Acting techniques

WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZEThe compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.

Rehearsing Shakespeare offers a dynamic guide to practice in rehearsals and workshops for actors, directors and trainers in a UK and global context.

A biography based on personal interviews with the actor as well as his friends and fellow filmmakers: “Entertaining .

The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide.

Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with.

Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy.

The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana.

'Stimulating and intelligent' Yoshi OidaSeventy percent of everyday conversation is conveyed through bodylanguage, twenty percent is the voice and only ten percent is themeaning of the words.

A disciple of Classical sculpture in a time of pervasive abstract modernism, Lawrence M.

This raw and emotional tale is a roller coaster through the depths of addiction, tragedy, hard work, and redemption that truly reflects Joe's spirit and determination to stay clean in a world where he is surrounded by temptation.

Successful acting must reflect a society's current beliefs.

How can the practice of improvisation become the lens through which we view the world?

What can the Globe Theatre tell us about performing Shakespeare?

Stage Fright in the Actor explores the phenomena of stage fright-a universal experience that ranges in intensity from a relatively easy-to-conceal sense of anxiety to an overwhelming feeling of terror-from the actor's perspective, unearthing its social, cultural, and personal roots.

Encountering Ensemble, is a text for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history, conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre.

This book is an unique resource which directly addresses all performers who sing and act, whether in opera, musical theatre or music-theatre.

In How to Speak Shakespeare, authors Cal Pritner and Louis Colaianni teach readers how to make sound and sense out of the Bard.

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.

Ruth Etting (1897-1978) was among the most important performers of the early 20th century.

Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with.

The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq presents a thorough overview and analysis of Jacques Lecoq's life, work and philosophy of theatre.

First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet.

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

This delightfully illustrated exploration into 60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals y-y musics hip sensuality, humor, style and wit.

'We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm!

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

Acting Greek Tragedy explores the dynamics of physical interaction and the dramaturgical construction of scenes in ancient Greek tragedy.

'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh .

'Robert Cohen's book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last quarter century.

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre.

Staging Detection reveals how the new figure of the stage detective emerged in nineteenth-century Britain.

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

A Practical Guide to Costumed Interpretation is just that - a book that takes you through the various stages of becoming an historical costumed interpreter.

The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen provides historical and contemporary techniques and styles for the safe training and use of the European broadsword in a theatrical setting.

A cinematic and vibrant coming-of-age memoir, Chasing the Panther captures the thrilling and, at times, heartbreaking early years of Carolyn Pfeiffer, a pioneering film producer and one of Hollywood's first female executivesa ';mini-mogul' in the words of the Wall Street Journal.

Stanislavsky in Focus brilliantly examines the history and actual premises of Stanislavsky's 'System', separating myth from fact with forensic skill.

This book provides a historical overview and then-and-now comparison of performing for British television drama.

Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training addresses some of the challenges met by acting students with dyslexia and highlights the abilities demonstrated by individuals with specific learning differences in actor training.

Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception.

In a film career that spanned more than seven decades, Freddie Francis distinguished himself as both an award-winning cinematographer and as a director of classic British horror films of the 1960s and 70s.

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.

The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq presents a thorough overview and analysis of Jacques Lecoq's life, work and philosophy of theatre.

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure in the play.