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Recognized as a classic in its field, Acting with Style continues to be an invaluable guide to the process of approaching plays. The Third Edition retains all of the significant facts, data, information, and exercises, and offers a clear and warm writing style that expresses a sensitivity to the needs of actors. In addition to presenting the physical approach to actor training, the authors encourage readers to use the text materials and concepts with creativity and imagination, asserting that the process of discovering language is not limited to one specific time, place, or culture. ... Read more

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Understanding Style
Many people approach "style" in theatre as a play where wigs and tights are necessary.Harrop & Epstein do not attempt to disprove this notion, but rather detail the approach to acting in all dramatic genres i.e. greek, comedy, farce, tragedy, Shakespeare, etc.They also identify the necessity to understand the "style" of the piece being produced from an all areas and suggest exercises to unlock the meaning of the piece.I highly recommend this book to anyone who is afraid of a stylized play and is a necessary read for both actors and directors (especially those directors who have had little or no performance training). ... Read more

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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.

This book contains fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft.

Drawing on decades of experience in both acting and teaching, the authors provide crucial advice on all elements of the profession, including:
-fundamentals of acting applied to musical theatre
-script, score and character analysis
-personalizing your performance
-turning rehearsal into performance
-acting styles in the musical theatre
-practical steps to a career.

Acting in Musical Theatre's chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing related group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike. ... Read more

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All you need....
This book is all you need to succeed as an actor or teacher in musical theatre.It is a gem of a book!

Musical or Play - Solid Lessons for the Actor
After a 40 year business career, I have fortunately been able to return to my roots as a teacher of theatre.Forget the title, Deer and Del Vera have written a comprehensive and understandable guide for acting, period.Most guides to acting in "straight" drama should have such clarity and context.It is a gem for those of us who have discovered it.

Perfect for Teaching Musical Theatre
I teach a musical theatre class.Prior to this, I taught more history of musical theatre, but this book is an amazing resource to help with the specifics of musical theatre acting.

Wonderful Musical Theatre Book
If you are a musical theatre teacher, student, pianist, director, musical director or choreographer, you will find this book to be really informative and useful. Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera have broken down the process of approaching musical theatre in an intelligent, clear and creative way without being dry or overly technical. I devoured this book joyfully (and honestly am still working my way through it)and found many thoughts, exercises and ideas that have enhanced my abilities as a teacher. This probably one of the absolute best books of its kind, standing far above any others I have read on this subject. You will not regret purchasing this excellent book. So grateful that one of my colleagues recommended this book!!

Great resource
I am a first-time actor, performing in a community theatre production of Annie Get Your Gun (as Tommy Keeler). I have no acting experience or education, and no idea how to act, though I can sing and dance. I find this book a marvelous help in learning principles and concepts of acting, and I'm sure I'll learn alot from it as I learn the art! ... Read more

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Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs. It's a passionate, yes-you-can designed to prove that anybody can act Shakespeare. By explaining how Elizabethan actors had only their own lines and not entire playscripts, Patrick Tucker shows how much these plays work by ear. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare is a book for actors trained and amateur, as well as for anyone curious about how the Elizabethan theater worked. ... Read more

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The definitive voice
This book is brilliant!It is the best acting lesson on interpreting the Bard you could ever receive.And one of the best cases yet for a bucket of cold water in the faces of Oxfordians everywhere.Tucker's approach proves that only an actor could have written these works.

Strong handbook on how Shakespeare was and aught to be done.
The most significant aspect of this book is Tucker's imperative respect for the First Folios. These earliest of Shakespearean texts, which feature spelling errors and a messier type set, offer and the book tries and proves over and over, the best acting/performance texts.

The distinction between acting/performance texts and scholastic/reading ones is essential, as Tucker again and again subverts the modern editions of Shakespeare, and the editors, who continually add and make scholastic/academic assumption as to the intent of the texts. These editors reduce the active nature of the texts and "regularize" over and over what the original actors had to work with.

Through the Original Shakespeare Company, which he co-founded, Tucker and his actors approach the texts as the actors who originated them did. This was by using no rehearsal time, and giving each actor only the texts they speak and the appropriate cue lines, allowing for a spontaneous and urgent playmaking which heightens the already heightened Shakespeare.

