Acting techniques

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students.

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students.

Actors of colour need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft.

Actors of colour need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft.

The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov brings together Chekhov specialists from around the world - theatre practitioners, theorists, historians and archivists - to provide an astonishingly comprehensive assessment of his life, work and legacy.

The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov brings together Chekhov specialists from around the world - theatre practitioners, theorists, historians and archivists - to provide an astonishingly comprehensive assessment of his life, work and legacy.

How might the organic link between theatre-making and political action be revitalised?

How might the organic link between theatre-making and political action be revitalised?

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.

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.

What did Bakhtin think about the theatre?

What did Bakhtin think about the theatre?

If, as an actor, your body is your 'instrument' - and the only way you can express the internal impulses of the character you're playing - what happens when the body-mind, 'psychophysical' connection is lost?

If, as an actor, your body is your 'instrument' - and the only way you can express the internal impulses of the character you're playing - what happens when the body-mind, 'psychophysical' connection is lost?

Movement: Onstage and Off is the complete guide for actors to the most effective techniques for developing a fully expressive body.

Movement: Onstage and Off is the complete guide for actors to the most effective techniques for developing a fully expressive body.

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

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

In Shakespeare on Theatre, master acting teacher Robert Cohen brilliantly scrutinises Shakespeare's implicit theories of acting, paying close attention to the plays themselves and providing a wealth of fascinating historical evidence.

In Shakespeare on Theatre, master acting teacher Robert Cohen brilliantly scrutinises Shakespeare's implicit theories of acting, paying close attention to the plays themselves and providing a wealth of fascinating historical evidence.

Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset.

Ian Wilkie contends that comic acting is a distinct art form, and as such demands a unique skillset.

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama brings together the work of key playwrights from 1660 to 1800, divided into three main sections: Restoring the Theatre: 1660-1700 Managing Entertainment: 1700-1760 Entertainment in an Age of Revolutions: 1760-1800 Each of the 20 plays featured is accompanied by an extraordinary wealth of print and online supplementary materials, including primary critical sources, commentaries, illustrations, and reviews of productions.

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama brings together the work of key playwrights from 1660 to 1800, divided into three main sections: Restoring the Theatre: 1660-1700 Managing Entertainment: 1700-1760 Entertainment in an Age of Revolutions: 1760-1800 Each of the 20 plays featured is accompanied by an extraordinary wealth of print and online supplementary materials, including primary critical sources, commentaries, illustrations, and reviews of productions.

This new edition of Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction continues to provide an unparalleled overview of non-text-based theatre, from experimental dance to traditional mime.

This new edition of Physical Theatres: A Critical Introduction continues to provide an unparalleled overview of non-text-based theatre, from experimental dance to traditional mime.

Acting for the Stage is a highly accessible guide to the business of theater acting, written for those interested in pursuing acting as a profession.

Acting for the Stage is a highly accessible guide to the business of theater acting, written for those interested in pursuing acting as a profession.

A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation!

A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation!

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.

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.

This book deals with one of the most important sources of the Stanislavsky System - Yoga, its practice and philosophy.

This book deals with one of the most important sources of the Stanislavsky System - Yoga, its practice and philosophy.

At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be 'his only student, who understands the System'.

At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be 'his only student, who understands the System'.

Can you really write a play that lasts a minute?

Can you really write a play that lasts a minute?

As personal technology becomes ever-present in the classroom and rehearsal studio, its use and ubiquity is affecting the collaborative behaviors that should underpin actor training.

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs.

Secrets of Acting Shakespeare isn't a book that gently instructs.

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.

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.

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook is a concise and practical guide to the acting exercises originally devised by Lee Strasberg, one of the Method's foremost practitioners.

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook is a concise and practical guide to the acting exercises originally devised by Lee Strasberg, one of the Method's foremost practitioners.

Stanislavskis a system has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s.

Stanislavskis a system has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s.

Book of Sides II: Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors is the second book in the Book of Sides series by Dave Kost, featuring original, two-page, two-character scenes for use in acting, directing, and auditioning classes.

Book of Sides II: Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors is the second book in the Book of Sides series by Dave Kost, featuring original, two-page, two-character scenes for use in acting, directing, and auditioning classes.

The Science and Art of Acting for the Camera provides a precise yet practical approach to help unlock the mysteries of acting for film and television.