Shakespeare's House - A Window onto His Life and Legacy by Richard Schoch
50.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquially as the 'Birthplace' - remains the chief shrine. It's not as romantic as Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage, it's not where he wrote any of his plays, and there's nothi ...Show more
Jedda by Jane Mills
16.99 AUD
Category: Film | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Filmed in 1955, Jedda was the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in lead roles, the first to be filmed in colour and the first to be shown at the Cannes film festival. It tells the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe, adopted by a white woman, Sarah McCann, as ...Show more
New Australian Cinema by McFarlane, Brian, Mayer, Geoff
50.00 AUD
Category: Film
The institutions and products of the Australian film industry have been extensively surveyed, yet few analyses consider the sources of the film revival that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. This book represents a body of thinking about Australian cinema that asks where the origins of films lie. The bo ...Show more
Commedia Oz by Steve Gration
19.99 AUD
Category: Theatre
"Commedia Oz" is designed to assist the interpretation and playing of Commedia in an Australian context and is a training manual for teachers, students, actors and directors. The chapters cover the history and influence of Commedia; suggestions for modern interpretations; activities and exercises; the r ...Show more
Shakespeare's Lost Play by Doran, Gregory
31.99 AUD
Category: Theatre
Gregory Doran’s account of his quest to re-discover Cardenio, the lost play written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher. A thrilling act of literary detection that takes him from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, via Cervantes’ Spain to the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. Fully illustra ...Show more
Tip of the Tongue by Peter Brook
24.99 AUD
Category: Theatre
In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we can appreciate the works of Shakespeare. Brook also revisits his seminal concept of the 'empty space', considering how t ...Show more
The Quality of Mercy: Reflections on Shakespeare by Peter Brook, Etc
23.99 AUD
Category: Theatre
In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics. In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors sho ...Show more
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Larissa Behrendt
16.99 AUD
Category: Film | Series: Australian Screen Classics S.
Three Aboriginal girls have been forcibly removed from their outback families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants, as part of official government policy. They escape and begin a 1500-mile journey home using a rabbit-proof fence as a guide, with authorities chasing them all the way. Adapted fro m ...Show more