Acting techniques Books
Christian Publishers LLC New One-Act Plays for Acting Students: A New
Book SynopsisThis latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays range in mood from serious and heavy to dark or satiric comedy to farce. The heart of the book includes fifteen scripts for two actors. Also included are five monologues and five three-character plays. The playwrights are icons of the American avante garde, writers who have contributed much to regional theatre over recent years. An excellent resource for classrooms and festival competition use.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Complete Audition Book for Young Actors: A
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to winning by enhancing acting skills by Roger Ellis. This text is not a typical shake-and-bake manual of quickie tips on how to do a good audition. No other book puts auditioning in the context of acting training. The nuts and bolts are all here, but this book will do much more. It will develop audition and acting skills in a systematic way over time, throughout the actor''s study and career. This book is first and foremost an acting text. It shows auditioning as another kind of acting performance, not a technical exercise or desperate attempt to highlight every skill or talent the actor possesses. It is a step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. Includes more than sixty relevant acting exercises or ''explorations'', as well as fourteen sample audition pieces from contemporary playwrights and a wealth of other resource material. An all-encompassing audition text.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Sketch-O-Frenia: Fifty Short & Witty Satirical
Book SynopsisComedy sketches for stage, TV or film featuring fifty spoofs of sacred icons of everyday life. A must resource for every theatre repertory group. Titles include: Backwards Bank Robbery; The Bug Doctor; The Fall of the Clown of Usher; The First Dictionary Salesman; Husbands Hypnotised; My Fellow Cavemen; Talk Show Restaurant; Testosterone Challenge.
£19.94
Christian Publishers LLC 100 Great Monologs: A Versatile Collection of
Book SynopsisThis collection of performance scripts runs the entire gamut of teenage joys, insecurities and tragic difficulties. They challenge both the performer and the audience with situations that require thinking to resolve. They are superb for classroom use, contest competitions, discussion-starters or audition scripts. The book is divided into three sections: TRIOLOGUES -- separate monologues for three performers speaking viewpoints on a single theme; DUOLOGUES -- monologues for two performers on a theme; MONOLOGUES -- one-person commentaries on a wide variety of subjects, happy and sad. All of the monologues are non-theatrical in style -- they speak as teenagers live and move.
£16.14
Christian Publishers LLC New Audition Scenes & Monologs from Contemporary
Book SynopsisMore outstanding excerpts from cutting-edge contemporary plays and playwrights. The scenes and monologues of this new collection are uniquely original works not found in other published versions. Over 40 monologues and scenes selected for use by young students and actors aged 12 to 22. They vary in length from 1 to 2 minutes or 9 to 10 minutes. An excellent resource for general reading, auditions, forensics, playwrighting and acting exercises, oral interpretation and more.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Scenes Keep Happening: More Real-Life Snapshots
Book SynopsisForty-eight true-to-life scenes for guys, girls and mixed casts of 2 to 4 actors. Written as teens speak with the drama and emotions of adolescence. Themes including bullying, dating, driving, clothes, sports, sibling rivalry, self-esteem, vanity, jobs, sex, responsibility, drugs and many more. Some scenes are humorous, others serious. Suitable for classroom or stage performance. Excellent contest scripts. Includes 5 or 10 minute scenes for girls, guys and mixed casts.
£16.14
Christian Publishers LLC Plays for Young Audiences, 2nd Edition: Featuring
Book SynopsisAn anthology of selected plays for young audiences. Many consider Max Bush to be the fountain-head of the renaissance in playwriting for young audiences. His sensitivity to current themes and the modern idiom infuses a contemporary appeal into all of his works. His poetic and muscular style of writing pushes aside the sugary breakfast cereal approach to children''s theatre. His many uses of modern drama techniques serve to grab and hold the attention of young audiences. The ten full-length plays in this book are adaptations of classics, heroic fantasy adventures and drama dealing with social and psychological issues for youngsters. Plays include: Ghost of the River House; Hansel and Gretel, the Little Brother and the Little Sister; The Emerald Circle; Puss in Boots; 13 Bells of Boglewood; The Crystal; The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers; Rockway Cafe; Rapunzel; Voyage of the Dragonfly.
