Acting Skills

Looks at the practicalities of acting, covering the various techniques and shows how they can be developed and improved upon. The author then discusses the various disciplines: voice and speech, the voice in action, movement and body language, imagination and creativeness. Examples and exercises are given to help actors to understand and improve their craft. There is a chapter on the special requirements of acting in Shakespeares plays. The author examines A Streetcar Named Desirein depth, looking at the principal characters and demonstrating to the actor how to extract the most from the text, here is also a special section on drama at GCSE level, invaluable for teachers and students, plus a new chapter on small-scale touring companies.