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The Actor’s Art and Craft |
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Author | : William Esper,Damon Dimarco |
| Publisher | : Anchor | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 304 | |
| Isbn | : 030748114X | |
| Release | : 2008-12-10 | |
Book Summary: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 famous program for actor’s training. The result is a rigorous system of exercises that builds a solid foundation of acting skills from the ground up, and that is flexible enough to be applied to any challenge an actor faces, from soap operas to Shakespeare. Co-writer Damon DiMarco, a former student of Esper’s, spent over a year observing his mentor teaching first-year acting students. In this book he recreates that experience for us, allowing us to see how the progression of exercises works in practice. The Actor’s Art and Craft vividly demonstrates that good training does not constrain actors’ instincts—it frees them to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives. |
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The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character |
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Author | : William Esper,Damon Dimarco |
| Publisher | : Anchor | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 288 | |
| Isbn | : 0345805690 | |
| Release | : 2014-04-08 | |
Book Summary: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 in his famous first-year acting class. The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character continues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper’s second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class. Esper’s training builds on Sanford Meisner’s legendary exercises, a world-renowned technique that Esper further developed through his long association with Meisner and the decades he has spent training a host of distinguished actors. His approach is flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives. |
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Comedy Acting for Theatre |
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Author | : Sidney Homan,Brian Rhinehart |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Category | : Drama | |
| Number of Pages | : 208 | |
| Isbn | : 1350012785 | |
| Release | : 2018-02-22 | |
Book Summary:Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience, this book enables actors to create memorable – and hilarious – performances. Rooted in performance and performance criticism, Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart provide a detailed explanation of how comedy works, along with advice on how to communicate comedy from the point of view of both the performer and the audience. Combining theory and performance, the authors analyse a variety of plays, both modern and classic. Playwrights featured include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Christopher Durang, and Michael Frayn. Acting in Shakespeare’s comedies is also covered in depth. |
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The Art and Craft of Motion Picture Editing |
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Author | : Michael Hoggan |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 188 | |
| Isbn | : 1000485269 | |
| Release | : 2021-12-23 | |
Book Summary:This book explains the broader context of what the art and craft of motion picture editing entails, framing the creative acts of editing within an overall view of the production process and requirements for effective storytelling. This book offers real experiences and advice from seasoned editors on the editing process, providing a detailed examination of filmmaking from the editor’s point of view and exploring how best to cultivate creative relationships with other areas of production to form the final personality of the film. Emphasizing both practicality and creativity, industry veteran Michael Hoggan successfully bridges the gap between the mechanical skills of editing and the thought process behind these decisions. While most books focus primarily on the mind of the creator, this book explores the evolution of practices in film production and editing with respect to the ever-changing expectations of the audience. As the book demonstrates, understanding editing from the audience’s perspective is essential to any successful film. This book will be of interest to post-production students, independent filmmakers, film critics, and agents with editing clients. It is accompanied by a collection of rich digital materials, including a glossary, bibliography, and more. |
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In the Company of Actors |
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Author | : Carole Zucker |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 240 | |
| Isbn | : 1136691243 | |
| Release | : 2016-12-05 | |
Book Summary:In the Company of Actors is a wonderful ensemble of entertaining and illuminating discussions with sixteen of the most celebrated and prestigious actors in contemporary theatre, film and television. The impressive list of actors includes: Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Brenda Fricker, Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire, Janet McTeer, Ian Richardson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Anthony Sher, Janet Suzman, David Suchet, and Penelope Wilton. Carole Zucker covers a wide range of topics including the actors’ main childhood influences, their actor training, early acting experience, preparation for roles and sound advice for coping with actors’ problems such as creative differences with other actors or directors. |
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Musical Composition |
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Author | : Alan Belkin |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press | |
| Category | : Music | |
| Number of Pages | : 320 | |
| Isbn | : 0300235666 | |
| Release | : 2018-06-19 | |
Book Summary:An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composer This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game music. The first of its kind to utilize a style-neutral approach, in addition to presenting the commonly known classical forms, this book offers invaluable general guidance on developing and connecting musical ideas, building to a climax, and other fundamental formal principles. It is designed for both classroom use and independent study. |