Through this approach, which originally was one of practicality, the actors tasks are enhanced. Listening becomes that much more important, as do the choices each actor must make based soley on the texts which are devoid of modern directions and edits; such as to who to speak to, whether or not a speech is an aside, particular capitalization and punctuation and stage business.

For anyone who performs Shakespeare this is a terrific book. As well for directors this may even be better. Tucker breaks down the "original approach" in the early part of the book. Then spends the largest chunk detailing the experiments he and his company made with this approach, beginning with scenes through full text performances. There is then a terrific section devoted to particular ways of finding the secrets in the text, and the associated choices one can make on stage.

While the section about the details of the company's performances is too long and sometimes repetative, the book is a revelation. Anyone willing to try this style would surely feel the difference, as an audience would too.By scrapping the modern trappings of what theatre is, to reduce it to it's leanest and most energetic, magnetic form in the use of the phenomenal texts of Shakespeare can realize the power of theatre and clarify it's immortal importance and necessity.

Makes reading Shakespeare like a John Grisham Novel
This book explains how to "read" Shakespeare easily. (Actually, it's about how to act his plays, but the ideas can equally well be used to simply read the plays with greater appreciation.) The method presented is quite easy and it makes the plays come to life. I wish I had this book 25 years ago when I studied Shakespeare in school.

I have just started this book, but already I want to read Shakespeare's plays again to see what I missed - and I missed plenty. You also begin to understand why Shakespeare was a great play-writer, why his works have stood the test of time while the other writers of his age have withered away.

Some of the interesting observerations: Thee vs. You has real significance (the former is intimitate while the latter is formal), why he writes in prose sometimes, the significance of the iambic pentameter (di-dum, etc.).

The author also dispels a myth that English spoken in Shakespeare's time was hard compared to today. Rather Shakespeare's words were always harder than the common speak of the day, yet his plays were able to be well understood because of the "clues" presented in the writing, which made the actors act the part correctly, thus making the language easier to understand. Don't worry if you did not fully this last paragraph. The book will explain all.

And, soon you'll be able to turn the pages of a Shakespeare play faster than that of a John Grisham novel.

Where was this book all my life!
I really wish my teachers had this book when I was in school. It would have made Shakespeare so much more fun to study. Going back to Shakespeare after reading Secrets of Acting Shakespeare, you can actualy see the stage directions with every word Shakespeare writes. When you know the stage directions Shakespeare wrote into his texts, Shakespeare's works become so much more fun to read. Patrick takes you through the way Shakespeare's plays were performed when Shakespeare was still alive, and leads you through the discoveries Patrick's actors made when he and his theater company started performing Shakespeare's plays the way Shakespearewanted it done. Needless to say, this book is the best book on Shakespearian Acting I've ever read, and would recommend it to anyone who's even slightly interested in the Bard's works. I would also recommend Patrick Tucker's First Folio Monologue books for men and women. They're a crash course in the work Patrick covered in Secrets of Acting Shakespeare, and a great way to sink your teeth into Patrick's ideas.

-Christian, Improvactor.com

Shakespeare, how it was in the beginning
This is an exciting book about how Shakespeare's plays actually got on to the stage. The actors then were hardworking, often doing a different play each night, and there was no time for rehearsal as we know it today.
The actors learnt their parts from cue scripts, long scrolls showing the last few words of the previous speech and then their own. They had to be extra attentive or they might miss their entry. The Book-holder, or prompt, was the only person to have the entire text (a valuable document you didn't want anybody else to steal, no copyright in those days) was prominently on stage to see that things went right and, if a prompt was needed, it was given openly. The audience accepted this as part of the performance though anybody needing too many prompts would doubtless get some barracking.
The author, who clearly has a science background and knows how to present a logical case, shows that all the information needed is in the First Folio which is an actors' tool, not a dead piece of Eng Lit. 'you', 'thou' and 'thee' are not interchangeable but actually tell the actor where to stand in relation to others on the stage. Modern editions of Shakespeare have tidied the text up to be read by students; the First Folio had lines, half lines, capital letters in odd places, strange commas; but all actually telling the actor what to do.
The author has been working as a director for the last forty years or so and has refined his theories on the job. He has run The Original Shakespeare Company with many successful productions using his methods. He is wildly popular with his actors and the few productions he was allowed to do at The Globe, London, were sold out and enthusiastically received.
The academic world and theatre establishment are not so happy to see their entrenched theories challenged; and it must be extra annoying that he writes so well and is such a pleasure to read. ... Read more

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This practical, step-by-step guide is organized into 18 lessons for achieving outstanding performance in acting and directing.This text offers an alternative to the Stanislavsky "method" and teaches another way of arriving at emotions, which is described in detail throughout the text. MARKETS: Undergraduate and graduate courses in acting and directing.

