Acting techniques

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.

'Caution: this book could seriously jeopardise your amateur status' - Robert David MacDonald Do you know your mirror scrims from your mirror balls?

Merely Players?

"e;Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

From the late 1940s to the early '60s, Marilyn Monroe appeared in barely thirty movies, beginning with bit parts and moving on into supporting roles for such films as The Asphalt Jungle, All About Eve, and Clash by Night.

How do you prepare for your first day on the set?

This book is about joint intelligence in action.

"e;a work on the art and craft of comedy as important in its own way as works by Stanislavski and Chekhov"e; - Oxford Theatre CompanionIn 1939, a young, inexperienced actor wrote to a famous actress of his acquaintance, asking for advice on playing comedy.

In Mythic Imagination and the Actor, Marissa Chibas draws on over three decades of experience as a Latinx actor, writer, filmmaker, and teacher to offer an approach to acting that embraces collective imagination, archetypal work, and the mythic.

From Russia comes this ironic, satirical, multi-layered, modern pop-art parable by Vassily Aksyonov.

How are we to understand the actor's work as a fully embodied process?

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

Intercultural Acting and Performer Training is the first collection of essays from a diverse, international group of authors and practitioners focusing on intercultural acting and voice practices worldwide.

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding.

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

This practical guide presents a wide array of games and exercises designed to develop the players observation, imagination, presentation and self-confidence.

A Korean Approach to Actor Training develops a vital, intercultural method of performer training, introducing Korean and more broadly East Asian discourses into contemporary training and acting practice.

What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and one's art?

What is good acting?

The theater of the 21st century, in many ways, is expanding to require new muscles of its actors, and so should their monologue choices.

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski's system.

'Every scene or action or speech has a so therefore.

Award Monologues for Men is a collection of fifty monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in London.

This revised edition contains several new speeches, many of which are taken from plays written and produced during the last five years.

The first and only book of its kind, this cutting-edge and incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQ roles.

True Acting Tips leads stage and screen actors on a journey of passion, intimacy, and personal investment.

While contemporary American culture may be fixated on youthful sex appeal, the truth is that the most complex and interesting characters in dramatic literature have been (and still are) those over 40 years old.

Stepping Stones is the book of a practitioner.

Award Monologues for Women is a collection of fifty-four monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in London.

What are the key elements that go into creating a work of art for the stage?

This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English.

For centuries the theatre has been one of the major forms of art.

The Polish playwright and artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, is now recognized as Poland's leading theatrical innovator of the interwar years and one of the outstanding creative personalities of the European avant-garde.

Fiction's Truth explores professional actors' lived experiences of representing human suffering, distress, and violence.

On October 20, 1882, future actress Margaret Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York.

No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski.

The Art of Knife Fighting for Stage and Screen: An Actor's and Director's Guide to Staged Violence provides detailed information for the safe use of knives and daggers in a theatrical setting and an in-depth understanding of safe theatrical weapons.

Staging Sex lays out a comprehensive, practical solution for staging intimacy, nudity, and sexual violence.

As stage and screen artists explore new means to enhance their craft, a new wave of interest in expressive movement and physical improvisation has developed.

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Men aims to provide new and exciting audition and showcase material for actors of black, African American, South Asian and Middle Eastern heritage.

A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars.

"e;Refreshing and imaginative, this book teaches through enhanced awareness and instructs through clear and specific exercises.

Anxiety about how we speak prevents many of us from expressing ourselves well.

Crossing the Stage brings together for the first time essays which explore cross-dressing in theatre, cabaret, opera and dance.

Many of the stars of the silver screen in twentieth-century Hollywood became national icons, larger-than-life figures held up as paragons of American virtues.

Understand the business side of your showbiz career We all know acting can be a glittering whirl of glamour plush red carpets, simply divine outfits, huge sums of money, and oh, the parties!

Foreword by Cate BlanchettWith contributions by Geoffrey Rush, Baz Luhrmann, Miranda Otto and Hugo Weaving amongst others.

She was called ';the most beautiful girl in the world,' and during Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s, she set standards of beauty and sophistication copied throughout the world during the three decades of her film career.