Skådespelarkonst

The first book from the leading instructor to the stars--whose client roster includes Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, and Halle Berry--gives every reader and aspiring actor directions to excellence.

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Varför har musikalitet kommit att ses som en så central kvalitet i talteatersammanhang? Teaterregissören liknas inte sällan vid en dirigent, skådespelaren vid ett instrument, pjästexten vid ett partitur. Man talar om tonen i en replik, pulsen i en...

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Syftet med denna doktorsavhandling är att synliggöra skådespelarens praktiska kunskap. Tesen är att skådespelarens kunskap är kroppslig och situationsbunden. Detta är inget slutgiltigt svar utan snarare en utgångspunkt för en diskussion kring vad ...

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Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like "Chicago" and "Becket" and for films like "The Graduate" and "Jesus Christ Superstar. " His legendary course on auditioning has launched hu...

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Konstantin Stanislavskij (1863-1938) räknas som en av teaterhistoriens ledande teoretiker, men han var dessutom en framträdande praktiker, både som regissör och skådespelare. Han var också en av grundarna av den välkända Konstnärliga Teatern i Mos...

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This work has inspired the work of countless actors, directors, and writers in theatre, television and film. Spolin's improvisational techniques have changed the very nature and practice of modern theatre. This third edition updates the more than ...

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A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This new revised and expanded edition features great ph...

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Since the sixties, Keith Johnstone has led the work on improvisation in theatre, schools and universities. His unique ideas, set out in the classic text, Impro, have now been taken up by practitioners the world over. Impro for Storytellers builds ...

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Beginning with his early experiences and his discovery of the actor's central problem--achieving consistency, of inspiration--Strasbery analyzes the work of Constantin Stanislavsky, showing how he and others added to that work to develop the actin...

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Stella Adler was one of the 20th Century's greatest figures. She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career both in New York and Hollywood she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of acto...

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Why are so many women still not properly listened to? Why do they sometimes feel that they're less interesting than they are? Why do they often rush when they speak? Why do some women feel the pressure to sound like little girls? From one of the w...

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Teater av och med skådespelare med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (IF) är numera nästan en folkrörelse. I studiecirklar, föreningar, estetgymnasier och dagliga verksamheter skapas det som aldrig förr. Många drömmer om att få jobb som skådespel...

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Outlining different perspectives, this classic and field-defining text introduces 'dramaturgy' as a critical concept and a practical process in an accessible and engaging style. The revised edition includes a new introduction and afterword which p...

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An Actor Prepares is the most famous acting training book ever to have been written and the work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and trainers. This translation was the first to introduce Stanislavski's 'system' to the English sp...

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I Don't Need an Acting Class explores critical aspects of the technique of acting, utilizing conversations via email with countless actors. Some are aspiring students, others are seasoned professionals. The conversations document the challenges th...

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Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting. 'Acting is what I do with who I am', writes Harriet Walter. And in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance. Each step of the ...

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A unique survey of the twentieth century's most influential acting methods, offering invaluable practical insights for actors and drama teachers. Each of the ten famous techniques included in this handbook is described in detail by one of today's ...

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This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary Americ...

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Guskin is an "acting doctor" whose clients include Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, James Gandolfini, Bridget Fonda, and dozens more. Now Guskin reveals the insights and techniques that have worked wonders for beginners as well as stars.

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After training and studying for years, you've earned a degree: now what? How to get a job and have a career as an actor is the number one question facing emerging artists and one which this book answers for you. While performing arts schools do a ...

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This step-by-step guide to learning and practising an American accent is for anyone who wants to use a General American accent with confidence in auditions and performance. Inside, you'll find an easy-to-follow breakdown of the fundamentals requir...

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The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic and a must-read for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert B...

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Applied Meisner for the 21st-Century Actor develops Meisner's core principles for the contemporary actor and presents a Meisner-based acting technique that empowers practitioners to take ownership of their own creative process. In this book, the a...

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