£24.64
Christian Publishers LLC Lessons -- The Craft of Acting: Truthful Human
Book SynopsisTruthful human behaviour on stage and screen. Definitely not a ''how-to'' book! This book articulates the intangible -- how to capture lightning in a jar. It works to develop awareness in order to help the aspiring actor evolve, grow and mature as a performer. Acting is an art that comes from oneself -- no tricks, no special techniques. Every great artist begins as a craftsman then develops into an artist. Each of the 100 plain-speaking lessons in this book is brief and deals with an essential truth. The book is divided into 5 sections: Approach, Fundamentals, Classes and Rehearsals, Performance and Final Lessons. A supplemental work for students and professionals.
£16.79
Christian Publishers LLC Famous Fantasy Character Monlogs: Starring the
Book SynopsisFifty men and fifty women can each choose their own fantasy character. A delightful collection of monologues for use in classrooms, contests or variety shows.
£15.29
Christian Publishers LLC Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble
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£16.19
Christian Publishers LLC More Scenes & Monologs from the Best New Plays:
Book SynopsisThis sequel edition contains new works from plays produced in the U.S. and Europe. It offers young actors a broad spectrum of challenges with contemporary styles and relevant topics in a variety of lengths. In addition to the scenes and monologues, the book includes nineteen useful exercises for strengthening acting skills. Many of the pieces require that performers dig deep into their imaginations to use their own emotional resources to create the many unique and fascinating characters included in the work. A short acting preface precedes each selection to help guide the actors'' interpretations. Six sections: Scenes for Two Women, Scenes for Two Men, Scenes for One Man and One Woman, Monologues for Women, Monologues for Men and Additional Resources. Recommended as a text or a supplemental resource for acting classes.
£19.94
Christian Publishers LLC Tell It Like It Is: Fifty Monologs For Talented
Book SynopsisA thought-provoking new collection of monologues by best-selling author Peg Kehret! Each monologue creates a moment of recognition that makes both the performer and the audience smile -- and think! Most are structured to provide insights of discovery to reveal who we are and why. Every young actor performing one of these monologues will recount a memorable event that opened the way to maturity. But there''s more than just provocative thoughts in this collection -- many of the monologues can be performed for laughter alone. All monologues are easily adaptable for boys or girls. Sample titles include: ''I Need a Cell Phone'', ''Toto Tells the Truth about Oz'', ''The Day I Was a Dog'', ''Remembering Little Rock'', ''The Four-Part Plan for a New Me'', ''Taking the SAT'' and ''How to Be Proactive in Maths''.
£16.19
Christian Publishers LLC Acting Games for Individual Performers: A
Book SynopsisA student actor or professional performer will use this book again and again for self-discovery exercises designed to enhance acting skills. It is a "doing" book which challenges the actor with every exercise. A superb text that is both functional and inspirational.
£999.99
Christian Publishers LLC Drama Games & Improvs: Games for the Classroom &
Book SynopsisA curriculum guide using improv games to teach basic drama skills. If used with ''Improv Ideas'' by the same authors, there are enough games and ideas to provide for over a year''s work. Select from over 134 games. It''s adaptable to all age groups -- from beginners to experts. The lessons are structured sequentially with emphasis on group building. It is deigned to teach holistically. Students are unaware they are being taught many new skills with every lesson. This curriculum is the culmination of many years of evolution and testing.
£21.24
Christian Publishers LLC Introduction to Theatre Arts 2: Student Handbook
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£22.09
Christian Publishers LLC Introduction to Theatre Arts 2: Teacher's Guide
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£27.89
Christian Publishers LLC Acting for Love & Money: Connecting the Craft to
Book SynopsisA collection of acting exercises to prepare actors for a professional career. Includes 75 exercises divided into fifteen chapters.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Theatre Games DVD: Exercises for Learning Acting
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£32.35
Christian Publishers LLC Ultimate Young Actor's Guide: Getting the Role &
Book SynopsisHow to prepare for an audition, land a role, and truly become the character. Written by a professional stage and film writer/producer.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC 50/50 Monologues for Student Actors II: 100 More
Book SynopsisA collection of comedic and dramatic monologues with 50 monologues for boys and 50 monologues for girls.
