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  • Education and Dramatic Artby David Hornbrook

    RoutledgeFalmer 1997; US$ 54.95

    Critically examines the origins and development of drama. This new edition brings the argument up to date and takes account of ten years of political and educational change in its proposal for an alternative educational agenda. more...

  • Performanceby P. Ranger

    Spon Press 1989; US$ 59.95

    Performance gives essential advice to students of all ages taking practical examinations in speech, drama and theatre arts. more...

  • Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatreby John Rainer

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 42.95

    Presenting a series of challenging practical units for teaching drama in the modern classroom, the authors present a new model of how teachers can draw together the various methodologies of process drama and traditional theatre teaching. more...

  • The Politics of American Actor Trainingby Ellen Margolis; Lissa Tyler Renaud

    Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 39.95

    This book strives to give a fair hearing to persistent, questioning voices about our nation’s acting training as it stands, thereby contributing to the national dialogue the diverse perspectives and proposals needed to keep American actor training dynamic and germane, both within the U.S. and abroad. more...

  • Music and Dyslexiaby Tim Miles; John Westcombe; Diana Ditchfield

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 130.00

    Music and dyslexia is of particular interest for two reasons. Firstly, research suggests that music education can benefit young dyslexics as it helps them focus on auditory and motor timing skills and highlights the rhythms of language. Secondly, dyslexic musicians at a more advanced level face particular challenges such as sight-reading, written requirements of music examinations and extreme performance nerves. This is a sequel to the highly successful Music and Dyslexia: Opening New Doors, published in 2001.   The field of dyslexia has developed rapidly, particularly in the area of neuropsychology. Therefore this book focuses on these research advances, and draws out the aspects of music education that benefit young... more...

  • The Actor's Book of Monologues for Womenby Various; Stefan Rudnicki

    Penguin Group Inc. 1991; US$ 13.99

    More than 200 selections from the prose and verse of Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Isadora Duncan, Anais Nin, Christini Rosetti, Sappho, and others. more...

  • Actor Trainingby Alison Hodge

    Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 39.95

    Presents an introduction to how actor training shapes modern theatre. more...

  • At Playby Elizabeth Swados

    Faber & Faber 2006; US$ 9.99

    Young people and improvisational theater should be a natural combination--so why do we so rarely find this combo in today's classrooms? According to Elizabeth Swados--playwright, director, composer, poet, author of children's books and of an acclaimed family memoir--improvisational theater is the perfect creative outlet for junior-high and high-school students . . . if only they can be given the tools and the guidance to make the most of this natural yet rigorous art form. Drawing on her own experience teaching inner-city children in the groundbreaking musical Runaways and in teaching the techniques of improv theater in schools around the country, as well as on her own background in experimental theater, Swados provides a step-by-step... more...

  • The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Timeby Cynthia Ashperger

    Editions Rodopi 2008; US$ 112.00

    The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Time examines the place of Chekhov’s Technique in contemporary acting pedagogy and practice. Cynthia Ashperger answers the questions: What are the reasons behind the technique’s current resurgence? How has this cohesive and holistic training been brought into today’s mainstream acting training? What separates this technique from the other currently popular methods?Ashperger offers an analysis of the complex philosophical influences that shaped Chekhov’s ideas about this psycho-physical approach to acting. Chekhov’s five guiding principles are introduced to demonstrate how eastern ideas and practices have been integrated into this western technique and how they have continued to develop... more...

  • Audition Speeches for 6-16 Year Oldsby Jean Marlow

    A&C Black 2009; US$ 12.99

    Intended for students and children taking part in speech and drama competitions and exams, this book contains a range of audition speeches. It includes female, male and unisex speeches selected from both plays and children’s books. Where relevant the author has indicated how a speech could be shortened for younger children. There is also an introductory section with contributions from Alan Ayckbourn, Carol Schroder (teacher and examiner for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), Richard Carpenter (TV writer) and Ed Wilson (Director of the National Youth Theatre) and senior casting directors for the RSC, TV and film. This edition has been freshly revised to include 10 new speeches from well known recent productions as well as children’s... more...

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