When Shai Williams, who plans to become a star on Broadway, loses the lead role in the third-grade musical at her performing arts elementary school in Atlanta, she learns an important lesson about adaptability, from her mother, aunt, and grandmother, all actresses.

Bethia Rayborn, soon to be betrothed to her childhood beau and happily employed as the wardrobe mistress at London's Royal Court Theatre, is quite certain all her dreams have come true. But then the drama unfolding in her own life begins to overshadow that of the actors and actresses onstage.

Amy gets roped into performing in the Ruby Lake, NC community theater's new musical after some cast members get injured by mysterious mishaps. The production seems plagued by bad luck, but events turn tragic when a member of the company is found murdered in a locked dressing room.

Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Henry VI, Part 1", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. In the first instalment of a trilogy set during the War of the Roses, Henry VI rises to King following the death of his father, Henry V. As England's military hold in France dwindles, rivalry runs high between the Houses of York and Somerset, leading to Lord Talbot's defeat...

Michelle Hensley, founder of Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis, shares more than twenty years of her company's nationally unique work bringing professional theater to those in prisons, homeless shelters, adult education centers, and rural areas, as well as the general public. More than a chronological history, All the Lights On is also about the radiant power of theater. In this articulate and compelling book, Hensley distills what nontraditional...

Renown Mystery writer Fred Finnegan has died under unusual circumstances and all his friends have gathered at his wake. Was Fred murdered by someone at the wake? Because Fred's ghost shows up and he's dying to find out who dun it!

The expansion of the press in Victorian Britain meant more pages to be filled, and more stories to be found. Life on the Victorian Stage: Theatrical Gossip looks at how the everyday lives of Victorian performers and managers were used for such a purpose, with the British newspapers covering the good, the bad and the ugly side of life on the stage during the nineteenth century. Viewed through the prism of Victorian newspapers, and in particular through...

Han pasado 10 años desde que Quique vio a Paula por última vez. Fue un amor de otro mundo y no solo por la diferencia de edad, también porque pertenecían a universos muy diferentes. Aún así se amaban con todo, a pesar de saber, o quizá precisamente por eso, que su historia no era posible. Ahora, desde la serenidad del paso del tiempo, volverán a encontrarse. Quique tiene algo importante que decirle a Paula. Eva ayudará a Quique a afrontar...

Inma recibe una extraña visita en el colegio donde trabaja como maestra. Ángel, un misterioso personaje, le encarga escribir un cuento para trasmitir a los más jóvenes una visión diferente sobre la vida y la muerte. Inma contará con la ayuda de Marta, una antigua alumna, ya adolescente, que supo afrontar la muerte de su padre de una forma extraordinaria, ayudando a su hermano pequeño, Miguel, a captar la magia de las señales que nos permiten...

Un grupo de profesores especialistas del teatro español, francés e italiano reflexionan desde la teatralidad franciscana medieval hasta los orígenes de la tragedia, el teatro como espectáculo y el espacio escénico, sin dejar de lado a autores como Carlo Gozzi o Giovan Battista Gelli. Un elenco de investigadores que rinden un merecido homenaje a Federico Doglio, creador del «Centro Studi sul Teatro Medioevale e Rinascimentale», quien supo fusionar...