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"Splendid Style! Splendid Productions on stage 2004-09" - £15

An extended essay exploring the toolkit of processes and techniques Splendid have developed in our first five years of performances.

This is a friendly and colourful introduction to Splendid Productions and our splendid productions, and how we incorporate what we teach into how we perform.

A great resource for anyone studying practitioner techniques in performance, or with an interest in the creative processes behind a touring company's finished work.

In 102 fact-packed pages, 'Splendid Style' is full of insights from our creative core in four sections:

• Theory - short introductions to influential practitioners
• Stories - how we chose our plays and the thinking behind their adaptations
• Practice - millions of examples of the theatrical techniques we use, from chorus to spass; addressing the audience to designing the set
• People - in-depth interviews with Kerry Frampton, Mal Smith and Lucy Cuthbertson

Productions covered: 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui', 'Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad', 'Antigone', 'The Good Woman of Szechuan' and 'Woyzeck'.

"Your book about the Splendid Style is excellent. The information about the different practitioners that have influenced you is a really accessible introduction for students. Two groups this year are citing 'Splendid' as a key influence for their Work Devised Project at A2 as they have opted for a creative adaptation as their final piece. They have been having great fun working out ways to 'tickle' and 'slap' their audience."
Helen Whelan, Parkstone Grammar School, Poole

Splendid Scripts - £15 each

Full scripts of our own adaptations of the classic plays, 'Antigone' by Sophocles, 'Dr Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe, 'Woyzeck' by Georg Büchner, 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka, and 'Medea' by Euripides.

Each edition use the final production texts from their respective tours, including photographs, stage directions, song lyrics and original devised scenes.

Adapted for a cast of three (or more), for an audience of young people, these hour-long Splendid editions are essential, not just for Splendid fans, but for anyone looking for a new way into classic texts.

“I wasn’t sure how the ‘Brechtian’ approach to Antigone would work – but it made it both accessible to the students and relevant to their lives now.”
John Wycherley, New College, Nottingham

"[Woyzeck] made a difficult text lively and engaging"
Claire Hodge, Greenshaw High School, Sutton

"....brought Faustus to life!"
Val Goodwin, Beaminster School

Past Production Teacher Packs - £12.00 each

"The education pack is FANTASTIC! I’d even go so far as to say ‘Gold dust!’”
Clare Norton, Colston’s Girls School, Bristol

All our productions come with a teacher pack crammed with so much useful information, they are an excellent teaching resource all on their own. Not only do they give an insight into each production, they also deal in detail with the history and practitioner theory surrounding the piece, the playwright and Splendid’s adaptation, with numerous specific examples of theory at work in each play.

"The production notes are an excellent resource’”
Cassie Nash, The School of St Helen & St Katherine

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2004)
Ui-Hitler comparison/ Historical Parallels / Adaptor’s Note / Synopsis of original text / Brecht theory in the show/ Set & Costume Design

Four Legs Good Two Legs Bad (2005)
Synopsis / Adaptor’s Note / Set & Costume Design / Brech theory in the show / Song sheets / Rehearsal Techniques / Background to the Russian Revolution

Antigone (2006)
Synopsis of original text / Synopsis of Splendid’s Adaptation / Adaptor’s Note / Political References / Brecht in the Show / Song sheets / Set & Costume Design

The Good Woman of Szechuan (2007)
Adaptor’s Note / Synopsis of Splendid’s Adaptation / Set Design/ Brecht in the show / Song sheets / Research into Low Pay and Poverty in the UK

Woyzeck (2008)
Adaptor’s Note / Director’s Note / Synopsis / Biography of Georg Büchner / Brecht in the show / Set & Costume Design

Dr Faustus (2009)
Adaptor’s Note / Director’s Note / Adaptation Synopsis / Rehearsal Techniques / Historical Context / Literary Background / Brecht in the show / Devising stimuli (The Seven Deadly Sins) / Set & Costume Design

The Trial (2010)
Adaptor’s Note / Director’s Note / Adaptation Synopsis / Kafka Biography / Brecht in the show / Rehearsal Techniques / Comparison of Splendid and Berkoff's adaptation / Character notes from the novel / Research notes: The Psychology of Power/ Set & Costume Design

Medea (2011)
Adaptor’s Note / Director’s Note / Adaptation Synopsis / The story of Jason & Medea / Brecht in the show / Rehearsal Techniques / Set & Costume Design / Useful Practitioner Quotes

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