Acting & Auditioning

In How to Audition On Camera, Casting Director Sharon Bialy answers the twenty-five questions actors ask most frequently about how to nail an audition. What is the casting director looking for? If you mess up, can you start over? What is the most common...

New York Times bestselling author Shane Dawson returns with another highly entertaining and uproariously funny essay collection, chronicling a mix of real life moments both extraordinary and mortifying, yet always full of heart. Shane Dawson shared some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581154290Author Glenn AltermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm)...

'It's the Magna Carta and Valley of the Dolls all rolled into one...' Michael Palin Graham Chapman, who died in October 1989, reveals in his autobiography what it was like to be part of the revolutionary and zany Monty Python team. Required reading for...

Stanislavsky and Intimacy is the first academic edited book with a focus on how intimacy protocols, choreography, and theories intersect with the broad practices of Konstantin Stanislavsky's 'system'. As the basis for most Western theatre and film...

Packed with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors. Renowned theatre director William Gaskill was one of the founders of the Royal Court, whose ethos, as...

This practical reference manual with its precise authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive guide to accents available now increased by a third in this revised printing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977064120Author Scott SeditaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Atides PublishingPublisher Atides PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women aims to provide new and exciting audition and showcase material for actresses of black, African American, South Asian and Middle Eastern heritage. Featuring the work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140104875Author Eric LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm *...

This is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of performance. It equips readers with a clear understanding of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375725371Author Merlin JoannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 130g

This original and unique new book takes an integrated approach to interrogating the experience and location of the self/s within the context of performance art practice. In its framing and execution of practical exercises and focused snapshots of...

Butterfly McQueen will always be remembered for her first screen role-as Scarlett O'Hara's hysterical servant girl, Prissy, in Gone With the Wind (1939)-and for her most famous line in the Civil War epic: "I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies!"...

Essential tips and advice from stars of stage and screen. Actors know the best source of advice on the profession is other actors. Nothing compares with the wisdom and practical know-how acquired through years of working in the business. Advice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081382Author Peter GwinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 485g

The Art of Clowning is the first book on clowning technique and offers a step-by-step process for actors and other theatrical enthusiasts to discover their inner clown. This fun and accessible guide expands on theories and exercises to help students and...

Acting the Song offers a contemporary, integrated approach to singing in musicals that results in better-trained, smarter performers everyone wants to work with. In this new, thoroughly updated edition of the paperback, directors and teachers of musical...

Now in its third edition, this useful guide outlines the techniques needed to achieve success in the challenging process of getting work. It covers all aspects of casting, including gaining a place on a drama course, landing a part in film, TV,...

Now in its third edition, this useful guide outlines the techniques needed to achieve success in the challenging process of getting work. It covers all aspects of casting, including gaining a place on a drama course, landing a part in film, TV,...

'Before the Curtain Opens' distils a lifetime's lived experience of the Alexander Technique into an engaging and vivid introduction to what becomes a holistic philosophy of performance.Book InformationISBN 9781911193432Author Kate KellyFormat...

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.About the AuthorConstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the...

In this collection of more than fifty monologues, short stories and poems-Shepard's first-one of America's most acclaimed writers and actors reflects on growing up in America, rock and roll, the sex of fishes, and other topics. Shepard displays his...

Here are the exercises which began as radical departures from standard actor training etiquette and which stand now as classic means through which the performer discovers his or her true power of transformation. This expanded edition offers a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140104998Author Fred SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990733218Author Andrea MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Becoming MediaPublisher Becoming MediaWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Provides a basic introduction and general advice for people wishing to develop their skills as actors or actresses. It is aimed at both the amateur enthusiast and those wishing to pursue their interest further and undertake professional training. Advice...

Book of Sides II: Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors is the second book in the Book of Sides series by Dave Kost, featuring original, two-page, two-character scenes for use in acting, directing, and auditioning classes. While shorter than...

Acting for the Camera: Back to One is a "how to" book with practical steps to achieve a professional performance on camera. The book focuses on four distinct areas: how to prepare the character, how to execute the technical responsibilities that will...

A follow-on from Actors' Audition Speeches" this title includes speeches from plays written and produced in the 1990s, with extracts from West End productions ("Art" and "Cressida"), and films ("Pulp Fiction"). Comments...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556431869Author Ruth ZaporahFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook is a concise and practical guide to the acting exercises originally devised by Lee Strasberg, one of the Method's foremost practitioners. The Method trains the imagination, concentration, senses and emotions to...

An Actor's Work on a Role is Konstantin Stanislavsky's classic exploration of the rehearsal process, applying the techniques of his seminal actor training system to the task of bringing life and truth to one's role. Originally published over half a...

Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice is the first book that compiles practical approaches of the best practices from a range of practitioners on the subject of working with Stanislavski's "objectives," "obstacles," and "tactics."The book offers...

The Stand-Up while Sitting Down Years...Jo Brand tells the story of how she crawled to fame and fortune, managed to persuade someone to marry her and had some children at an age when she should have been in a bath chair on the seafront. In this second...

Edgar Small is not the first actor who became an agent, but he may be the first agent who returned to acting after spending 40 years as a producer and agent.Book InformationISBN 9780573606144Author Edgar SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Samuel...

This fascinating text offers the first in-depth exploration of acting processes in British television. Focused around 16 new interviews with celebrated British actors, including Rebecca Front, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ken Stott, Penelope Wilton and John...

Acclaimed for his good looks as much as his searing acting ability, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling first came to attention, aged 12 , after beating 15,000 hopefuls to become a Mouseketeer in Disney's Mickey Mouse Club alongside Britney Spears, Christina...

Attention is often given to the performance of a text, but not to the shaping process behind that performance. The question of rehearsal is seldom confronted directly, though important textual moments - like revision - are often attributed to it...

In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best--actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists--shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in...