BOOKS TO READ
Books Exploring Acting Techniques and Acting Process

This wonderful list is taken straight from the Gleebooks catalogue and is in alphabetical order by the author's surname.

Note: Not all the books listed will be currently available.

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Aaron, Stephen
Stage Fright: Its Role in Acting 0226000192 PB 15.95

Acker, Iris
Secrets to Auditioning for Commercials, The 0942963040 PB 20.00

Adams, Brian
Screen Acting 0958951209 HC 34.95
Screen Acting: How to Succeed in Motion Pictures 0943728207 PB 29.95

Adler, Stella
Book 1 of Script Interpretation 0679424423 HC
Stella Adler on Acting 0553052993 PB 30.00
Technique of Acting: Foreword by Marlon Brando 0553349325 PB 22.00

Aitken, Maria
Style: Acting in High Comedy 1557832145 PB 29.95

Auslander, Philip
From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism & Postmodernism 0415157870 PB 34.95

Balk, H Wesley
Performing Power: a New Approach for the Singer-actor 0816613672 PB 22.50
Radiant Performer, The: the Spiral Path 0816618682 PB 45.00

Barkworth, Peter
Complete About Acting, The 0413661105 PB 29.95

Barr, Tony
Acting for the Camera 0060928190 PB 28.00

Bates, Brian
Way of the Actor, The: a New Path to Knowledge & Power 0877734410 PB 30.00

Beck, Alan
Radio Acting: Studio Work, Radio Adverts Etc. 0713646314 PB 39.95

Bell, John
Evening With John Bell, An: Audio 0642179344 CA 24.95

Benedetti
Actor at Work 0130036730 HC 10.00

Benedetti, Jean
Stanislavski & the Actor: the Method of Physical Action 0413711609 PB 24.95
Stanislavski: a Life 0413525201 PB 29.95
Stanislavski: an Introduction: the Sy 0413500306 PB 17.95

Benedetti, Robert
Actor at Work 7th Ed 0205261396 HC 67.95
Actor at Work, The: 5th Edition 013004508X HC 88.50

Berger, Harry
Imaginary Audition: Shakespeare on Stage & Page 0520065581 HC 39.95

Bernard, Ian
Film & Television Acting O/p 0240801385 PB 39.95
Film & Television Acting: from Stage to Screen: 2nd Edition 0240803019 PB 39.95

Bernardi, Philip
Improvisation Starters: Collection of 900 Impro Situations 1558702334 PB 30.00

Berry, Cicely
Actor & the Text, The: 2nd Edition 0863697054 PB 24.95
Voice & the Actor 024552021X PB 24.95
Your Voice & How to Use It Successfully 0245528865 PB 19.95

Black, David
Actor's Audition, The 0679732284 PB 14.95
Magic of Theater, The: Behind the Scenes With Today's Leading Actors 0020306512 PB 26.00

Bluhm, Annika (ed)
Audition Book for Men, The 0413623009 PB 20.95
Audition Book for Women, The 0413613003 PB 20.95

Blum, Richard A
Working Actors 0240800044 PB 35.00

Blumenfeld, Robert
Accents: a Manual for Actors 0879102691 PB 42.95

Boal, Augusto
Rainbow of Desire, The: Boal Method of Theatre & Therapy 0415103495 PB 49.95

Boleslavsky, Richard
Acting: the First 6 Lessons 0878300007 HC 40.00

Bray, Errol
Playbuilding: Gde for Group Creation of Plays With Young People 0868192570 PB 19.95

Brebner, Ann
Setting Free the Actor: Overcoming Creative Blocks O/p 091651580X PB 26.00

Breuer, Lee
Animations 093382601X HC 19.95

Brown, John R (ed)
Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Twi 1557830495 PB 20.00

Bruder, Melissa
Practical Handbook for the Actor 0394744128 PB 18.00

Burgess, Thomas De Ma
Singing & Acting Handbook: Games & Exercises for the Performer 0415166586 PB 36.95

Caine, Michael
Acting in Film: an Actor's Take on Movie Making (optional Cassette) 1557831246 HC 26.00

Callow, Simon
Being an Actor 0140239251 PB 17.95

Caltagirone, Dennis
Theatre Arts: the Dynamics of Acting 0844251658 LB 79.95

Carey, Dean
Actor's Audition Manual 1, The 0868191361 PB 17.95

Cassady, Marshall
Book of Scenes for Acting Practice 0844251259 PB 34.95

Chekhov, Michael
On the Technique of Acting 0062730371 PB 28.00
On the Technique of Acting 0060552670 HC 32.95
To the Actor 0064637077 PB 15.00