£16.19
Christian Publishers LLC Audition Monologues for Young Women #2: More
Book SynopsisA collection of the world''s best monologues for women actors featuring well-known playwrights and emerging new writers.
£16.19
Christian Publishers LLC 103 Monologues for Middle School Actors: More
Book SynopsisA collection of comedic and dramatic monologues perfect for use by middle school performers.
£16.14
Christian Publishers LLC Improv Ideas 2: A New Book of Games & Lists for
Book SynopsisA resource book with over seventy games and lists for using improvisation games to teach drama skills. Classroom tested and proven to be intellectually stimulating and creatively successful.
£20.39
Christian Publishers LLC Sci-Fi Scenes & Monster Dreams: 16 Comedy Scenes
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£15.19
Christian Publishers LLC 112 Acting Games: Practical & Performance-tested
Book SynopsisThe Second Edition of this popular text includes twenty-five new bonus games! The revised introduction from the author emphasises the versatility of these games, and explains how educators and instructors from many different fields have used these activities to promote success. The objective of this book is to give theatre teachers the tools they will need not just to play a game or teach an exercise, but also to actually understand the reasons they are doing so and the practical benefits of each exercise. This handy text will also enable teachers to hold a group discussion when necessary and guide them on how to ask leading questions. For each of the games, divided into skill categories -- sensory awareness, characterisation, action and reaction, nonverbal communication and much more -- you will find not only the description of the game, but also discussion guidelines, suggestions of variables and a clearly delineated purpose for the game.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Ups & Downs: Elementary Monologues That Explore
Book SynopsisThis unique book of 100 monologues invites elementary school students to explore a wide range of emotions, developing empathy as well as acting skills. Divided into three sections, each part utilises a different technique to help children learn more about feelings. Part I contains 20 monologues that each have two contrasting scenarios which alter the feel of the selection (eg: You just learned your family is moving out of state. Are you excited or sad?). Part II has 30 pairs of monologues that present the same situation from different points of view (eg: You are insulted that you and your younger sister have the same bedtime. Your sister is glad that the two of you are treated equally). Part III includes 20 monologues that provide situations without identifying emotions in order to encourage discussion (eg: Your mum finally made it to one of your baseball games, but you hit a foul ball through her windscreen). All the monologues in this exciting collection are between one and two minutes long, and a comprehensive list of emotions in the appendix will help kids better clarify their own feelings and empathise with others. Most of the selections are gender neutral, with the rest divided evenly between boys and girls. Elementary-aged students will enjoy the many pieces from their own perspective and will be challenged by others from an older or younger point of view. Not just for the young actor, this book can help any child build stronger relationships with their peers, parents, siblings, and teachers.
£15.29
Christian Publishers LLC Plays of Science and Discovery: 21 Fascinating
Book SynopsisThroughout the ages, men and women have gone beyond what was only previously observed to discover scientific breakthroughs and create new inventions. The 21 short plays in this collection seek to humanize science by looking at these advances from the point of view of both famous and undeservedly neglected men and women. They go as far back as the ancient world and continue into the modern age. This anthology explores various branches of science from physics and medicine to astronomy and even cryptology making important scientific concepts and notable scientists more real by dramatizing them.Each play runs between eight and ten minutes with a cast size of two to five characters, and has simple costume, prop, and set listings. Especially ideal for STEM or STEAM middle and high schools, the stage directions and production notes help students visualize the scene, even if simply being read in class. The Background before each play gives information about the scientist, that particular aspect of science, or the historical context of the drama to follow. The Aftermath that concludes each play explains what happened after the moments captured in the drama. These sections help students better understand and appreciate how the events of the play fit into the world of science and history as a whole.
