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Acting Characters is an introductory book for students and aspiring actors to help demystify the process of acting, by breaking the process down into twenty manageable steps.

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She provides tasks, techniques and tips that are designed specifically for film: there's advice to make the first-time film actor feel at home on set, tips on the casting process, how to cope with auditions, on-camera techniques, schedules and shooting order, as well as specific advice from film crews to help an actor's performance.

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A young man leaves his home to look for work in the cinema industry and is not heard of again, disappearing after a first rejection: one hopeful actor of hundreds seeking a route to stardom.

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It is a compelling, personal story that takes in over half a century of acting, but also his colourful personal life - growing up next to the mental asylum run by his father, the women in his life, his on-stage breakdown (which led to a prolonged absence from the stage), and his battle with cancer.

(Hardback, 9th edition)

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Focusing on the 'acting of the text' and not on technical voice work, this newmanual lucidly outlines a number of key,practical guidelines to speaking and acting Shakespeare's work,essential for all students and actors tackling Shakespeare.

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This volume is an examination of the practicalities of acting, covering the various techniques and how they can be developed and improved. It discusses the various disciplines, such as voice and speech; movement and body language; and imagination and creativeness. Examples and exercises are included.

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Acting Stanislavski is an inspiring and technically thorough practical book for actors. It sets down a systematic and coherent process for organic, Stanislavski-based acting.

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A groundbreaking, cross-cultural reference work exploring the diversity of expression found in rituals, festivals, and performances, uncovering acting techniques and practices from around the world.

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The Wing has produced the Working in the Theatre seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. Spanning the range of these seminars, this title provides the information, anecdotes, heartaches, and triumphs. It enables the readers to learn what a career in the theatre is really about, from inspiration to a Tony or Pulitzer Prize.

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'Action!' draws on the very best published and unpublished interviews of the 'Bright Lights Film Journal', and contains many gems, including the last ever interview given by Francois Truffaut, four months before he died.

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Explores the actor as subversive celebrant in premodern popular theatre, with special attention to Aristophanes' Frogs, medieval mystery plays, and Shakespeare's As You Like It.

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Containing transcripts of young actors interviewing their seniors, this book includes notes from John Gielgud and an introduction by Peter Gill.

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Jean Marlow has brought together 50 extracts, both modern and classical, all selected because they require or can be performed in a particular accent. There is an introductory section showing how to prepare and give your best performance at an audition and comments from directors giving their advice on how to audition successfully.

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Acts and apparitions examines how new performance practices from the 1990s and the present day have been driven by questions of the real and the ensuing political implications of the concept's rapidly disintegrating authority. -- .

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Providing a fresh angle on adaptation studies, this study looks at how avant-garde directors and filmmakers have treated literary works in distinct ways. It examines films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer and many others.

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Providing a fresh angle on adaptation studies, this study looks at how avant-garde directors and filmmakers have treated literary works in distinct ways.

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Offering a critical reappraisal of a prolific and popular genre, this text also brings new material into the broader field of television studies. It surveys the traditional discourses about adaptation, unearthing assumptions and misconceptions, and explores the problems of previous approaches.

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