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Finally, theatre without the baggage!
Don Richardson's book brings to fruition the idea that Actors need to learn to trust the text and respond to the text and not graft on personal memories that are irrelevant to the text. Don Richardson's teachings allow for realistic responses that come from the play and the story of the character. A must for any actor! Excellent Book!

Bravo!

An interesting antidote against "The Method"
I thumbed through this book many years ago and was intrigued but after taking a "Method" acting class just recently--I decided to revisit Richardson's book to the point of actually joining a class directed by one of his disciples, Brad Heller. I believe you cannot learn about acting just from reading a book though the book can serve as a guide, but by application which is why I'm joining this class.The points made in this book are very clear and concise though I do admit Richardson had his bias particularly in regards to other actors such as Brando, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, DeNiro and Pacino.He states that Brando failed miserably as Mark Antony in "Julius Caesar" and yet John Gielgud was so impressed by Marlon's first time out at Shakespeare that he invited him to join the Old Vic.Also Brando won the Best Foreign Actor Award by BAFTA and also Olivier himself praised Brando's performance.It seems that Richardson has a bias against American actors doing classical roles to the point that only stage trained British actors can do successfully.Also he is severely critical of Streep's performances in "Sophie's Choice" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman", calling them school-girlish.Outside of that one complaint, this book is still worthwhile as an antidote to "The Method".

"Get your notebooks"
I loved Don Richardson and I love this book.It is a practical, easy to understand alternative to the method.I learned how to quickly make acting choices and put them into my body.I have been using this method for the last 15 years and I have been lucky enough to work alot. My only regret is that this book does not capture his philosophical view of people and his vast archive of knowlege and crazy stories.Don was a well respected director and an amazing teacher.When you nailed a scene, Don would rise from his directors chair and give you "the handshake".There was no greater joy than getting one.Otherwise he would say in "Get your notebooks".Reading Acting Without Agony is like "getting out your notebook".

A very valuable point of view
In this compact, easy to read tome, the late Mr. Richardson (an experienced director besides teacher)attacks, debunks and demystifies the insipid acting cult known as "the method". Breaking down acting into simple (albeit far too simple-hence the 4 star rating)and applicable steps, Richardson approaches acting as a joyful and natural form of human expression.

While the book doesn't really provide as many usefull lessons (a few more would have earned the book a slightly higher rating)as attending a class would, it does communicate a clear philosophy that makes acting accessible to a wider variety of students.

Richardson attacks the psuedo-pyschiatric approaches made popular by too many 20th Century acting teachers and sticks to the very basics. A successful director himself (unlike the most of the pantheon of American Acting teachers- Adler, Meisner, Strassberg- Lewis being the exception)Richardson takes great pains to approach acting from both sides of the camera and stage. His teaching method is to make acting as painless as possible.

Too bad this is relatively hard to get ahold of. A valuable addition to any actor's library.

Interesting premise.Not 100% though.
Ultimately, yes, this is an interesing book.What makes it interesting is that it points out a lot of the flaws and pitfalls in 'Method' acting.That was something that I wrestled with for years.All the agony.I'd lost the joy in the process.That part makes this book interesting.However, these techniques, although they sound promising are a bit shallow and overly simplistic at times.I still think this is a worthwhile book.There are bits of it that are very good.I would just say to watch out for when it gets too gimmicky.Now, this is just my own experience, I want to be fair here, maybe others were able to make this work, but I tried his system for supposedly creating emotions and to me that is just a gimmicky way to work.I can't imagine how that could work for anyone.It sounds interesting but after trying it, the techniques given for emotions just fall flat (for me anyway).
The overall problem with this book is that it tries to create too many little 'tricks' at times.I don't think it quite works that way. My personal feeling is that you need to be thorough in your character choices, knowthe right questions to ask, and eventually trust your talent.BE.Be in the moment, with all the work you've done you then jump in and surrender to your talent.I don't think any little system can do that.I think it's a god given-surrendered kind of thing, not something you try to manipulate.That was at times the problem I had with this book.
Nevertheless, it does have some gems in it.Aside from the system for creating emotions, the rest of the book is very good.It points out the importance of a well chosen objective, he gives you good character questions and explains how to work on different styles.Also, he does find a nice way to simplify things.I did feel I learned some good things from this book. ... Read more