£17.84
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Breathe and Speak: Scenes for Actors
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of "open scenes" for actors. The scenes contain little to no stage directions and no indications regarding specific emotions. The actor learns to say "I don't know" to many details of the scene. This is on purpose. In this way the actor must trust both the text and him- or herself, his or her partner, and the moment.
£15.19
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co On Acting: A Handbook for Today's Unique American
Book Synopsis To support a new generation of actors/acting teachers by coupling fresh ideas and new approaches with the best proven methods and practices. On Acting is written primarily for the contemporary American actor. It strives to address the acting process with an eye toward the performance culture and requirements that exist today. It is a book for the new twenty-first century artistthe serious practical artist who seeks to pursue a career that is both fulfilling and viable. The text features a balance of philosophy, practical advice, anecdotal evidence/experiences and a wide variety of acting exercises/activities. Also included is the short Steven Breese play "Run. Run. Run Away" and an example of a scene score from that play.
£23.39
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Monologues from The Last Frontier Theatre
Book Synopsis The book contains 64 monologues designed specifically for use in the audition process. These monologues were derived from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, one of the longest running theater conferences of its kind, held every year in Valdez, Alaska from 2009 to 2012. The monologues are honed for freshness, length, and effect and are designed for actors who are taking an audition/monologue workshop. Also included are some tips on creating monologues by Last Frontier Director Dawson Moore and for acting with the monologues by actor and mentor, Laura Gardner, both of whom selected and edited the monologues. The monologues are catagorized by gender and sorted by age of the speaker.
£15.19
Skyhorse Publishing Theres Money Where Your Mouth Is Fourth Edition
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£999.99
Silman-James Press,U.S. Book on Acting: Improvisation Techniques for the
Book SynopsisStephen Book is a top Hollywood acting coach and teacher and a theatre director. His students have won Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Obies, and Grammys. Thirteen of his present or former students are featured in either starring roles or as cast regulars in the current primetime television schedule. This book contains film and television scenes in which Book-coached actors, used his Improvisation Technique to create their performances. These scenes, showing the actors'' performance choices, demonstrate the use of Improvisation Technique in different genres of acting. Well-known theatre and film scenes are included, as well as scenes from such TV shows as ''Frasier'', ''Melrose Place'', ''Star Trek: Voyager'', ''LA Law'' and ''The Practice''.
£23.39
Silman-James Press,U.S. Breaking into Commercials, 2nd Edition: The
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£15.29
Silman-James Press,U.S. How to Sell Yourself as an Actor
Book SynopsisHow to Sell Yourself as an Actor is the only guide to the ins and outs of the acting business thats actually written by a working actor. This popular book, now in its seventh edition, addresses the age-old question of how to merchandise your craft after you have learned it, and has become required reading for beginning actors as well as trained veterans, whether they live in big cities or small towns. Here youll find vital, down-to-earth info on how to make yourself more salable to casting people, agents, producers, and directors; how to take control of your own career with courage and vision; and how to maintain your humor and your sanity in a business that seems to lack both; as well as thoughts about showbiz internships, having a manager, internet job resources, auditioning, unions, and much, much more.
£18.89
Transcript Verlag Performing Authorship: Strategies of Becoming an
Book SynopsisAuthors not only create artworks. In the process of creating, they simultaneously bring to life their author personae. Approaching this phenomenon from an interdisciplinary point of view, Sonja Longolius develops a concept of "performative authorship" by examining different strategies of becoming an author. In regard to the notion of her concept, this work offers a critical and comparative analysis of the works of Paul Auster, Candice Breitz, Sophie Calle, and Jonathan Safran Foer. Specifically, Auster/Calle and Breitz/Foer form a generational pair of opposites, enabling a discussion of postmodern and post-postmodern artistic strategies of "performative authorship".
£999.99
Museum Tusculanum Press Art of Acting in Antiquity: Iconographic Studies
Book SynopsisProvides greater insight into the dramatic art of antiquity by analysing three major groups of iconographical material in context with the written sources. As a theatre historian, the author''s object was to discuss some fundamental scenic questions, from the viewpoint of theatre history, in an attempt to shed fresh light on performance tradition in ancient drama.
