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41. Award Monologues for Women

    Edited by Patrick Tucker, Christine Ozanne

    Award Monologues for Women is a collection of fifty-four monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in London. The book provides an excellent...

    Published August 30th 2007 by Routledge
42. Master Classes in the Michael Chekhov Technique

    By Micha, The Michael Chekhov Association

    A set of three DVDs professionally produced to a high broadcast quality presents an unprecedented level of access to the practice of the Chekhov technique. This collection provides six hours of filmed workshops by world-renowned Chekhov experts demonstrating his approach to actor-training,...

    Published March 14th 2007 by Routledge
43. And Then, You Act

    Making Art in an Unpredictable World

    By Anne Bogart

    From well-known auteur of the American theatre scene, Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act is a fascinating and accessible book about directing theatre, acting and the collaborative creative process. Writing clearly and passionately, Bogart speaks to a wide audience, from undergraduates to practitioners...

    Published January 11th 2007 by Routledge
44. The Path Of The Actor

    By Michael Chekhov

    Edited by Andrei A. Kirillov, Bella Merlin

    This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov’s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters. Full of illuminating anecdotes and insightful observations involving prominent characters from the MAT and...

    Published August 24th 2005 by Routledge
45. Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre

    Process to Performance

    By Maria Shevstova

    Including a foreword by Simon Callow, a dedicated admirer of the Maly, Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre provides both a valuable methodological model for actor training and a unique insight into the journeys taken from studio to stage. This is the first ever full-length study of...

    Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge
46. Merely Players?

    Actors' Accounts of Performing Shakespeare

    By Jonathan Holmes

    Merely Players? marks a groundbreaking departure in Shakespeare studies by giving direct voice to the Shakespearean performer. It draws on three centuries worth of actors' written reflections on playing Shakespeare and brings together the dual worlds of performance and academia, providing a unique...

    Published February 18th 2004 by Routledge
47. Antonin Artaud

    A Critical Reader

    Edited by Edward Scheer

    This resource collects for the first time some of the best criticism on Artaud's life and work from writers such as Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Maurice Blanchot, Herbert Blau, Leo Bersani and Susan Sontag. Antonin Artaud was one of the most brilliant artists of the twentieth century. His...

    Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
48. Konstantin Stanislavsky

    By Bella Merlin

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    This compact, well-illustrated and clearly written book offers an essential guide to the complex and contradictory nature of this master of theatre. Routledge Performance Practitioners are a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the...

    Published September 10th 2003 by Routledge
49. Michael Chekhov

    By Franc Chamberlain

    Series: Routledge Performance Practitioners

    All books in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series are carefully designed to enable the reader to understand the work of a key practitioner. They provide the first step towards critical understanding and a springboard for further study for students on twentieth century, contemporary...

    Published September 10th 2003 by Routledge
50. Acting (Re)Considered

    A Theoretical and Practical Guide, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Phillip B. Zarrilli

    Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who...

    Published October 23rd 2002 by Routledge