Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy monologues, or a student in need of the right speech for workshop, this book offers an array of speeches from a diverse range of first-class playwrights. Each selection includes a synop[...]

James Fenton, a Whitbread-winning poet praised for his own love poetry, gathers together the best lyric poems originating in the English language. Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, The New Faber Book of Love Poems contains a fantastic mix of classics and popular favorites, as we[...]

The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3's hugely successful Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bach's music continues to[...]

Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. This title gives concise accounts of his operas, showing how important it is to grasp the dramatic situations at every point, and indicating some of the key musical features.[...]

Handel's reputation has been less than steady since his death in 1759. This pocket guide features: Handel's life: year by year; Handel's operas: a complete guide; essential Handel; picturing Handel; Handel on CD and DVD; and, Handel online. It assesses how Handel's works have stood the test of time [...]

Why is Mozart the best known and most popular of all the great Western classical composers? More than 250 years after his birth, his reputation stands higher than ever before. This title also provides all you need to listen to and enjoy Mozart's music, and will also introduce a new generation of con[...]

This is the essential, easy-to-use classical ballet guide - spanning nearly two centuries of classical dance - with entries for more than eighty works from ballet companies around the world. This new edition has been revised to include new ballets by Wayne McGregor, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher [...]

This box of 100 usable postcards is a selection of the most notable works featuring the landmark typographic designs of Bernard Wolpe and illustration by artists such as Peter Blake and Shirley Tucker along with the best known Faber classics like Lord of the Flies and The Four Quartets, this is a gi[...]

Funded by Arts Council England, Faber New Poets aims to identify and support emerging talents at an early stage in their careers. Through a programme of mentorship, bursary and pamphlet publication, the scheme offers four poets a year the time, guidance and encouragement they require to help in the [...]

Funded by Arts Council England, Faber New Poets aims to identify and support emerging talents at an early stage in their careers. Through a programme of mentorship, bursary and pamphlet publication, the scheme offers four poets a year the time, guidance and encouragement they require to help in the [...]

Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, tran[...]

Funded by Arts Council England, Faber New Poets aims to identify and support emerging talents at an early stage in their careers. Through a programme of mentorship, bursary and pamphlet publication, the scheme offers four poets a year the time, guidance and encouragement they require to help in the [...]