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Sherlock Holmes on the Stage
| Author | : Amnon Kabatchnik |
| Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2008-06-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1461707226 |
One of the world's most well known fictional characters, Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887. The detective was featured in four novels and 56 short stories written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Within a decade of his creation Sherlock Holmes made his theatrical debut, first in a couple of obscure productions and soon in the celebrated play adapted by and starring William Gillette. Through the 20th century and beyond, the fictional detective featured in dozens of plays, not to mention radio programs, films, and television shows. In Sherlock Holmes on Stage, Amnon Kabatchnik cites the many theatrical appearances of the great detective since his debut in a one-act musical satire in November 1893. Divided into three sections, this book focuses on plays written or cowritten by Conan Doyle, one-act productions, and plays written by other authors—either adaptations of the novels and stories or original works. Within these sections, each entry is arranged in chronological order and provides a plot synopsis, production details, and other unique features. Some entries identify principal actors and provide biographical sketches of the playwrights, as well as those actors who made a lasting impression as the fictional sleuth. The book also includes several appendixes that focus on special productions, plays that feature variations of the Holmes character, and a list of acting editions.
Cyclopedia
| Author | : William Fotheringham |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2015-09-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1613734158 |
If it's on the bike, it's in the book. The world of cycling is one of death-defying feats and obscure mechanical oddities, heroics and geekiness in equal measure. In Cyclopedia, renowned two-wheel aficionado and acclaimed sports writer William Fotheringham delves deep into this world to unearth rare nuggets of amazing facts and enthrallling anecdotes. This essential book is an A-Z compendium of everything you could ever want to know about the bicycle, from the history of the Tour de France to Chris Hoy's dominance of the Beijing velodrome, from the origins of the quick-release system to the diet that powered Graeme Obree to the world hour record, from Lance Armstrong's rise and fall to the slang words used for performance-enhancing substances, from the literature of cycling to the perils of vicious dogs. Cyclopedia has all the equipment, the races, the chases, the faces, the places, the drugs, the sex, and the scandals to convert any amateur cyclist into a fully fledged bike expert.
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
| Author | : Kurt Gänzl |
| Publisher | : Macmillan Reference USA |
| Total Pages | : 826 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : |
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Shakespeare
| Author | : Bill Bryson |
| Publisher | : William Collins |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-04-13 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780008610043 |
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
The Second Stage
| Author | : Betty Friedan |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780674796553 |
Betty Friedan argues that once past the initial stages of describing and working against politcal and economic injustices, the women's movement should focus on working with men to remake private and public tasks and attitudes.
Before I Hit the Stage
| Author | : Paul Miles |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2015-03-17 |
| Genre | : Rock concerts |
| ISBN | : 9781478739739 |
Before I Hit the Stage: Backstage Rock'n'Roll Moments in New York City is a contemporary rock photography book of candid and insightful images from concert dressing rooms and hallways that captures rock'n'roll artists in the intimate moments before their performance. For some, it's about the calm before the musical storm - for others, it's all about building adrenaline and getting the party started! This hardcover coffee table book is the world's first to photographically document touring rock'n'roll bands backstage in one city during one year. Before I Hit the Stage takes readers behind the scenes as the rock stars get into their stage clothes, put their makeup on, warm-up their fingers and vocal chords, get loose and enjoy moments with their VIP guests before they rock one of the world's greatest cities. Before I Hit the Stage is a unique and compelling collection of pre-show rituals and backstage antics in New York City. It chronologically presents hundreds of images of over sixty rock bands and solo artists. Included is: Andrew W.K., Barb Wire Dolls, Cherie Currie (The Runaways), Chimaira, Clutch, Danko Jones, Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman), Dinosaur Jr., Drowning Pool, Ed Kowalczyk (Live), Faster Pussycat, Fear Factory, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Gunfire-n-Sodomy (feat. Don Jamieson from VH1's That Metal Show), Heaven's Basement, Huntress, Imperial State Electric, Jesse Malin (D Generation), Johnny Winter, Kid Congo Powers, L.A. Guns, Lacuna Coil, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Lita Ford, Local H, Mike Tramp (White Lion), Miss Guy (Toilet Boys), Mudhoney, Nashville Pussy, NOFX, Orianthi, P.O.D., Parkway Drive, Pentagram, Pisser, Red Fang, Reel Big Fish, Saigon Kick, Saxon, Smash Mouth, Soil, Soulfly, Sponge, Spread Eagle, Stryper, Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), Taproot, The Dandy Warhols, The Dictators NYC, The Dirty Pearls, The Jim Jones Revue, The Rockats, The Used, The Yardbirds, Tony Harnell (TNT) feat. Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses), Violent Femmes, Walter Lure (Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers), Wheatus, Zappa Plays Zappa, plus VIP guests Alice Cooper, Chris Jericho (Fozzy), and Debbie Harry (Blondie).
Beyond Scenography
| Author | : Rachel Hann |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 397 |
| Release | : 2018-08-06 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0429950985 |
Focused on the contemporary Anglophone adoption from the 1960s onwards, Beyond Scenography explores the porous state of contemporary theatre-making to argue a critical distinction between scenography (as a crafting of place orientation) and scenographics (that which orientate acts of worlding, of staging). With sections on installation art and gardening as well as marketing and placemaking, this book is an argument for what scenography does: how assemblages of scenographic traits orientate, situate, and shape staged events. Established stage orthodoxies are revisited - including the symbiosis of stage and scene and the aesthetic ideology of 'the scenic' - to propose how scenographics are formative to all staged events. Consequently, one of the conclusions of this book is that there is no theatre practice without scenography, no stages without scenographics. Beyond Scenography offers a manifesto for a renewed theory of scenographic practice for the student and professional theatrical designer.
