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Noel Coward Screenplays: In Which We Serve, Brief Encounter, The Astonished Heart Noel Coward 9781472568090
SciFier: $41.69This collection brings together three of Coward's most important screenplays - In Which We Serve (1942), Brief Encounter (1945) and The Astonished Heart (1950). The collection features the shooting... -
Alternative Comedy by Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK)
RRP: $41.69SciFier: $38.35In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it... -
Peter Pan: Or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up - A Fantasy in Five Acts J.M. Barrie 9780413735508
SciFier: $20.14Ever since Peter Pan flew in through Wendy Darling's nursery window and took her off to Never Land, Barrie's classic adventure story has thrilled and delighted generations of theatre-goers. J M... -
Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 1 Mark Edward (Edge Hill University, UK) 9781350082946
SciFier: $136.21In recent years drag performance has moved from the fringes to emerge as a mainstream phenomenon, showcased on TV shows in the US and the UK. This collection offers a diverse range of critical... -
The Lost Prince by Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK)
SciFier: $25.35The screenplay of Poliakoff's award-winning BBC drama about the forgotten son of King George V and Queen Mary The Lost Prince follows the life and times of Prince John, the forgotten youngest son of... -
Peter Brook: Threads of Time Peter Brook 9780413733009
SciFier: $38.91The theatre's greatest contemporary director tells the story of his life Peter Brook is the modern stage's greatest inventor. For over fifty years he has held audiences spellbound with his critically... -
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Henry Lewis (Playwright, UK) 9781350063082
RRP: $16.67SciFier: $15.28I'm really looking forward to robbing this bank! Mischief's smash-and-grab hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the West End! Summer... -
The Business Affairs of Mr Julius Caesar Bertolt Brecht 9781472582720
SciFier: $36.13Bertolt Brecht's extraordinary historical novel presents an aspiring scholar's efforts to write an idealized life of Julius Caesar twenty years after his death. But the historian abandons his... -
Screen Acting Skills: A Practical Handbook for Students and Tutors Mr Roger Wooster 9781350093041
SciFier: $115.36Whether you are a young actor seeking to land your first screen role or a workshop leader looking for relevant exercises that won't involve vast technical support, this book belongs on your shelf... -
Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia by Barnaby King
SciFier: $52.81Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns... -
The Long Good Friday by Barrie Keeffe (Playwright, UK)
SciFier: $25.35Barrie Keeffe's acclaimed screenplay for the classic film Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police... -
Maggie's Plan Rebecca Miller (Screenwriter, novelist and director, US) 9781350005822
RRP: $20.84SciFier: $20.31She's wonderful - she's just kind of destroying my life. Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a young single woman in Brooklyn who is determined to have a baby on her own through a surrogate. However, she... -
So You Want to be a Producer Lawrence Turman 9780413775849
SciFier: $31.96So You Want to Be a Producer is packed with information and advice from top Hollywood producers, writers and directors and is a must-read for anyone interested in what it really takes to get a film... -
Performing Live Comedy by Dr. Chris Ritchie
SciFier: $37.52Performing Live Comedy is for anyone who has ever thought about getting up onstage and being funny or for those who have already started. It offers a breakdown of the process of live comedy and... -
Perfect Strangers by Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK)
SciFier: $25.35The script of BBC's major 3-part drama for Spring 2001, starring Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Lyndsey Duncan and Toby Stephens If you take any family and get them together, and get them to stay up... -
Screen Language by Cherry Potter
SciFier: $34.04By the former Head of Script at the National Film & Television School, this is a key text for anyone interested in film.In this invaluable and fascinating insight into the way the elements of a film... -
Dancing on the Edge Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK) 9781408185599
RRP: $31.96SciFier: $25.35Set in a time of immense change, Dancing on the Edge tells the story of a black jazz group, the Louis Lester Band, as they rise to fame, entertaining guests at exclusive high society gatherings in... -
The Golden Age of Pantomime: Slapstick, Spectacle and Subversion in Victorian England Jeffrey Richards (Lancaster University, UK) 9781350182363
SciFier: $51.42Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century. It remains as true today as it was in the 1830s,... -
Story of the Scene: The Inside Scoop on Famous Moments in Film Roger Clarke 9781408109878
SciFier: $7.81"A vital weapon in the battle against the rising tide of disinformation and a cracking good read" Jonathan Ross Story of the Scene gives the inside scoop on 80 famous moments in film, from legends to... -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen Chris Head 9781350155756
