A Challenge For The Actor12 reviews Uta Hagen Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991 even more respect for acting... + The Best Book on Acting I've Ever Read + The best book on acting in Western History. + Are you an actor? Aspiring actor? Read this..             The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition12 reviews William Shakespeare Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 To Delight Not Study + Oxford Shakespeare You will thoroughly enjoy this all-in-one beautiful volume which is meant to delight not study. Almost two decades after the original "The Oxford Shakespeare:The Complete Works", this second edition is a much improved version compiled by world's leading authorities. It comes with updated ...             An Actor Prepares28 reviews Constantin Stanislavski Theatre Arts Book, 1989 Definitely The Bible for actors. + Superb, excellent, im grateful! + Very Informative + any performing artist should read this book...             Anton Chekhov's Plays (A Norton Critical Edition)1 review Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Eugene K. Bristow W. W. Norton & Company, 1977 A lot of Chekhov is here - but a lot ain't! Basically I picked this book up hoping that it would have the hard-to-find play, "Wild Honey," the closest Chekhov ever came to being Noel Coward. Not here! Ivanov - not here! The Bear - Not Here! While the essays are here and several insightful writings - to call this book "THE PLAYS" is ...             One Voice3 reviews Joan Melton, Kenneth Tom Heinemann Drama, 2003 Valuable for both singers and actors... + A Student of Joan's + AMAZING text for singing and voice A comprehensive physical approach to voice training that draws extensively from the groundbreaking work of Catherine Fitzmaurice and her innovative approach to destructuring and restructuring the breathing. Highly recommended for singers and actors alike.             Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook7 reviews John Rudlin Routledge, 1994 the best place to start..... + A Must-Read for Present-Day Commedia Lovers + Wonderful coverage for being so short. + Success             Stage Dialects5 reviews Jerry Blunt Dramatic Pub., 1994 Blunt is best... + Blunt good, but not complete + Very helpful I am a drama student at the University of Montana, and we are utilizing Blunt's texts and tapes in our two-year Voice and Speech program. They are invaluable to learning and understanding the various accents and dialects of several major world regions, with or without the tapes. I recommend ...             Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary (Volume II, N-Z)17 reviews Alexander Schmidt Dover Publications, 1971 If Shakespeare is your thing... + Great help!! + Unequalled We used this book at a recent Shakespeare Theater class taken at SUU in Cedar City and it was extremely informative. Even small words are referenced and cross referenced in this lexicon. The book not only gives definitions, but references any play or poem in which a given words is found. I ...             Creating a Role3 reviews Constantin Stanislavski Theatre Arts Books, 1989 One Of The BEST! + Completes Stanislavski's classic series This book shocked me. In buying it I had envisioned receiving an "okay" book. I was so wrong. This book is incredible. I found myself highlighting/making notes/and never letting the book close. This book helps the actor who really, really needs help. It sounds odd, but this book can make ...             Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and ...17 reviews Alexander Schmidt Dover Publications, 1971 If Shakespeare is your thing... + Great help!! + Unequalled We used this book at a recent Shakespeare Theater class taken at SUU in Cedar City and it was extremely informative. Even small words are referenced and cross referenced in this lexicon. The book not only gives definitions, but references any play or poem in which a given words is found. I ...             Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays15 reviews David Ball Southern Illinois University Press, 1983 Excellent and easy to read. + Immeasurably Useful on a Basic and Elemental Level + Concise fabulous script analysis text + Short & Oh So Sweet! + excellent analysis tool for actors             Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More12 reviews Charles Boyce Delta, 1991 The Shakespeare students' best friend! + Don't Judge by the Cover + One Great Book + Great fun for the Shakespeare fan! + Life Savor!!             Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte (PAJ Books)3 reviews PAJ Publications, 2001 I laughed out loud! + Excellent resource Of all the books out there concerning commedia dell'arte, I found this one to be one of the most informative and useful (and definitely the FUNNIEST!--and isn't that the point?). Mel Gordon clearly and concisely defines what lazzi are, and presents a series of them according to type; quite ...             Poetics (Dover Thrift Editions)6 reviews Aristotle Dover Publications, 1997 A Classical masterpiece! + Excellent text for intro to theatre course + Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life + Proetic             Handbook of the International Phonetic Association : A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet8 reviews International Phonetic Association Cambridge University Press, 1999 What you'd expect + Excellent resource + "Introduction to Phonetics" + A MUST HAVE             Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)6 reviews John Barton Anchor, 2001 A Wonderful Introduction For Actors and Non-Actors Alike + A must own for those trying to learn or act Shakespeare + Peeking Under the Words + How can this book be out of print!?             Frayn Plays: 2: Benefactors, Balmoral, and Wild Honey (Contemporary Dramatists) Michael Frayn A&C Black, 2003 Benefactors : "Frayn's most complex and interesting play."- Sunday Times Balmoral : "A sophisticated drollery, an educated amusement."- New Statesman Wild Honey , a reworking of Chekhov's first play: "A brilliant piece of theatre bearing the stigmata of genius."- Guardian " Michael Frayn has the rare ability to construct farcical comedy around philosophical ...             History of the Theatre6 reviews Oscar G. Brockett, Franklin J. Hildy Allyn & Bacon, 2002 Yes, Oscar Brockett is God + the best + dry, but good + An Excellent and Thorough Text Under Great Editorship             Shakespeare's Wordcraft4 reviews Scott Kaiser Limelight Editions, 2007 engaging lessons on the craft of writing from Shakespeare's plays + The Inner Workings of Shakespeare's Language + Nine basic patterns of Shakespeare's language are revealed + easy to understand             Respect for Acting27 reviews Uta Hagen Wiley, 1973 Great--but skip and read "A Challenge for the Actor" + The best lessons ever laid out! + A Classic This book is great, don't get me wrong. But her later book, "A Challenge for the Actor" takes everything of value in this book, elaborates on it, and adds oodles more information and insight (reflecting the author's own revising of her approach and methods over the years). Reading both isn't ...