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Film and Television Acting offers solid techniques for creating a natural, believable performance for film and television. The reader will discover techniques for listening and reacting, blocking and business, character, focus, the closeup, and comedy as they pertain to acting in front of a camera. The book analyzes the differences between theatre, film, and television acting, providing the theatre trained actor with specific approaches for making the transition to on-camera work.

This second edition is thoroughly revised and updated. The book contains numerous scenes and exercises, including sample scenes from Cheers and Seinfeld, which provide the reader with ways to practice the specific techniques outlined by the author. Included are interviews with well-know actors and directors: Don Murray, Norman Jewison, and Emmy award winner, Glenn Jordan, to name a few.These interviews illustrate how the professionals apply their training and technique to filmed performances. There is also a chapter-length interview with John Lithgow, in which the actor provides a first-hand account of the differences of acting for the theatre and for the camera.

Helps actors transfer skills from the theatre to the camera.
Updated with new scenes from Cheers and Seinfeld.
Includes interviews with Don Murray, Norman Jewison, Glenn Jordan and other actors who've made the transition from stage to screen. ... Read more

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FINALLY...A 'HOW TO' ACTING BIBLE
It's taken till the new millenium for someone to do a "how to" book about acting that plainly and simply zeroes in on just what it takes to be a great performer in front of a camera. Whether you're young or old, male or female, rookie or pro - if you are, or ever intend to act in film or television - you owe it to yourself (AND your future audience) to read this book. GREG MORRISON, Adjunct Professor, LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL

Film and Television Acting
FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING by Ian Bernard

Reviewed by Academy Award and "Emmy" honored actor/writer/producer/director, Don Murray.

FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who aspires to a career in motion pictures or is inquisitive about how the process of motion picture acting takes place. Author Ian Bernard, who has distinguished himself as an actor, writer, musical composer and director, adds to his well deserved laurels with this book that leads the actor through the technical steps and creative nuances of acting for both big screen and small.

Most actors begin their careers in amateur stage theatrics. No matter how competent their stage training may be, the transition to the screen can be disconcerting.Some aspects of screen acting make the transition easier: Voice projection, vital on the stage, doesn't come into play in screen acting. The "three quarters front" body position on stage is replaced by direct alignment, but exact positions become more vital in front of the camera, in order to remain in focus and within the lights. Much is made of "retakes" in film; if you don't get it right in take one there is take two, and twelve, and twenty if need be. But those extra takes are more often given to correct technical errors than to improve performance (especially in television where time restraints make compromise in the realm of performance common place).

Perhaps the most difficult aspect of switching from stage to screen performance is the lack of continuity in shooting a movie. One often performs the love scene before the scene where boy meets girl and since there is no build up of emotion that carries from one scene to another as on stage, the screen actor usually has to stimulate his emotions by his own solitary devices.

Mr. Bernard's book is a blueprint for building a bridge between stage and screen acting by providing theory and technique for making the transition.

For both aspiring screen actors and those of the motion picture audience who are interested in enhancing their enjoyment through a deeper understanding of the acting process, Ian Bernards's FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING belongs on the b ookshelf right next to Constantin Stanislavski's AN ACTOR PREPARES. ... Read more

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A student actor or professional performer will use this book again and again for self-discovery exercises designed to enhance acting skills. It is a "doing" book which challenges the actor with every exercise. It is a superb text that is both functional and inspirational. ... Read more

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Time-Waster
Extraordinarily bad. A list of "hey-- wouldn't this be fun?" exercises with little applicable value. I don't need a book to instruct me how to explore the taste of chocolate cake and react accordingly, thanks. My students need innovative, action-packed games.

Good individual games
This collection of 110 acting exercises would be appropriate for beginning actors grades 9-12.Some exercises rely on specific events in order to practice them (going to the dentist, having a broken heart).Some exercises are to be practiced daily for an extended period of time (keeping a journal), and some can be accomplished in a just a few minutes.Many of the exercises ask the actor to watch clips from movies.

