Acting Techniques
"Playing Shakespeare"
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"Performance Books" series; A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shaekspeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 241g.
Author: Barton, John
ISBN: 0413547906
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 1984 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Handbook of Acting Techniques"
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A study of the major acting techniques. It outlines the development of the respective technique and offers practical guidance for actors wishing to explore it for themselves. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 353g.
Author: Bartow, Arthur
ISBN: 1854595423
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Acting Techniques
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"The Art of the Actor"The Essential History of Acting, From Classical Times to the Present Day
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"Performance Books" series; A single-volume survey of the history of acting, The Art of the Actor is an essential and practical guide for all students of the theatre. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 250 x 192 mm. Weight: 478g.
Author: Benedetti, Jean
ISBN: 0713689978
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Film and Television Acting"From Stage to Screen
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Offers techniques for creating performance for film and television. This title also features techniques for listening and reacting, blocking and business, character, focus, the closeup, and comedy as they pertain to acting in front of a camera. It analyzes the differences between theatre, film, and television acting. With index. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 230 x 152 mm. Weight: 141g.
Author: Bernard, Ian
ISBN: 0240803019
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Date: 1998 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Acting Techniques
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"Improvisation Starters"A Collection of 900 Improvisation Situations for the Theater
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Includes 900 situations for improvisation which use character conflict, contrasts, obstacles in solo improvisation, physical positions for one or two actors, props, the environment, and lines of dialogue. Paperback, 159 pages. Size: 228 x 154 mm. Weight: 252g.
Author: Bernardi, Philip
ISBN: 1558702334
Publisher: F&W Publications Inc
Date: 1992 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"From Word to Play"A Textual Handbook for Directors and Actors
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Paperback, 183 pages. Size: 232 x 155 mm. Weight: 360g.
Author: Berry, Cicely
ISBN: 1840026014
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Text in Action"A Definitive Guide to Exploring Text in Rehearsal for Actors and Directors
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The world of a play is created by its language; the imagary, rhythm and speech structures all contribute to its representation of reality. With techniques that can be applied to a wide range of work, the author sets out language work to uncover different layers of meaning within the text. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 152 mm. Weight: 385g.
Author: Berry, Cicely
ISBN: 075350541X
Publisher: Virgin Books
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Voice and the Actor"
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Voice and the Actor covers everything actors need to know about controlling the voice, their most important instrument. It includes detailed, clear exercises and explanations on developing a natural stage voice, breathing, enunciation, and pitch and timbre, with special advice on difficult delivery problems. New ed. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 191g.
Author: Berry, Cicely
ISBN: 0020415559
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 1991 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Acting Techniques
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"Voice and the Actor"
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Examining the author's own techniques of voice production in acting, this book encompasses the author's own methods and exercises to develop the relaxation, breathing and muscular control without which no actor or speaker can achieve their full potential. With line drawings, 4pp b&w photographs. Rev ed. Paperback, 141 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 206g.
Author: Berry, Cicely
ISBN: 024552021X
Publisher: Virgin Books
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Your Voice and How to Use It"
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Anxiety about how we speak and sound to others prevents many of us from expressing ourselves as we'd like. In this book the Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company tackles the reasons for this anxiety and shows practical steps to good speech and full use of the voice. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 168 pages. Size: 234 x 154 mm. Weight: 231g.
Author: Berry, Cicely
ISBN: 0863698263
Publisher: Virgin Books
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"More One-Act Plays for Acting Students"An Anthology of Short One-Act Plays for One to Three Actors
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With illustrations. 2. Hardback, 303 pages. Size: 222 x 146 mm. Weight: 454g.
Author: Bert, Norman A. Bert, Deb (Bert, Norman A., ed.)
ISBN: 1566080878
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing,U.S.
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"The Actor, Image and Action"Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Reassessing the practice and theory of acting, this book examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience. It looks at how imagination, emotion, memory, physicality, and reason are inseparable in the brain's structure and function, and their importance to an actor's engagement with a role. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 210g.
Author: Blair, Rhonda
ISBN: 0415774179
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Acting Techniques
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"Using the Stanislavsky System"A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Period Styles
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"Limelight" series; Suitable for professional and student actors, and for acting teachers, this book explains how to create a character in plays of various period, using the Stanislavsky system. It also covers the way men and women moved, stood, and sat in the clothing they wore; and, the use of accessories such as fans, swords, snuffboxes, gloves, and hats. Paperback, 390 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 657g.
Author: Blumenfeld, Robert
ISBN: 0879103566
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"The Viewpoints Book"A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition
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A practical guide to viewpoints and composition in acting. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 387g.
Author: Bogart, Anne Landau, Tina
ISBN: 1559362413
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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"Acting: the First Six Lessons"
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Six essays on the fundamentals of acting, presented in dialogue form, offer dramatic students an unusual introduction to their art. Paperback, 122 pages. Size: 190 x 133 mm. Weight: 338g.
Author: Boleslavski
ISBN: 0878300007
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date: 2003 (UK)
Readership: Academic/Specialist Acting Techniques
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