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor |
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Author | : Melissa Bruder,Lee Michael Cohn,Madeleine Olnek,Nathaniel Pollack,Robert Previto,Scott Zigler |
| Publisher | : Vintage | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 112 | |
| Isbn | : 0307499138 | |
| Release | : 2012-04-25 | |
Book Summary:This simple and essential book about the craft of acting describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor’s job, the authors state, is to “find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play.” The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book. |
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True and False |
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Author | : David Mamet |
| Publisher | : Vintage | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 144 | |
| Isbn | : 0307806499 | |
| Release | : 2011-09-07 | |
Book Summary: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 of contemporary acting, while revealing the true heroism and nobility of the craft. He shows actors how to undertake auditions and rehearsals, deal with agents and directors, engage audiences, and stay faithful to the script, while rejecting the temptations that seduce so many of their colleagues. Bracing in its clarity, exhilarating in its common sense, True and False is as shocking as it is practical, as witty as it is instructive, and as irreverent as it is inspiring. |
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The Director’s Craft |
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Author | : Katie Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 246 | |
| Isbn | : 1134138075 | |
| Release | : 2008-08-18 | |
Book Summary:The Director’s Craft is a unique and completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage. Written by one of the most adventurous and respected directors working today, this book will be an essential item in every student and practitioner’s kitbag. It provides detailed assistance with each aspect of the varied challenges facing all theatre directors, and does so with startling clarity. It will inspire everyone, from the beginner just starting out to the experienced practitioner looking to reinvigorate their practice. Katie Mitchell shares and explains the key practical tools she uses to approach her work with both actors, production teams, and the text itself. She addresses topics such as: the ideas that underpin a play’s text preparing improvizations Twelve Golden Rules for working with actors managing the transition from rehearsal room to theatre analyzing your work after a run has ended. Each chapter concludes with a summary of its critical points, making this an ideal reference work for both directors and actors at any stage of their development. |
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The Intent to Live |
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Author | : Larry Moss |
| Publisher | : Bantam | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 368 | |
| Isbn | : 055390115X | |
| Release | : 2004-12-28 | |
Book Summary:“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 their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone–professionals and amateurs alike–can discover Moss’s passionate, in-depth teaching. Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, imagination, and behavior on fire, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, fresh, and authentic. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, overcome fear and inhibition, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, television, and movies. Far more than a handbook, The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher. Moss’s respect for actors and love of the actor’s craft enliven every page, together with examples from a wealth of plays and films, both current and classic, and vivid appreciations of great performances. Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness, The Intent to Live will move, instruct, and inspire you. |
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Sanford Meisner on Acting |
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Author | : Sanford Meisner,Dennis Longwell |
| Publisher | : Vintage | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 272 | |
| Isbn | : 0307830632 | |
| Release | : 2012-11-07 | |
Book Summary:Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike. Throughout these pages Meisner is a delight—always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges. With an introduction by Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years. “This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or even appreciate what acting involves. Like Meisner’s way of teaching, it is the straight goods.”—Arthur Miller “If there is a key to good acting, this one is it, above all others. Actors, young and not so young, will find inspiration and excitement in this book.”—Gregory Peck |
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Chinese Opera |
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Author | : Wang-Ngai Siu,Peter Lovrick |
| Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 227 | |
| Isbn | : 9888208268 | |
| Release | : 2013-12-01 | |
Book Summary:Chinese opera embraces over 360 different styles of theatre that make one of the richest performance arts in the world. It combines music, speech, poetry, mime, acrobatics, stage fighting, vivid face-painting and exquisite costumes. First experiences of Chinese opera can be baffling because its vocabulary of stagecraft is familiar only to the seasoned aficionado. Chinese Opera: The Actor’s Craft makes the experience more accessible for everyone. This book uses breath-taking images of Chinese opera in performance by Hong Kong photographer Siu Wang-Ngai to illustrate and explain Chinese opera stage technique. The book explores costumes, gestures, mime, acrobatics, props and stage techniques. Each explanation is accompanied by an example of its use in an opera and is illustrated by in-performance photographs. Chinese Opera: The Actor’s Craft provides the reader with a basic grammar for understanding uniquely Chinese solutions to staging drama. |
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The Power of the Actor |
