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Author
Publisher
Theatre Arts Books
Pub. Date
[c1949]
Physical Desc
122 p. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1933, "Acting: The First Six Lessons" is the classic work on what would later become known as Method acting by Richard Boleslavsky. Born in Russia in 1889, Boleslavsky began his acting career by studying under Konstantin Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre where he learned about the "system". After World War I, Boleslavsky both directed and acted in films in Poland and Germany before settling in New York, where he founded the...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c1953
Physical Desc
xiii, 201 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To The Actor is Michael Chekhov's acting methodology written in clear and practical steps. His technique has been a cornerstone of dramatic teaching for the past 80 years. Chekhov's students included notable actors such as Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn, Clint Eastwood, and Dorothy Dandridge. Actors such as Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, and Anthony Hopkins, have stated his work to be a notable contribution to the success of their acting careers.
Michael...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Stratford artistic director Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world. In this first-ever audio edition of his classic work, Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination,...
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xiii, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Actors can improve their skills and become more expressive in body and voice by following the teachings of the author of this book, one of the most important movement theorists of the twentieth century. This in depth, fully illustrated guide offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding physical and vocal movement that will enable readers to discover how to maximize their potential. Packed with practical exercises for individuals, partners, and...
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 254 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An authoritative training manual for film actors and teachers. "In today's entertainment industry of buff bodies and beautiful faces, it's easy to think that a couple of sit-ups and high cheek bones can create a movie legend," writes film veteran Cathy Haase. However, she adds, what the actor really must have are "technique, craft, and a depth of self-knowledge." In Acting for Film, Second Edition, Haase shows actors how to develop all of these, sharing...
7) Ballet shoes
Author
Language
English
Description
Determined to make a name for themselves, three adopted sisters living in London train for the ballet and the stage and in the process discover that each has a special talent.
Author
Language
English
Description
Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar. His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important how for all aspiring actors, from the beginning student of acting to the proven talent trying out for that chance-in-a-million role!
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
©1986
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 94 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W.H. Macy and director Gregory Mosher. It is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, courses that failed to provide a dependable set of tools.--from publisher description.
10) Broken Juliet
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
How do you fix a love that's been broken beyond repair? For years, Cassie Taylor tried to forget about Ethan Holt. He was the one great love of her life, and when he failed to return her love, a part of her died forever. Or so she thought. Now she and Ethan are sharing a Broadway stage, and he's determined to win her back. Claiming to be a changed man, he's finally able to say all the things she needed to hear years ago, but can she believe him?...
12) Creating a role
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
301 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xvii, 189 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Clues to Acting Shakespeare has become a popular guide for actors, directors, teachers and Shakespeare enthusiasts, selling over 15,000 copies of previous editions. This third edition retains the second edition's unique solutions to challenges that face directors and actors at advanced levels and is expanded to include an entirely new section for amateur and community theatre groups. In this new edition, readers will be delighted to find:
New section...
15) The dresser
Author
Language
English
Description
Provincial theater in wartime England is the setting for this drama exploring an aging Shakespearean actor's relationship with his devoted dresser. 2 acts, 8 men, 3 women, 1 setting.
Author
Publisher
Routlege
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When it was first published in 1993, Secrets of Screen Acting broke new ground in explaining how acting for the camera is different from acting on stage. Reaction time is altered, physical timing and placement are reconceived, and the proportions of the digital frame itself become the measure of all things, so the director must conceptualize each image in terms of this new rectangle and actors must 'fit' into the frame. Based on a revolutionary non-Method...
Author
Publisher
Combined Book Services
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
271 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Stella Adler is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career, both in New York and Hollywood, she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors, including Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, and Robert De Niro. The great voice finally ended in the early Nineties, but her decades of experience and teaching have been brilliantly encapsulated by Howard Kissel in the lessons in this book. The groundbreaking...
Author
Publisher
Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Date
©1991
Physical Desc
xxii, 309 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This book discusses the actor's goals, techniques, relationship to the physical and psychological senses, animation of the body and mind, listening and talking, and expectation. It includes useful exercises to help the actor in many areas.
20) Theater shoes
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
During World War II in England, three motherless children, whose father is reported missing in action, go to live with their grandmother in London and join the members of their talented theatrical family in a school for stage training.
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