Acting & Auditioning

The Art of Speech presents a dynamic path of practice leading to an experience of the Word as a living, healing and creative power. Helping to deliver Western intellectual speech from what Artaud described as 'shrivelled throats' and 'monstrous talking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916260927Author CassadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 280g

Teaching Actors draws on history, literature, and original research conducted across leading drama schools in England and Australia, to offer those involved in actor training a critical framework within which to think about their work. Prior, who brings...

Norfolk Summer presents the story about the making of a film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates Joseph Losey's award-winning movie The Go-Between was filmed entirely on location in Norfolk in 1970. The film charts the tragic story of a young boy's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557832825Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect, Fifth Edition, stands alone among screenwriting books by emphasizing that human connection, though often overlooked, is as essential to writing effective screenplays as conflict. This ground-breaking book will...

Performing Live Comedy is for anyone who has ever thought about getting up onstage and being funny or for those who have already started. It offers a breakdown of the process of live comedy and provides a basic toolbox for the student and aspirant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585107032Author Carol RosenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414686Author David RotenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

The first collection of its kind, The Oberon Book of Queer Monologues chronicles over one hundred years of queer and trans performance. Combining stage plays with spoken word and performance art, this anthology features over forty extracts from some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916260477Author BertFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 400g

How can the practice of improvisation become the lens through which we view the world? The Applied Improvisation Mindset takes readers deep into the maturing field of Applied Improvisation (AI), with stories of 18 practitioners from five countries who...

Rehearsing Shakespeare offers a dynamic guide to practice in rehearsals and workshops for actors, directors and trainers in a UK and global context. The book analyses the roots and development of modern-day approaches to Shakespeare and applies theory of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591810636Author Markus FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Sentient PublicationsPublisher Sentient PublicationsWeight(grams) 238g

Robert Dance's new evaluation of Joan Crawford looks at her entire career and-while not ignoring her early years and tempestuous personal life-focuses squarely on her achievements as an actress, and as a woman who mastered the studio system with a rare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312295158Author Kelly R McEvenueFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 217mm...

A celebration of the last great era of the cinematic sex siren - a time when the cultural revolution resulted in unprecedented liberation in the treatment of nudity on screen. The Sixties and Seventies was an era when actresses were not ashamed to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896762527Author Marina CalderoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Drama Publishers/Quite Specific MediaPublisher Drama Publishers/Quite Specific...

A collection of the best stage monologues of the eighties and nineties (including new translations) This volume brings together monologues of all types - from serious to comic and shades in between - to provide a varied, dramatic challenge for any actor:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982886366Author Chris AgosFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Ktpr, Inc.Publisher Ktpr, Inc.Weight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081467Author Gavin LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 350g

Actor director producer and teacher Basil (cofounder American Globe Theatre) offers a three-week course that demystifies the English playwright and prepares actors to play Shakespearean roles with confidence. ...his practical instructions should...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581153460Author Jodie LangelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This book is the answer to the comedic monologue needs of kid actors a and their parents a everywhere. EKids' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually FunnyE is specifically geared for children ages 5-12. Divided into boy girl and gender neutral categories...

One of the original members of Jerzy Grotowski's acting company, Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work explores the unique development of voice and body exercises throughout his career in actor training.This book, constructed from conversations between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103262Author Robert BlumenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Funny yet down-to-earth, honest yet full of exaggeration, actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000) will always occupy a place in America's heart as one of the great comic talents of his generation. Born Walter Matuschanskayasky into Jewish tenements on New...

Two of the biggest musical-theatre stars working today answer questions submitted by the public on a wide range of theatrical topics. A message from Louise and Mark... This is the book for anyone who's seen a show and thought: 'That could be me.....

Re-Purposing Suzuki: A Hybrid Approach to Actor Training introduces a system of text analysis that synthesizes physical, psychological, and vocal components in order to truthfully embody heightened texts and contexts.By understanding how the author has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140482379Author Eric LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 128mm...

A Korean Approach to Actor Training develops a vital, intercultural method of performer training, introducing Korean and more broadly East Asian discourses into contemporary training and acting practice.This volume examines the psychophysical nature of a...

The Actor's Mindset: Acting as a Craft, Discipline, and Businessuniquely prepares actors to live a full, successful life as a performing artist. While most acting books focus on either the art or the business of entertainment, Archibald looks at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692753408Author Bob BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sister Trudy's MusicPublisher Sister Trudy's MusicWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989088923Author Rhonda CarlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Personal Dynamics PublishingPublisher Personal Dynamics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you - the performer - with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space. The creation of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081955Author Justine JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 508g

Michael Chekhov and Sanford Meisner: Collisions and Convergence in Actor Training offers a comprehensive analysis of the Sanford Meisner Acting Technique in comparison to the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. This compilation reveals the connections as...

One day you're the sexiest man alive, and another day your face is like a flattened road-killed bird in the worst mug shot of all time. In a career spanning five decades, Nick Nolte has endured the rites of Hollywood celebrity. Rising from obscurity to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440347542Author Philip BernardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

The art of armed and unarmed stage combat thrills actors and audiences alike the world over. This book details many of the foundational techniques used by actors studying stage combat and actor-movement disciplines. A variety of specific training...