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Respect for Acting: Expanded Edition by Hagen
RRP: £20.99£13.96The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic and a must-read for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof... -
100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden
RRP: £16.99£14.21This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners including Sanford Meisner, Constantin... -
Auditioning for Film and Television: A Post #MeToo Guide by Nancy Bishop
RRP: £21.99£18.10"This is a terrific guide for young actors...I read it cover to cover and then went out and bought copies for all my kids because, truthfully, it puts an experienced eye on pretty much all of life's early encounters." - Donald Sutherland "When I was... -
Stella Adler: The Art of Acting by Howard Kissel 9781557833730
RRP: £25.00£18.55Stella Adler was one of the 20th Century's greatest figures. She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career both in New York and Hollywood she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors ... -
Out On A Limb by Shirley MacLaine
RRP: £7.99£5.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553273700Author Shirley MaclaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)... -
A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up by Chris Head
RRP: £24.99£22.56Stand-up: it's the ultimate solo art form. Yet, behind the scenes, you will increasingly find the shadowy figure of a director. For comics themselves and for those who support them, this is the first book to give the director's perspective on creating... -
Shakespeare On Stage: Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles by Julian Curry
RRP: £14.99£10.86Thirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles. * Brian Cox on Titus Andronicus in Deborah Warner's visceral RSC production * Judi Dench on being directed by... -
The Actor's Secret by Betsy Polatin 9781583946824
RRP: £21.00£15.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583946824Author Betsy PolatinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Delicacy: A memoir about cake and death by Katy Wix
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing.' - The i paper'A book that has the rare quality of being both poetic and accessible . . . missing Delicacy would be a huge mistake.' - Guardian'A book that gets wiser, darker, and more brutally... -
Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes by David Pevsner
RRP: £16.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039000506Author David PevsnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House Canada -
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke
RRP: £14.99£9.80Judy Garland, the girl with the pigtails in THE WIZARD OF OZ, was an entertainer of almost magical power. The woman of half a dozen comebacks and a hundred heartbreaks. To tell her story, Gerald Clarke took ten years, travelled thousands of miles... -
1971: 100 Films from Cinema's Greatest Year by Robert Sellers 9780750999991
RRP: £20.00£14.711971 was a great year for cinema. Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Dario Argento, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Nicolas Roeg and Steven Spielberg, among many others, were behind the camera, while... -
Stage Management: The Essential Handbook by Gail Pallin
RRP: £16.99£12.18"Stage Management: The Essential Handbook" is aimed at students, graduates and all aspirants to stage management, amateur or professional, whether the production is on a large or small scale. Complete with charts and helpful checklists, it... -
Brecht On Theatre by Bertolt Brecht
RRP: £24.99£23.26Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since,... -
Bob Willoughby. Audrey Hepburn. Photographs 1953-1966 by Bob Willoughby
£37.62In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer, Bob Willoughby captured Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, best... -
Singing and the Actor by Gillyanne Kayes
RRP: £22.99£20.11Classical singing training is no longer relevant for the theatre performer today. So how does an actor train his singing voice? Now in its second edition, this practical handbook takes the reader through a step-by-step training programme relevant to the... -
Inside the Rehearsal Room: Process, Collaboration and Decision-Making by Robert Marsden 9781350103665
RRP: £22.99£18.88Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the Rehearsal Room is both an instructional and conceptual examination of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and... -
The Life of Lee by Lee Evans
RRP: £10.99£8.34Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. The Life of Lee is an utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography charting his... -
Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity by Ryan Donovan 9780197551080
RRP: £25.99£21.99Broadway has body issues. What is a Broadway Body? Broadway has long preserved the ideology of the "Broadway Body": the hyper-fit, exceptionally able, triple-threat performer who represents how Broadway musicals favor certain kinds of bodies. Casting... -
I an Actor by Nicholas Craig
RRP: £12.99£11.01The new revised edition of the uncensored 'Acto-biography' of the most controversial thespian of his generation. The memoirs of Nicholas Craig - theatrical eminence best known for his Trueplate in The Cuckolde of Leicester and more popularly as Gob in Oh... -
Did You Like That? Fred Dibnah, In His Own Words by Don Haworth
RRP: £16.99£12.28When Fred Dibnah debuted on television in 1979, British audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from Bolton who fell in love with England's decaying industrial landscape and an exhaustive storyteller whose charm and wit was... -