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $27.81This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form... -
Peter Pan Goes Wrong Henry Lewis 9781474291651
SciFier: $19.08Tonight Neverland is fleshed out with plenty of plant life, certainly bettering 2011's production of Jack and the Bean-Cactus. So, with no further ado, please put your hands together for J.M... -
Wood Plays:1 by Victoria Wood
SciFier: $30.57For the first time, a collection of Britain's top comedy performer's plays and TV scripts in one volume This volume includes the Evening Standard award-winning play Talent 'Very funny - at times, too... -
Screen Acting Skills: A Practical Handbook for Students and Tutors Mr Roger Wooster 9781350093034
SciFier: $34.74Whether you are a young actor seeking to land your first screen role or a workshop leader looking for relevant exercises that won't involve vast technical support, this book belongs on your shelf... -
Citizen Kane by Orson Welles
RRP: $22.23SciFier: $22.17The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films "A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming This is the complete companion... -
Screen Adaptations: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Dr. Deborah Cartmell (De Montfort University, UK)
SciFier: $34.74The study of literature on screen is a growing area of study in schools and universities. Many students have to produce critical essays comparing the novel and film versions of a particular text. The... -
Persuasion: Screenplay Jane Austen 9780413711700
SciFier: $25.35Winner of the 1996 BAFTA for Best Single Drama Jane Austen's classic novel is the story of Anne Elliot. Engaged eight years previously to a young navel officer, Frederick Wentworth, she allowed... -
Screen Adaptations: Great Expectations by Brian McFarlane
SciFier: $34.74A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations. Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on... -
X Alistair McDowall 9781350088443
RRP: $16.67SciFier: $15.83"McDowall masterfully plants ideas that grow until they explode into extraordinary shapes. Filthy humour breaks down into a cracked algorithm of letters and loss ... a play that will gnaw away at... -
Slingblade Billy Bob Thornton 9780413723000
SciFier: $25.35Sling Blade won the 1997 Academy Award for best original screenplay Karl has just been released from an asylum some twenty-five years after he committed a gruesome murder, returns to the town of his... -
Sherman Plays: 1 by Martin Sherman
SciFier: $34.04The first collection by a seminal contemporary gay playwright BENT (1979): "A heroic myth ...It has the laughter which Yeats asserted lay at the heart of tragedy." (Listener) "It is ...a play of... -
Alternative Comedy by Oliver Double
SciFier: $136.21In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it... -
Becky Shaw by Ms Gina Gionfriddo
RRP: $15.28SciFier: $13.89"A tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30s ... as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage... -
The Gambler by F.M. Dostoevsky
SciFier: $25.35The film script for a major film from Channel Four Films and Canal+ Image International, from director Karoly Makk and producer Marc Vlessing. Starring Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker,... -
The Producers by Tim Adler
SciFier: $34.04An insightful, anecdote-filled history of the film industry, and an examination of the role of the men or women whose job it is to deliver a dramatic and commercial success. Tim Adler introduces us... -
Screen Adaptations: The Tempest: A close study of the relationship between text and film Professor Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 9780713679106
SciFier: $38.91Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Focussing on... -
The Business Affairs of Mr Julius Caesar Bertolt Brecht 9781472582737
SciFier: $122.31Bertolt Brecht's extraordinary historical novel presents an aspiring scholar's efforts to write an idealized life of Julius Caesar twenty years after his death. But the historian abandons his... -
Why Stand-up Matters: How Comedians Manipulate and Influence Sophie Quirk (University of Kent, UK,) 9781472578938
SciFier: $136.21Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture. ... -
Get the Job in the Entertainment Industry: A Practical Guide for Designers, Technicians, and Stage Managers Kristina Tollefson (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) 9781350103788
SciFier: $45.12Looking for a job in the theatre and entertainment industry can be daunting, especially when you are newly entering the work market. How do you take the skills and experience acquired through study... -
Production Management for TV and Film by Linda Stradling
SciFier: $48.64"What Linda Stradling doesn't know about production management isn't worth knowing" The Documentary Filmmakers GroupPlaying a key role in helping producers to interpret and realise the directors'... -
Edmond David Mamet 9780413773692
SciFier: $20.14The first single-volume edition of this stunning early Mamet play You know how much of our life we're alive, you and me? Nothing. Two minutes out of the year. When we meet someone new, when we get...