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  • The Actor's Book of Monologues for Women

    by Various ...
    A diverse collection of monologues featuring the voices of women through the agesDrawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, journals, and documents of public record, these selections, although not originally intended for theatrical or cinematic performances, offer unique dramatic opportunities for actors, speakers, students, or anyone interested in women’s studies.Stefan Rudnicki has brought together ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Make Your Voice Heard

    An Actor's Guide to Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training

    by Chuck Jones ...
    • Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • El actor invisible

    Translated by Elena Vilallonga ...
    by Yoshi Oida ...
    Yoshi Oida vierte sus enseñanzas teatrales -en las que conjuga la tradición oriental junto a su experiencia occidental de más de treinta años como actor y director en Europa- en El actor invisible. Se trata de un libro de referencia teatral, traducido a más de cinco idiomas, en el que Oida, ayudado en la redacción por Lorna Marshall, enseña al lector a alcanzar un estado actoral en el que el ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The System of Theatrical Improvisation

    Ukrainian publisher presents the essay "The system of theatrical improvisation,” a result of ten-year experience of actor Stanislav Hlushko in the "Black Square" theater, Kyiv. Improvisation by itself is not a novelty. It is known from performances of the antiquity by strolling comedians, Commedia dell'arte performers in Italy . . . Stanislavsky wrote about improvisation, Michael Chekhov and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Theater Geek

    The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

    by Mickey Rapkin ...
    What do Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, and Mandy Moore have in common? Before they were stars, they were campers at Stagedoor Manor, the premier summer theater camp for children and teenagers. Founded in 1975, Stagedoor continues to attract scores of young performers eager to find kindred spirits, to sing out loud, to become working actors—or maybe even stars.Every summer for the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Acting - The First Six Lessons

    “Acting - The First Six Lessons” is a collection of essays by Richard Boleslavsky. Written in the form of a series of dialogues, these lessons aim to inform and instruct the budding actor on some of the basic principles of acting and learning to act. A novel approach to teaching acting techniques, this volume is highly recommended for novices and young actors or actresses looking to hone their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Screen Gods: The Playboy Interview

    50 Years of the Playboy Interview

    It was never just an act. These leading men actually transformed into their on-screen characters—a modus operandi thats revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From method men Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman to multiple Oscar nominees Jack Nicholson and Jack Lemmon to co-stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford, these indelible actors ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Actors

    Here, Time's legendary film critic Richard Schickel profiles seven extraordinary actors, reading between their well-spoken lines: Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and Sir Lawrence Olivier. All of their lives, Schickel writes, could be made into an epic film. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Playing Shakespeare

    An Actor's Guide

    by John Barton ...
    Playing Shakespeareis the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright.Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Award Monologues for Men

    Award Monologues for Men is a collection of fifty monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in London. The book provides an excellent range of up-to-date audition pieces, usefully arranged in age groups, and is supplemented with audition tips ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Sex and the City

    Kiss and Tell

    by Amy Sohn ...
    Television's sauciest and sexiest program is nothing less than a national phenomenon. Now, after four wildly successful and critically acclaimed seasons, the show's winning formula of sex, glamour, humor, and candor is available in a one-of-a-kind, elegant, and uniquely entertaining hardcover book.Sex and The City: Kiss and Tell is the ultimate fan bible, offering a comprehensive behind the scenes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Line? The Creative Way for Actors to Quickly Memorize Monologues and Dialogues

    by Jared Kelner ...
    ATTENTION ACTORS!!!!!If you've ever struggled to remember your lines, the creative memorization techniques taught in LINE? will help you break through your mental blocks and accelerate the line memorization process. Author Jared Kelner has applied his experience as an actor and acting teacher and combined that with his expertise as a memory improvement trainer and created an imagination and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cary Grant

    Dark Angel

    His signature jaw line and charismatic characters made him an American symbol. His films, including Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, and North by Northwest, were timeless classics. However, Grant was also married five times and sustained a tortured, obsessive relationship with money. In this beautifully illustrated and comprehensive book, Geoffrey Wansell traces the threads of both light ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • No Acting Please

    A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living

    Co-authored by Joan Hotchkis, this is Eric Morris's first book The emphasis here is on first establishing a being state, eliminating the obstacles--such as tension, the actor's archenemy--and elevating the actor's awareness. As the title indicates, many of the techniques herein address the actor's need to avoid falling into the traps of concept and presentational acting. There is a complete ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Groucho and Me

    by Groucho Marx ...
    The “Me” in the title is a comparatively unknown Marx named Julius (1895-1977), who, under the nom de plume of Groucho, enjoyed a sensational career on Broadway and in Hollywood with such comedy classics as Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, and A Day at the Races. His solo career included work as a film actor, television game show emcee, and author ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Self-Management for Actors

    Getting Down to (Show) Business

    No other book for actors focuses so succinctly on the business of self-management. Whether an actor has an agent or manager or is building toward assembling that team, "Self-Management for Actors" will provide a roadmap for surviving--and thriving--in the entertainment industry. There is nothing magic or even a little mystical about the business side of the business. There is, however, a cloak of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Chairs Are Where the People Go

    How to Live, Work, and Play in the City

    Should neighborhoods change? Is wearing a suit a good way to quit smoking? Why do people think that if you do one thing, you're against something else? Is monogamy a trick? Why isn't making the city more fun for you and your friends a super-noble political goal? Why does a computer last only three years? How often should you see your parents? How should we behave at parties? Is marriage getting ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Claude Rains

    An Actor's Voice

    Series series Screen Classics
    The first full-length biography of the actor known for his roles in The Invisible Man, Casablanca, and other classics, based on newly released interviews.Given his childhood speech impediments and his origins in a destitute London neighborhood, the ascent of Claude Rains to the stage and screen was remarkable. Rains’s difficulties in his formative years provided reserves of gravitas and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • King Solomon's Ring

    by Konrad Lorenz ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write (and indeed draw) beautifully. He did more than any other person to establish and popularize the study of how animals behave, receiving a Nobel Prize ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Ingrid Bergman

    Who was Ingrid Bergman? For much of her turbulent life, the public could not decide: Was this luminous Swedish actress the embodiment of pious devotion as portrayed in her saintly roles such as Joan of Arc? Or was she an unrepentant harlot who abandoned her husband and child to have an affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini? In this sprawling biography, Bergman emerges as a devoted artist ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Peter Lawford Story

    Life with the Kennedys, Monroe, and the Rat Pack

    As the brother in law to JFK and a member of the Rat Pack, Peter Lawford was one of America's most acclaimed movie stars.Lawford led an extraordinary life. His story, as told by the woman who knew him best, is the always candid, sometimes shocking unveiling of the most intriguing show business personalities and significant political events of our time.Now fully updated and revised for 2014 this is ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Viewpoints Book

    A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

    The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Freeing Shakespeare's Voice

    The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text

    A passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • An Education

    by Nick Hornby ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author—the shooting script to his award-winning film, with an original Introduction and vivid stills from the movie.Jenny is a 16-year-old girl stifled by the tedium of adolescence; she can’t wait for her sophisticated adult life to begin. One rainy day her suburban existence is upended by the arrival of David, a much older suitor who introduces her to a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD