 | Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book) by Ric Boleslavsky
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.97 If you want to explore how to find/develop character, read this. My master acting teacher in grad school, Jim Wise, suggested this book and I've been grateful ever since!
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 | A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder
Buy new: $8.40 / Used from: $0.47 The best "How To" analyse a script and approach acting EVER.
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 | The Presence of the Actor by Joseph Chaikin
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $4.37 When you're down and out about acting, this will get you revved up! Great read.
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 | An Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski by Stephen Wangh
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $5.70 Based in Movement, but applies to all realms of acting. Great.
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 | Twentieth Century Actor Training by Alison Hodge
Buy new: $31.85 / Used from: $21.97 Don't know methods or who's who? This is an AMAZING compilation of everyone you've ever heard of and why they're famous.
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 | The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique by Ivana Chubbuck
Buy used from: $11.00 Contemporary with reference to working with film stars. Helpful.
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 | The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice by Patsy Rodenburg
Buy new: $21.02 / Used from: $11.95 Fantastic comprehensive book on voice and breath for actors.
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 | Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback) by John Barton
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $3.87 Don't do Shakespeare without it!
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 | Audition by Michael Shurtleff
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Just get this book. You'll be glad you did.
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 | The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition (Penguin Handbooks) by Sonia Moore
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $1.14 Short, to the point, and clear.
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 | Speaking Shakespeare by Patsy Rodenburg
Buy used from: $9.00 Do you want to perform Will, but have challenges or phobias? Get this!
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 | Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) by Dymphna Callery
Buy used from: $52.16 Good Stuff.
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 | Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $3.91 Great for performance artists of any walk. Inspiring.
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 | Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.24 If you study Meisner, a must have.
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 | Tips : Ideas for Actors by Jon Jory
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $6.50 Practicle tips. Great to carry to rehearsal and flip through when you're stuck.
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 | Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $0.01 Simple and easily understandable.
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 | Speak with Distinction: The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage (Applause Acting Series) by Edith Skinner
Buy new: $24.39 / Used from: $8.00 This is the only IPA book you'll every need. Well laid out and very helpful for voice training.
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 | Shakespeare's Sonnets (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) by William Shakespeare
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $4.92 If you like the sonnets, GET THIS!!!
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 | True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $3.50 Mamet is crabby, arguementative and opinionated. You'll know how you feel about acting after this read.
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