Acting techniques Books

As one of the most well-known names in theatre history, Konstantin Stanislavsky's teachings on actor training have endured throughout the decades, influencing scholars and practitioners even in the present day. This second edition of Konstantin...

Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century covers acting and auditioning in relation to new media, blue and green screen technology, motion capture, web series, audiobook work, evolving livestreamed web series, and international acting and audio work...

Actor Training in Anglophone Countries offers a firsthand account of the most significant acting programs in English-speaking countries throughout the world. The culmination of archival research and fieldwork spanning six years, it is the only work of...

The lives of circus artists can be mentally and physically demanding. Circus Psychology: An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top is an evidence-based guide to nurturing the mental health of circus artists while enabling them to perform at the peak...

Meisner and Mindfulness: Authentic and Truthful Solutions for the Challenges of Modern Acting is the first book that reveals how Meisner and mindfulness can be united to create strong results for actors and help them navigate the challenges of the...

En El Poder de la Actuación, nominado bestseller por el periódico Los Angeles Times best seller, la eminente maestra y entrenadora de actores da a conocer la novedosa técnica que ha lanzado al estrellato a muchas de las figuras más destacadas de...

For so long, men are expected to pick up the pieces of our lives without thinking or even caring about their own.  Hopefully, these scenarios give an outlet to voice whatever frustation that dwells within.

This book will help you to evoke emotions while also feeding off the emotions of a partner opening yourselves up no matter how much it hurts. Going on a mutual journey can be exciting…If you let it.

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and...

Acting and Directing Shakespeare's Comedies: Key Lessons is an accessible book for actors, directors, students of Shakespeare, and those who want a fuller, richer awareness of the possibilities within Shakespeare's comedies and a clear, pragmatic process...

From Full House sweetheart, Jodie Sweetin, to Drake Bell, star of the hit television show, Drake and Josh, Phyllis Henson has launched the careers of some of America’s most beloved child stars and thousands of other successful children, from babies to...

Eight lectures given in 1957 at the Playhouse Theatre, New York.

'Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been...

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From Komisarjevsky in the 1920s, to Cheek by Jowl's Russian 'sister company' almost a century later, Russian actor training has had a unique influence on modern British theatre. Russians in Britain, edited by Jonathan Pitches, is the first work of its...

One of the original members of Jerzy Grotowski's acting company, Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work explores the unique development of voice and body exercises throughout his career in actor training.This book, constructed from conversations between...

In Mythic Imagination and the Actor, Marissa Chibás draws on over three decades of experience as a Latinx actor, writer, filmmaker, and teacher to offer an approach to acting that embraces collective imagination, archetypal work, and the mythic. The book...

American Accent Drills for British and Australian Speakers provides a comprehensive guide to learning a "General American" accent, made specifically for native English speakers. Unlike most American accent guides, which are geared toward ESL learners,...

The Elements of Theatrical Expression puts forward 14 essential elements that make up the basic building blocks of theatre. Is theatre a language? Does it have its own unique grammar? And if so, just what would the elements of such a grammar be? Brian...

Pepys On The Restoration Stage is a book compiled and edited by Samuel Pepys, a renowned diarist and naval administrator of the 17th century. The book was first published in 1916 and is a collection of Pepys' observations and reviews of plays performed...

Become great at performing long-form improv! We skip the basics and get into advanced topics like: being truly present, being authentic, dealing with difficult performers, being actually funny (!) and the rarely discussed but essential skill of being...

Act as a Feminist maps a female genealogy of UK actor training practices from 1970 to 2020 as an alternative to traditional male lineages. It re-orientates thinking about acting through its intersections with feminisms and positions it as a critical...

This book is a dummies guide to helping you develop the tools you will need for PROFESSIONAL VOICE-OVER WORK. This field is huge! You supply the talent and I'll show you what to do with it. These are Blueprints; step-by-step plans, showing you exactly...

Monologues for Kids and Tweens is a collection of 100 original comedy and drama scripts on a wide range of topics. They are easily relatable to young actors' real-life roles as students, daughters, sons, and siblings.  Each piece is...

After an eight year absence from big musical theatre, Jeremy Stanford suddenly finds himself cast in a leading role of one of the most expensive and eagerly anticipated Australian musicals ever; Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical. Involved...

