Performing Arts

Studies in Stagecraft

by Clayton Hamilton • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in gener…

The True History of The Ghost

by John Henry Pepper • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 2★

This work portrays the true history of the illusionary tactic known as "Pepper's Ghost." This is a method of projecting an actor …

Shadowland

by Various • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 1★

Shadowland was an American monthly magazine about art, dance, and film published from 1919 to 1923 before being absorbed by Motion Picture C…

My Musical Life

by Walter Damrosch • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…

Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright

by Hamilton Fyfe • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …

The Film Experience

by MIT OpenCourseWare

View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F07 Instructor: David Thorburn This introduction to narrative film emphasizes the evolu…