Each exercise presented has questions for the actor to ask himself, different variations of completing the exercise (allowing the exercise to have more than one life), and states the purpose of the exercise.The book is divided into 21 acting elements (improv, physical, emotional recall, vocal, characterization, imagination, etc.) with 3-6 exercises in each element.

Unlike older acting games books on the market, this one utilizes a multi-media approach and is not geared toward group rehearsal.

Great Resource
This is an excellent resource not only for drama coaches and teachers but for teachers of language arts.The exercises are adaptable for many age groups.Wonderful if you are looking for ways to differentiate instruction in the classroom as well.Great read!

More than Helpful....
I have been through a million of books like this one but none have been more benificial than this one to my development.I recently refered it to my brother and in the short amount of time he's been using it I've noticed his abilities breaking new boundaries.I recommend this book to anyone from the average novice to the serious goal oriented performer.

An excellent resource for teachers
This is an excellent tool for aspiring actors as well as wonderful resource for drama teachers.This book has a myriad of ideas; other disciplines such as language arts will also find a wealth of activities to spice up lesson plans.Students who may be shy about performing alone will find Levy'sgames motivating and inspiring.This is an excellent supplement to any theater arts program. ... Read more

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It's has some useful info
I personally didn't find it too useful because I think any average person already knows half of the information in that book. He didn't list any names of agents or photograghers, etc. in his book, but I guess there were good points. He was very honest and up front, telling the readers what to expect and what agents and producers are looking for in an actor/actress. He talked about the different types of actors, like screen actors, stage actors, and extras, but didn't go into a great detail about anything in particular. Overall, I'd say it's an okay beginning book, but I would actually recommmend Acting is Everything, 9th edition over Acting Professionally because it is much more thorough, helpful and informative.

The Bible of the acting business
Mr. Cohen has in no uncertain terms assembled a tome of infinite wisdom concerning the professional acting world.He does not jump up and down like a cheerleader yelling "you can DO it!" nor does he tell youto give up on the whole nasty business.What he does do is tell you thehard truth about the nasty business, how nasty it is, what's real, and whatthere is to give hope.The advice is clear and unambiguous, such that noone will have a problem knowing what is the right direction for them afterreading.Every actor, aspiring and seasoned, should keep this book by hisor her side and read it often.

Itinspiredmetogofurther myacting career.
Itwastrulyinspiringandtaughtmealotaboutthewonderfulworldofacting.Theauthertrulycapturedmyheart. ... Read more

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Provides greater insight into the dramatic art of antiquity by analysing three major groups of iconographical material in context with the written sources. As a theatre historian, the author's object was to discuss some fundamental scenic questions, from the viewpoint of theatre history, in an attempt to shed fresh light on performance tradition in ancient drama. ... Read more

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In theatre, context is everything. So what do you do when there is no context? Spare Scenes contains 60 open, circumstance-free scenes that promote growth in craft by forcing you to create context by determining character, relationship and action.

Each brief scene places you into a two-person scenario where something is at stake, but where the dialogue offers no specific clues about the clash, forcing you to make choices that demonstrate the who, what, why, where, when, and how. But these skeletal scenes aren't just for actors, directors can use them to develop their skills in creating relationships, conflict, tone, and other theatrical dynamics.

Whether you are an actor honing your ability to create a character and play an action or an acting and directing teacher who wants a fun and challenging alternative to traditional script-analysis and character-building lessons, Spare Scenes is a fresh tool for learning, teaching, or practicing the craft. Pick up Spare Scenes, and find out what you'd do when the context is...nothing. ... Read more

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Great Acting Scenes
This is an excellent resource particularly for high school students. They learn to create specifics of character, motivation and sense of place. Very useful ... Read more

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The Book of Scenes for Acting Practice provides a variety of styles, characters, and types of drama to sharpen students' acting skills. The scenes range from Sophocles and Shakespeare to O'Neill and Ionesco, and were selected for variety and ease of presentation.

