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  • The Expressive Actorby Michael Lugering

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95

    "The study of acting should not begin with an exploration of feeling, perception, imagination, memories, intention, personalization, self-identification... or even performance?but physical action." Michael Lugering's The Expressive Actor presents a foundational, preparatory training method, using movement to unlock the entire acting process.... more...

  • The Rainbow of Desireby Augusto Boal

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 56.95

    Rainbow of Desire is a handbook of exercises with a difference. It is Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English and comprehensively updated from the French, Rainbow of Desire sets out the techniques which help us `see' for the first... more...

  • As Luck Would Have Itby Derek Jacobi

    HarperCollins Publishers 2013; Not Available

    Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain?s most distinguished actors. ?If you want to be an actor, don?t. If you need to be an actor, do.? more...

  • Charlie Chaplinby Georgia Hale; Heather Kiernan; Heather Kiernan

    Scarecrow Press 1999; US$ 34.99

    Details Hale's long and close relationship with the famous comedian. more...

  • Perpetually Coolby Anthony B. Chan

    Scarecrow Press 2007; US$ 34.99

    This is the first biography about Anna May Wong, an extraordinary Asian American woman who became the country's most famous film actress of Chinese descent. This multi-faceted tale takes the reader on a compelling journey through Wong's early years in Los Angeles and her first Hollywood pictures?films that led to her international fame. It is also... more...

  • The Actor's Secretby Betsy Polatin

    North Atlantic Books 2013; US$ 18.99

    Offering revolutionary new training for the actor, The Actor's Secret teaches actors and performers how to incorporate the fundamentals of the Alexander Technique, Somatic Experiencing®, and Breathing Coordination in order to reduce performance anxiety and stress; improve stage presence, breathing, and vocal production; and restore well-being and... more...

  • Actor's Wayby Erik Exe Christoffersen; Richard Fowler

    Routledge 1993; US$ 47.95

    A fascinating account of personal and professional development in the theatre. Under the unique direction of Eugenio Barba, four experienced actors talk about the secrets and the practical realities of training. more...

  • Systems of Rehearsalby Shomit Mitter

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95

    The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms in which virtually all theatre work is conducted... more...

  • Psychoanalysis and Performanceby Patrick Campbell; Adrian Kear

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 41.95

    The field of literary studies has long recognised the centrality of psychoanalysis as a method for looking at texts in a new way. But rarely has the relationship between psychoanalysis and performance been mapped out, either in terms of analysing the nature of performance itself, or in terms of making sense of specific performance-related activities.... more...

  • Auditioningby Joanna Merlin; Harold Prince

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2001; US$ 15.00

    Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as... more...