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Author | : Ivana Chubbuck |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 400 | |
| Isbn | : 1440649960 | |
| Release | : 2005-08-18 | |
Book Summary: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 Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor guides you to dynamic and effective results. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. Ivana Chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, such as Stanislavski, Meisner, and Hagen, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, the book takes well-known scripts, both classic and contemporary, and demonstrates how to precisely apply Chubbuck’s script-analysis process. The Power of the Actor is filled with fascinating and inspiring behind-the-scenes accounts of how noted actors have mastered their craft and have accomplished success in such a difficult and competitive field. |
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Leadership Craft, Leadership Art |
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Author | : S. Taylor |
| Publisher | : Springer | |
| Category | : Art | |
| Number of Pages | : 199 | |
| Isbn | : 1137012781 | |
| Release | : 2012-01-02 | |
Book Summary:Taylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea: 1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4) selection, and 5) elaboration. |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 224 | |
| Isbn | : 172252474X | |
| Release | : 2021-07-20 | |
Book Summary:This celebrated masterpiece is Oscar Wilde’s only novel. A mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense, it has endured due to its artful prose and the philosophical questions it raises, as well as the scandal it caused upon its initial publication in 1890. Written in his distinctively dazzling manner and combining aspects of a Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, Wilde forges a devastating account of the effects of evil and depravity on a fashionable young man in late 19th century England who sells his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. A concept that Wilde derived from the German legend of Faust, Gray is the subject of a portrait by painter Basil Hallward who deems his subject’s beauty to be inconceivably great. Rather than having to age himself, an egotistical Dorian wishes for the painting to age instead of him so that he can retain his youthful good looks. Gray plunges into a life of vice and debauchery with its sole aim being pleasure. His body retains perfect youth and vigor while the portrait changes day by day into a ghastly chronicle of evil, documenting each of his sins with its appearance, which he must keep hidden from the world. This spellbinding novel tale that warns its readers of the dangers that come with narcissism, self-indulgence, and ignorance still ranks as one of Wilde’s most important works. Of Gray’s relationship to him, Wilde noted “Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.” |
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The Method |
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Author | : Isaac Butler |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 512 | |
| Isbn | : 1635574781 | |
| Release | : 2022-02-01 | |
Book Summary:“The best and most important book about acting I’ve ever read.”–Nathan Lane From the coauthor of The World Only Spins Forward comes the first cultural history of Method acting–an ebullient account of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood. On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? More than a century ago, amid tsarist Russia’s crushing repression, one of the most talented actors ever, Konstantin Stanislavski, asked these very questions, reached deep into himself, and emerged with an answer. How his “system” remade itself into the Method and forever transformed American theater and film is an unlikely saga that has never before been fully told. Now, critic and theater director Isaac Butler chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire to Raging Bull. He traces how a cohort of American mavericks–including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre–refashioned Stanislavski’s ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse. The Group’s feuds and rivalries would, in turn, shape generations of actors who enabled Hollywood to become the global dream-factory it is today. Some of these performers the Method would uplift; others, it would destroy. Long after its midcentury heyday, the Method lives on as one of the most influential–and misunderstood–ideas in American culture. Studded with marquee names–from Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, and Elia Kazan, to James Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Dustin Hoffman–The Method is a spirited history of ideas and a must-read for any fan of Broadway or American film. |
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Directors Tell the Story |
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Author | : Bethany Rooney,Mary Lou Belli |
| Publisher | : CRC Press | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 382 | |
| Isbn | : 1317359232 | |
| Release | : 2016-04-14 | |
Book Summary:Move over, movies: the freshest storytelling today is on television, where the multi-episodic format is used for rich character development and innovative story arcs. Directors Tell the Story, Second Edition offers rare insight and advice straight from two A-list television directors whose credits include NCIS, NCIS New Orleans, Nashville, Criminal Minds and many more. Here, in one volume, learn everything you need to know to become an excellent director, not merely a good one. Covering everything through prep, shoot, and post, the authors offer practical instruction on how to craft a creative vision, translate a script into a visual story, establish and maintain the look and feel of a television show or film, lead the cast and crew, keep a complex operation running on time and on budget, and effectively oversee editing and post-production. Directors Tell the Story provides behind-the-scenes access to the secrets of successful directors, as well as exercises that use original scripted material. This newly updated edition features: All-new “From the Experts” sections with insider info known only to working professionals Profiles of top film and TV luminaries with advice and tips Additional „How I Got My First Job” stories from directors currently in the trenches Useful instruction to help you put directing techniques into practice A companion website featuring directing tutorials and video interviews with the authors Bethany Rooney has directed over two hundred episodes of prime-time network shows, including NCIS, The Originals, Nashville, NCIS New Orleans, and Criminal Minds. She teaches the Warner Brothers Directing Workshop and serves on numerous committees at the Directors Guild of America. Mary Lou Belli is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer, writer, and director as well as the author of two books. She directed NCIS New Orleans, Monk, Hart of Dixie, The Game, Girlfriends, and The Wizards of Waverly Place. She teaches directing at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. |
