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So you want to be an actor? / Prunella Scales and Timothy West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scales, Prunella.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acting--Vocational guidance.
- Acting.
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Nick Hern, 2005.
- Summary:
- This handbook for aspiring actors is co-written by two of the best-known names in British theatre and television. It offers practical advice and do's and don'ts to anyone thinking of taking up acting. The authors are passionate about actor training, know the profession inside out and have more than a hundred years' experience between them... Charmingly informal but full of sound advice, So You Want To Be An Actor? is essential reading for anyone with their eye on a career in acting.
- Contents:
- Preparation
- First thoughts about becoming an actor 3
- How to go about it 5
- To train or not to train 7
- Drama School 10
- Graduation 15
- Unpaid Fringe productions 18
- Agents 18
- Advertising yourself 21
- Auditions and interviews 24
- Spreading yourself around 27
- Financial security 28
- Equity 30
- Health 33
- Physical well-being 34
- Reading matter 35
- Onward ... 37
- Practice
- What is acting for? 41
- Approach to a character 42
- Truth 42
- Technical advice - shape 44
- Use of language 45
- 'R.P.' 46
- Orchestral demands of text 51
- Phrasing 52
- Some principles of stress in spoken English 53
- Some extra points in the speaking of verse 55
- Soliloquy 58
- Learning the lines 60
- 'I would never say that ...' 62
- Skills 63
- Learning from other performances 64
- Rehearsals 65
- Small parts 68
- Big parts 69
- Costume 70
- Research 71
- Directors 73
- Working with people you don't get on with 76
- Audiences 77
- The different media 81
- The camera 81
- Working in film 84
- Working in television 88
- Working in radio 92
- Commercials 94
- Critics 96
- Perseverance
- The unpredictability of the business 101
- Being out of work 102
- The Actors Centre 103
- Writing and devising 103
- Teaching 105
- Temporary jobs 108
- Work you can't afford to do 109
- Touring 110
- Regional theatre 114
- Where to live 115
- Public transport 116
- Relationships 117
- Children 118
- Media attention 119
- Publicity 120
- Fan mail 122
- Tipping 123
- Branching out 124
- Organisations and clubs 125
- Committee work 126
- Giving something back 128
- Charities 129
- Celebrities 130
- When to stop 131
- Useful publications 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes web resources.
- ISBN:
- 1854598791
- OCLC:
- 60611627
- Publisher Number:
- 9781854598790
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