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The Business Affairs of Mr Julius Caesar Bertolt Brecht 9781472582720
SciFier: £25.59Bertolt 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... -
Clown: The Physical Comedian Joe Dieffenbacher (Independent scholar, UK) 9781350143098
SciFier: £92.99Clown: The Physical Comedian is a detailed and comprehensive workbook for those interested in the art of clowning and physical theatre, including actors, directors, improvisers, stand-up comedians,... -
Screen Acting Skills: A Practical Handbook for Students and Tutors Mr Roger Wooster 9781350093041
SciFier: £82.99Whether 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: £37.99Contemporary 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: £18.24Barrie 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: £14.99SciFier: £14.61She'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... -
Alternative Comedy by Oliver Double (University of Kent, UK)
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £27.59In 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... -
Maverick Screenwriting by Josh Golding
SciFier: £24.99Every film development executive says they're looking for original stories. Maverick Screenwriting will teach you how to play with advanced narrative techniques - time, logic and reality - that... -
The Acid House Irvine Welsh 9780413724205
SciFier: £18.24Nominated for a BAFTA award. From the author of Trainspotting, an adaptation of another of his best-selling works - a collection of short stories - The Acid House Trilogy The Acid House Trilogy is... -
Screen Language by Cherry Potter
SciFier: £24.49By 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... -
Shooting The Past by Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK)
SciFier: £18.24A series of three-hour-long linked plays for BBC2 plus two shorter plays Oswald and Marilyn, played by Timothy Spall and Lindsay Duncan, are the custodians of the collection of 10 million black and... -
Trojan Eddie: A Screen Play Billy Roche 9780413718006
SciFier: £22.49A major release from Initial films for Channel Four starring Stephen Rea and Richard Harris. Award-winning writer Billy Roche and director Gillies Mackinnon create a strange compelling world on the... -
Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey
SciFier: £18.24Premiered at the Bush theatre in 1993 Beautiful Thing was released as a feature film by Channel Four films in 1996 directed by Hettie Macdonald and featuring Meera Syal Beautiful Thing explores... -
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Wingman and Skittles Richard Marsh 9781474222006 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £2.04Dad wasn't angry. As I started to cry. He hugged me. He calmed me. And he taught me to lie. Wingman is a new father-son comedy from Fringe-First winner Richard Marsh. Mum's dead. Annoyingly,... -
The English Patient by Anthony Minghella
SciFier: £18.24From the novel by Michael Ondaatje Anthony Minghella's screenplay is a gripping adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning story of love, betrayal and loss set against a background of war,... -
The Lost Prince by Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK)
SciFier: £18.24The 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... -
Joe's Palace' and 'Capturing Mary' Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK) 9780713688115
SciFier: £27.99Two major new screenplays by the award-winning Stephen Poliakoff made for the BBC and HBO Films and due to be broadcast in November 2007. A stellar cast led by Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith... -
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Henry Lewis (Playwright, UK) 9781350063082
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £10.99I'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... -
A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up by Chris Head (Bath Spa University, UK)
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £22.45Stand-up: it's the ultimate solo art form. Yet, behind the scenes, you will increasingly find the shadowy figure of a director. For comics themselves and for those who support them, this is the first... -
Popular Performance Adam Ainsworth (Kingston University, London, UK) 9781350089686
SciFier: £37.99There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause... -
Twelfth Night by Trevor Nunn
SciFier: £18.24Shakespeare's comic, romantic tale of loss and love, disguise and gender takes on haunting, autumnal tones Trevor Nunn's screenplay together with an extensive introduction and production stills was... -
Noel Coward Screenplays: In Which We Serve, Brief Encounter, The Astonished Heart Noel Coward 9781472568090
SciFier: £29.99This 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... -
The Misfits by Arthur Miller
SciFier: £16.49Discover the cinema-novelization of Arthur Miller's 1961 American western film, The Misfits, which was directed by John Huston and went on to be one of the most popular cult films of the 1960s. A... -
Performing Live Comedy by Dr. Chris Ritchie
SciFier: £26.99Performing 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... -
Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen Chris Head 9781350155763
SciFier: £77.99This 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... -
The Truth by Sir Terry Pratchett
SciFier: £14.89A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels There's been a murder. Allegedly. William de Worde is the Discworld's first investigative journalist. He didn't mean to be - it was... -
Perfect Strangers by Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK)
SciFier: £18.24The 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... -
The Complete Beyond the Fringe by Alan Bennett
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £9.10Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780413773685Author Alan BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint -
The Krays by Philip Ridley
SciFier: £56.19Winner of the 1990 Evening Standard Film Award for Best Film Post-war East End London. Ronnie and Reggie Kray are school ground bullies brought up by a domineering mother and two devoted aunts... -
Lindsay Anderson Diaries Lindsay Anderson 9780413773982
SciFier: £27.99The extraordinary and revealing diaries of the revolutionary British film and theatre director who became one of the major cultural figures of his time As a director, critic, writer and actor,... -
Writing for Video Games Steve Ince 9780713677614
SciFier: £24.99Video games is a lucrative new market for scriptwriters but writing for video games is complex and very different to traditional media (tv or film). This practical guide shows how you can adapt your... -
So You Want to be a Producer Lawrence Turman 9780413775849
SciFier: £22.99So 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... -
Why Stand-up Matters: How Comedians Manipulate and Influence Sophie Quirk (University of Kent, UK,) 9781472578921
SciFier: £32.46Funny, 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. ... -
Peter Pan: Or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up - A Fantasy in Five Acts J.M. Barrie 9780413735508
SciFier: £14.49Ever 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: £97.99In 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... -
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"The Lost Prince": Screenplay Stephen Poliakoff 9780413773074 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £3.40The 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... -
Dancing on the Edge Stephen Poliakoff (Playwright, screenwriter and director, UK) 9781408185599
RRP: £22.99SciFier: £18.24Set 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... -
Off the Mic: The World's Best Stand-Up Comedians Get Serious About Comedy Deborah Frances-White (Stand-up Comedian, UK) 9781472526380
SciFier: £28.99What is it to be a stand-up comedian? To be funny, solo? You have no character-role, no double-act partner, and nowhere to look but out into the darkness, with just a microphone, an audience and your... -
Contemporary Drag Practices and Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene Volume 1 Mark Edward (Edge Hill University, UK) 9781350319196
SciFier: £33.99In 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... -
Production Management for TV and Film by Linda Stradling
SciFier: £34.99"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'...