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Psychology for Actors |
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Author | : Kevin Page |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Drama | |
| Number of Pages | : 208 | |
| Isbn | : 1351130935 | |
| Release | : 2018-10-09 | |
Book Summary:Psychology for Actors is a study of modern psychology, specifically designed for the working actor and actor-in-training, that covers discrete areas of psychological theory that actors can apply to their creative process to form and connect with characters. The book investigates many post-Stanislavsky ideas about human psychology from some of the twentieth century’s most brilliant minds – from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to Abraham Maslow and Ken Wilber – and offers step-by-step exercises to help actors understand their characters and effectively bring them to life on stage or in front of the camera. Psychology for Actors also offers advice on how to cope with the stresses and strains of a highly competitive field, and provides tools for deeper self-awareness and character exploration. |
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Staging Sex |
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Author | : Chelsea Pace |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 124 | |
| Isbn | : 0429946457 | |
| Release | : 2020-02-14 | |
Book Summary:Staging Sex lays out a comprehensive, practical solution for staging intimacy, nudity, and sexual violence. This book takes theatre practitioners step-by-step through the best practices, tools, and techniques for crafting effective theatrical intimacy. After an overview of the challenges directors face when staging theatrical intimacy, Staging Sex offers practical solutions and exercises, provides a system for establishing and discussing boundaries, and suggests efficient and effective language for staging intimacy and sexual violence. It also addresses production and classroom specific concerns and provides guidance for creating a culture of consent in any company or department. Written for directors, choreographers, movement coaches, stage managers, production managers, professional actors, and students of acting courses, Staging Sex is an essential tool for theatre practitioners who encounter theatrical intimacy or instructional touch, whether in rehearsal or in the classroom. |
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The Double Game |
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Author | : Dan Fesperman |
| Publisher | : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 368 | |
| Isbn | : 0307960900 | |
| Release | : 2012-08-21 | |
Book Summary:A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a Foreign Service brat who grew up in the very cities where Lemaster’s books were set, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career in journalism. More than two decades later, Cage, now a lonely, disillusioned PR man, receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper into Lemaster’s pronouncement. Spiked with cryptic references to some of Cage’s favorite spy novels, the note is the first of many literary bread crumbs that lead him back to Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, each instruction drawing him closer to the complex truth, each giving rise to more questions: Why is beautiful Litzi Strauss back in his life after thirty years? How much of his father’s job involved the CIA? As the events of Lemaster’s past eerily—and dangerously—begin intersecting with those of Cage’s own, a “long stalemate of secrecy” may finally be coming to an end. A story about spies and their secrets, fathers and sons, lovers and fate, duplicity and loyalty, The Double Game ingeniously taps the espionage classics of the Cold War to build a spellbinding maze of intrigue. It is Dan Fesperman’s most audacious, suspenseful, and satisfying novel yet. |
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An Actress Prepares |
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Author | : Rosemary Malague |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 264 | |
| Isbn | : 1136503897 | |
| Release | : 2013-06-17 | |
Book Summary:‘Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been given to the experience of the student actress: What happens to women in Method actor training?’ An Actress Prepares is the first book to interrogate Method acting from a specifically feminist perspective. Rose Malague addresses “the Method” not only with much-needed critical distance, but also the crucial insider’s view of a trained actor. Case studies examine the preeminent American teachers who popularized and transformed elements of Stanislavsky’s System within the U.S.—Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen— by analyzing and comparing their related but distinctly different approaches. This book confronts the sexism that still exists in actor training and exposes the gender biases embedded within the Method itself. Its in-depth examination of these Stanislavskian techniques seeks to reclaim Method acting from its patriarchal practices and to empower women who act. ‘I’ve been waiting for someone to write this book for years: a thorough-going analysis and reconsideration of American approaches to Stanislavsky from a feminist perspective … lively, intelligent, and engaging.’ – Phillip Zarrilli, University of Exeter ‘Theatre people of any gender will be transformed by Rose Malague’s eye-opening study An Actress Prepares… This book will be useful to all scholars and practitioners determined to make gender equity central to how they hone their craft and their thinking.’ – Jill Dolan, Princeton University |
