 | Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing by William Ball
Buy new: $12.07 / Used from: $11.80 Straightforward. Jargon free. Immensely invaluable. The best book about directing ever.
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 | True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $3.48 Challenges and shakes acting theory at its very core.
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 | Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors by Peter Bogdanovich
Buy used from: $31.40 Great insights into the nuts and bolts of story telling. Even though it concentrates on film, there are certain aspects that communicate to the stage director.
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 | The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950 by Barbara Haskell
Buy used from: $23.28 Beautiful images from the most vibrant part of the 20th century.
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 | The religions of man: By Huston Smith (Perennial library) by Huston Smith
Buy used from: $0.01 Invaluable inisights into the philosophies and beliefs of man. Forms opinions and images in the director's mind.
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 | Audition by Michael Shurtleff
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Invaluable and important. Helps define what the director is looking for during casting.
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 | Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 Stresses the importance of being educated as a theatre artist. It is not enough just to know "theatre".
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 | Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.94 Inspirational music for the creative mind. Music that creates images and stories in the mind of the listener.
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 | Improvisation for the Theater 3E: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies) by Viola Spolin
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $9.40 A great resource for team building and creative story-telling within a cast. Also provides countless excersises that can develop a play.
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 | Merriam Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $0.16 Helps in creating the vocabulary needed to help actors in their journeys.
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 | Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition thumb-notched with Win/Mac CD-ROM and Online Subscription by Merriam-Webster
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $9.84 Invaluabe for the director as dramaturg.
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 | Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book) by Ric Boleslavsky
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.99 The greatest, basic approach to acting. Just skip the second chapter.
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 | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E. D. Hirsch
Buy new: $18.87 / Used from: $13.91 Defines simple knowledge that every human being should know.
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 | History of Art by Anthony F. Janson
Buy used from: $49.33 A visual history that inspires great stage pictures and human drama.
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 | On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov
Buy new: $10.50 / Used from: $4.99 Using the imagination as the greatest story telling technique.
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 | On Directing by Harold Clurman
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $2.92 One of the theatre's finest explains craft.
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 | The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate by Peter Brook
Buy new: $9.22 / Used from: $5.05 The greatest modern treatise on theatre theory. A great manifesto!
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 | Directing for the Stage: A Workshop Guide of 42 Creative Training Exercises and Projects by Terry John Converse
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $4.99 Filled with simple excersises. A text book and tool-box at the same time.
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 | Elia Kazan: A Life by Elia Kazan
Buy new: $27.35 / Used from: $7.61 America's finest theatre director shares his vibrant and controversial life story. Provides countless invaluable insights along the way.
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 | The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition by Christopher Vogler
Buy used from: $3.40 Explores the basic structures of mythic story telling. Shows how to arrange events in a captivating way.
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 | The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.75 Dramatically explains and explores man's need for myth and magic- always a key ingedient in the creating of theatrical performances.
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