£38.24
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£13.60
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Auditioning
Book SynopsisTheater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself. In this highly informative and accessible book, Merlin provides everything the actor needs to achieve self-confidence and artistic honesty–from the most basic practical tips to an in-depth framework for preparing a part. Filled with advice from the most esteemed people in the business, such as James Lapine, Nora Ephron, and Stephen Sondheim, and charged with tremendous wisdom and compassion, this indispensable resource will arm the reader to face an actor's greatest challenge: getting the part.
£14.24
Random House USA Inc Sanford Meisner on Acting
Book SynopsisTaking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years
£15.30
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actors Handbook An Alphabetical Arrangement of
Book SynopsisStanislavski was the foremost influence on the "Method" school of acting, as developed by Lee Strasberg. Here in concise form is what Stanislavski himself said about acting, aimed at students, experienced theatre people and laymen interested in stage craft.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actor Adrift Performance Books
Book SynopsisNot only a personal story but also a workbook for actors and directors wishing to understand and employ Peter Brook's techniques. The author became a leading member of Peter Brook's theatre company and his account includes an explanation of the genesis of the techniques and exercises.
£23.51
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Tricks of the Trade
Book SynopsisThroughout the 1980s, Dario Fo, Italy's best known and most provocative satirical playwright, and his wife Franca Rame, conducted a series of performance-seminars around the world on the subject of acting. This book traces the life of the comic performer back to the itinerant jongleur and the skillful improvisations of commedia dell'arte troupes.Trade Review"'A scintillating compendium, erudite and refreshing...' Observer * '...an angular, uncomfortable, disquieting aid inspirational account of an art in which there are no more universal performers and recorders than Dario Fo and Franca Rame' Independent * 'Fo's work is brimful with dialect, with harsh humour, with the wit of the bar-room racounteur...' Guardian"
£24.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Modern Monologues v2 Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisOffers over 50 audition speeches celebrating the outstanding English, American and Continental dramatists of this century. The work of Amouilh, Arden, Baldwin, Barnes, Beckett, Behan, De Filippo, Gorky, Lorca, Mamet, Miller, Pirandello, Sartre and Wedekind is represented in monologues for women.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Alexander Technique For Actors Performance Books
Book SynopsisKelly McEvenue teaches the Alexander Technique, a method of physical relaxation that reduces tension throughout the body. This guide to the technique is specially adapted for actors to promote efficient use of the body. The book includes a series of step-by-step warm-ups and exercises.
£28.46
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Play Acting A Handbook of Theatre Workshops for Actors Teachers and Directors Performance Books
Book SynopsisA collection of acting exercises from around the world. There are voice warm-ups and bodywork through to interacting with space and creating characters all drawing on influences from Japanese Butoh to African dance, Shakespearean verse and children's games.
£31.42
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) An Actors Tricks Performance Books
Book SynopsisLorna Marshall teaches physical acting at the RADA, and works internationally as a director and performance consultant in opera, circus and theatre.Yoshi Oida, a Japanese actor and director, has worked mainly in the West as a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris where he became a leading member and trainer.
£26.48
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Classical Monologues For Women Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisChrys Salt began her career as a performer in Rep, touring theatre, West End, TV and radio dramas wi th regular stints in various soap and series. She now directs extensively in theatre and sound, and has written a number of books, including Making Acting Work, as well as theatre and radio plays. She is the editor of the five other books in the same series: The Methuen Book of Modern Monologues for Men and Women, Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women, and Classical Monologues for Men. She run s her own theatre company and teaches regularly at the London Actors Centre.
£22.52
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Radioactive Monologues for Women For Radio Stage and Screen Audition Speeches
Book SynopsisMarilyn Le Conte is lecturer in radio acting at the Royal WelshCollege of Music and Drama, and teaches radio modules at LiverpoolInstitute for Performing Arts. Marina Caldarone is radio tutor at Rose Bruford College andEast 15 and has been actively involved in actor training, working inmost of Britain's leading drama schools.
£22.52
