"Polly Peachum"

Author: Charles E. Pearce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1913
Genre: Beggar's opera
ISBN:

Gay's Beggar's Opera

Gay's Beggar's Opera
Author: William Eben Schultz
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1923
Genre:
ISBN:

On Training and Performance

On Training and Performance
Author: Roberta Carreri
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2014-10-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317669401

"Outstanding ... a technical manual (for actors and directors), an historical document of importance, and a volume that is a delight to read." Ian Watson, Rutgers "An extremely valuable personal account of Roberta Carreri’s process as an actor." Alison Hodge, Artistic Director, The Quick and the Dead "An excellent book with a unique voice." Ben Spatz, University of Huddersfield Roberta Carreri is one of acclaimed theatre company Odin Teatret's longest-serving actors, and the last to be trained by Eugenio Barba himself. In this book, she relives the milestones of her professional journey, including: her first experiences of street theatre the discovery of Asian performance traditions pedagogical activities and character creation encounters with artists and spectators the inception of her solo performances, Judith and Salt Interwoven with rich photographic documentation and a wealth of biographical information, this inspiring handbook reveals the professional secrets of an Odin Teatret actor as well as the story of a life of work, research, and passion.

The Opera Lover's Companion

The Opera Lover's Companion
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780300123739

Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.

The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera
Author: Bertolt Brecht
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2022-02-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 135020529X

One of Bertolt Brecht's best-loved and most performed plays, The Threepenny Opera was first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin (now the home of the Berliner Ensemble). Based on the eighteenth-century The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, the play is a satire on the bourgeois society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. With Kurt Weill's music, which was one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce the jazz idiom into the theatre, it became a popular hit throughout the western world. This new edition is published here in John Willett and Ralph Manhein's classic translation with commentary and notes by Anja Hartl.