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This is a guide to finding the best resources for research in the Dramatic Arts.
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    Books of Interest

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    Acting for love & money: connecting the craft to the industry - Paul G. Gleason & Gavin Levy
    ISBN: 156608167X
    75 acting exercises designed to prepare actors & acting students for a professional career. The exercises were created during workshop sessions conducted by the authors with participants of the Paul G. Gleason Theatre in Hollywood.

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    The neutral mask : its origins and its applications to the creative processes of the actor - Gillian Arrighi
    ISBN: 363922406X
    What is the Neutral Mask? Where did it come from & what can the actor-in-training gain through using it? This book begins to answer these questions by examining the rediscovery & rehabilitation of masks as tools of performance in Western theatre over the past century, considering the work of various theorists, directors, teachers...

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    Devising in Process - Alex Mermikides (Editor); Jackie Smart
    ISBN: 9780230573673
    Examines the creative processes of eight theatre companies making devising-based performances.
    Companies covered include: The People Show, Station House Opera, Shunt, The Red Room, Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation, theatre O, Gecko, Third Angel

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    Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Historiography - Postlewait
    ISBN: 0521499178
    Investigates the methods & aims of historical study in the performing arts, from archival research to historical writing. Beginning with case studies on Shakespearean theatre & avant-garde theatre, this study examines fundamental procedures & problems in documentary history and cultural history.

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    Michael Chekhov handbook: for the actor - Petit
    ISBN: 0415496713
    The Michael Chekhov technique is today seen as one of the most influential and inspiring methods of actor training in existence. In 'The Michael Chekhov Handbook', Lenard Petit draws on twenty years of teaching experience to unlock & illuminate this often complex technique.

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    Playing for real : actors on playing real people - Tom Cantrell & Mary Luckhurst (ed)
    ISBN: 0230230415
    How do you capture Hitler, Mugabe, or a serial killer? How do you portray living monarchs or political leaders? Is it possible to embody a genius like Mozart, Woolf or Darwin? What are the pressures of performing an icon like Marlene Dietrich? Bringing together original conversations with award-winning actors, the line-up includes Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins, David Morrissey, Henry Goodman & Sir Ian McKellen.

     

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