Christoffersen, Erik
Actor's Way, The 0415087961 PB 30.95

Clark, Danae
Negotiating Hollywood: the Cultural Politics of Actor' Labor 081662545X PB 29.00

Cohen, Robert
Acting 1: 2nd Edition 1992 155934119X LB 61.95
Acting Power 0874844088 HC 63.95

Cole, Toby(ed)
Acting: a Handbook of the Stanislavski Method 0517884771 PB 22.00

Cole/chinoy
Actors on Acting: Theories, Techniques & Practices of Worlds Great Aco 0517540487 PB 27.00

Cording/turner(eds)
Actor's Handbook, The: 2nd Ed 074750959X PB 3.00

Cossa, Mario
Acting Out: the Workbook 1560325348 PB 26.95

Cox, Brian
Salem to Moscow: an Actor's Odyssey 0413628205 HC 45.00

Craig, David
Performer Prepares, A: a Guide to Song Preparation 1557831335 PB 45.00

Craig, Nicholas
I, an Actor 0330309722 PB 12.99

Crawford Et Al
Acting in Person & in Style 0697201333 PB

Crowley, Shauna
Screen Test Handbook: an Actor's Gde to Auditioning for Tv/film 0868192279 PB 19.95

Dennis, Anne
Articulate Body: the Physical Training of the Actor 0896761339 PB 40.00

Derum, John
More Than a Sentimental Bloke 0868401161 PB 19.95

Dmytryk, E & J P
On Screen Acting 0240517393 PB 30.00

Downs, David
Actor's Eye, The 1557832129 PB 35.00

Duke, James
How to be a Working Actor 0863697585 PB 19.95

Dunmore, Simon
Actor's Gde to Getting Work, An 0333536185 PB 24.95
Actor's Guide to Getting Work, An 0713645032 PB 35.00

Dunn, Kate
Exit Through the Fireplace: Great Days of the Rep 0719554810 PB 35.00

Easty, Edward Dwight
On Method Acting 0804105227 PB 14.00

Fenner, Jill
Actor's Handbook, The 0747537682 PB 45.00

Fo, Dario
Tricks of the Trade, The 0413664406 PB

Franks, Phillip
Actor's Life, An 1857934164 PB 35.00

Friedman, Ginger
Call-back: How to Prepare for the Callback to Succeed in Getting the P 087910077X PB 18.95

Gielgud, John
Acting Shakespeare 0330352245 PB 16.95
Stage Directions 0340552042 PB 14.95

Girard, Dale Anthony
Actors on Guard: a Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier & Dagger 0878300589 PB 50.00

Gordon, Hayes O/p
Acting & Performing O/p 0646066196 PB 29.95

Gordon, Mel
Stanislavsky Technique (russia) 0936839082 PB 18.95

Gronbeck-tedesco, Joh
Acting Through Exercises: a Synthesis of Classical & Contemporary Approaches 0874849470 PB 70.00

Hagen, Uta
Challenge for the Actor, A 0684190400 HC 52.00
Respect for Acting 0025473905 HC 36.95

Hare, David
Acting Up: a Theatre Diary 0571201350 PB 24.95

Harmon, Renee
How to Audition for Movies & Tv 0802773745 PB 30.00

Harrop, John
Acting 0415059623 PB 24.95

Henry/rogers
How to be a Working Actor: the Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Thea 0823083284 PB 29.95

Herman/herman
American Dialects: a Manual for Actors, Directors & Writers 087830049X PB 28.95

Hilton, Julian
Performance 0333385721 PB 24.95

Hines/vaughan
Actor Succeeds, An: Career Management for the Actor 057360603X PB 23.95

Hirsch, Foster
Method to Their Madness, A: History of the Actors Studio 0306802686 PB 22.95

Hodge, Alison
Twentieth Century Actor Training 0415194520 PB 38.95

Hornby, Richard
End of Acting 1557831009 PB 44.00
Script into Performance: a Structuralist Approach 0913729590 PB 19.00

Irving, Sir Henry
Sir Henry Irving: Theatre, Culture & Society: Essays, Addresses & Lect 185331062X HC

Jackson, Russell Et A
Players of Shakespeare 2: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players 0521389038 PB
Players of Shakespeare 3: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players 0521477344 PB 35.00

James, Lana
Your Child on Tv: Acting/modelling 0868193224 PB 14.95

Johnston, Chris
House of Games: Making Theatre from Everyday Life 1854593099 PB 29.95

