Directing
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The Acting Book
A ‘fast-forward’ acting course covering all the essential techniques an actor needs to know and use – with a suite of exercises to put each technique into practice.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Inventing the Truth: Devising and Directing for the Theatre
An invaluable guide to the difficult arts of devising plays and directing texts, by one of the UK’s leading theatre directors.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Drama Games for Devising
As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with dozens of drama games that can be used in the process of devising theatre.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Shakespeare On Stage
Thirteen Leading Actors on Thirteen Key Roles
By Julian CurryThirteen leading actors take us behind the scenes, each recreating in detail a memorable performance in one of Shakespeare's major roles.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Words Into Action
Finding the Life of the Play
Packed with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No
A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book for teachers and workshop leaders working with difficult or reluctant students, youth groups, young offenders, and all those who seem intent on saying 'no' to whatever is offered them.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Improvisation in Rehearsal
By John AbbottJohn Abbott, author of The Improvisation Book, explains how theatre directors at every level can use improvisation in the rehearsal room. Foreword by Mark Rylance.
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£10.99£8.79There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£10.99£8.79Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops
101 great drama games for use in any classroom or workshop setting. Part of the Nick Hern Books Drama Games series.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Preface to The Merchant of Venice
Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.
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£10.99£8.79
Prefaces to A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale & Twelfth Night
Unrivalled practical insights from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Tackling Text [and subtext]
A Step-by-Step Guide for Actors
An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Different Every Night
Freeing the Actor
By Mike AlfredsA top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59The Improvisation Book
How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions
By John AbbottA practical guide to conducting improvisation sessions, for teachers, directors and workshop leaders.
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£14.99£11.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£14.99£11.99Performing Shakespeare
Preparation, Rehearsal, Performance
An authoritative, hands-on guide through the practical challenges involved in performing Shakespeare.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark
By Max Stafford-Clark and Philip RobertsInside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Preface to Antony and Cleopatra
Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time. With a foreword by Richard Eyre.
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£12.99£10.39
Preface to Cymbeline
Unrivalled practical insights into the play from one of the most influential actors and directors of Shakespeare of all time.
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£12.99£10.39
The Improvisation Game
Discovering the Secrets of Spontaneous Performance
A fascinating investigation into the wellsprings of improvisation in theatre, dance and music, from the author of the influential House of Games.
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£12.99£10.39
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