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FILM AND THEATRE CATALOGUE

Playwriting  Titles for working and student playwrights.

Acting  Titles in acting, scene study, and screenwriting.

Screenwriting  A practical textbook for the writer.

Business. Help for your business.

Classical Drama  Focus also carries a number of excellent translations of Greek tragedy and comedy.

New Kittredge Shakespeare Series  Updated for the modern reader that includes the history of performances and how to read the plays as performances.

Further information on playwriting and theater, visit www.doollee.com,
the "not for profit" free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays.

Playwriting

Playwriting in Process

Thinking and Working Theatrically, 2nd Edition

Michael Wright

2009 • 978-1-58510-340-9 • paper • 233 pages •  6 x 9  •  $18.95

A book to get writers writing and encourage them to
develop and further their creative processes.  Book details 

2010 Dramatists Guild Resource Directory

The Dramatists Guild

2010 • 978-1-58510-364-5 • paper • 278 pages •  6 x 9  •  $18.95

The official Dramatists Guild reference for playwrights.  Book details 

The Process of Dramaturgy

Scott R. Irelan, Anne Fletcher, Julie Felise Dubiner

2010 • 978-1-58510-332-4 • paper • 170 pages •  6 x 9  •  $16.95

This text is a new guide to dramaturgy for students. Its practical approach is to "committing acts of dramaturgy," and contains exercises, models, and examples of how the dramaturg works to make his or her thoughtful and creative contributions to a theatrical production, from pre-production work through the rehearsal process. Book details 

A More Perfect Ten

Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play

Gary Garrison

2008 • paperback • 177 pages • 978-1-58510-327-0 • $16.95

A brief guide to writing the short play.  Book details 

ACTING/SCENE STUDY

Breathe and Speak

A Scene Book for Actors

Marc Clopton • 2004 • paperback • 180 pages • 1-58510-115-X • $14.95

Collection of "open scenes" for acting practice.  Book details 

SCREENWRITING

Practical Screenwriting

Charles Deemer

2005 • paperback •  234 pages • 1-58510-128-1 • $24.95

This is a practical text for beginning screenwriters or others who want a step by step guide to constructing a screenplay in the style and manner that will appeal to production companies.  Book details 
 

Business

New Tax Guide for Writers, Artists, Performers, and Other Creative People

Peter Jason Riley, CPA

2010 • paperback •  229 pages • 978-1-58510-379-9 • $19.95

A primer for anyone doing taxes, but with specific application for people who earn income through creative pursuits in theater, music, art, and other artistic areas. Includes discussions of income types, various kinds of expenses, IRS-allowed deductions, and samples of current tax forms.  Book details 
 

An Artist's Guide to the Law

Richard Amada

2010 • paperback • 205 pages • 978-1-58510-356-0 • $16.95

A guide to the law as it relates to artists and creative people.  Book details 

Classical drama

  Aristophanes: Acharnians

  Jeffrey Henderson

  2/e Focus 2003 • 1-58510-087-0 • paper •
  98 pages • $8.95

  English translation.

  1999 • 0-941051-87-0 • paper •
  100 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  1993 • 0-941051-24-2 • paper •
  108 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2008 • 978-1-58510-308-9 • paper •
  114 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  1988 • 0-941051-02-1 • paper •
  86 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  1998 • 0-941051-58-7 • paper •
  240 pages • $16.95

  English translation.

  2003 • 1-58510-048-X • paper •
  180 pages • $18.95

  English translations.

  1998 • 0-941051-42-0 • paper •
  134 pages • $10.95

  English translation.

  2006 • 1-58510-148-6 • paper •
  118 pages • $8.95

  English translation.

  1988 • 0-941051-01-3 • paper •
  96 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2001 • 0-941051-86-2 • paper •
  116 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2005 • 0-941051-10-2 • paper •
  94 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2005 • 1-58510-111-7 • paper •
  128 pages • $8.95

  English translation.

  2008 • 978-1-58510-155-9 • paper •
  272 pages • $14.95

  English translation.

  1998 • 0-941051-25-0 • paper •
  116 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2008 • 978-1-58510-281-5 • paper •
  142 pages • $8.95

  English translation.

  2002 • 1-58510-065-X • paper •
  118 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2002 • 1-58510-060-9 • paper •
  140 pages • $8.95

  English translation.

  2004 • 1-58510-086-2 • paper •
  160 pages • $9.95

  English translation.

  2002 • 1-58510-037-4 • paper •
  248 pages • $16.95

  English translations of Antigone, King Oidipous
  and Oidipous at Colonus.

  1998 • 0-941051-72-2 • paper •
  100 pages • $9.95

  In English.
  Video tape also available: see book details.

shakespeare

  The Tragedy of Macbeth

  Editor: Annalisa Castaldo

  2008 • 978-1-58510-162-1

  paper • 136 pages •; 5½ x 8½ • $8.95     

  2008 • 978-1-58510-272-3

  paper • 182 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $8.95