Acting techniques

A companion to John Rudlin's best-selling Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Actors, this book covers both the history and professional practice of commedia dell'arte companies from 1568 to the present day.

One type of analysis cannot fit every play, nor does one method of interpretation suit every theatre artist or collaborative team.

'Scrupulously compiled and skillfully translated by Andrei Malaev-Babel, The Vakhtangov Sourcebook .

Dave Liebman is one of the leading forces in contemporary jazz.

Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can't be taught.

How does thinking affect doing?

The Heart of Teaching is a book about teaching and learning in the performing arts.

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century.

How can actors bridge the gap between themselves and the text and action of a script, integrating fully their learned vocal skills?

This structural account of independent performing arts in Europe is complimented by an analysis of the challenging social situation within the field.

"e;Many high school theatre teachers do not have access to intensive voice instruction.

The Third Space serves a crucial need for contemporary performers by providing an interdisciplinary and physiovocal approach to training.

Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Comedies in Shakespeare's First Folio.

This book focuses on the analysis and interpretation of the first volume of the book An Actor's Work by Konstantin Stanislavsky.

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Partners of the Imagination is the first in-depth study of the work of John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy, partners in writing and cultural and political campaigns.

For the last ten to fifteen years, many disciplines of scholarship have been involved in the study of consciousness, often on an interdisciplinary basis.

Cultural Specificity in Transnational Television Drama examines two European television industries: those of Germany and Wales.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERJoin national treasure Gary Barlow as he opens the curtains on his remarkable life in this stunning autobiography, from his fascinating early life to his star-studded music career'Warm, wise .

What happens in the relationship between audience and performer?

This book provides the first comprehensive study of Anthony Neilson's unconventional rehearsal methodology.

After training and studying for years, you've earned a degree: now what?

This book maps South Asian theatre productions that have contextualised Ibsen's plays to underscore the emergent challenges of postcolonial nation formation.

The Shakespeare Masterclasses is a collection of rare interviews from many of the world's most renowned Shakespearean actors, exploring their varied approaches to topics including character creation, script analysis, acting for the stage and the camera, rehearsal, preparation, and collaboration.

A History of Contemporary Stage Combat chronicles the development of stage combat from the origins of the Society of British Fight Directors in 1969 to the modern day.

Towards Embodied Performance invites directors and other generative performance makers to experiment with making their own original, visually stunning, sonically immersive, and physically rigorous embodied performance.

A playwright, also known as a dramatist or dramaturg, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.

As one of the world's leading voice coaches, Patsy Rodenburg describes practical ways to approach language, using Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose and a range of other texts to help each of us discover our own unique need for words.

Academic interest in hysteria has burgeoned in recent decades.

Are you tired of people knowing who you are but no one really knowing you?

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Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Comedies in Shakespeare's First Folio.

This memoir by the Academy Award nominee "e;proves that Dern off-screen is every bit as unpredictable, compelling and explosively honest as he is onscreen"e; (Newsday).

Using Open Scenes as a "e;way in"e; to scripted material, this book establishes a foundational actor training methodology that can be applied to the performance of film or television acting, commercials, and theatrical realism.

Theatre Masks Out Side In examines masks from different angles and perspectives, combining the history, design, construction, and use of masks into one beautifully illustrated resource.

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised.

The Singer Acts, The Actor Sings is a practical workbook for singers and actors of all disciplines, from musical theater through classical repertory to popular performance styles.

We live in a world of noise where everyone is so quick to speak.

Dein Begleiter für alle Arbeitsphasen des Film- und Fernsehschauspiels: Trainiere mit Nick Dong-Sik Deine Körpersprache als Schlüssel zum Schauspielerfolg.

Somatic Voices in Performance Research and Beyond brings together a community of international practitioner-researchers who explore voice through soma or soma through voice.

The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida.

This book provides a fascinating and concise history of devised theatre practice.

Acting has traditionally been considered a form of pretending or falsehood, compared with the so-called reality or truth of everyday life.

What is physical dramaturgy?

With a little bit of country, a whole lot of faith, and a healthy dose of sass, award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina's debut book, Getting Good at Being You, invites you to take the road less traveled as you step right up to who God calls you to be.

Stanislavsky and Intimacy is the first academic edited book with a focus on how intimacy protocols, choreography, and theories intersect with the broad practices of Konstantin Stanislavsky's 'system'.

Regarded by Augusto Boal as the international icon of his vision, Jana Sanskriti are the leading practitioners of Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre in India and the East.

This three-volume set is a valuable resource for researching the history of American television.