Acting category: 934 books
by Laura Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
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 from the Players features a host of tips...
The Actor’s Workbook
A Practical Guide to Training, Rehearsing and Devising + Video
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
The Actor's Workbook is an essential workbook for actors, actors in training and teachers of acting and drama. The workbook and video provide a clear, step-by-step guide to learning techniques in acting.
The book presents a system of exercises which will develop core acting skills, offers techniques...
Answers from The Working Actor
Two Backstage Columnists Share Ten Years of Advice
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
For nearly a decade, Jackie Apodaca and Michael Kostroff shared duties as advice columnists for the actors’ trade paper, Backstage. Their highly popular weekly feature, "The Working Actor," fielded questions from actors all over the country. A cross between "Dear Abby" and The...
by Wesley Van Tassel
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
"A workhorse of a workbook!"-Library Journal. American actors, fear Shakespeare no more! Through a series of inspiring, easy-to-follow exercises, an acclaimed director and drama coach shows both students and experienced actors how to break down the verse, support the words, understand the images,...
Mastering Shakespeare
An Acting Class in Seven Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Who says only the British can act Shakespeare? In this unique guide, a veteran acting coach shatters that myth with a boldly American approach to the Bard. Written in the form of a play, this volume's "characters" include a master teacher and 16 students grappling with the challenges of acting Shakespeare....
The Actor's Business Plan
A Career Guide for the Acting Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement...
The Actress
Hollywood Acting and the Female Star
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
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 Hollywood actress. Combining theories of...
by Ben Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Ben Thompson went to China at the age of 50 to study Mandarin. He soon found himself drawn into the world of TV and film acting. He stayed for over 10 years and took part in more than 70 television series and films. This book is intended for anyone going to China who might want to try some screen acting,...
by Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
A founding member of Peter Brook's international theatre company, Yoshi Oida infuses his acting and directing with the artistry of the Oriental traditions and a mastery of Western forms. In this disarmingly accessible study of the art of acting he shares his unique experience and range of expertise....
Acting with Passion
A Performer's Guide to Emotions on Cue
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Based on the latest research from the fields of neuroscience and mind-body psychology, Acting With Passion offers a revolutionary new approach to the age-old problems of the actor: dealing with nerves, engaging the body, quieting the inner critic, auditioning, creating a character, and even playing...
The Warner Loughlin Technique
An Acting Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
For the first time in print, comes the revolutionary acting technique from the premiere acting coach of our era. Not a copy of the old masters, The Warner Loughlin Technique empowers the actor to create rich, nuanced and unique characters. Discover the technique used to help create some of the most...
The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to...
Freeing the Natural Voice
Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language (Revised & Expanded)
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Knowing how to connect language with breath and voice is a golden key to hang on the chain of the actor's craft! Linklater’s groundbreaking original Freeing the Natural Voice sold more than 100,000 copies. Now, revised and greatly expanded this edition has been eagerly adopted by...
by Jared Kelner
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
ATTENTION ACTORS!!!!!If you've ever struggled to remember your lines, the creative memorization techniques taught in LINE? will help you break through your mental blocks and accelerate the line memorization process. Author Jared Kelner has applied his experience as an actor and acting teacher...