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The Actor's Menu
Compass Publishing 2005; US$ 11.95Whether new to the business or a seasoned professional, this handbook provides actors with a personal, active approach to discovering and developing their talent. Beginning with appetizers and ending with desserts, actors learn how to prepare a character in the same way that a master chef chooses the most complementary dishes for a feast. From typecasting... more...
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice
Theatre Communications Group 1993; US$ 17.95A passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own. more...
Embodied Acting
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 29.95?A focus on the body, its actions, and its cognitive mechanisms identifies ... foundational principles of activity that link the three elements of theatre; Story, Space, and Time. The three meet in, are defined by, and expressed through the actor?s body.? ? from the Introduction? Embodied Acting is an essential, pragmatic intervention in... more...
Starting Your Career as an Actor
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 18.94This practical and entertaining guide readies the uninitiated actor to navigate the ridiculous, impossible, and often heartbreaking world of the acting industry. This book will expose actors to the ins and outs of the world's (second) oldest profession. Topics include how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of... more...
The Golden Rules of Acting
Nick Hern Books 2012; US$ 8.74A treasure trove of advice, support and encouragement that no performer should be without. Honest, witty and direct, The Golden Rules of Acting is every actor?s best friend ? in handy paperback form. ?When auditioning, rehearsing or in a performance, take a risk ? the worst that can happen is that you get embarrassed. You won?t die.' Easy... more...
Schauspieler
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2011; US$ 8.68Hauptbeschreibung Höhen und Tiefen, Glanz und Elend eines Lebens für das Publikum: Es erforderte Mut, sich für das Leben als Schauspieler zu entscheiden. Der Lebensweg der großen Schauspieler zeigt jedoch: Für sie war es eine Berufung, die sie ausleben mussten. Dieses spannende Lesebuch stellt die 66 wichtigsten Vertreter der Schauspielkunst von... more...
At Work with Grotowski on Physical Actions
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 39.95`I consider this book a precious report that permits one to assimilate some of those simple and basic principles which the self-taught at times come to know, yet only after years of groping and errors. The book furnishes information regarding discoveries which the actor can understand in practice, without having to start each time from zero. Thomas... more...
Acting
Taylor and Francis 1987; US$ 27.95This classic work on acting is one of the very few that stands beside Stanislavsky as a must-have for all acting students and professionals. Richard Boleslavsky's Acting: The First Six Lessons is a treasure-box of wise observation about the art of acting, all wrapped up in six charming dialogues between a teacher and a student. Generations of actors... more...
The Art of Film Acting
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 30.95This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful performance... more...
Negotiating Hollywood
University of Minnesota Press 1995; US$ 66.00Actors' screen images have too often stolen the focus of attention from their behind the scenes working conditions. In Negotiating Hollywood, Danae Clark begins to fill this gap in film history by providing a rich historical account of actors' labor struggles in 1930s Hollywood. Clark supplies information not only on stars, but on screen extras,... more...









