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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

A new technique for improvising performances with scripted and memorized lines.
“ Improvisation is essential to acting and Book is a terrific teacher.”
— William Hurt


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

“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 Wis
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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

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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