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Playing Commedia

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A Beginner's Guide to Directing Theatre

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Listening and Talking: A Pathway to Acting

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Making Hip Hop Theatre

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Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume

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Improvisation And The Theatre

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1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

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Theatre Craft: A Director’s Practical Companion from A to Z

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The Drama Workshop Leader: A Practical Guide to Delivering Great Sessions

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Playing by Ear: Reflections on Sound and Music

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Notes from the Rehearsal Room: A Director's Process

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Theatre and Prison

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A Practical Guide to Ensemble Devising

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Actor and the Camera

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Alive: An Alternative Anatomy

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Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose

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Theatre and Tourism

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Impro for Storytellers

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The Moment of Speech

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Bevan: Creator of the NHS

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Voice into Acting

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The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors

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A Beginner's Guide To Devising Theatre

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Pageboy: A Memoir: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

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Sustainable Theatre

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The Actor's Career Bible

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The Elemental Actor

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The Faber Pocket Guide: Musicals

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Dear England: The Real Story of the Three Lions Rebirth

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The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer

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Approaches to Actor Training: International Perspectives

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My Character Wouldn't Do That

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Staging Ancient Greek Plays

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So You Want To Be In Musicals?

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Shakespeare in the Theatre: The National Theatre, 1963–1975: Olivier and Hall

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The Commedia dell’Arte: Forms of Drama

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Pageant: Forms of Drama

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London Alleyways Map

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Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods

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Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare Quotes

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Pinter and Stoppard: A Director's View

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