Why are some movies truly great? What makes an actor legendary? Which elements of successful screenplays move people’s hearts more than others?
For the first time, Harrison Ford is revealed to readers with all his compelling complexities. Drawing on more than 100 interviews with colleagues and with Ford himself, Garry Jenkins has…
W. Somerset Maugham, the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose…
The acclaimed biography of Laurence Olivier is reissued to coincide with the centenary of his birth. Laurence Olivier was both an enchanter and a force of nature. In The Real…
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov’s To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. But To the Actor is a shortened, heavily modified version of…
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov’s To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. But To the Actor is a shortened,…
The author uses her wide experience as an acting and voice coach an major movies to offer insights into the film acting process. She provides tasks, techniques and tips that…
This is a comprehensive consideration of all aspects of the actor’s art and craft, as told by the theater’s greatest practitioners, from ancient Greece to the 20th century.
Creativity is a buzz-word in education right now, but it is still seen mainly as the domain of the creative arts. This book shows how creativity can be an approach…
Written specifically for trainee and practicing teachers in secondary English and Drama, this book presents a critical analysis of the requirement to teach speaking and listening and theories concerning the…