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Watson Guptill Publ
Acting A-z Description: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.... Read More about the "Acting A-z" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Santa Monica Press
How To Speak Shakespeare Description: This classroom and theater-tested program teaches amateur and professional actors alike how to understand and effectively communicate the poetry of Shakespeare. Organized around passages from Romeo and Juliet, a simple, three-step process is presented. In the first step, Test Your Understanding, readers learn the value of looking up words in the Oxford English Dictionary and paraphrase passages to ensure that they truly understand the words they are speaking. The second step, Stress for Meaning, presents essential tools for speaking Shakespeare effectively, including iambic pentameter and correct rhythm, and explains how to syncopate for meaning. The final step, Celebrate the Poetry, honors the poetry of Shakespeare through a discussion of the use of punctuation, repeated sounds, and connecting key words and phrases. Exercises bring all the elements of these steps together.... Read More about the "How To Speak Shakespeare" on the The Nile Book Store Website

BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN
Illustrated Theatre Production Guide Description: This invaluable guide takes a step-by-step approach to many common theater production practices and covers important issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used in stage plays. Illustrated Theatre Production Guide contains a brief history of physical theatres and the development of various forms such as thrust, proscenium, and black box venues. Operation of theatre equipment is covered in detail in the chapters on rigging and curtains. Instructions for operating a fly system and basic stagehand skills such as knot tying and drapery folding, are clearly outlined. The use of metal tubing as a structural element is explored as an alternative to wooden scenery. The chapter on lighting discusses electrical theory as well as the practical aspects of hanging and focusing lights. The final chapter in Illustrated Theatre Production Guide is a compilation of many different projects that are easy to approach and to complete, and have practical value for a theatre group. Important building instructions for flats, steps, decking systems, doors, and windows are carefully detailed Includes special chapters devoted to hardware and shop supplies Over 700 hand-drawn, labeled illustrations of tools and techniques... Read More about the "Illustrated Theatre Production Guide" on the The Nile Book Store Website

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Masking Unmasked Description: Masking Unmasked is a basic guide to using the ancient art of acting with masks to develop character and movement in four sections that correspond to mask size: Full-Face Masks, Clowning, Bag Masks, and Half-Face Masks. Each section addresses fundamental acting principles and shows how the ancient technique can be applied to the contemporary stage. It is the perfect book to use as background to traditional, non-masked acting principles. Actors in masks experience the primary goal of acting because they are required to tap into profound physical, vocal, emotional, and psychological transformations in the course of creating a character. In addition, masking promotes honest, believable, and detailed work. Illustrated profusely throughout, the hands-on exercises developed by Eli Simon teach actors to shift cleanly between beats, execute moment-to-moment specificity, unleash creative impulses, take risks, and expand character range, power, and vulnerability. Masking Unmasked is a book of ancient acting techniques that are indispensable for the actor of today.... Read More about the "Masking Unmasked" on the The Nile Book Store Website

NICK HERN BOOKS
Other People?s Shoes Description: Harriet Walter is well known for her performances at the Royal Court (Cloud Nine, Hamlet with Jonathan Pryce), the RSC (Nicholas Nickelby, Macbeth with Antony Sher) and the National Theatre (Arcadia), as well on television, where she played Amy on Unfinished Business and Harriet Vane in the Lord Peter Wimsey series. In this book, she uses her experience to illustrate the processes involved in performance.... Read More about the "Other People?s Shoes" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Watson Guptill Publ
The Audition Book Description: More indispensable and comprehensive than ever, this expanded, updated handbook on auditioning discusses the digital age and the emerging opportunities in new media, along with all the traditional performing fields that offer employment for actorsif they make it through those tough auditions. Specific audition requirements and strategies to meet them are all examined in this unrivaled handbook that escorts actors through stage, film, commercials, television, voice-over, corporate shows, CD-ROM, DVD, and Internet auditions. Included are tips for self-promotion in cyberspaceparticularly on how to create a successful personal web site.... Read More about the "The Audition Book" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Watson Guptill Publ
There`s Money Where Your Mouth Is Description: This career manual offers the most complete guide to finding work in the the lucrative field of voice-overs, with advice on vocal exercises, self-promotion, making a demo CD, vocal modulation, breathing and reading techniques, and more. Sample scripts provided. 12 illustrations.... Read More about the "There`s Money Where Your Mouth Is" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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