Acting & Auditioning

The dramatic tale of the life of Thelma White, who is remembered today mostly for her role in the cult classic Reefer Madness, and for her five marriages, only three of which were to men. An aspiring performer who started her career in 1914 at the age of...

Judy Cornes closely analyzes the life and work of Stuart Erwin, a popular actor in the thirties and forties, focusing primarily on Erwin's career in motion pictures but also including a brief examination of his work on stage and television. In each of...

This book examines performances in the American film industry's highest-earning and most influential films. Countering decades of discourse and the conventional notion that special effects are the real stars of Hollywood blockbusters, this book finds...

Stage and screen actors form unique relationships with their audiences. Through their work, they challenge, teach, and inspire us by shedding light in all corners of life and connecting with us through our senses and emotions. Working on the Inside goes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623160784Author Philip CarlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Opus BooksPublisher Opus BooksWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 133mm * 32mm

(Applause Books). This book features 67 articles from experts all over the world on the theme of coaching actors for performances in film, broadcast and e-media. Covers a wide variety of topics, from Breathing Principles & Pedagogy to Dialect/Accent...

Have a classical audition coming up? Don't know the plays or where to start? ÊThe Shakespeare AuditionÊ is here to help! Classical auditions terrify many actors and yet they are required all the time. Whether for group auditions or graduate school ...

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Really? Words can break spirits destroy confidence. They can also build hope and incite great acts of heroism. Playwrights know this and so do theater audiences. Otherwise why go?...

Whether auditioning for graduate programs or professional productions ÊIn PerformanceÊ is an indispensable collection of monologues for today's aspiring young actors. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past 15 years as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879104511Author Aaron FrankelFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 177g

EIn PerformanceE is intended for young people who are auditioning for both undergraduate and graduate programs as well as professional productions and industry meetings. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past 15 years ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081078Author Jack FrakesFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 432g

Paperback w/CDBook InformationISBN 9780879108076Author Robert BlumenfeldPage Count 128Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 11mm

ÊBest Monologues from Best American Short Plays Volume OneÊ is a must for actors of all ages ä beginners as well as seasoned veterans ä and belongs in the libraries of all theater teachers looking for new and exciting material for their students. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109783Author Sande ShurinFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Cutting-edge, comprehensive, and effective, Seven Pillars Acting empowers the actor to transform into character with ease and authenticity. Inspired by the great acting teachers of the last century, Seven Pillars Acting is a modern method that provides a...

Building on the metahistorical exploration of drama that was the subject of Tongues of Flame, Dawn Langman explores the practical pathways through which the art of acting can evolve beyond the 'body and soul' paradigm still broadly accepted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585104550Author Steven BreeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint 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 9781585106301Author Dawson MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint 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 9781585103782Author Baron KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102876Author Dennis BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 594g

While contemporary American culture may be fixated on youthful sex appeal the truth is that the most complex and interesting characters in dramatic literature have been (and still are) those over 40 years old. Whether it's James and Mary Tyrone in ELong...

The first and only book of its kind this cutting-edge and incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQ roles. ELGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually FunnyE features works by LGBT writers and comics (and...

EAn Actor SucceedsE is a very special collection containing all the best trade secrets of the biggest and most successful film and theater professionals. Presented in an informative format An Actor Succeeds is a useful yet entertaining how-to ...

Should I go to a school and get more training in acting or should I just go out there and 'do it'? EA Field Guide to Actor TrainingE will help you answer this question! The book is designed to be an introduction to various theater training...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103835Author Bruce MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103750Author Bruce MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In the 1930s and '40s an untamed group of Hollywood notables, men most well-known for their talents on the silver screen, frequently met and behaved in a manner that no doubt made them infamous within their community. For a brief period, their insatiable...

Shopping with Audrey Hepburn...Clubbing with Peter O'Toole...Going to the races with Omar Sharif...Witnessing a domestic spat between Rex Harrison and his wife Rachel Roberts...Taking Katharine Hepburn's chicken salad to a sick friend...Watching Marlene...

Over one-hundred and thirty great scenes erupt from page to stage in this addition to the Applause Acting Series. Each scene has been selected as a freestanding dramatic unit offering two actors a wide range of theatrical challenge and opportunity. Each...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557835468Author Cicely BerryImprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 77g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623160289Author Anton Pavlovich ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Opus BooksPublisher Opus BooksWeight(grams) 336g

A revisionist history of Method acting that connects the popular reception of “methodness” to entrenched understandings of screen performance still dominating American film discourse today. Only one performance style has dominated the lexicon of the...

While there are many books that attempt to teach people how to act, there are few books that show aspiring actors what it takes to succeed as a working professional. The Professional Actor's Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call provides struggling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307450241Author Squire FridellFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

I hear with my breath, I get frightened with my breath. When I fall in love the breath knows it first. I feel furious and the breath registered the emotion, long before the brain catches on.-Beatrice ManleyOriginal and quirky, this collection of expert...

The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and...

The Physical Actor is a comprehensive book of exercises for actors. It is carefully designed for the development of a strong and flexible physical body able to move with ease through space and interact instinctively on-stage. Annie Loui draws on her...

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and...

Yevgeny Vakhtangov was a pioneering theatre artist who married Stanislavski's demands for inner truth with a singular imaginative vision. Directly and indirectly, he is responsible for the making of our contemporary theatre: that is Andrei Malaev-Babel's...