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Brutal London: A Photographic Exploration of Post-War London

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Careful the Spell You Cast: How Stephen Sondheim Extended the Range of the American Musical

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Keeping It Active: A Practical Guide to Rhetoric in Performance

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Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre

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The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen

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Immersive Theatres: Intimacy and Immediacy in Contemporary Performance

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Finding Your Voice

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Handbook of Acting Techniques

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 6: Littlewood, Strehler, Planchon

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How to Direct Shakespeare

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200 Themes for Devising Theatre with 11-18 Year Olds: A Drama Teacher's Resource Book

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 5: Grotowski, Brook, Barba

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Theatre and Sexuality

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 4: Reinhardt, Jessner, Barker

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SIGNED Acting: A Backstage Guide

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 2: Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht

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Speaking Shakespeare

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Teaching Voice: Workshops for Young Performers

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Getting, Keeping & Working With Your Acting Agent

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 3: Copeau, Komisarjevsky, Guthrie

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The Improviser's Way

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Drama Games For Exploring Shakespeare

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Theatre and Festivals

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 1: Antoine, Stanislavski, Saint-Denis

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Theatre and Empire

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Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare

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An Actor Prepares

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The Drama Teacher's Survival Guide

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Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

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The Playwirght's Journey

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Exploring Shakespeare

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Theatre and The City

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Movement Training For Actors

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Theatre and the Rural

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Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Acting

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Alexander Technique For Actors

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Learning Your Lines

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Getting Into Drama School

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The Great European Stage Directors Volume 7: Barrault, Mnouchkine, Stein

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SIGNED Centre Stage: Lessons from Actors on the Art of Charisma

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Theatre and Politics

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A Working Diary

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Shakespeare's Words

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Free for All: Why the NHS is Worth Saving

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The Dyslexic Actor's Toolkit: Strategies for Success in Your Craft and Career

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