Providence are the ingredients that help remake his life.
| Author | : Delfina Aguilar |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2019-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781916167902 |
| Author | : Cathy Madden |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : MEDICAL |
| ISBN | : 9781783202195 |
"An educational method used to improve performance, the Alexander Technique teaches people to replace unnecessary muscular and mental effort with consciously coordinated responses, maximizing effectiveness while also relieving, if necessary, any chronic stiffness or stress ... [The book] addresses common concerns, such as concentration, relaxation, discipline-specific techniques, warm-ups, performer/audience relationships, stage fright and critical responses ... in the application of the techniques."--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Vivien Mackie |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Alexander technique |
| ISBN | : 9781425708702 |
"Just Play Naturally" by Vivien Mackie, in conversation with Joe Armstrong, goes very deep into the creative process by recounting the steps by which Pablo Casals taught Mackie, as a young woman, to go beyond all her formal training in order to become a real musician, and it goes on to show how an artist, in this case a performing artist, may continue going deeper all the rest of her life. 'The dialogue between Vivien the cellist and Joe the flautist, both of whom are skilled an devoted teachers of the Alexander Technique, cold profit any practitioner of the arts, but it penetrates beyond art into life itself. 'This book illustrates the evolution of a sense of rhythm, of a connection to the breath, of the ways in which the self combines the resources of the mind and the body, of motion and stillness, of pitch and meter. Even more than the above, this book tells how to change your life, how to get in touch with the reality beneath learned experience.' Peter Davison, Poet, Editor 'I find Just Play Naturally' extraordinary moving - and important account of artistic discipleship, dedication, communion - as well as a deepening revelation of the Alexander Technique.' Rosanna Warren, Poet, Professor of Comparative Literature, Boston University 'I think that this is a most valuable addition to the list of books concerning the F. Matthias Alexander Technique. It describes the experiences encountered by an accomplished musician in making practical application of the Technique, but it also reveals the extent to which one of the greatest musical artists of our time, Pablo Casals, thought and worked in accordance with the similar principles. Readers will learn much from this book about an approachto study and performance from which all students could benefit.' W.H.M. Carringon, Master Teacher of the Alexander Technique, London
| Author | : Daniel Alexander Jones |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2021-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781732545243 |
A collected volume from an acclaimed writer and performer whose work has roots in the Black American and Queer Performance traditions, and explores ideas of the Afromystical.
| Author | : Christopher Innes |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 437 |
| Release | : 2013-12-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1408134810 |
Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright's work; · a survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays; · a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and critical reception; · a bibliography of published plays and a select list of critical works. Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute. The abundance of work analysed enables fresh, illuminating conclusions to be drawn about the development of contemporary American playwriting.
