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How do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? How should you research? What''s the effect of a long tour on your love-life? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What''s the difference between transitive and intransitive corpsing? What is stage fright?

In Michael Pennington''s highly personal guide and memoir there are sections on rehearsals, on television then and now, on who does what on a film set, on the disciplines and rewards of musical theatre, and five directors discuss why the scenery is better on radio. Disability and racial bias in the theatre are discussed and we sometimes hear from other, younger voices who are following parallel paths.

Infectiously enthusiastic, both conversational and profound, Let Me Play the Lion Too draws on the author''s fifty years of experience to celebrate the deadly serious, sometimes hilarious, often misunderstood but infinitely enriching life

Let Me Play the Lion Too

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 1/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780571231065
      978-0571231065
      ISBN-10 0571231063
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      Entertainment Acting techniques Individual actors

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? How should you research? What''s the effect of a long tour on your love-life? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What''s the difference between transitive and intransitive corpsing? What is stage fright?

      In Michael Pennington''s highly personal guide and memoir there are sections on rehearsals, on television then and now, on who does what on a film set, on the disciplines and rewards of musical theatre, and five directors discuss why the scenery is better on radio. Disability and racial bias in the theatre are discussed and we sometimes hear from other, younger voices who are following parallel paths.

      Infectiously enthusiastic, both conversational and profound, Let Me Play the Lion Too draws on the author''s fifty years of experience to celebrate the deadly serious, sometimes hilarious, often misunderstood but infinitely enriching life

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