Notes from a Working-Class Playwright by Leo Butler
Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights.-
The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique)
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Simon Stephens: A Working Diary
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The Art of Resonance
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Julie Hesmondhalgh: A Working Diary
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Julius Caesar and Me
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Adrian Lester and Lolita Chakrabarti: A Working Diary
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The Actor and His Body
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago
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The Uncapturable
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The Art of Rehearsal
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Joan's Book
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Kicking Up a Storm
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Étienne Decroux to the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou
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Edward Bond: The Playwright Speaks
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Theatre Across Borders
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Revolutionary Messages
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The Art of Making Theatre
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Granville Barker on Theatre
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Devising Theatre with Stan’s Cafe
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Talking about Immersive Theatre
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Toward a Future Theatre
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The Theatre and its Double
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An Alchemy of Living Culture
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The Paris Manuscript
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Movement Directors in Contemporary Theatre
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Contemporary Women Stage Directors
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Notes from the Rehearsal Room
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Meyerhold on Theatre
For me, [Leo] Butler is a poet of the human damage of povertyHis language is terse and fractured. He reminds me as much of Emily Dickinson as he does of many playwrights. He is, I think, as close as English theatre has come to the master of Bavarian naturalism Franz Xavier Kroetz. * Simon Stephens, playwright *
Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright from Sheffield, UK. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including the National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company. He has taught and run workshops at major international theatres and cultural centres, including Teatro De La Palabra in Chile; Dot Theatre in Turkey; Studio Emad Eddin in Egypt; National Theatre in Nigeria; Reps Theatre in Zimbabwe; Market Theatre in South Africa; Teatro Britanico in Peru; and Merlin International Theater in Hungary. He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (Royal Court), Redundant (Royal Court - winner of the George Divine Award), Boy (Almeida) and Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.) He has written historical plays such as I'll Be The Devil (RSC) and contemporary dramas such as Lucky Dog (Royal Court), Faces in the Crowd (Royal Court), The Early Bird (Queen's Theatre, Belfast) and All You Need is LSD (Birmingham Rep). He has also adapted classics like Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep), pantomimes and comedies such as Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East), and written musicals such as Alison! The Rock Opera (Royal Court/King's Head). For 10 years, Leo Butler was Writers Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre and helped nurture a new generation of playwriting talent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781350429468 |
| ISBN 10 | 1350429465 |
| Title | Notes from a Working-Class Playwright |
| Author | Leo Butler |
| Series | Theatre Makers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2025-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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