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Finding good, interesting audition pieces is a demanding and difficult process for actresses. This revised edition of Actresses' Audition Speeches contains over 40 speeches and includes a wide selection of pieces taken from plays written or produced recently, such as Losing Louis, Whose Life is it...

The essays in this collection explore taboo and controversial humour in traditional scripted (sitcoms and other comedy series, animated series) and non-scripted forms (stand-up comedy, factual and reality shows, and advertising) both on cable and network television.  Whilst the focus is predominantly...

Nicholas Dromgoole has been a prominent and respected drama and dance critic for most of his adult life. Who better therefore to take the reader through the role of this often misunderstood animal? This concise guide to the role of the critic will surely prove to be a great addition to the...

The 'Sound of Shakespeare' reveals the surprising extent to which Shakespeare's art is informed by the various attitudes, beliefs, practices and discourses that pertained to sound and hearing in his culture. In this engaging study, Wes Folkerth develops listening as a critical practice, attending...

Une fiche de référence sur Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jacques Tati. Jacques Tati (1907-1982) avait obtenu le succès en inventant le personnage du facteur François, caricature du Français bon enfant et bougon, déjà présent dans son court-métrage L'École des...

Une fiche de référence sur Level Five et Immemory, des chefs-d'oeuvre de Chris Marker. Level Five (1997) peut se décrire ainsi : le monologue d'une femme devant une console d'ordinateur, vue depuis l'écran de celui-ci. En manipulant l'ordinateur, Laura (Catherine Belkhodja) commande (on...

Une fiche de référence sur Laissez-passer, un chef-d'oeuvre de Bertrand Tavernier. La sortie de Laissez-passer, dix-huitième film de fiction de Bertrand Tavernier, a été, aux premiers jours de 2002, l'occasion d'un vif affrontement au sein de la critique française. C'était moins le contenu...

Une fiche de référence sur Lettre de Sibérie, un chef-d'oeuvre de Chris Marker. Initié par l'association France-U.R.S.S. comme un film de commande, soucieux de transmettre une certaine vision de l'U.R.S.S., ce film demande deux mois et demi de repérage et de tournage. En pleine guerre...

Vivien Leigh has been a very talented British actress. Vivien's secret weapon was a combination of beauty, romance, glamour, especially in the Oscar-winning performances in "Gone With the Wind" and "Streetcar Named Desire." She has inspired many of the greatest visionaries: Laurence...

Many actors treat their profession as a purely artistic endeavor, rarely conceding that there is more to making a living than simply showing up on stage or in front of a camera. By refusing to seriously acknowledge that self-promotion is vital to their livelihoods, many performers can get quickly...

Many theatre practitioners think of physical theatre as one thing and text-based theatre as another. In this book, Dymphna Callery, author of Through the Body: A practical guide to physical theatre, shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and devised theatre can be applied...

A guide to becoming an actress anywhere in the world at any age. 

Manuale per animatori turistici con tanti consigli per animatori e capo animazione. All'interno troverete tanta teoria, ma anche tanto materiale utile come copioni inediti, idee per le serate, giochi, e tutto quello che serve per diventare un buon capo animazione.

Teatro. I buoni hanno bisogno di strade e piazze per sconfiggere il tempo. Charli, senza vie e senza ponti, ha preferito l’assolo alle lusinghe. E senza un perché vivrà oltre il tempo più di tante mezze calzette