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Games for Actors and Non-Actors 2nd Edition

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: actors, non, games
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-10-25
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0415267080
ISBN-13: 9780415267083

Games for Actors and Non-Actors is a valuable handbook of methods, techniques, games, and exercises, and is a genuinely inspiring work by the world-famous author of Theatre of the Oppressed. It is designed to help anyone - whether actor on non-actor - rehearse for real life: make the fictional real.

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Games for Actors and Non-Actors

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: actors, non, games
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-10-18
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0415267617
ISBN-13: 9780415267618

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Improv for Actors

Author: Dan Diggles
Publisher: Allworth Press
Keywords: actors, improv
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1581153252
ISBN-13: 9781581153255

In this step-by-step guide, an actor and improvisational teacher brings his tested methods to the page to show how actors can take risks and gain spontaneity in all genres of scripted theater. Through 28 lessons-each of which includes warm-ups, points of concentration, and improvisation exercises-Improv for Actors provides insights into thinking and reacting with fluidity, exploring a character’s social status, using the voice and body as effective tools of storytelling, and more. Actors of all levels will soon be able to give a fresh, original approach to classic characters, create funn

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Movement for Actors

Author: Nicole Potter
Publisher: Allworth Press
Keywords: actors, movement
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-07-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1581152337
ISBN-13: 9781581152333

In this rich resource for American actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and screen. Experts in a wide array of disciplines provide remarkable insight into the Alexander technique, the use of psychological gesture, period movement, the work of Rudolph Laban, postmodern choreography, and Suzuki training, to name but a few. Those who want to pursue serious training will be able to consult the appendix for listings of the best teachers and schools in the country. This inspiring collection is a must read for all actors, directors, and teac

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Tips : Ideas for Actors

Author: Jon Jory
Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Keywords: actors, ideas, tips
Number of Pages: 225
Published: 2000-03-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1575252023
ISBN-13: 9781575252025

Until recent times, acting wisdom was passed on through an oral tradition called "tips". Presented here are 250 tips, including the way to set a laugh, the use of opposites, a clear definition of "actions", how to use a "breath score", and even how to react if you’re fired.

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99 Film Scenes for Actors

Author: Angela Nicholas
Publisher: Avon
Keywords: actors, scenes, film
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0380798042
ISBN-13: 9780380798049

Looking for a great piece to work on in your scene study class? For an audition? You want something fresh, juicy, well-written-something you haven’t seen in every scene book. Give Chekov a rest and turn to memorable characters and scenes from the silver screen.This remarkable anthology offers an incredible range of contemporary dialogues from the pens of the industry’s finest talents-scenes that pulsate with emotional life, scenes that live on their own, out of context. Blistering drama and caustic comedy are excerpted from the classic screenplays of James L. Brooks and Oliver Ston