Crossing Cultural Borders Through the Actor's Work: Foreign Bodies of Knowledge redirects the intercultural debate by privileging the actor's creative process. Original interviews illuminate how the intersection of technique, memory, and imagination...

The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg's Method.Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is...

Re-Purposing Suzuki: A Hybrid Approach to Actor Training introduces a system of text analysis that synthesizes physical, psychological, and vocal components in order to truthfully embody heightened texts and contexts.By understanding how the author has...

Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare is bigger than my own creations. It is a way for each Theatre practitioner to clarify and purify their deepest and highest purpose of Creativity. This allows for infinite and unique visions of theatre. To get to...

At work Peggy has carved herself a comfortable niche. Once in hospital, she loses no time in establishing herself as Queen Bee, taking on several responsibilities. Persistently cheerful, blind to the feelings of others and, at heart, terribly lonely,...

Acting for the Camera: Back to One is a "how to" book with practical steps to achieve a professional performance on camera. The book focuses on four distinct areas: how to prepare the character, how to execute the technical responsibilities that...

Scoring the Hollywood Actor in the 1950s theorises the connections between film acting and film music using the films of the 1950s as case studies. Closely examining performances of such actors as James Dean, Montgomery Clift, and Marilyn Monroe, and...

In 57 kurzen Essays unternimmt der Theater- und Filmschauspieler Gerd Lohmeyer einen Streifzug durch die Gebiete der Schauspielkunst. Theater mit seiner zweieinhalb tausendjährigen Tradition wird von innen heraus, teilweise aus ganz neuen Blickwinkeln...

Finally - a modern acting method that cuts to the chase of what actors really need to unleash their acting genius! The groundbreaking Act ALIVE approach, with exercises ranging from pragmatic to deeply personal, will give you the tools to quickly bring...

The Dial V53, July 1 To December 16, 1912 is a book that was published in 1912 and edited by Francis F. Browne. It is a semi-monthly journal that focuses on literary criticism, discussion, and information. The book contains a collection of articles and...

The Dial V58, January 1 To June 10, 1915 is a collection of literary criticism, discussion, and information published in 1915. The book is a compilation of articles from The Dial, a fortnightly journal that focused on literature and the arts. The book...

The Funniest Scenes in the World is a valuable tool that is badly needed in today’s fast-paced, competitive marketplace: a book of original scenes that are worthy of being performed for agents, managers, casting directors and network executives. A...

A Gift for All Aspiring Artists: Writers, Musicians, Filmmakers, Visual Artists, Dancers, Actors. These principles apply equally to all creative careers. Answers such questions as: What factors contribute most to success in the arts? Do you have...

Though it is often neglected in cinema scholarship, screen performance is a crucial element in the ideological and emotional impact of films. More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance features twelve essays that analyze...

Providing new insight into the well-known tradition of acting, Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting is the first book to contextualise the Stanislavsky tradition with reference to parallel developments in science. Rooted in practice, it...

2016 Reprint of 1961 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.  In what is now considered a classic study, noted Shakespearean Marvin Rosenberg sets out to discover how the complex,...

ACTING LESSONS FOR LIVING will help you identify what role/s you have been playing in your life, and what it is you really want. It provides skills for discovering what is underneath the masks you wear, your secrets, and how they go unidentified and...

 The basic mantra of acting is "Know Yourself" ie "Know thy self" and to get this basic mantra, Virendra Rathoreji's book "Switch on Switch of Acting Method", is a great effort to learn acting. I wholeheartedly congratulate him. He has tried to...

"An Empty Stage-A Collection of Monologues" is a celebration of the solo performance that covers a wide range of short works for the theater. Whether you are an experienced reader of the form or simply dipping your toes into the uncharted territory of...

You’ve loved their first two best-selling books on improv for the classroom, so these two fabulously creative and entertaining devotees to theatre have done it again!  All the best from those two top-selling books is still here, yet this book...

This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays in this drama book range in mood from serious and heavy to satiric comedy and farce. The...

The Delsarte Recitation Book And Directory is a book written by Elsie M. Wilbor and published in 1890. It is a guidebook for performers and public speakers who are looking to improve their recitation skills using the Delsarte method. This method was...