Acting category: 934 books
True and False
Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
One of our most brilliantly iconoclastic playwrights takes on the art of profession of acting with these words: invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. Acting schools, “interpretation,” “sense memory,” “The Method”—David Mamet takes a jackhammer to the idols...
The Eight Characters of Comedy
A Guide to Sitcom Acting and Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Eight Characters of Comedy is the “How-To†guide for actors & writers who want to break into the world of sitcoms. It has become a staple in acting classes, writers’ rooms, casting offices and production sets around the world. Now, in it’s exciting SECOND EDITION, renowned...
by West End Producer
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
West End Producer is the anonymous Twitter sensation whose hilarious and unfailingly accurate barbs satirising and celebrating the theatre industry have won him a devoted following.
His identity is the subject of feverish speculation in the media, fuelled by his regular appearances at West...
The Quotable Actor
1001 Pearls of Wisdom from Actors Talking About Acting
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Collecting advice, quotes, essays, and observations from hundreds of famous actors and highly regarded acting teachers, The Quotable Actor covers a wide range of topics on the art and history of acting.
Entertaining, instructive, and informative, it is organized into specific, easy-to-search...
by Stephen Horst
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
In NYC everyone can sing. The only way to stand out in auditions is to ACT the song. This is a complex and extremely subjective process. You must learn how to connect to the lyric and let your emotions flow openly within you for all to see and experience. This can feel extremely vulnerablebut even more...
by Derek Jacobi
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain’s most distinguished actors. ‘If you want to be an actor, don’t. If you need to be an actor, do.’ The world of theatre could not have been further from Derek’s...
Other People's Shoes
Thoughts on Acting
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting.
"Acting is what I do with who I am", writes Harriet Walter. And in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance. Each step of the way is illuminated with brilliantly...
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught...
The Actor's Art and Craft
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his...
Acting
Advanced Techniques for the Actor, Director, and Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much...
by Russ Normandy
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
An irreverent and sometimes humorous study of acting in films. What to do before you get to Hollywood. Chapters on action, listening, comedy, voice, face, movement, and auditioning. Includes exercises and scenes for practice.
by Cathy Haase
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Aspiring film and television actors will discover exercises for relaxing the face to achieve maximum expressiveness; maintaining proper eye focus in front of the camera and conveying the "beats" of a scene, even in the shortest takes. They'll also learn tested techniques for adapting to the styles...
by Constantin Stanislavski
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This antiquarian book contains a treatise on the subject of realism in acting, by the inventor of method acting, Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski. A fascinating and detailed text written by one of the founding fathers of modern acting technique, this book is the perfect guide for the aspiring actor...
Irreverent Acting
A Bold New Statement on the Craft of Acting and Individual Talent
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Eric believes that this book is the "craft bible," since it focuses entirely on the craft an actor must acquire in order to fulfill dramatic material. The book explores the seven major obligations related to material--time and place, relationship, emotional, character, thematic, historical, and subtextual--and...