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An Actor’s Companion |
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Author | : Seth Barrish |
| Publisher | : Theatre Communications Group | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 216 | |
| Isbn | : 1559367970 | |
| Release | : 2015-05-25 | |
Book Summary:“I was totally unprepared for the transformation that Seth’s technique created in me. . . . I realized that what I thought I knew about acting up to that point was largely misguided . . . but I now had a great, talented, dedicated teacher who generously wanted to share his tools with everyone. There is muscularity, not to mention wisdom and truth to Seth’s techniques. He is a wonderful teacher, and I know that having him as my first guide is one of the luckiest things to have happened to me in my career and life. And when I can’t get back to class with him, I am so grateful I have this book to turn to.”—Anne Hathaway “This book is truly unlike anything else I know—these pieces are haikus on specific elements of performance and character building.”—Philip Himberg, executive director, Sundance Theatre Institute A collection of practical acting tips, tools, and exercises, An Actor’s Companion is ideal for both the seasoned professionals and actors-in-training. The tips—all simple, direct, and useful—are easy to understand and even easier to apply, in both rehearsal and in performance. Seth Barrish is an actor, teacher, and the co-artistic director of The Barrow Group in New York City. In his thirty-year career, he has directed the award-winning shows My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Lucille Lortel Award for Best Solo Show, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Solo Show), Sleepwalk With Me (Nightlife Award for Outstanding Comedian in a Major Performance), The Tricky Part (Obie Award, Drama Desk nominations for Best Play and Best Solo Show), Pentecost (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), Old Wicked Songs (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and Garland Award for Best Direction), and Good (Straw Hat Award for Best Direction), among dozens of others. |
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Act |
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Author | : David Rotenberg |
| Publisher | : ECW Press | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 184 | |
| Isbn | : 1773057294 | |
| Release | : 2021-04-20 | |
Book Summary:A lively, conversational textbook dedicated to the art of acting from a master teacher. Act: The Modern Actor’s Handbook is the result of 30 years of one of North America’s most renowned acting teachers teaching some of the world’s most talented screen actors. This is a full tour through the concepts at the heart of Rotenberg’s techniques: states of being, primaries and secondaries, images that you elaborate up or distill down, modifiers, actions and beats, and more. Although his methods loosely draw on the great acting teachers like Hagen and Meisner back to Stanislavski, he teaches new techniques suited to the best of today’s screen actors. This is a major new work in the actor’s library and will be pulled off the shelf time and again to find that key into a scene, to prepare for an audition, or to find that right technique to make the art come alive again. |
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The Art and Craft of College Teaching |
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Author | : Robert Rotenberg |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Education | |
| Number of Pages | : 400 | |
| Isbn | : 1315418991 | |
| Release | : 2016-06-16 | |
Book Summary:The second edition of Rotenberg’s popular guide to college teaching includes additional material on teaching in a digital environment, universal design, and teaching diverse students. As in the first edition, the book provides a hands-on, quick-start guide to the complexities of the college classroom for instructors in their first five years of teaching independently. The chapters survey the existing literature on how to effectively teach young adults, offering specific solutions to the most commonly faced classroom dilemmas. The author, a former department chair and award-winning instructor, encourages the new teacher to support their students as individual learners who are engaged in a program of study beyond their individual class. A focus on the choices made during the design of the course helps the instructor coordinate their class with a department or college curriculum. An extensive discussion of the relationship between classroom design and class size, as well as tips of assessment and grading, enable the new instructor to better handle the challenges of contemporary college classrooms. |
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The Quotable Actor |
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Author | : Damon DiMarco |
| Publisher | : Santa Monica Press | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 360 | |
| Isbn | : 1595808752 | |
| Release | : 2009-08-01 | |
Book Summary: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 categories, such as “On Why We Act”; “On Auditioning”; “On Struggling and Building a Career”; and “On Gender Differences and Aging in the Biz.” From art and technique to business and lifestyle, entries include fascinating anecdotes and advice from some of the greatest actors in history: Marlon Brando commenting on the rehearsal process Meryl Streep’s advice on building a character Al Pacino recalling what it was like to be a starving young artist Beauty tips from some of Hollywood’s leading ladies Recollections of horrible auditions from A-list stars Musings from Jack Nicholson, Edwin Booth, and many others Additional contributors include Constantin Stanislavski, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Burstyn, Julie Andrews, Paul Newman, and Peter O’Toole—providing insights into the actor’s craft that are equally useful to young actors just starting out and accomplished professionals looking for inspiration in the words of peers. |
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The Stanislavski System |
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Author | : Sonia Moore |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 112 | |
| Isbn | : 1101562587 | |
| Release | : 1984-10-02 | |