Kanner, Ellie
Next: an Actor's Guide to Auditioning 0943728711 PB 39.95

Karshner/stern
Dialect Monologues 1: Tape & Book Set 0940669137 CS 38.00
Dialect Monologues 2: Tape & Book Set 0940669277 CA 38.00

Kayes, Gillyanne
Singing & the Actor 0713648880 PB 36.95

Kidwell/devorin
Your Kid Ought to be in Pictures: a How-to Guide for Would-be Child Ac 0943728908 PB 34.95

Kumiega, Jennifer
Theatre of Grotowski 0413580407 PB 44.00

Leahy, Kath
Don't Screw Up that Screentest 064626883X ST 9.95

Lewis, Robert
Method or Madness?: Lectures on the Method School of Acting 0573690332 PB 18.00

Linklater, Kristin
Freeing the Natural Voice 0896760715 PB 40.00

Loraine, Hull S
Strasberg's Method 0918024390 PB 27.50

Low, John G
Merely Players 1875117008 PB 12.95

Mamet, David
True & False: Heresy & Commonsense for the Actor 0679772642 PB 22.00

Manderino, Ned
All About Method Acting 0960119434 PB 17.00
Transpersonal Actor, The 0960119450 PB 19.95

Martin/sauter
Understanding Theatre: Performance Analysis in Theory & Practice 9122016791 PB 100.00

Mason, Bim
Street Theatre & Other Outdoor Performance 0415070503 PB 49.95

Mason, Bruce
Solo 0705507572 HC 17.50

Mayfield, Katherine
Acting a to Z: the Young Person's Guide to a Stage or Screen Career 0823088014 PB

Mccallion, Michael
Voice Bk for Actors Public Speakers 0571150594 PB 24.95

Mcevenue, Kelly
Alexander Technique for Actors 0413710106 PB

Meisner/longwell
Sanford Meisner on Acting: Pollack Sydney(intro) 0394750594 PB 26.00

Miles-brown, J
Acting: a Drama Studio Source Book 0720606322 PB 22.50

Miller, Allan
Passion for Acting, A 0823082547 PB 25.99

Mitter, Shomit
Systems of Rehearsal: Stanislavsky Grotowski Brook & Brecht 0415067847 PB 42.95

Moore, Sonia
Stanislavski Revealed 1557831033 PB 20.00

Morris, Eric
Acting from the Ultimate Consciousness 0962970913 PB
Acting, Imaging & the Unconscious 0962970948 HC
Being & Doing: a Workbook for Actors 0962970905 PB 26.00
Irreverent Acting 0962970921 PB
No Acting Please 096297093X PB 26.00

Morrison, H
Acting Skills 0713635789 HC 29.95

Morrison, Hugh
Acting Skills: 2nd Edition 0713649321 PB 45.00

Morrison, Malcolm
Classical Acting 0713640472 PB 24.95

Moston, Doug
Coming to Terms With Acting: an Instructive Glossary 0896761215 PB 27.95

Newlove, Jean
Laban for Actors & Dancers: Putting Laban's Movement Theory into Pract 1854591606 PB 24.95

Oida/marshall
Invisible Actor, The 0413683109 PB

Olivier, Laurence
On Acting 0340412380 PB 12.95

Perry, John
Enc.of Acting Techniques 186155009X HC 24.95
Enc.of Acting Techniques 0304349348 PB 39.95

Phelps, Peter
Sex Without Madonna: True Confessions of a Hired Gun in Tinseltown 0330356119 PB 14.95

Pipkin, Turk
Be a Clown: Complete Guide to Instan 0894803476 PB 14.95

Pisk, L
Actor & His Body 0245527214 PB 4.95

Redfield, William
Letters from an Actor 0879100079 PB 14.00

Redgrave, Michael
Actor's Ways & Means 1854592904 PB 29.95
Actor's Ways & Means, The 0878300597 PB 30.00

Rendle/morrison
So You Want to be an Actor? 0713633409 PB 24.95

Richards, Thomas
At Work With Grotowski on Physical Actions 0415124921 PB 34.95

Richarson, Don
Acting Without Agony: an Alternative to the Method 0205151655 PB 52.95

Rideout, Nigel
First Steps Towards an Acting Career 0140144226 PB 14.95

Ristad, Eloise
Soprano on Her Head, A: Right-side-up Reflections on Life & Other Performances 0911226214 PB 37.95

Roberts, Denise
Get Your Act Together: the Actor's Advisory Manual 186287171X PB 14.95

