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CAREY, DEAN

MASTERCLASS The Actor's Audition Manual

Volume I: Men 1854592335
Volume II: Women 1854592386 

Two separate handbooks one for men, one for women, each offering an extensive guide to acting, followed by over a hundred audition pieces chosen from the whole of world drama.

CHAIKIN, JOSEPH

THE PRESENCE OF THE ACTOR 

Illuminating notes on acting from America's premier champion of actor oriented theatre,drawing on 6 experience with the Living Theatre the Open Theatre and with Sam Shepard.
1559360305

COLAIANNI, LOUIS

THE JOY OF PHONETICS AND ACCENTS

An intensely practical 'how to' book encouraging exploration of phonetics and different accents.
0896761347

DENNIS, ANNE

THE ARTICULATE BODY

How the actor can use the body to he as expressive as s/he is with words. Author was Head of Movement at Rose Bruford College.
0896761339

EMERSON, ROBERT & JANE GRUMBACH (eds)

GUIDE TO MONOLOGUES: MEN

An index of over 800 monologues from classical and modem plays.
0896761037

HILL, HOLLY

ACTORS' LIVES: On and Off the American Stage

Interviews with twenty well-established American actors such as Olympia Dukakis and James Earl Jones.

1559360623

PLAYING JOAN

Interviews with 26 actresses who have played Saint Joan including Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Bergner, Judi Dench, Wendy Hiller, Barbara Jefford, Siobhan McKenna, Sarah Miles, Joan Plowright.

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JOHNSTON, CHRIS

HOUSE OF GAMES

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1854593099

LEWIS, ROBERT

ADVICE TO TIE PLAYERS

A practical programme of study for the actor - by one of the founders of the Actors Studio - with sections on relaxation, body work concentration, imagination, sensory perception etc.

1559360038

LINKLATER, KRISTIN

FREEING THE NATURAL VOICE

Has become a classic voice training book. How to liberate the voice you have rather than apply vocal techniques from the outside. Author worked at RSC, before moving to USA.

0896760715

FREEING SHAKESPEARE'S VOICE

A practical approach to braking through the barriers of restraint and incomprehension when faced with Shakespeare.

1559360313

LONDON, TODD (ed)

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MONOLOGUES (2 vols)

Men 1559361344
Women 1559361336

Selected from more than 100 new American plays produced in the past twenty years, including Tony Kushner, Marsha Norman, Spalding Gray, etc.

MOSTON, DOUG

COMING TO TERMS WITH ACTING 

Set out like a dictionary - defines all the terms and concepts regularly used by teachers and directors.

0896761215

NEWLOVE, JEAN

LABAN FOR ACTORS AND DANCERS 

A handbook complete with graded exercises, for teachers and students seeking an introduction to Laban's famous system of movement Written by Laban's first assistant in England.

1854591606

PENNINGTON, MICHAEL

HAMLET: A Users Guide 

Writing with the benefit of inside experience of many productions, actor and director Michael Pennington takes us through Hamlet scene by scene, then character by character. "It is his range of knowledge - along with a gift for writing clearly and memorably - that makes him such a fine guide." TLS

185459 284 X

REDGRAVE, MICHAEL

THE ACTOR'S WAYS AND MEANS 

Introduction by Vanessa Redgrave. Looks at the teaching of figures like Stanislavski, Meyerhold and Craig from the practical point of view of the working actor. A perfect foundation for those embarking on a career in the theatre.

1854592904

ROLAND, DAVID

THE CONFIDENT PERFORMER 

Analyses how anxiety affects performing and looks at the ways of managing it, and even of harnessing it, to improve performance.

1854593870

SKINNER, EDITH & TIMOTHY MONICH

GOOD SPEECH FOR THE AMERICAN ACTOR 

An audio-cassette and a separate manual to help actors improve their American accents.

0 89676 039 1

STAFFORD-CLARK, MAX

LETTERS TO GEORGE 

'A director's handbook of technique's (The Times), which offers a unique insight into the working methods of one of today's most influential directors. 'An absolutely comprehensive case study, divulging every aspect of a well researched, rigorously rehearsed production'

185459 317 X

STRASBERG, LEE

STRASBERG AT THE ACTORS STUDIO

Transcriptions of actual tuition sessions by the originator of Method Acting, tutor to such as Paul Newman and Dustin Hoffman. Second only to being taught by Strasberg himself.

1559360224

SUZUKI, TADASHI

THE WAY OF ACTING 

A director/teacher of comparable status to Peter Brook, Suzuki draws on ancient forms such as Noh, Kabuki and the Greeks to inform a completely modern and practical approach to acting.

0930452569

WILSON, PAT

THE SINGING VOICE An Owner's Manual 

Concise, intelligent, helpful and eminently readable, this book shows how to keep your singing voice in good trim and how to tackle the tough world of auditions, rehearsals, long runs, tours, sound studios and other tests and trials.

185459 382 X


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