Nation, Community, Self (Literature)
The Shaw Festival is the premier, world-class festival devoted to the performance of George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries. Since 1962, The Shaw Festival has established the standard for Shaw performances and the Festival now attracts a world wide audience. This book is a complete, updated and fully annotated record of each and every performance, performer, director, designer, etc., for every performance of the Festival. For anyone interested in the contemporary production of the Shaw plays...
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000-2010
by Peter Dendle
This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. The compendium serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor volume (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia McFarland 2011 [2001]), which covered movies from 1932 up until the late 1990s, but also as a fresh exploration of what uniquely defines the genre in the 2000s. In-depth entries provide critical analysis of the zombie as creatur...
This work covers Bronson''s entire output in film and on television, with plot synopses and critical responses to the work.'
In Only the Lonely (1991), Ally Sheedy appeases prospective mother-in-law Maureen OHara by going along to see the 1939 film How Green Was My Valley--starring Maureen OHara. Richard LaGravenese, slighted by critic Gene Siskel over his screenplay for The Fisher King (1991) wrote an unsavory character named Siskel into The Ref (1994). Movies and television shows often feature inside jokes. Sometimes there are characters named after crew members. Directors are often featured in cameo appearances--Al...
Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. The fabled island of Bali is known around the world for its amazing dance and musical spectacles! Balinese Dance, Drama & Music is a lavishly-illustrated field guide to the island's traditional performing arts, including gamelan music and elaborate dance, theatre, and shadow puppet performances frequently put on as part of temple celebrations. Perfect for visitors, students, or anyone with an interest in Balinese culture, thi...
Their Majesties' Servants or Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean; Actors, Authors, Audiences
by Doran
Jackie Chan is quite simply a movie legend, known around the world as the ultimate action hero. From his early, Hong Kong-produced hits, such as Drunken Master and Project A, to the more recent Hollywood blockbusters Rush Hour and Shanghal Noon, Jackie's action-packed fight sequences and breathtaking, death-defying stunts have won him millions of fans. Volume 2 of this best-selling official companion series contains more exclusive interviews with Chan and many of his co-stars and colleagues, sco...
This day-by-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1940 to December 31, 1949_the only work of its kind for the period_covers 53 major west-end theatres, thus dealing with all the big productions and names (Cocteau, Fry, Sartre, Hellman, Rattigan, Coward, Maugham, O'Casey, Shaw, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pirandello, Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, etc.), revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. Wearing lists 2,409 productions (over 143,000 performances)...
100 Essential Indian Films (National Cinemas)
by Rohit K. Dasgupta and Sangeeta Datta
Although the motion picture industry in India is one of the oldest and largest in the world—with literally thousands of productions released each year—films from that country have not been as well received as those from other countries. Known for their impressive musical numbers, melodramatic plots, and nationally beloved stars, Indian films have long been ignored by the West but are now at the forefront of cinema studies. With the prolific number of films available, it can be difficult to know...
Blank Sheet Music For Piano - Photo Cover
by Blank Sheet Music and Blank Sheet Music for Piano