Acting
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Culture is the Body
The Theatre Writings of Tadashi Suzuki
A landmark collection of writings from one of the world's most revered theatre directors.
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Surviving Actors Manual
The essential, one-stop handbook for actors, with everything you need to survive and thrive, from the team behind the internationally successful Surviving Actors conventions.
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£8.99£7.19Add to basketEbook£8.99£7.19Facing the Fear
An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright
By Bella MerlinThe first book of its kind written specifically for actors, Facing the Fear provides all the tools actors need to understand, confront and ultimately overcome stage fright and its effects, thereby regaining control over their lives and careers.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Actioning - and How to Do It
By Nick MoseleyA step-by-step guide to 'actioning', one of the most widely used rehearsal techniques for actors. An indispensable companion to a vital component in every actor's toolkit.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Playing Lear
An insider's guide from text to performance
A unique insight into Shakespeare's most monumentally complex character - and the play that bears his name - from a highly respected actor and former academic.
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£7.99£6.39
The Working Actor
The Essential Guide to a Successful Career
By Paul ClaytonThe essential guide to being a successful working actor: how to put yourself in the best possible position to get work, to keep getting it, and to make a living from it.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39A Midsummer Night's Dream: A User's Guide
An intensely practical account of how A Midsummer Night's Dream actually works on stage, by an acclaimed actor and director.
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£9.99£7.99
Year of the Fat Knight
The Falstaff Diaries
By Antony SherAntony Sher’s fascinating, enlightening account – richly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches – of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare’s best-known and most popular characters.
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£10.99£8.79
Stage Combat: Unarmed (with Online Video Content)
Everything you need to know in order to create and perform unarmed stage fights that are compelling, realistic and, above all, safe.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Drama Games for Young Children
From the bestselling Drama Games series, this dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book – packed with over 200 individual games – is perfect for teachers, playgroup leaders and drama facilitators who want to inspire and entertain children, aged 3 and up, with vibrant and engaging drama experiences.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Drama Games for Rehearsals
A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book in the bestselling Drama Games series offering dozens of ideas and exercises to energise and inspire a bold, creative rehearsal process for any play, of any period or genre.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Brutus and Other Heroines
Playing Shakespeare's Roles for Women
Award-winning actress Harriet Walter shares insights gleaned from her vast experience of performing some of Shakespeare's most famous roles - both male and female.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Feldenkrais for Actors
How to Do Less and Discover More
A practical guide to the Feldenkrais Method, for actors. Written by an experienced actor, theatre-maker and Feldenkrais practitioner.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Contemporary Duologues: One Man & One Woman
Edited by Trilby JamesA selection of the best contemporary scenes for two actors, one man and one woman. In the Good Audition Guides series.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Contemporary Duologues: Two Men
Edited by Trilby JamesA selection of the best contemporary scenes for two male actors. In the Good Audition Guides series.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Contemporary Duologues: Two Women
Edited by Trilby JamesA selection of the best contemporary scenes for two female actors. In the Good Audition Guides series.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2
Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles
By Julian Curry Foreword by Nicholas HytnerTwelve leading actors take us behind the scenes of landmark Shakespearean productions, each recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The Voice Exercise Book
A Guide to Healthy and Effective Voice Use
The National Theatre's Head of Voice shares the voice exercises she uses with many of Britain's leading actors to help to keep their voices in shape.
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