Theatricals

Between the Acts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 342min

Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf’s last novel, was finished in November 1940 and shortly afterwards delivered to her publisher Hogarth Press. The following March she committed suicide. Between the Acts is often an overlooked work in her oeuvre because she did express her intention to revise it before publication, though in the event this never happened. So it comes as a surprise to find that, while it probably would have benefited from revision, it is something of an unpolished gem, at times sparkling and actually very engaging. The writing is subtle, varied in tone and purpose; at times serious and complex and at others lighthearted and even downright funny. And unpredictable. The scene is an English country house, the home of the Olivers, presided over by the elderly Bartholomew – Bart. The date is 1939, the time of the ‘phoney war’, and the village comes to the house and gardens for the annual play put on by the locals. There are complex relationships within the family, and with the local villagers: in true Woolf style, small dramas take place, understated but quietly seismic. And the work is shot through with the phrase, the observation, the sleight of hand, the touch that is her special magic. With Bart is his sister, the sweetly vague Lucy Swithin, his son, Giles (who works in the city) and Giles’ unsettled, unsure wife, Isa. Taking centre-stage in the story are the amateur theatricals, who undertake to perform three short scenes devised and directed by the eccentric Miss Le Trobe. These three separate scenes, one Shakespearean, one Restoration (a romp this!) and one Victorian, hold the mirror up to society. But what to make of them? The threatened rain holds off so the performances are staged outside in the garden, but the clouds of war are perceptible. Georgina Sutton’s range and sympathy makes listening to this neglected work a surprisingly engaging, very English experience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Georgina Sutton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000258/bk_dhrm_000258_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Staging Story (eBook, ePUB)

In this new guide, two veteran theater directors steer away from providing a how-to recipe for staging a production and instead share the advice and tools that emerging directors need in order to nourish their skills and develop their own staging process. As Bob Moss, founder of notable New York theater Play wrights Horizons, notes in the introduction: "One doesn't learn directing from a book. One acquires experience." But by focusing on five crucial elements for staging a play-Story, Intention, Character, Space, and Theme-Moss, in collaboration with Wendy Dann, helps novice directors learn how to build their own practice and begin to master the daunting task of telling a story on stage. Bob Moss is an American director and the founder of Playwrights Horizons. He helped develop Theater Row on West 42nd Street and has been the Artistic Director at both the Hangar Theatre and Syracuse Stage. He has been a Board Member of the SDC Foundation, TCG, and the Drama League Directors Project. Moss has extensive directing credits around the country, and his teaching credits include initiating the undergraduate directing program at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School and The Lab Company at the Hangar. Wendy Dann is a writer and director based in Ithaca, 
NY. Regional directing work includes Dallas Theater Center, The 
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, 
Capital Repertory Theatre, Kitchen Theatre, Cherry Arts, and seven 
seasons as associate artistic director at the Hangar Theatre. She is the
 co-author and director of the musical Sammy & Me (MusicalFare
 Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Alliance Theatre, National Black Theatre 
Festival, and New Vintage Theatricals). Wendy's plays have been 
finalists for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference as well as the
 Arts & Letters Prize in Drama. She received a New York Foundation 
for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting/Screenwriting. Her original 
play, Birds of East Africa, premiered at the Kitchen Theatre, and her short live-action film, La Casa Verde,
 was invited to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and the 
San Antonio Film Festival. She was invited to participate in The Writers
 Lab with New York Women in Film & Television. Wendy is a professor 
of directing at Ithaca College. MFA: Syracuse University. BFA: Ithaca 
College. Member: SDC.

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