
Acting Skills
Hugh Morrison(Author)
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
2nd Edition
Published on 30. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7136-4932-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Looks at the practicalities of acting, covering the various techniques and shows how they can be developed and improved upon. The author then discusses the various disciplines: voice and speech, the voice in action, movement and body language, imagination and creativeness. Examples and exercises are given to help actors to understand and improve their craft. There is a chapter on the special requirements of acting in Shakespeares plays. The author examines "A Streetcar Named Desire"in depth , looking at the principal characters and demonstrating to the actor how to extract the most from the text, here is also a special section on drama at GCSE level, invaluable for teachers and students, plus a new chapter on small-scale touring companies.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
6 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-4932-1 (9780713649321)
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Acting Skills
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07/1992
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