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A course in all phases of acting and stage movement. Speech control, interpretation of a character style -- all the essentials of good acting are fully reviewed. Every phase of acting and motion is include: sitting, walking, standing, hand and arm co-ordination and opposition, the eyes, the head, body movement, exits and entrances, mechanics of emotional range and relaxation and tension. ... Read more

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good resource
great tips and excrcises that can be used over and over again. the only draw back is that it is written for the the London stage. ... Read more

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Here is one time you can act up in church and get away with it! Your congregation will applaud the wit and whimsy in these sketches. Everything, from the props to the settings to the characters, will jump-start your church's worship routine with a fresh take on Christian concepts. Everything is geared to our contemporary times. Even the Bible stories have a modern twist to the re-telling or characterisations. Due to their humour, the sketches manage to address some weighty issues in a non-threatening manner. This book contains scripts on a variety of topics and some special use material, such as a promo for a marriage retreat and seasonal pieces. There are forty-five total scripts here that you won't want to miss. ... Read more

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Especially recommended to church school and Sunday School reference and resource collections.
A compilation of forty-five witty sketches by M. K. Boyle (a member of the Christian Writers Guild, and the Drama Director at her church, as well as the founder of Acts One, a youth drama company), each of which offers a fresh take on basic Christian concepts, "Acting Up In Church" utilizes humor to address important (and sometimes controversial) issues in a non-threatening manner that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. These are sketches that feature a contemporary twist ranging from classic Bible stories to marriage retreats. The themes of the individual sketches are readily accessible through three different indexes; Scriptural Index; Theme Index; Scriptural Story Index - which makes it quick and easy to match a sermon topic with a thematically appropriate sketch. Of interest to Christian drama students, "Acting Up In Church" is especially recommended to church school and Sunday School reference and resource collections. ... Read more

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A practical guide to auditioning, rehearsing, and performance that leads actors to trust themselves, utilize their fears, create from their mistakes and head toward a more positive process. ... Read more

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Acting (Re)Considered is a challenging and extraordinarily eye-opening collection of major essays about intercultural theories of acting, training and the actor's body in performance. Included are discussions on acting by or about most of the major figures who have shaped 20th century performance, such as Delsarte, Meyerhold, Copeau, Decroux, Artaud, Brecht, Growtowski, Barba, Suzuki, Fo, Rosenthal and DaFoe. No other volume on acting is as wide-ranging, as comprehensive, or as international as this one. Acting (Re)Considered will prove an essential part of every theatre student's repertoire, whether he or she is studying the history, theory of the practice of acting. ... Read more

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A Performer Prepares is a 13-part master class on how to perform on any stage from bleak rehearsal room to the Palace Theatre. The class covers the basic Broadway song numbers, from show ballad to showstopper. With precise, logical steps and dynamic and entertaining dialogues between himself and his students, David Craig takes anyone with the desire to shine from an audition to final curtain call. These lessons on the pages recreate as closely as possible the unique interpersonal dyamic of Craig's legendary coaching encounters in New York, Los Angeles and across the country. ... Read more

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David Craig was a master
If you have anxiety about performing, David Craig will give you so much else to think about, that problem is solved. ... Read more

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This brief beginning acting text is a practical handbook that uses humor and clear, well-grounded exercises to make the complexities of acting simple and straightforward. ... Read more

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Great tool!
This book is really wonderful. I am teaching a beginning acting class, and I like it much better than the university assigned text! Many exercises and a no nonsense approach to acting. Easy to assimilate. Highly recommend.

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THIS BOOK IS GREAT! IT IS BY MY DADDY AND YOU CAN LEARN MANY VALUABLE ACTING LESSONS AND RESOURCES. I HAVE READ IT AND IT IS VERY GOOD. READ IT. THISBOOKISGREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Chatto & Windus in 1883 in 147 pages; Subjects: Actors; Acting; Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism; ... Read more

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This book, by Jerome Rockwood and endorsed by actors such as Bruce Willis and Burgess Meredith, has been praised as the best acting textbook on the market today. It covers auditioning, blocking, relaxing, improvisation, standard stage speech, dialects and accents, movement in period plays, and much more. ... Read more

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An absolute MUST-HAVE for aspiring actors!!!
If you want to learn how to be a good actor, then read this book.

It touches upon everything, from point-of-view and characterization to style and method.All topics are covered in an engaging and informative way that avoids any hint of a lecturing tone.Reading this book is like working with a great director who wants to share his pearls of wisdom with you.

Anyone considering a career as an actor will find this book invaluable.The book comes strongly recommended by Bruce Willis and Burgess Meredith, two of my personal favorites.Even if you only want to pursue acting as a hobby, you will become much more knowledgeable, skilled and talented through reading this book.

Don't miss it!! ... Read more