{"product_id":"fight-direction-for-stage-and-screen-9780713640229","title":"Fight Direction: For Stage and Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hobbs has written his book as a guide to the inexperienced  so they are able to put their ideas into action more smoothly. The authors aim is to promote a more professional attitude and way of thinking about the task of performing and arranging fights that will demonstrate the range of exciting challenges which are open to directors  actors and fight arrangers alike. Both amateurs and professionals will find the problems and dangers of stage combat dealt with by the author. There is a fully illustrated glossary of strokes  a chapter on battle scenes and mass fighting  and an account of how to arrange comic and symbolic fights and how to stage unarmed fights. The author explains his system of notation for recording the moves of a fight  and includes a 6short chapter on weapons. The final chapter covers slapstick - a deceptively simple art. Forewords by Laurence Olivier and Roman Polanski. The authors first fight direction was for Franco Zefferellis Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic and he was Fight Director to Oliviers National Theatre Company for 9 years. He has worked at the National Theatre with Peter Hall  the RSC  the Royal Opera House and the ENO and on many productions in Europe. His many TV productions include Oliviers King Lear and the recent BBC series  Clarissa. Fight direction on feature films includes Cyrano de Bergerac  Dangerous Liaisons  Hamlet  The Duellists  Excalibur and many others. He has just finished shooting the film Rob Roy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274743504949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0713640227","price":337.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780713640229.jpg?v=1780498157","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fight-direction-for-stage-and-screen-9780713640229","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}