(Limelight). Do you need to learn an English or Irish accent quickly, or do you have plenty of time? Either way, Teach Yourself Accents The British Isles: A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers is for you: an easy-to-use manual full of clear, cogent advice and fascinating information. Contemporary monologues and scenes for two are included, and ......
Fear grips many American actors and directors faced with the opportunity to perform Shakespeare live. The challenges of Elizabethan British speech patterns the thought of using verse for hours the debate over staging a period piece versus updating the Bard of Avon ae all can cause psychogenic trauma on this side of the Atlantic.?Let Broadway ......
(Book). The Actor as Storyteller is intended for serious beginning actors. It opens with an overview, explaining the differences between theater and its hybrid mediums, the part an actor plays in each of those mediums. It moves on to the acting craft itself, with a special emphasis on analysis and choice-making, introducing the concept of the ......
(Limelight). How do you go about creating a character fully and in compelling detail? How do you rehearse? Exactly what goes on during a performance? Everything you need to know as an actor about the process of bringing a play to life in today's theatre can be found in Stagecraft: Stanislavsky and External Acting Techniques . Included is complete ......
A practical, step-by-step guide that runs from the analysis of basic story structure - including conflict and story arc - to making choices - including physical and psychological action. It includes chapters on selecting scenes, partnering, and scoring a script, along with a first-rate list of contemporary scenes to use.
Features personal interviews with a collection of prominent American, Canadian, and British performers of Shakespeare onstage. This book features Kevin Kline, Liev Schreiber, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Stacy Keach, Zoe Caldwell, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Tony Church, Nicholas Pennell, and Geoff Hutchings.
A comprehensive guide to everything the aspiring actor needs to know about acting Shakespeare. This volume provides a 21-day rehearsal course that teaches actors how to read, digest, and utilise the clues and stages directions that Shakespeare himself provided in his "First Folio" texts.
The SAGE Handbook of Performance Studies brings together, in a single volume, discussions of the major research in performance studies and identifies directions for further investigation. It is the only comprehensive collection on the theories, methods, politics, and practices of performance relating to life and culture. Edited by D. Soyini ......
Presents 101 ways to get what you've always wanted: more of the parts you deserve. This book enables you to: discover what actually sells you more than talent; find out how powerful body language can be, and even how influential colour is in the audition room; and learn what keeps a photo on a casting director's desk.