Roddy, Ruthmae
Monologues for Kids 0940669021 ST 20.00

Rodenburg, Patsy
Actor Speaks, The: Voice & the Performer 0413700305 PB 19.95
Actor Speaks: Voice & Performer 0413700208 HC 24.95
Right to Speak, The: Working With the Voice 041366130X PB 24.95

Roland, David
Confident Performer, The 086819493X PB 21.95

Sabatine, Jean
Movement Training for Stage & Sceen 0713641819 PB 34.95

Salt, Chrys
Make Acting Work: Practical Path to a Successful Career 0747535957 PB 29.95

Schmitt, Natalie C
Actors & Onlookers: Theatre & 20c 0810108372 PB 19.95

Searle, Judith
Getting the Part 0671732064 PB 16.95
Getting the Part Revised Edition 0879101946 PB 29.95

See, Joan
Acting in Commercials 082308325X PB 30.50

Seto, Judith R (ed)
Young Actors' Workbook,the 0802150829 PB 21.00

Sher, Antony
Year of the King 0413414507 PB 19.95

Shurtleff, Michael
Audition: Intro Bob Fosse 0553272950 PB 14.00

Singleton-turner, Rog
Children Acting on Television 0713649526 PB 45.00

Smallwood, R L (ed)
Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players 0521554209 HC

Snyder/drumsta
Dynamics of Acting, the (3rd Ed) 0844251305 HC 39.95

Sonenberg, Janet
Actor Speaks: 25 Actors Talk About Talent & Technique 0517883880 PB 35.00

Spolin, Viola
Theater Game File 0810140071 BP 113.00

Stanislavski, Constan
Actor Prepares, An 0413461904 PB 23.95
Actor's Handbook, An 0413630803 PB 23.95
Building a Character 0413367207 PB 23.95
Creating a Role 0413477606 PB 29.95
Creating a Role 0878309810 PB 36.00
Stanislavski's Legacy: Collection of Comments on Actor's Art & Life 0413477703 PB 19.95
Stanislavski's Legacy: Hapgood Elizabeth(tr) 0878301275 PB 22.00

Stanislavsky, K
Actor V 1: Work on Oneself Part I: Creative Process Ofre-experi 0413678105 HC
Actor V 2: Work on Oneself Part Ii: Creative Process of Embod 0413678202 HC
Actor V 3: Work on the Role: Materials for a Book 0413678008 PB

Stanislavsky, Konstan
On the Art of the Stage Out of Print 057108172X PB 12.95

Strasberg, John
Accidentally on Purpose: a Memoir 1557831963 PB 49.95

Strasberg, Lee
Dream of Passion, A: the Development of the Method 0413196704 PB 26.95

Suzman, Janet
Acting With Shakespeare: the Comedies 1557832153 PB 29.95

Suzuki, Tadashi
Way of Acting, The: Theatre Writings 0930452569 PB 26.00

Szeps, Henri
All in Good Timing 0868194840 PB 19.95

Taylor, Malcolm
Actor & the Camera, The 0713639016 PB 24.95

Toro, Fernando De
Theatre Semiotics: Text & Staging in Modern Theatre 0802075894 PB 36.00

Tucker, Patrick
Secrets of Screen Acting 0878300422 PB 39.95

Turner, Barry (ed)
Actor's Handbook, An 0747502498 PB 34.95

Turner, J Clifford
Voice & Speech in the Theatre: 3rd Ed. 0713622091 PB 24.95

Turner/morrison
Voice & Speech in Theatre 4th Edition 0713637358 PB 29.95

Vineberg, Steve
Method Actors 0028726871 PB 29.95
Method Actors: 3 Generations of American Acting Style 0028726855 HC 50.00

Wirth, Jeff
Interactive Acting: Acting, Improvisation & Interacting for Audience Participato 0963237497 PB 26.95

Woollams, Tony
Scenes for Young Actors 0868195073 PB 19.95

Wright, Susan
How to Become a Working Actor 0806518812 PB 19.95

Yakim, Moni
Creating a Character 1557831610 PB 39.95
Creating a Character: Physical Approach 0823075524 PB 23.99

Young, Jordan R
Acting Solo: Art of One-man Shows 0940410850 P 18.95

Zarrilli, Phillip
Acting (re)considered: Theories & Practices 0415098580 HC 120.00

Zarrilli, Phillip (ed)
Acting (re)considered: Theories & Practices 0415098599 PB 49.95

Zucker ,C (ed)
Making Visible the Invisible: Anthology of Orig. Essays on Film Acting 0810826879 PB 39.00

Zucker, Carole
In the Company of Actors: Reflections on the Craft of Acting 0713652810 PB 45.00

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