Book Summary:This clearly written guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among students and teachers of acting. Now, in light of books and articles recently published in the Soviet Union, Sonia Moore has made revisions that include a new section on the subtext of a role. She provides detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for more than twenty years. Designed to create better actors, this guide will put individuals in touch with themselves and increase personal sensitivity as well. |
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The Art and Craft of Feature Writing |
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Author | : William E. Blundell |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Language Arts & Disciplines | |
| Number of Pages | : 272 | |
| Isbn | : 1101667125 | |
| Release | : 1988-11-29 | |
Book Summary:Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America’s best-written papers—The Wall Street Journal—has put his famous Journal Feature-Writing Seminars into this step-by-step guide for turning out great articles. Filled with expert instruction on a complex art, it provides beginners with a systematic approach to feature writing and deftly teaches old pros some new tricks about: · How and where to get ideas · What readers like and don’t like · Adding energy and interest to tired topics · Getting from first ideas to finish article · The rules of organization · How—and whom—to quote and paraphrase · Wordcraft, leads, and narrative flow · Self-editing and notes on style … plus many sample feature articles. |
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Teaching Actors |
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Author | : Ross W. Prior |
| Publisher | : Intellect Books | |
| Category | : Education | |
| Number of Pages | : 243 | |
| Isbn | : 1841505706 | |
| Release | : 2012 | |
Book Summary:Draws on history, literature & research conducted across leading drama schools in England & Australia, to offer those involved in actor training a critical framework within which to think about their work. Devotes particular attention to different ways in which teachers & students acquire & share knowledge through practical craft-based experience. |
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Kalamanch – Anyone can be an Actor |
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Author | : Kanan Srivastava,Neeraj Ganvir |
| Publisher | : Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 100 | |
| Isbn | : 9354588875 | |
| Release | : 2022-03-31 | |
Book Summary:This book is to motivate and inspire actor’s to trust in their craft without feeling the fear of failure and uncertain future. In the city of dreams Mumbai, eight ordinary people gather in an acting studio to embark on a unique journey together in a creative 6 weeks drama class to see to the very bottom of their souls, and feel how the artificial intimacy of the acting class shapes their lives in substantial ways to knowing their true selves. Kalamanch is an acting studio based in Mumbai, founded by a former actress Kanika Arora, a free-spirited and supportive teacher, the group – Anant, a recently divorced, emotionally vulnerable small shop owner, Sunaina, an earnest and vibrant model, Kunal, Kanika’s charming husband and sophisticated business owner, Jheel, a posh trendy college student with a keen eye, Azim, a focused and a privy individual owning small coffee shop, Ragini, a raging bull and a bold feminist sales executive and Hiten, an over smart loud personality full of lust and a die hard salman bhai fan — move through a series of acting exercises, ranging from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous. The story unfolds exclusively through the games and exercises these characters take part in. Each character has a personal trauma or demon and the games they play brings the problem to the surface and the characters are forced to confront them. Characters make terrible realizations about each other and their own lives which draws some closer and some away from each other. By the end we seem to see to the very bottom of these souls, and feel how the artificial intimacy of the acting class has shaped their lives in substantial ways. This book gives reveals the vulnerability of each character and makes us delve into their lives to know their inner life. It also has the nuance of making people aware of the art of acting and what it takes to be an actor. |
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The Art and Craft of Screenwriting |
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Author | : Shelly Frome |
| Publisher | : McFarland | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 263 | |
| Isbn | : 0786482672 | |
| Release | : 2014-11-21 | |
Book Summary:This guide for screenwriters and those interested in the screenwriting process has important information on every facet of the screenwriter’s trade. Introductory chapters discuss skills essential for all screenwriters. The second part covers various options available to screenwriters (such as different genres, indie films, adaptation) with important methods for each. Part Three is a collection of revealing interviews by the author with several established and seasoned professionals. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. |
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The Laban Workbook for Actors |
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Author | : Katya Bloom,Barbara Adrian,Tom Casciero,Jennifer Mizenko,Claire Porter |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Category | : Drama | |
| Number of Pages | : 296 | |
| Isbn | : 1474220681 | |
| Release | : 2017-11-30 | |
Book Summary:The Laban Workbook is a compendium of unique exercises inspired by the concepts and principles of movement theorist and artist, Rudolf Laban. Written by five internationally recognized movement experts, this textbook is divided into single-authored chapters, each of which includes a short contextual essay followed by a series of insight-bearing exercises. These expert views, honed in the creation of individual approaches to training and coaching actors, provide a versatile range of theory and practice in the creative process of crafting theatre. Readers will learn: Enhanced expressivity of body and voice; Clearer storytelling, both physical and vocal, facilitating the embodiment of playwrights’ intentions; Imaginative possibilities for exploring an existing play or for creating devised theatre. Featuring many exercises exploring the application of Laban Movement Studies to text, character, scene work, and devised performances – as well as revealing the creative potential of the body itself – The Laban Workbook is ideal for actors, teachers, directors and choreographers. |
