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Ruth Etting (1897-1978) was among the most important performers of the early 20th century. Her influence extends from the Broadway stage to radio and film, and her successes included more than 60 popular recordings, such as her 1928 rendition of 'Love Me or Leave Me,' which was inducted in the Grammy...

Happily married with two beautiful children, successful architect and avid amateur aviator Allan Daniels finds his life plummeting into a nightmare when his wife suddenly announces that she wants a separation, maybe a divorce. Then, two days later, as he is piloting a seaplane from Long Island to...

The Ultimate Resource is designed to teach voiceover talent how to discover the secrets to ensuring a successful voiceover career. This guide is perfect for anyone who wants to enter the voiceover profession and for those who are building their profession.

Jules César est sur le point de prendre le pouvoir au Sénat de Rome. Il se confie à Marc-Antoine, son fidèle ami, et lui révèle qu’il a eu un fils avec la sœur de Caton : Brutus. Brutus, ignorant son lien de paternité avec César, est un disciple de Caton, fier et intransigeant défenseur...

Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and fine-tuning the voice for performance. Every aspect of vocal work is covered, from the initial speech impulse and the creation of sound, right through to refining the final product in different types of performance....

Until very recently, directing wisdom was passed on in the form of "tips". Continuing this tradition, you will find them ranging from the way set a scene to directing the actor on the way to laugh. The tips are clear, concise, evocative, and constructed to give you a better day in rehearsal and performance. A buffet of ways to improve immediately that you'll refer to over and over again!

Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for women – from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 – perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for...

In the first conceptual overview of current practices and debates in theatre education, Helen Nicholson explores the contribution that professional theatre practitioners make to the education of young people. She maps the environments in which theatre and learning meet, and looks at how the educational...

In How and Why We Teach Shakespeare, 19 distinguished college teachers and directors draw from their personal experiences and share their methods and the reasons why they teach Shakespeare. The collection is divided into four sections: studying the text as a script for performance; exploring Shakespeare...

Wanting to produce a 90-Minute Shakespeare play? This ready-to-use adaptation of one of the Bard's most popular plays, respects the verse and retains all major characters and plotlines. The play has been shortened, but none of Shakespeare's words have been changed. For the Shakespeare purist who loves...

Scène PREMIÈRE. PHILIPPE D’AULNAY, RICHARD, SIMON, JEHAN, manants, puis ORSINI. RICHARD, se levant. Ohé ! maître Orsini, notre hôte, tavernier du diable, double empoisonneur ! il paraît qu’il faut te donner tous tes noms ayant que tu ne répondes....

Deux couples sont réunis pour un séjour de vacances. Marthe et Pierre, dont les conjoints respectifs se sont absentés après le dîner, évoquent leur vie de couple et l’issue possible de leurs relations. Cette pièce, à portée autobiographique, est souvent jouée avec une autre pièce de l’auteur, Le Plaisir de rompre.

Une fiche de référence sur Notre Musique, un chef-d'oeuvre de Jean-Luc Godard. Notre Musique (2004), réussite incontestable où la mélancolie coutumière du cinéaste retrouve la frappe du style de l'écrivain, une énergie intacte et une vraie envie de filmer. Les grands films méritent...

Une fiche de référence sur Easy Rider, un chef-d'oeuvre de Dennis Hopper. Easy Rider est la première réalisation d'un acteur, Dennis Hopper, qui pour l'occasion décide d'occuper les deux côtés de la caméra. Les grands films méritent le même traitement que les grands livres....