The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. But To the Actor is a shortened, heavily modified version of the great director/actor/teacher's original manuscript, and On the Technique of Acting is the first and only book ever to incorporate the complete text of that brilliant manuscript. Scholars and teachers of Chekhov's technique have hailed On the Technique of Acting as...
The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Mich...
"An important addition to the literature on Italian Commedia dell'Arte." Choice
This best-selling PAJ volume presents over 250 comedy routines used by commedia performers in Europe from 1550 to 1750. Includes an introduction, two complete commedia scenarios, and a glossary of commedia characters.
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"An important addition to the literature on Italian Commedia dell'Arte." Choice
This best-selling PAJ volume presents over 250 comedy ...
(Applause Acting Series). It is virtually impossible to discuss modern acting or actor training without first mentioning the Russian thoerist and director Konstantin Stanislavsky. Complete in one volume, Mel Gordon explores the actor training systems of Stanislavsky and his two most important disciples, Evgeni Vakhtangov and Michael Chekhov, tracing the major teachings and refinements over the first 50 years of use by actors. Gordon reconstructs the actual exercises taught at the Moscow Art Theatre and various Russian acting studios, and he clears away the myths and confusion about the...
(Applause Acting Series). It is virtually impossible to discuss modern acting or actor training without first mentioning the Russian thoerist and dire...
A contemporary biography of a notorious actress, dancer, and playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Berlin during the 1920s chronicles the life of Anita Berber, who often haunted hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, radiantly naked except for an elegant sable wrap, a pet monkey hanging from her neck, and a silver brooch packed with cocaine.
A contemporary biography of a notorious actress, dancer, and playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Berlin during the 1920s chronicles the life of An...
This seductive sourcebook of rare visual delights from pre-Nazi, Cabaret-period Babylon on the Spree has the distinction of being praised both by scholars and avatars of contemporary culture, inspiring hip club goers, filmmakers, gay historians, graphic designers, and musicians like the Dresden Dolls and Marilyn Manson.
This expanded edition includes Sex Magic and the Occult, documenting German pagan cults and their often-bizarre erotic rituals, including instructions for entering into the Sexual Fourth Dimension.
Mel Gordon is professor of theater at the University of California,...
This seductive sourcebook of rare visual delights from pre-Nazi, Cabaret-period Babylon on the Spree has the distinction of being praised both by s...
