Acting Books

New and Published Books

1. The Piscator Notebook

   By Judith Malina

   "Piscator is the greatest theatre man of our time." Bertolt Brecht Judith Malina and The Living Theatre have been icons of political theatre for over six decades. What few realise is that she originally studied under one of the giants of twentieth century culture, Erwin Piscator, in his Dramatic...

   Published April 10th 2012 by Routledge
2. An Actress Prepares

   Women and "the Method"

   By Rosemary Malague

   'I've been waiting for someone to write this book for years: a thorough-going analysis and reconsideration of American approaches to Stanislavsky from a feminist perspective ... lively, intelligent, and engaging.' – Phillip Zarrilli, University of Exeter 'Theatre people of any gender will be...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Andrei Droznin's Physical Actor Training

   A Russian Masterclass

   By Andrei Droznin

   Edited by Paul Allain

   ‘Droznin is remarkable and valuable for his ability to combine serious and historically contextualised reflection on the body, psychology and human behaviour with an incorporated and systematic exploration of these ideas in practice.' Paul Allain Andrei Droznin’s Physical Actor Training presents a...

   Published December 22nd 2011 by Routledge
4. In Rehearsal

   In the World, in the Room, and On Your Own

   By Gary Sloan

   In Rehearsal is a clear and accessible how-to approach to the rehearsal process. Author Gary Sloan brings more than thirty years' worth of acting experience to bear on the question of how to rehearse both as an individual actor and as part of the team of professionals that underpins any...

   Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. Russians in Britain

   British Theatre and the Russian Tradition of Actor Training

   Edited by Jonathan Pitches

   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 type to identify a relationship between both...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. Adolphe Appia

   Texts on Theatre

   By Richard C. Beacham

   Adolphe Appia swept away the foundations of traditional theatre and set the agenda for the development of theatrical practice this century. In Adolphe Appia: Texts on Theatre, Richard Beacham brings together for the first time selections from all his major writings. The publication of these essays,...

   Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. Acting for Animators

   By Ed Hooks

   Ed Hooks' indispensable acting guidebook for animators has been fully updated and improved! Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from character movement and facial expressions to interaction and scene construction. Just as acting on film and on stage are very different disciplines...

   Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. Auditioning On Camera

   An Actor's Guide

   By Joseph Hacker

   To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one’s craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor. Auditioning On Camera sets out the key elements of a...

   Published June 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. Voice: Onstage and Off

   By Robert Barton, Rocco dal Vera

   Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and fine-tuning the voice for performance. Every aspect of vocal work is covered, from the initial speech impulse and the creation of sound, right through to refining the final product in different types of...

   Published April 26th 2011 by Routledge
10. Acting Reframes

    Using NLP to Make Better Decisions In and Out of the Theatre

    By Robert Barton

    Acting Reframes presents theatre and film practitioners with a methodology for using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a tool to aid their practice. Author Robert Barton uses the NLP approach to illustrate a range of innovative methods to help actors and directors, including: • reducing...

    Published March 31st 2011 by Routledge