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Author
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than 100,000 copies and inspired actors, directors, teachers, and writers in theater, television, film. These techniques have also influenced the fields of education, mental health, social work, and psychology.-Print ed.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c1973
Language
English
Description
Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. This updated edition illuminates Hagen's original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran,...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jenna Fischer moved to Hollywood at age 22 with a theater degree in hand, ready to work hard. But it would be eight long years of struggle, rejection, and doubt before she landed her iconic role on The Office. If only she'd had someone to show her the way--an established actor who could manage her expectations and reassure her in moments of despair... With amusing candor and wit, Fischer spells out the nuts and bolts of getting established in the...
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
c2000
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...
10) More theatre games for young performers: improvisations and exercises for developing acting skills
Author
Publisher
Meriwether Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
17) 100 great monologs: a versatile collection of monologs, duologs, and triologs for student actors
Author
Publisher
Meriwether Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Taking 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.
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