Acting techniques

'A small jewel of a book, a knowleageable introduction to bothStanislavski's personal development and to the content and range of hiswritings' Theatre Journal'.

An important figure during the golden age of Broadway, John C.

Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training focuses on neuro and physical difference and dis/ability in the teaching of performance and associated studies.

'Theater legend Malina has written one of the most interesting studies of the avant-garde theatrical movement published in the last several years.

The MAP: An Actor's Guide to On-Camera Acting teaches on-camera acting in a practical and technical way-helping new actors understand the rules of on-camera acting as if they are learning a foreign language and applying that language to their acting skill set.

The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance.

This anthology of essays aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.

Actors and Audiences explores the exchanges between those on and off the stage that fill the atmosphere with energy and vitality.

Applied Meisner for the 21st-Century Actor develops Meisner's core principles for the contemporary actor and presents a Meisner-based acting technique that empowers practitioners to take ownership of their own creative process.

At some point in our lives, we all hear some version of "e;You can't do it.

The Routledge Companion to Performance Practitioners collects the outstanding biographical and production overviews of key theatre practitioners first featured in the popular Routledge Performance Practitioners series of guidebooks.

Lively yet intriguing, The Body in Performance is a varied collection of essays about this much-discussed area.

'An embrace of a book' Florence Welch'Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding.

Need to learn an accent for an audition?

A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage places this renowned, award-winning playwright's contribution to American theatre in scholarly context.

A jazz writer for three decades, W.

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

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER | USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe best things in life are really not that fancy.

Acting: The Basics 3rd Edition is a dynamic response to recent societal and entertainment industry changes, focusing on inclusion, diversity and equity, and the actor's trajectory from training to rehearsal to performance on stage and screen, with hands-on tools and global perspectives.

Publishers Weekly and ECPA BestsellerDiscover the completely unique qualifications and accomplishments of Jesus Christ--the Creator of everything, the King who will set you free, and the best friend you could ever have.

Inside these pages, aspiring young performers will find 75 challenging monologues just right for kids.

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.

Short Plays with Great Roles for Women is an antidote to the traditional underrepresentation of women on stage, by offering twenty-two short plays that put women right at the centre of the action.

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 work is a straightforward approach to the creative process of actor training.

The life and times of punk band D.

This book chronicles the child performer as part of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American theatre experience.

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.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

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A lively, critical study of one of the most important innovators, thinkers and directors in contemporary world theatre: Tadashi Suzuki.

TV on Strike examines the upheaval in the entertainment industry by telling the inside story of the hundred-day writers' strike that crippled Hollywood in late 2007 and early 2008.

Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan literature.

This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov's two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters.

Global Warming and East Asia analyses the domestic politics, foreign policy and international relations of climate change in East and Southeast Asia, The countries of this important region are often disproportionately affected by climate change and, as they expand and develop, their contribution to the problem grows.

During its fifty year run, Theatre Arts Magazine was a bustling forum for the foremost names in the performing arts, including Stanislavski, Laurence Olivier, Lee Strasberg, John Gielgud and Shelley Winters.

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.

This book lays bare the dialogue between Shakespeare and critics of the stage and positions it as part of an ongoing cultural, ethical, and psychological debate about the effects of performance on actors and on spectators.

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Performance brings together a selection of particularly memorable performances, beginning with Nell Gwyn in a 1668 staging of Secret Love, and moving chronologically towards the final performance of John Philip Kemble's controversial adaptation of Thomas Otway's Venice Presever'd in October 1795.

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

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

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia.

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.

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

Competition for acting work is fierce, and although talent is important, actors need all the help they can get.

Now in its seventh edition, The Art of Voice Acting covers all aspects of the craft and business of performing voiceover.