On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov
£10.95The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to acting In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. But To the Actor is a shortened, heavily modified... -
Why Is That So Funny: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy by John Wright
RRP: £14.99£10.86A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones. Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written about in any... -
Towards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy Grotowski 9780413349101
RRP: £22.99£20.25"One of the century's most impressive theatrical manifestos" - Irving Wardle Jerzy Grotowski created the Theatre Laboratory in Opole, South-West Poland, in 1959. His work since then, with a small permanent company, became one of the most potent sources... -
Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal by Giles Terera 9781848429994
RRP: £16.99£11.08'Stand. Breathe. Look. Try to empty my mind. Somehow, for some reason, I have been brought to this place to tell this story, now. So tell it. That's all.' When Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton opened in London's West End in... -
Handbook of Acting Techniques by Arthur Bartow
RRP: £16.99£12.18A unique survey of the twentieth century's most influential acting methods, offering invaluable practical insights for actors and drama teachers. Each of the ten famous techniques included in this handbook is described in detail by one of today's... -
Twelfth Night: Arden Performance Editions by William Shakespeare
RRP: £8.99£7.99For the first time, the world-renowned Arden Shakespeare is producing Performance Editions, aimed specifically for use in the rehearsal room. Published in association with the Shakespeare Institute, the text features easily accessible facing page... -
The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners: Volume Two by Franc Chamberlain 9781032399911
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.Each of the chapters... -
Vanished Years by Rupert Everett
RRP: £10.99£7.40Rupert Everett's first memoir - Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins - was an international bestseller and an instant classic on publication in 2006. Reviewers compared him to Evelyn Waugh, David Niven, Noel Coward and Lord Byron. But Rupert Everett is -... -
Speaking the Speech: An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare by Giles Block
RRP: £14.99£11.26Why does Shakespeare write in the way he does? And how can actors and directors get the most out of his incomparable plays? In Speaking the Speech, Giles Block - 'Master of the Words' at Shakespeare's Globe - sets out to answer these two simple... -
The Mime Book by Claude Kipnis
£15.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916260552Author Claude KipnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Meriwether Publishing,U.S.Publisher Christian Publishers LLC -
James Stewart at War: His Career in the USAAF by Pavel Turk 9781399066952
RRP: £20.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Tackling Text [and subtext]: A Step-by-Step Guide for Actors by Barbara Houseman
RRP: £14.99£10.86An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation. With a preface by Kenneth Branagh. Having helped the actor with basic vocal technique in her enormously successful book, Finding Your Voice, Barbara... -
Classical Monologues for Men: Good Audition Guides by Marina Caldarone
RRP: £12.99£9.02THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills Each Good Audition Guide contains a range of fresh monologues, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to... -
Getting, Keeping and Working with your Agent: The Compact Guide by JB R 9781848429413
RRP: £8.99£6.40This empowering, informative guide explains everything actors need to know about agents - how to find one, what they do, and how to work with them effectively to help you succeed in your career. If you're currently seeking an agent, discover how to... -
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Wise, funny' Daily Mail'Chatty and engaging . . . he often comes across as endearingly humble' Sunday Times'Thoroughly engaging' Sunday Express magazine'Fabulous storytelling' PrimaOne of 'the top 25 most compelling Hollywood autobiographies'... -
Hollywood Glamor Portraits: 145 Portraits of Stars, 1926-49 by John Kobal 9780486233529
RRP: £14.49£9.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486233529Author John KobalFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 545gDimensions(mm)... -
Diva by Kate Bailey
RRP: £30.00£20.88Originating from the Latin for deity or goddess, our concept of what a 'diva' might be - or should be - has evolved in richness and complexity. Delving into the personas of performers from Sarah Bernhardt to Rihanna, this book looks at what it has meant... -
Then What Happens: Storytelling and Adapting for the Theatre by Mike Alfreds
RRP: £20.99£15.21A practical investigation into story-theatre and the art of telling stories through theatre, by the renowned director who founded Shared Experience Theatre Company. In Then What Happens?, Mike Alfreds makes the case for putting story and storytelling... -
Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams by Christopher Stevens
RRP: £12.99£7.51Kenneth Williams was the stand-out comic actor of his generation. Beloved as the manic star of Carry On films and as a peerless raconteur on TV chat shows, he was also acclaimed for serious stage roles. Born Brilliant will include much previously unseen...