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Filmmaking |
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Author | : Jason Tomaric |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 520 | |
| Isbn | : 1136039147 | |
| Release | : 2013-05-02 | |
Book Summary:Filmmaking the definitive resource for filmmakers, blows the doors off the secretive film industry and shows you how to adapt the Hollywood system for your production. Full of thousands of tips, tricks, and techniques from Emmy-winning director Jason Tomaric, Filmmaking systematically takes you through every step of how to produce a successful movie – from developing a marketable idea through selling your completed movie. Whether you’re on a budget of $500 or $50 million, Filmmaking reveals some of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets. Make your movie and do it right. The companion site includes: Over 30 minutes of high-quality video tutorials featuring over a dozen working Hollywood professionals. Industry-standard forms and contracts you can use for your production Sample scripts, storyboards, schedules, call sheets, contracts, letters from the producer, camera logs, and press kits 45-minute video that takes you inside the movie that launched Jason’s career. 3,000 extras, 48 locations, 650 visual effects-all made from his parent’s basement for $25,000. |
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Celebrity Biographies – The Amazing Life Of Keanu Reeves – Famous Actors |
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Author | : Matt Green |
| Publisher | : Matt Green | |
| Category | : Biography & Autobiography | |
| Number of Pages | : N.a | |
| Isbn | : N.a | |
| Release | : N.a | |
Book Summary:Ever wondered how Keanu Reeves rose to stardom? Keanu Reeves is one of the most maddening forces in Hollywood – an actor who has produced a body of fascinating work, while still somehow serving as a lightning rod for criticism. After a turbulent childhood, Reeves first burst onto the film scene as somewhat of a laid-back and goofy character, appearing in several popular slacker comedies. It wasn’t until the dawn of the new millennium that the actor finally flew to prominence as one of the most recognized movie heroes in all of cinematic history. Though the iconic role of Neo in the Matrix trilogy made Reeves a certified movie star, the actor has spent the majority of his career trying to prove himself as a true acting talent while escaping the shadow of his action hero claim to fame. For more interesting facts you must read his biography. Grab your biography book now! |
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The Craft of Comedy |
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Author | : Athene Seyler,Stephen Haggard |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 176 | |
| Isbn | : 1136312943 | |
| Release | : 2013-02-15 | |
Book Summary:“a work on the art and craft of comedy as important in its own way as works by Stanislavski and Chekhov” – Oxford Theatre Companion In 1939, a young, inexperienced actor wrote to a famous actress of his acquaintance, asking for advice on playing comedy. She responded enthusiastically, and they corresponded variously over the next year. The Craft of Comedy, a record of these exchanges, soon emerged as one of the few classic texts in the field of comedy acting. This major new edition takes a brilliant book and makes it better. Editor Robert Barton has devised extensive supplementary material, including: An introduction to the correspondents, the culture of the time, and the evolution of their book; Summaries, definitions, and exercises and practice scenes for readers wishing to explore Athene Seyler’s invaluable advice; Photographs, additional essays by Seyler, and a guide to easily accessed video clips of her performing. Seyler’s lucid guidance, and Barton’s scrupulous editorship, ensure this legendary work’s rightful status is restored: as one of the great practical guides to the craft of comedy, and an essential resource for actors and students of acting. |
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Shakespeare and Meisner |
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Author | : Aileen Gonsalves,Tracy Irish |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Category | : Literary Criticism | |
| Number of Pages | : 152 | |
| Isbn | : 1350118419 | |
| Release | : 2021-03-25 | |
Book Summary:This practical handbook is invaluable for anyone performing, teaching, studying or simply wanting a new way to enjoy Shakespeare. It provides an outline of Meisner’s work and legacy, a discussion of that legacy in the light of the enduring global popularity of Shakespeare, and a wealth of practical exercises drawn from Meisner’s techniques. Shakespeare writes about the truth in human relationships and human hearts. Sanford Meisner’s work unlocks truthful acting. They would seem a perfect match. Yet, following Meisner’s note to his actors that ‘text is your greatest enemy’, Shakespeare and Meisner are often considered ‘strange bedfellows’. The rhetorical complexity of Shakespeare’s text can often be perceived as rules an actor must learn in order to perform Shakespeare ‘properly’. Meisner’s main rule is that ‘you can’t say ouch until you’ve been pinched’: in other words, an actor must genuinely feel something in order to react in a performance which is alive to the moment. This book explores how actors can use Meisner’s tools of ‘acting is reacting’ to discover the infinite freedom within the apparent constraints of Shakespeare’s text. |
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Digital Filmmaking |
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Author | : Thomas Ohanian,Natalie Phillips |
| Publisher | : CRC Press | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 368 | |
| Isbn | : 1136053549 | |
| Release | : 2013-04-03 | |
