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The book titled George Burns and the Hundred-Year Dash by the author Martin Gottfried. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

On Friday 13 May 2016, the Australia Council for the Arts released the results of that agency's 'Four Year Organisations' grants. The result was a bloodbath: 65 organisations were defunded,...

Author: Kliph Nesteroff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to...

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...

*Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards* 'Really funny & engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' Katherine Ryan 'As hilarious and outrageous as you might expect'...

'A thrilling, nauseating and painfully real depiction of what happens as youth, talent and charisma sour' MEGAN NOLAN 'Anyone wondering where The Great American Novel went: this is it on...

In 1971, college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the creation of one of the greatest Broadway musicals, Follies . Needing college credit...

This star-studded tribute to the legendary comics of our time gathers together the kings and queens of comedy's golden age - including the likes of Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and...

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...

Using exclusive access to newly uncovered archives, Kalush and Sloman reveal the clandestine agreements in which the British and Americans recruited Houdini to be an active secret agent. In exchange...

No Groucho is not my real name, I'm just breaking it in for a friend.' Presenting the greatest and most hilarious examples of Groucho, one of the most influential and...

BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: AUDIOBOOK WINNER 2024 NERO BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023 WINNER, NON FICTION BOOK 2023, BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS SHORTLIST, BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPIONS SHORTLIST, AMAZON NON-FICTION...

The book titled The Bedford Introduction to Drama by the author Lee A. Jacobus. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Paul Robeson by the author Martin Bauml Duberman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Americans create 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in the mass media. Persuasion has always been...

Here they all are! The music hall comediennes and cross dressers, the vaudeville soubrettes, the first radio and TV performers, the musical comedies, the cabaret club circuit, sit-coms, the boom...

The story of Shakespeare in China is one of cultural blending and reinvention. Peopled by devoted evangelists, theatre directors and dogged interpreters intent on bridging divisions of language and politics,...

Smoke. Shadows. Moody strains of jazz. Welcome to the world of "noir musical" films, where tormented antiheroes and hard-boiled musicians battle obsession and struggle with their music and ill-fated love...

Ever since the author Paul Kieve was given a magic set at the age of ten, he has been buying magic books, props and posters and honing his skills as...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" is one of the most successful musicals of all time. It is based on the classic romantic horror story set in the Paris...

Aims to be a candid, insider's portrait of Andrew Lloyd Webber. A difficult and hugely talented composer and entrepreneur, whose shows have changed the whole concept of musical theatre, and...

Boldly discover how NASA, the Smithsonian, and the aerospace community helped craft, legitimize, and popularize the beloved television show Star Trek. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry sought to create a...

A comprehensive guide for athletes and an effective teaching aid for coaches. More than three and a half million young athletes, female and male, participate in all-star cheerleading in North...

Accompanying a London Weekend Television series, this book traces the history of popular entertainment in London from the end of the 19th century to the present day. From the Victorian...

Does an opera producer do anything besides tell the singers where to stand? Can a single note be played more or less beautifully on the piano? In these essays, five...

Matchbox Theatre presents a miniature sketch show: thirty dialogues and monologues by Michael Frayn, to be played in the smallest theatre in the world - the theatre of your own...

A guidebook that explores the diversity of London's musical heritage. Arranged as a series of walks around places of classical music interest in the capital, the book offers a wide...

"Introducing Jessi Klein, a Nora Ephron for a new generation." "Both a tomboy and a late bloomer, Jessi Klein grew up always feeling like more of an observer than a...

A dazzling tale of love, courage and sisterhood, spanning 40 years of tumult in Berlin, perfect for fans of Cabaret and The Whalebone Theatre. Berlin, 1926. After the death of...

Every year, over 60,000 commercial roles for all ages, physical types, and ethnic backgrounds are cast by ad agencies, producers, directors, and casting directors across the country. This book will...

The author tells the captivating fish out of water story of her year long walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind the scenes looks...

This is the long-awaited follow up to "The Sound of Laughter". Picking up from where Peter's massive bestselling autobiography "The Sound of Laughter" left off, "Saturday Night Peter" charts the...

This descriptive gazetter looks, town by town, at all surviving theatres built between 1750 and 1950. It makes assesments of their quality, architecturally and theatrically and also assesses the potential...

An autobiography by Ronnie Barker taking the reader behind the scenes of his career and discusses his background. His stories include how he advised Maggie Smith to give up acting,...

Penn Jillette's New York Times bestselling account of his "extremely funny and somewhat profane journey to discovering a healthy lifestyle...that will motivate others to seek weight-loss solutions" ( The Washington...

This unique book raises the curtain on the hidden history of Adelaide's most remarkable playhouse - Her Majesty's Theatre. For one hundred eventful years 'the Maj' has hosted an extraordinarily...

The musical tale of a domineering stage mother's inadvertent creation of a burlesque stripper, now available in paperback for the first time.

As the National Curriculum gears up to offer fresh opportunities to teachers and students, our arts institutions are considering what a national arts curriculum will mean for them. Arts and...