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Acting techniques

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  • Systems of Rehearsalby Shomit Mitter

    Routledge 1992; US$ 37.95

    Compares Peter Brook's rehearsal techniques with those developed by Stanislavsky, Grotowski and Brecht. The result is an invaluable introduction to modern theatre practice. more...

  • Performing Chekhovby David Allen

    Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95

    Performing Chekhov is a unique guide to Chekhov's plays in performance. It will be indispensable to students, teachers and theatre practitioners interested not only in Chekhov but in the history of the modern stage. more...

  • Commedia Dell'Arteby John Rudlin

    Routledge 1994; US$ 42.95

    An entertaining and highly illuminating account of Commedia's origins as a popular theatrical form, plus a practical and timely step-by-step guide to using commedia techniques in performance. more...

  • Secrets of Screen Actingby Patrick Tucker

    Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 33.95

    Refreshing in its informal approach and full of instructive anecdotes, Secrets of Screen Acting will be an invaluable guide for those who wish to master the art of acting on-screen more...

  • Games for Actors and Non-actorsby Augusto Boal

    Routledge 2002; US$ 46.95

    This is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal, including new discussions, a new introduction and a collection of images. more...

  • Aesthetics of the Oppressedby Augusto Boal

    Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 39.95

    Augusto Boal's workshops and theatre exercises are renowned throughout the world for their life-changing effects. This book speaks about the subjects important to him - the practical work he does with diverse communities, the effects of globalization, and the creative possibilities for all of us. more...

  • Acting for Singersby David F. Ostwald

    Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 29.99

    Explains how to analyse a script of libretto, shows how to develop a character building on material in the score, and gives the singing performer the tools to act believably. This book addresses the problems of concenration, trust, and projection, among others, and includes concrete examples from opera and musical theatre. more...

  • Changing Directionby Lenore DeKoven

    Elsevier 2006; US$ 24.95

    This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor?s craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form, the author explains how to accurately capture and portray... more...

  • Acting in Musical Theatreby Joe Deer; Rocco dal Vera

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 41.95

    Acting in Musical Theatre is the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It is the first to combine acting, singing and dancing into a comprehensive guide, combining what have previously been treated as three separate disciplines. more...

  • Theatre of Movement and Gestureby Jacques Lecoq

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 40.95

    Published in France in 1987, this is the book in which Lecoq first set out his philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century. Interviews with major theatre practitioners Ariane Mnouchkine and Jean-Louis Barrault by Jean Perret, together with chapters by Perret on Étienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau, fill out the historical material written by Lecoq, and a final section by Alain Gautré celebrates the many physical theatre practitioners working in the 1980s. more...