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The Crucible (Penguin Classics)

The Crucible (Penguin Classics)

Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned... more

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    The Crucible (Penguin Classics)

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    • Tragedy, Power, Hysteria
    • Arthur Miller's classic play based on the Salem Witch trials of 1692 demonstrates superstition, hysteria, and control. After being discovered dancing in the woods (strictly forbidden) one girl...
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    • Happy that it is short
    • Personally, I do not like plays at all, and I still do not; however, I do like the plot and ideas behind the Crucible. I was met with mixed feelings about this book because there are many good and...
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    • Posted:Mar-11-2006
    • The Play and Joe McCarthy have Nothing in Common
    • Have not read the book or seen the play. However, in reviewing the item in light of the fact that the local High School is putting on the play, I am struck by a common theme many of the other...
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An Actor Prepares

An Actor Prepares

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of... more

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    An Actor Prepares

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    • Superb, excellent, im grateful!
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    • From:Amazon
    • Posted:Oct-01-2008
    • Incomplete, Innacurate, Problematic Translation
    • Stanislavski is a familiar name in theatre circles. The legendary director of the Moscow Art Theatre wrote perhaps some of the most influential books on acting in the last century. I could list the...
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    • Posted:Jan-09-2000
    • Not for Film actors. Barely even for Stage Actors
    • The good old Stanislavski. This is one of the more traditional books, read by just about every professional actor. However it is damaging to todays actor. If you are in film, this book is not for...
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Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television

Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television

Directing film or television is a high-stakes oppucatiopn - the white water rafting of entertainment jobs. It... more

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    • Review by Mark F. Armstrong, Filmmaker
    • The best primer on process-driven communication between directors and actors that gets results. Weston conducts class and workshops in the US and Europe. Highly recommended!
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    • Not what I expected
    • The book is all over the place. VERY subjective reading. I did not find much practical use for it. I purchased the book based on the reviews, but was greatly disappointed. I felt it was self...
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet... more

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    A Practical Handbook for the Actor

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    • Best acting book
    • I have ordered this book many times and given it to many aspiring actors. I never received a complaint. Simple, clear and can be used the rest of your career.
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    • Posted:Jan-20-2002
    • Horrible Book, Impossible to Follow
    • This book is not only boring, and poorly written, it's near impossible to follow. I would never recommend this book.
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Sanford Meisner on Acting

Sanford Meisner on Acting

This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for... more

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    Sanford Meisner on Acting

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    • Sanford Meisner on Acting
    • Great book from a great actor/teacher. Would recommend this book for anyone interesting in learning acting technique. It is one ot those books that need to be read more than once. You will find...
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    • Posted:Apr-01-2009
    • A Guide to the technique of acting
    • Sanford Meisner's "On Acting" is an excellent book for the actor. This book can benefit someone new to acting as well as a individuals with acting experience. The book goes through each lesson...
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    • Posted:Jun-27-2004
The Complete Film Production Handbook, Third Edition (Book & CD-ROM)

The Complete Film Production Handbook, Third Edition (Book & CD-ROM)

The Complete Film Production Handbook is a comprehensive step-by-step guide covering the essentials of the business,... more

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    • Everything you need~~~~!!!
    • This book has it all. Forms, procedures, etc. If you are looking for a book that teaches you how to be creative and successful, this isn't the book. I am not sure that book even exists. If it...
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Acting: The First Six Lessons. (Theatre Arts Book)

Acting: The First Six Lessons. (Theatre Arts Book)

For actors by an actor of rare subtlety and imagination; for directors by a brilliant versatile director. Richard... more

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    • From:Amazon
    • Posted:Jul-21-2009
    • An Abolute Must
    • Anyone seriously interested in acting MUST read this book and then re-read it again and again as time goes on. It is simply one of the best books ever written on the subject. The most important...
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    • Posted:Jun-27-2009
    • Not really worth it
    • It's a very quick read with some small interesting theories and tidbits but altogether very very out-dated and in my opinion, no longer has any relevant information to give today's actor. These...
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Singing for Dummies

Singing for Dummies

Develop proper posture and breath control From classical to pop to musical theater ? take your singing skills to... more

