Acting category: 934 books
The Diary of a Professional Experiencer
An Autobiographical Journey Into the Evolution of an Acting System
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Diary of a Professional Experiencer is the sixth in a series of books written by Eric Morris. Unlike his other books, this is a very personal account of his frustrations and struggles as he strives to discover how the actor creates reality on the stage or in film. Though the style is autobiographical,...
The Science and Art of Acting for the Camera
A Practical Approach to Film, Television, and Commercial Acting
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The Science and Art of Acting for the Camera provides a precise yet practical approach to help unlock the mysteries of acting for film and television. Written by veteran actor, producer, and director John Howard Swain, the book offers a clear-cut, no-nonsense technique that equips aspiring or working...
by John Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A 'fast-forward' acting course covering all the essential techniques an actor needs to know and use - with a suite of exercises to put each technique into practice.
The Acting Book offers various ways to analyse a text and to create character, using not only the established processes of Stanislavsky...
Acting and How to Be Good at It
The Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
This authoritative and ground-breaking text teaches the serious student of acting a proven, comprehensive and effective approach to the craft and to character development. Through revealing, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and practical exercises, the veteran character actor guides readers through his unique,...
Acting the Song
Performance Skills for the Musical Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
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 theater will find guidance in developing and...
Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio
Theory, Text and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Acting from Shakespeare's First Folio examines a series of techniques for reading and performing Shakespeare's plays that are based on the texts of the first ‘complete’ volume of Shakespeare's works: the First Folio of 1623.
Do extra syllables in a line suggest how it might be played? Can...
Essential Acting
A Practical Handbook for Actors, Teachers and Directors
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
How do actors fuse thought, emotion and action within their creative process?
Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop. RADA’s Brigid Panet has distilled nearly 60 years of acting, directing and actor...
ACTING OUTSIDE THE LINES
Perilous Journeys in Pivotal Acting Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Professional Actor/Writer Jack Forbes offers us front-row seats in an enticing array of myriad characters and compelling plot twists. Jack takes us from Big League baseball coach, to homicide detective, murder suspect, rape victims, criminal defense attorneys, private investigator, sketchy eye-witness,...
A Life in Acting
The Actor's Guide to Creative and Career Longevity
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
A Life in Acting is a practical guide for aspiring and established theater actors looking to make a consistent living doing meaningful, creative work on the stage. Author Lisa Mulcahy communicates her advice through a series of interviews and war stories” that will have you taking notes and laughing...
Acting: Walking the Tightrope of an Illusion
Zen Lessons for Actors in Life and Onstage
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Michael Beckett, renowned acting teacher of New York City's HB Studio, investigates the many mysteries of the noble art of acting. Compiled from live recorded transcripts from his invitational experimental master class, the actor's craft is studied through deep inquiry into the actor's psyche. Emotional...
by Benjamin David
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Every night after we go to sleep we become the star of a major motion picture. Scene by scene we are literally drawn into a drama that surpasses any movie. In this movie, we’re the star. But unlike any other movie our whole mind, body and imagination is involved in such a way that our brain is convinced...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can’t be taught. At best it is often described as a skill that can only be learned "on the job" through years of practice, or given to a performer...
by Tom Cantrell, Christopher Hogg
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
This fascinating text offers the first in-depth exploration of acting processes in British television. Focused around sixteen new interviews with celebrated British actors, including Rebecca Front, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ken Stott, Penelope Wilton and John Hannah, this rich resource delves behind the...
by Ivana Chubbuck
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood.
The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad...