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  Getting Directions - A...

  Russ Hope

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  The theatre rehearsal room is a sacred place. What goes on there is mysterious, alchemical and closely guarded. So how are aspiring theatre directors supposed to learn their craft?
  In Getting Directions, Russ Hope gives us the benefit of unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall access to eight rehearsal rooms. He has shadowed some of the UK's most exciting young directors at each step of the way, on productions as diverse as Shakespeare at the Globe, Greek tragedy at the Gate, Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic, panto at the Lyric Hammersmith, and a touring Dickens dramatisation.
  Describing each of these rehearsal periods from first concept to first night in revealing and often remarkable detail, Hope gets under the skin of the professional director, and reveals the decisions they must make on a daily basis: How best to arrive at a concept and communicate this to a design team? Which games and exercises really help to unlock the text for actors? And what should you do if everything is falling apart during the tech?
  Getting Directions will equip emerging directors with a practical handbook, not bogged down with theories or precepts, that lifts the lid on what it means to be a director. The result is both a portrait and a masterclass from a generation of theatre practitioners, essential reading for anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps, or to understand what directing really entails.
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  - Matthew Dunster, Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
  - Steve Marmion, Dick Whittington and his Cat by Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion
  - Natalie Abrahami, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  - Nikolai Foster, Great Expectations by Tanika Gupta after Charles Dickens
  - Carrie Cracknell, Electra by Nick Payne after Sophocles
  - Joe Hill-Gibbins, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
  - OperaUpClose, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte
  - Action Hero, Frontman by Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse  'An incisive kaleidoscope of rehearsal-room practice which is a useful tool for directors to borrow from and a fascinating insight for the curious.' Dominic Cooke, from his Foreword
  'A useful weapon in the armoury of any aspiring director and of great interest to anyone who would like to know more about what goes on in the rehearsal rooms in the modern theatre' British Theatre Guide

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  Lost Amusement Parks of New York...

  Barbara Gottlock, Wesley Gottlock

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  A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days.   Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New York—but many other amusement parks have thrilled the residents of the five boroughs.   Strategically placed at the end of trolley lines, railways, public beaches, and waterways, these playgrounds for the rich and poor alike first appeared in 1767. From humble beginnings, they developed into huge sites like Fort George, Manhattan’s massive amusement complex. Each park was influenced by the culture and eclectic tastes of its owners and patrons—from the wooden coasters at Staten Island’s Midland Beach to beer gardens on Queens’ North Beach and fireworks blasting from the Bronx’s Starlight Park.   As real estate became more valuable, these parks disappeared. With this historical tour, you can rediscover the thrills of the past from the lost amusement parks of New York City.

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  Sea & Sky in Acrylics -...

  Dave White

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  A pro shares his techniques for painting stunning seascapes, with three step-by-step projects included. 
   
  Painting teacher Dave White introduces the simple but effective techniques that he uses to paint stunning, dramatic seascapes with beautiful and realistic skies. He demonstrates spattering, blending backgrounds, painting horizons, finger painting clouds and foam. There is expert advice on the anatomy of waves and how they rise and collapse, creating ripples, surf, foam, and spray.  
   
  In addition, clear instructions show how to paint effective reflections and beaches to improve your seascapes. The sky section shows effective techniques for painting all types of cloud, with some innovative methods such as tipping up the surface to let dilute paint run, to create cirrus clouds. Dave’s method of creating depth in sea, beach, and sky using lines projected from the vanishing point can radically improve your seascapes.  
   
  You’ll also find a section on moods and sunsets, full of beautiful, dramatic examples. Finally, three step-by-step projects show how to paint a beach panorama with a rolling wave, a spectacular sunset over a calm sea, and waves crashing on rocks.

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  The Dubliners' Christmas Story

  James Joyce

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  A story adapted from James Joyce's classic and John Huston's film classic, The Dead, we drop in on the Morkan sisters, hosting their annual soiree, and one of their more curious guests, Mr. Gabriel Conroy. Over the course of the evening, he discovers more than he ever knew about both his wife and himself.  
  STARRING: DAN O'HERLIHY as The Narrator and Mr. Brown, HELENA CARROLL as Aunt Kate, KATHLEEN FREEMAN as Aunt Julia, THOMAS MacGREEVY as Gabriel, BAIBRE DOWLING as Greta,PEGGY WEBBER as  Lily and Mrs. Malins, JOYCE DEEVER as Mary Jane, SEAN McCLORY as Freddy Malins, LIDA ANDERSON as Miss Ivers, SHAY DUFFIN as Bartel Darcy and The Porter; WITH LES TREMAYNE, and Announcer, WILLIAM WOODSON.

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  Double Take - A Memoir

  Kevin Michael Connolly

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  “Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants“Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — PeopleAs featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.

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  Tom Keith - Sound Effects Man

  Garrison Keillor, Tom Keith

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  Tom Keith had a wonderful ear for sound and beautiful sense of comic timing. As a schoolboy imitator of birds, livestock, and people being punched in the face, he had natural abilities that pointed to a career in the Live Radio Sound Effects Production Industry. But by the time he graduated from the University of Minnesota in the late ’60s, that once well-traveled career path was deserted. Tom joined the Marines instead, and he learned to mimic helicopters and do seven different kinds of explosion. 
   Still there were no jobs, so he took an engineering post, babysitting a public radio transmitter while a tall, quiet writer tried to turn his imaginary world into a show. Tom was enlisted as an accomplice and immediately found his calling, eventually entertaining millions as the regular sound-effects man for A Prairie Home Companion.A HighBridge Audio production.

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