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Title: The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of Theatre by Robert Edmond Jones ISBN: 0-87830-592-0 Publisher: Methuen Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: take it with an open mind
Comment: OK, you can't rate this book on the level of literature, cuz it's not. From that point of view it's horrible. But you can rate it on what it might teach you if you let it "speak to you." This is a book that can easily be taken two ways. 1) An inspiring look at theater and at life, and 2) the cheesiest, corniest, campiest thing ever. I myself have wondered at times how I really feel about this book. I have had it read it throughout this past quarter for my Stagecraft class, and it can say a whole lot or it can say nothing, depending on how you read it. The author's absolute passion for all aspects of theater often comes across as wishy-washy, but if you set that aside, you might, if you love theater, find that you can relate to what he is saying. Or you might make fun of it incessantly! Which I have done a few times. But seriously, it's the kind of book that if you tell yourself you'll take a lot out of it, you will. And in several ways, I have.
Rating: 4
Summary: a wonderful book to have on the shelf
Comment: my set design professor described this as the book to read when one is disillusioned with theater and need to restore faith, and I have to agree. It reminds us of the total art of theater, where poetry is expressed verbally, visually, and through the _presence_ of actors in a setting. It describes the curious not-reality that theater should create. It was written in 1941, so some of the references ring a little false and the language can wax florid, but the essence of what theater should be is described here.
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Title: The Empty Space by Peter Brook ISBN: 0684829576 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: American Set Design by Arnold Aronson ISBN: 0930452399 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Costume Design: Techniques of Modern Masters by Lynn Pecktal ISBN: 082308812X Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre and the Thirties by Harold Clurman ISBN: 0306801868 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: American Set Design Two by Ronn Smith ISBN: 1559360186 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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