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    • Singing for Dummies
    • As an online vocal tutor, I sometimes refer to this book as I find it useful for singers who are just beginning to find out about their voice, and how it is affected by posture. I like the fact...
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    • Posted:Jul-24-2009
    • GOOD BOOK BUT............................
    • Let me just say that this is a great book,packed with great information(all the for dummies book series are good books really),it even has a cd inside with vocal excercises,and i found this book to...
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    • Posted:Oct-11-2008
    • Very boring to read and very limited with regard to style
    • Although there is some factual info that one can learn from, the book is very boring to read. This book only places focus on singing in one style which is the style of singing they tried to teach...
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Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook

Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook

A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes. more

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    • Spolin is the master
    • This book is essential for beginning and veteran drama teachers. Each exercise allows versatility and requires the teacher to use some creativity to make it work in a specific classroom. Many more...
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    • Not what I thought it would be
    • I teach drama/theater in a low income public school. I bought the book because my school has very few resources and I thought this might be useful. As it turned out the book was hardly used during...
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Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies

Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies

Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the... more

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    • Highly over-rated
    • While I realize that Robert Sklar's Movie Made America is a regularly used text in many university film courses, I can only surmise that this may be why so many film classes are boring. While...
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    • Out there
    • I have only read the first 3 or 4 chapters so far, but the editor has no linear stream of conciousness. He meanders along in his thought process with no logical structure in mind. Interesting take...
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A Tempest (TCG Translations)

A Tempest (TCG Translations)

A troupe of black actors perform their own Tempest. Cesaire's rich and insightful adaptation draws on contemporary... more

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    A Tempest (TCG Translations)

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    • Important, period
    • Cesaire's A TEMPEST wears its politics on its sleeve, and that can be grating even when its political message is agreeable with your own leanings. This is not a particularly subtle work, but it is...
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    • Mediocre at best
    • Cesaire's reinvention of Shakespeare's play is an unimpressive piece of work by almost any standard. It moves with the subtlety of a train wreck, shoving its political agenda down the reader's or...
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Theatre/Theory: An Introduction - 2nd Edition

Theatre/Theory: An Introduction - 2nd Edition

This is a new and enlarged edition of Mark Fortier's very successful and widely used essential text for students.... more

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    • Excellent, invaluable guide to theater and theory
    • *Theory/Theatre* is a remarkable pocket-sized guide to the major contemporary trends in critical theory and their relationships to performance and performance studies. Fortier's prose is lucid and...
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Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays

Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays

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    • Excellent and easy to read.
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Dancing

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    • Good book
    • The book was fine. It was for Wayne State University's DNC 1000 course. I found the book to be easy reading and informative. It gives you insight on different dance forms from around the world and...
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Scenic Art for the Theatre, Second Edition: History, Tools, and Techniques

Scenic Art for the Theatre, Second Edition: History, Tools, and Techniques

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    • A great book for painters
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Theatre: A Way of Seeing (with InfoTrac?)

Theatre: A Way of Seeing (with InfoTrac?)

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    • diverse ways of seeing
    • Barranger gives a nice overview of contemporary theatre, with a natural emphasis on the American scene. Classical theatre is well described. But also recent, avant-garde troupes like the Las Vegas...
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Accents: A Manual for Actors- Revised and Expanded Edition

Accents: A Manual for Actors- Revised and Expanded Edition

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    • Fantastic Book - very detailed
    • Robert Blumenfeld has spent years collecting the very essence of different accents. He tells you how to position your mouth, tongue and lips to create the sounds that mimic accents from all over...
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    • his accents don't sound right at all
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    • Accents- A manual for Actors
    • Blackstone sent me a great book in great condition, as promised. I did not realize when they said without a CD, that it meant the book originally had one. I thought they meant it was published...
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Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing

Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing

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    • nice
    • I needed it for a class. While I am not personally interested in the book...it seems good for those who would be into it. Timely shipping and delivery.
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    • Some great stuff
    • William Ball's "Sense of Direction" has some excellent information for those involed in, or thinking about becoming involved in, directing. However, Mr. Ball is coming from the world of...
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A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art in Theatre

A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art in Theatre

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    • like my bible, but not my manual
    • It's true that this book does not offer technical guidance on directing. I concur with the other reviewer in recommending William Ball's "Sense of Direction" if you are looking for a...
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    • Required Reading
    • Full of holes and alot of overbearing personal philosophy. I found myself crossing out lines of this text, as so much of this is conjecture and hyperbole. The chapter on Violence is worth the...
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Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters (Wadsworth Series in Communication Studies)

Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters (Wadsworth Series in...

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