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A bible for all teachers, actors and improvisors. It is a practical, hands-on feast of ideas, exercises and scene-work. Improvisation processes ignite spontaneity, develop lateral thinking, encourage team work and release the potential artist. The results are tangible.

A source of drama ideas from the directors of the Anna Scher Children's Theatre, Islington.

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A Man for All Seasons dramatises the conflict between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More. It depicts the confrontation between church and state, theology and politics, absolute power and individual freedom. Throughout the play Sir Thomas More's eloquence and endurance, his purity, saintliness and tenacity in the face of ever-growing threats to his beliefs and family, earn him status as one of modern drama's greatest tragic heroes. The play was first staged in 1960 at the Globe Theatre in London and was voted New York's Best Forei... read more

When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever". The award-winning, now classic drama about a working-class African-American family on the South Side of Chicago--their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations.

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family.

Tennessee Williams's sensuous, atmospheric plays transformed the American stage with their passion, exoticism and vibrant characters who rage against their personal demons and the modern world. This collection includes a number of William's plays, including "A Streetcar Named Desire".

This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4.

"A View From the Bridge" features Eddie, an illiterate longshoreman. His progress towards self discovery and fall is detailed in this drama. The second play, "All My Sons", is a merciless exposure of wartime profiteering and the capitalist ethic.

Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. In Belfast they are supposed to be enemies - so what chance do they have when they fall in love? This title offers new, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to fulfill the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts, and act as a springboard for personal writing.

Do you know a teen that's been bitten by the acting bug? Here's just the book they need! "Acting for Young Actors", aimed at teens and tweens, lets kids hone their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W's: Who am I? What do I want? Why do I want it? Where am I? When does this event take place? Sounds basic - but many young child actors are told simply to "get up there and act." This book explores each of these questions, using helpful exercises to allow young actors to work through problems of character identity ... read more

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The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this play an inspector interrupts a party to investigate a girl's suicide, and implicates each of the party-makers in her death.

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Finding good, interesting audition pieces is a demanding and difficult process. This revised edition contains over 40 speeches and includes a wide selection of pieces taken from plays written or produced recently, such as "Nathan the Wise", "All the Ordinary Angels", "The Woman Before" (first performed at the Royal Court in 2005), "Oleana", ("David Mamet"), "Pygmalion" and "New Boy". There are speeches for a variety of accents and ages, taken from both classical and modern plays, to suit all audition requirements. There is also an ... read more

Once upon a time, two children wander too far from home. They meet a colourful caravanserai of colonial pantomimics and are caught up in the hysterical performance of truculent and disreputable tales - tales to give a nation nightmares.

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A book for use in English, Drama and History, containing a play based on the origins of the old Fairlop Oak fair in Essex and a variety of support material. There are a number of assignments suitable for GCSE/Standard Grade and the book is designed for use in the classroom or individual study.

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A book for use in English, Drama and History, containing a play based on an incident in Irish history and a variety of support material. There are a number of assignments suitable for GCSE/Standard Grade, and the book is designed both for use in the classroom and for individual study.