Book Summary:Digital Filmmaking has been called the bible for professional filmmakers in the digital age. It details all of the procedural, creative, and technical aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production within a digital filmmaking environment. It examines the new digital methods and techniques that are redefining the filmmaking process, and how the evolution into digital filmmaking can be used to achieve greater creative flexibility as well as cost and time savings. The second edition includes updates and new information, including four new chapters that examine key topics like digital television and high definition television,making films using digital video, 24 P and universal mastering, and digital film projection. Digital Filmmaking provides a clear overview of the traditional filmmaking process, then goes on to illuminate the ways in which new methods can accomplish old tasks. It explains vital concepts, including digitization, compression, digital compositing, nonlinear editing, and on-set digital production and relates traditional film production and editing processes to those of digital techniques. Various filmmakers discuss their use of digital techniques to enhance the creative process in the “Industry Viewpoints” sections in each chapter . |
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Games for Actors and Non-Actors |
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Author | : Augusto Boal |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 336 | |
| Isbn | : 1134498500 | |
| Release | : 2005-06-29 | |
Book Summary:Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal’s revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone – actors and non-actors alike! This thoroughly updated and substantially revised second edition includes: two new essays by Boal on major recent projects in Brazil Boal’s description of his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company a revised introduction and translator’s preface a collection of photographs taken during Boal’s workshops, commissioned for this edition new reflections on Forum Theatre. |
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Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women’s Writing |
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Author | : W. Arons |
| Publisher | : Springer | |
| Category | : Education | |
| Number of Pages | : 270 | |
| Isbn | : 0230600735 | |
| Release | : 2006-10-03 | |
Book Summary:In this book, Wendy Arons examines how women writers used theater and performance to investigate the problem of female subjectivity and to intervene in the dominant discourse about ideal femininity. Arons shows how contemporary demands for sincerity and authenticity placed a peculiar burden on women in the public sphere, especially on actresses, who – like professional writers – overstepped the boundaries of what was considered proper behavior for women. Paradoxically, in their representations of ideal women engaged in performance, these writers expose ideal femininity as an impossible act, even as they attempt to perform it in their writing and in their lives. |
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Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2022 |
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| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Category | : Biography & Autobiography | |
| Number of Pages | : 488 | |
| Isbn | : 1350235644 | |
| Release | : 2021-09-23 | |
Book Summary:This well-established and respected directory supports actors in their training and search for work in theatre, film, TV, radio and comedy. It is the only directory to provide detailed information for each listing and specific advice on how to approach companies and individuals, saving hours of further research. From agents and casting directors to producing theatres, showreel companies, photographers and much more, this essential reference book editorially selects only the most relevant and reputable contacts for the actor. Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2022 features: * 4 newly commissioned interviews conducted by Polly Bennett and Joan Iyiola (co-founders of The Mono Box) with theatre industry professionals including Cherrelle Skeete, Hazel Holder, Ned Bennett and Tom Ross Williams * a new foreword by Polly Bennett With the listings updated every year, the Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook continues to be the go-to guide for help with auditions, interviews and securing/sustaining work within the industry. Covering training and working in theatre, film, radio, TV and comedy, it contains invaluable resources such as a casting calendar and articles on a range of topics from your social media profile to what drama schools are looking for to financial and tax issues. An invaluable professional tool that anyone working in the industry will benefit from. |
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Actor Training in Anglophone Countries |
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Author | : Peter Zazzali |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 252 | |
| Isbn | : 100042328X | |
| Release | : 2021-07-30 | |
Book Summary:Actor Training in Anglophone Countries offers a firsthand account of the most significant acting programs in English-speaking countries throughout the world. The culmination of archival research and fieldwork spanning six years, it is the only work of its kind that studies the history of actor training from an international perspective. It presents the current moment as crucial for student actors and those who teach them. As the profession continues to change, new and progressive approaches to training have become as urgent as they are necessary. Using drama schools and universities as its subjects of inquiry, this book investigates acting programs in the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Among the case studies are the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, National Theatre School of Canada, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and Carnegie Mellon University. All recognized for their distinguished reputations by industry professionals and acting teachers alike, the book examines each program’s pedagogical approach, administrative structure, funding apparatus, and alumni success. In doing so, it identifies the challenges facing acting schools today and offers a new direction for training in the twenty-first century. Actor Training in Anglophone Countries will be of interest to theatre and performance scholars, artists, students, and teachers. |
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