{"product_id":"9781408159507","title":"Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrecht on Performance: Dialogues, Models, Practice Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e presents a selection of Brecht's principle writings for actors and directors and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through these texts Brecht provides a general practical approach to acting and to realising texts for the stage that crystallises and makes concrete many of the more theoretical aspects of his other writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume features a corpus of theatre materials, production records from Brecht's work with the Berliner Ensemble and practice pieces for actors, most of which has not previously been published in the English language. Edited by an international team of Brecht scholars and including a section by director and teacher Di Trevis examining the practical application of the texts for theatres and actors today, it is a wonderfully rich resource. Texts include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA Dialogue About Acting and realted pieces \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Street Scene \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea newly edited version of The Messingkauf Dialogues \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice scene for actors based on texts by Shakespeare, Schiller and Homer \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eextracts from the \u003ci\u003eModel Books \u003c\/i\u003erecording productions of \u003ci\u003eGalileo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text is illustrated with over 30 photographs from the \u003ci\u003eModel Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126090612976,"sku":"9781408159507","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408159507_p0.jpg?v=1763720486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408159507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}