| Book
on Acting: Improvisation Technique for the Professional
Actor in Film, Theater, and Television |
| Stephen
Book. 630 pages, 7x10, 1-879505-60-6, $24.95 paper |
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A
new technique for improvising performances with scripted
and memorized lines.
“ Improvisation is essential to acting and Book is a terrific teacher.”
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William Hurt
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| Actors
Turned Directors: On Eliciting the Best Performance from
an Actor and Other Secrets of Successful Directing |
| Jon
Stevens, 300 pages, 6x9, illus., 1-879505-34-7, $19.95
paper |
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“In
Actors Turned Directors, the reader will not only learn
of the challenges faced in moving behind the movie
camera, but also will learn much about the whole process
of making motion pictures. A most interesting read.”
— Robert Wise
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| Comic
Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy |
| Franklyn
Ajaye, 289 pages, 6x9, illus., 1-879505-54-1, $18.95
paper |
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There
aren’t enough good books on comedy written by the
people who create it; Franklyn’s book helps fill
that void. Anyone who has an interest in comedy should
own this.”
— George Carlin |
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