theaters

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Shakespeare

man of the theater
1999
Presents the life of William Shakespeare, describing his early years, his development as a poet and playwright, and the historical context in which he lived and worked.

Shakespeare's theater

2000
Describes the theaters of Shakespeare's time and indicates the topics of theater at royal courts, how plays were staged, and early acting techniques.

Costumes and settings for staging historical plays

volume I, the Classical period
1979
Descriptive notes and illustrations show typical costumes and settings of the Classical period including Egyptian, Biblical, Babylonian, Persian, Assyrian, Hebrew, and Ancient Greek.

Shakespeare's theatre

1999
An account of the original Globe theater as well as its modern reconstruction.

Technical theater for nontechnical people

2004
A guide to technical theater for non-technical people involved in live performance such as actors and directors. Explains how to choose a space for a show, communicate with technical personnel, and stage manage a show.

Bram Stoker

a biography of the author of Dracula
1996
Biography of the author of "Dracula, " detailing his role as the manager of London's Lyceum Theatre, his cultivation of actor Henry Irving, and exploring the link between Stoker's life and his fiction.

Create your own stage sets

1985
A guide to making scenery for the stage; from basic design and construction to control of scenery.

The great cheese conspiracy

2001
Tired of gangster movies and a steady diet of candy wrappers, three theater mice decide to rob a cheese shop.

The Jewel and the key

2011
Sixteen-year-old Addie McNeal, transported back to 1917 Seattle on the eve of World War I by a mysterious antique mirror, is drawn to the grand Jewel Theater, which still exists in her own time, and must find a way to manipulate the strands of time to save the theater and her friends from destruction.

A deadly obsession

1997
Rashad accepts a job cleaning up the old Palace Theater to make money to buy a car, not realizing he is setting himself up as a sacrifice to a demented old actor who believes he has discovered a way to restore his youth.

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