Acting category: 934 books

A step-by-step introduction to the key features of the Meisner Technique, including a full set of practical exercises. The Meisner Technique is at the forefront of actor training today: with its radical simplicity it has the power to reconnect actors with their bodies and emotions. Developed...

• Malone has over 1 million views on YouTube • TedTalk #GirlsinFilm has been seen over 25,000 times • Gender Inequality in Film by the numbers: o In the top 500 movies of all time: 70% of all speaking roles go to men // 2 to 1 ratio of nudity // teenage females depicting nudity has risen by...

Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write (and indeed draw) beautifully. He did more than...

Live performance continues to be created every time it is performed. This book explores the dynamic relationship between creative process, presentation and spectator response to provide students and scholars in Drama with new insights on performance from poetry to pantomime. These essays make parallels...

101 great drama games for use in any classroom or workshop setting. Part of the NHB Drama Games series. A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with 101 lively drama games suitable for players of all ages, with many appropriate for children from age 6 upwards. Whilst aimed...

A smart, witty and accessible guide to the rewarding and joyful practice of improvisation. • Classic improv games and variations • Telling stories and creating characters • Using improv to make theatre and comedy, from monologues to full-scale productions An asset...

Miembro fundador de la compañía de Peter Brook, Yoshi Oida impregna su interpreta-ción y dirección teatral de un profundo conocimiento de la tradición oriental y el arte de las formas occidentales. En este estudio, de una forma eminentemente práctica, compar-te su singular experiencia con los...

El estudio de las artes escénicas engloba todo lo que interviene en el espectáculo, desde el trabajo del texto hasta el estreno, pasando por la dramaturgia y dirección, la producción, el diseño y la interpretación. Este libro intenta analizar el proceso de producción de una obra de teatro identificando...

With contributions by Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Baz Luhrmann, Miranda Otto and Hugo Weaving amongst others. From the writings of Keith Bain, Michael Campbell has collated a step-by-step course for students and teachers on the principles and practice of Australia’s great teacher of Movement....

Zoë Wanamaker discusses playing Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles. In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark...

A Complete Voice Training Manual For Actors A simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice. Suitable for actors at all levels, from students and young professionals to established and experienced actors. Drama...

Do you know how to sell yourself in the room? Its a business skill that is equally, if not more important than the actual artistic performance. They dont teach it to you in High School or even College, but you can learn itAnd if you want to perform on Broadway, you must. Selling yourself to casting directors,...

So, you want to be in commercials . . . but you're nervous about cold readings in auditions? Now you don't have to be! Hot Spots for Kids offers you all kinds of material to practice with, so doing commercials will be a cinch. There are commercials for boys, girls, and either. Some are short; some...

Here, from New York Times bestselling biographer Grace May Carter, are the extraordinary lives of Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Ingrid Bergman emerges as a devoted artist whose refusal to be a caricature caused her endless trouble - but also produced brilliant...